Sermons on Seeing Jesus As He Is:

Crucial Things To See About Christ Series

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Dec 31, 2019

God wants us to see: 1. How the Lord prepares His people (vs. 18-20). 2. The trouble Jesus took on for us (vs. 21). 3. Great signs of our Savior's love (vs. 22-30). 4. Jesus getting the glory He deserves (vs. 31-32).

Crucial Things to See about Christ The Gospel of John John 13:18-32 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - July 5, 2017 (Revised December 31, 2019) BACKGROUND: *Please open your Bibles to John 13. Remember that in this chapter, God's Word has moved forward to the night before the ...read more

Scripture: John 13:18-32

Denomination: Baptist

How The Father Sees.

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Feb 2, 2020

You’re simply a person in want, and you’re turning to ‘things’ because you have not understood how good ‘Father’ is!!! “Stop solidifying your identity based upon what you do, or what you did; Start identifying with who you are in Jesus, and you’ll change what you do.” P.H

How the Father Sees. Luke 15:1-7TLB (Download a good picture of Rembrandt’s portrayal of the younger son. Play on screens while I talk). Author Henri Nouwen recalls his visit to a museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, where he spent hours reflecting on Rembrandt’s portrayal of the younger son—You ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-7, Ephesians 3:17-19

Denomination: Pentecostal

Seeing Life Through The Eyes Of God Series

Contributed by Brian Williams on Jul 27, 2022

As you get to know Jesus as the light of the World, when you hear the Word of God, when you open the scriptures, let the Spirit of God open your eyes, He will give you a new perspective - His perspective.

Can you imagine what it's like to be blind from birth? Seeing people really have no concept. One man who has been blind from birth said, “trying to imagine what it’s like to see, is as foreign to a blind person as a seeing person trying to imagine what it’s like being blind. How would you ...read more

Scripture: John 9:1-12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

He Knows My Name

Contributed by Robert Hightower on May 20, 2003

Based on the song "He knows my name, He knows my every thought, He sees each tear that falls and He hears me when I call"

“He Knows My Name” Enon Baptist Association Pastor’s Conference May 19, 2003 Robert S Hightower I know as pastors you have tried to help people and it just doesn’t seem to work sometimes… For some of you that was just yesterday and for some that will be today And I know how frustrating that can ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:8-10, Genesis 12:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus Confronts Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 3, 2021

I wonder if Jesus were to enter your Temple, the place designated as your place of worship, what would He think? Would He see your Temple had been replaced by thoughts of business and making a buck? What do you daydream about during worship?

Video is shown of Jesus’ throwing the Money-Changers out of the Temple before sermon. This is three month long study of the last week of Jesus’ earthly life. This is greatest week in history. Bracketed by Palm Sunday on one end and Easter Sunday on the other, this is the most important week in ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:41-49, Luke 19:45-48

Denomination: Baptist

Because He Lives Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Apr 12, 2023

The Resurrection of Jesus has happened. Jesus is alive, and as the words of the old song says: Because He lives, I can face tomorrow; Because He lives, all fear is gone; Because I know He holds the future, And life is worth the living just because He lives.

BECAUSE HE LIVES Last week we celebrated Easter, the death and resurrection of Jesus our Lord and Saviour. We also shared the joy of seeing a baptism. With both of those in mind tonight, I want to affirm the great truth of 1 John chapter 5 verses 11-12 For context listen to 1 John 5:6-12 Jesus ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 5:6-12, John 11:25-26, 1 Corinthians 15:55-57, John 10:10, Ephesians 2:1, John 5:24, 1 John 5:13, Mark 2:5, John 3:18, Proverbs 24:11-12, 2 Timothy 1:12  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Pentecostal

Jesus Rejected At Nazareth Series

Contributed by David Swanger on Feb 1, 2024

Like the citizens of Nazareth, how much do I miss out on when I fail to see Jesus for who He is?

Great Lessons from the Life of Christ #9 Jesus Rejected at Nazareth (Mark 6:1-6) JESUS REJECTED AT NAZARETH (Mark 6:1-6) 1. I could not get past the lessons of these six verses. 2. While John the Baptist was a recluse preaching in deserted regions of Judea, Jesus was anything but a ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:1-6

The Goodness Of Being Empty

Contributed by Dr. Phillip Paschal on Oct 9, 2019

THANK GOD THE TOMB WAS EMPTY

THE GOODNESS OF BEING EMPTY MATT. 28:6 1. INTRODUCTION. MANY OF US, IF NOT ALL OF US DO NOT LIKE THINGS THAT ARE EMPTY; FOR INSTANCE, WE DO NOT LIKE EMPTY BANK ACCOUNTS, EMPTY GAS TANKS, EMPTY REFRIGERATORS, EMPTY CUPBOARDS, EMPTY STOMACHS, AND EMPTY PURSES OR WALLETS. NO, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:6

Denomination: Baptist

Palm Sunday - Jesus Was Weeping!

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jan 31, 2001

I wonder, is Jesus still weeping today? When He turns & looks into our lives, I wonder, will He weep once again because of what He sees?

MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED - 2019) TEXT: Luke 19:28?44 I wish simply to remind you this morning of a familiar Bible event. It began early Sunday morning (Palm Sunday, we call it today) as Jesus was ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:28-44, Luke 19:28

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Come See The Servant King

Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Dec 30, 2007

A sermon for epiphany revealing that scriptures show that Jesus is the servant king.

Why would these characters want to search for another king, a foreign king? Another person to rule over them to push them around to tax them to harass them to want to control them use them for their own gain or force them to perform. Are they nuts, what fool in their right mind goes searching ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12

Denomination: Lutheran

Taste And See The Real Thing

Contributed by David Hicks on Nov 15, 2006

Christians can be used by God to create a hunger and a thirst for Jesus.

Taste and see the real thing Matthew 5:13-16 When I was 12 years old my best friend invited me over to his new home to have dinner with his family. As a child, I had lived a very private life. I was 17 before I had ever spent the night away from home. As a child, I never went over to other ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:13-16

Denomination: Holiness

He Is A Friend Of Mine Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 24, 2006

Jesus established His church to be a place where we could develop friendships... and where we could become His friends.

OPEN: Some years ago Collier’s Magazine published a story about a little girl in an orphanage. She was quite unattractive and had many annoying habits, which resulted in her being shunned by the children and disliked by the staff. The director of the orphanage looked for a good excuse to ship her ...read more

Scripture: John 15:9-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Because He Lives!

Contributed by Quinton Williamson on Jun 3, 2003

To let people know what a vauable price God paid for our sins, and that we should be thankful that Jesus still lives.

SUBJECT: BECAUSE HE LIVES SCRIPTURE: ST. LUKE 24: 2-3 1.) Many of us people or young people have forgotten just how much of a price God has paid in order for us to have life and have it more abundantly. We are not fully aware of just what a valuable price the Lord paid for us to be set free. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:2-3

Denomination: Baptist

Come See The Everlasting Light

Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Feb 4, 2016

On New Year’s Day more than a billion people were looking to a light that was falling instead of rising and nearly all of these people were Gentiles who were looking in the wrong place for their hope and their joy.

Message: Isaiah 60:1-6 Light figures prominently in New Years and at Christmas. Maybe you stayed up on New Year’s Eve to watch the “Ball Drop” from New York City. It’s a tradition that goes back to December 31, 1907. Ever since that first “Ball Drop” people ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 60:1-6

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Over To Bethelehem

Contributed by David Roth on Feb 22, 2015

Christmas Eve. The story of the shepherds is narrated in second person. The testimony of the apostles has come to us in scripture therefore we too, as did the shepherds, have seen the Christ, the babe in the manger.

J. J. May the words of my mouth, and the meditations of our hearts, be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, our Rock and our Redeemer. Amen. “Over to Bethlehem” It’s Here. Christmas Eve. We have been preparing for Christmas throughout Advent. We have lit the advent wreath. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:15-20

Denomination: Lutheran