Sermons on Slave To Sin:

Your Sins Will Find You Out!

Contributed by Gerry Pratt on Apr 24, 2002

We may hide from our fellow man, but we never can, nor will we hide from God.

I know that a lot of you will disagree with this statement, but I will make it anyway, “When we were little...sometimes we were bad”. A. When we were bad, we tried to hide. 1. Most of us weren’t too good at hiding our naughtiness, however. ILLUSTRATION: Me smoking cigarettes out in ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 94:8-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Is The Doctrine Of "Original Sin" Really Scriptural?

Contributed by Scott Coltrain on Sep 5, 2002

Many today accept the doctrine of "Original Sin" or "Total Hereditary Depravity" as basic truth; yet, it is not supported by the Bible nor was it taught in the early Church.

The doctrine of "Original Sin" basically states that Adam’s guilt has been passed down to each member of the human race. Thus, we are born condemned sinners. We are separated from God and His grace from birth. We are born spiritually dead. Only the blood of Christ can remove the stain and guilt of ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-5, Ezekiel 18:19-20

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Just As If I Had Never Sinned

Contributed by David Lansdown on Jul 9, 2002

We need to be justified. "Just as if I had never sinned" is what justified basically means – and that is the title I have given to this sermon.

JUST AS IF I HAD NEVER SINNED Rom 3:9-31 INTRODUCTION Q. What direction does a Polar Bear, in its natural habitat, look when it looks back? Looks to the right? Looks to the left? And when it looks straight ahead? A. In each case it was looking South. It’s on the North Pole! Q. What does a ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:9-31

Denomination: Baptist

Only Human....no Excuse For Sinning!

Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Nov 19, 2002

We often hear folks try to justify or minimize their sins by declaring: "I’m only human!" This outline seeks to expose the flimsiness of excuse making.

ONLY HUMAN…NO EXCUSE FOR SINNING! “Then God said, ‘Let us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.’ So God ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:26-27

Denomination: Baptist

Genesis Sermon 8: Beginning Of Sin

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Nov 20, 2002

The is a sermon about the creation story.

A. INTRODUCTION 1. Two alternate and opposing forces in the universe are law and chaos. God created everything by law. "It was Good," The opposite is destruction. "And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.And the Lord God commanded the man ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:15-17

Denomination: Baptist

What We Believe...about Sin

Contributed by Larry Brincefield on Jan 26, 2003

Focuses more on the sin of failing to respond to the Holy Spirit.

Larry C. Brincefield larkayb@earthlink.net Title: What We Believe...About Sin Text: Proverbs 29:1 Introduction President Calvin Coolidge was returning home from going to church. He was asked what the preacher had preached about. His one word reply, "Sin". The questioner wasn’t ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 29:1

Denomination: Nazarene

"Christ, The Perfect Mediator And Sacrifice For Sin"

Contributed by William Young on Sep 15, 2001

This is one of those great passages of Scripture that has bottomless resevoir of meaning!

Christ, the Perfect Mediator and Sacrifice for Sins Hebrews 9: 23-28 1. This is one of those scriptures that has a bottomless reservoir of meaning 2. It presents Jesus Christ as the perfect sacrifice for Sin 3. The one thing man must face up to is this: a. He and his world are sinful and ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 9:23-28

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Confess Your Sins To One Another

Contributed by Roddy Chestnut on Oct 18, 2000

Intro.: 1.

Intro.: 1. This A.M. we continue our series on "OA Passages" of NT. 2. Read James 5:13-16. a. Questions that come from reading this passage. b. Three (3) things this passage does NOT say. c. Some reasons why we should "confess our sins to each other." I. QUESTIONS COMING OUT OF THIS ...read more

Confess Your Sins To One Another

Contributed by Roddy Chestnut on Oct 18, 2000

Intro.: 1.

Intro.: 1. This A.M. we continue our series on "OA Passages" of NT. 2. Read James 5:13-16. a. Questions that come from reading this passage. b. Three (3) things this passage does NOT say. c. Some reasons why we should "confess our sins to each other." I. QUESTIONS COMING OUT OF THIS ...read more

Scripture: James 5:13-16

Human Verus Divine The Sin Of Unbelief

Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Mar 3, 2006

The cross gives life real meaning

HUMAN VERUS DIVINE the sin of Unbelief 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 How is your Determination in what God has given us to do? Do you have an excuse? Johnny Fulton was run over by a car at the age of three. He suffered crushed hips, broken ribs, a fractured skull, and compound fractures in his legs. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-25

Denomination: Wesleyan

Sin's Seductive Snare Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Jun 13, 2004

David, Pt. 10 of 15

SIN’S SEDUCTIVE SNARE (2 SAMUEL 11) When the 50-year-old former Haiti president Jean-Bertrand Aristide fled in 2004 after 13 years in power, he left 8.5 million Haitians more miserable and disillusioned than ever. Aristede was the nation’s first democratically elected president but he followed in ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 11:1-27

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Close To Sinners, Far From Sin Series

Contributed by Pat Cook on Nov 13, 2005

25th in series on Joshua. This is about avoiding evil, but still being near unbelievers. Somehow Jesus was holy, even though He was near unholy people. It must be possible for us too.

Joshua 23:1-16 – Close to Sinners, Far From Sin There’s an old story about a man who tried to save the city of Sodom from destruction by warning the citizens. But the people ignored him. One day someone asked, “Why bother everyone? You can’t change them.” “Maybe I can’t,” the man replied, ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 23:1-16

Denomination: Baptist

Taking Sin Seriously Within The Church

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Sep 13, 2005

This message deals with the four biggest questions about the lost discipline of church discipline.

Taking Sin Seriously Within The Church - Answering Four Key Questions: 1. What? “The church must discipline serious sin.” - v. 3. - Many have given into the idea that we are to be completely non-judgmental, but “Judge not” is not all Jesus said on the subject. - Matthew 7:1 vs. John 7:24. - ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

The Beauty Of Grace Verses The Beast Of Sin Series

Contributed by Peter Bines on Sep 22, 2005

After all that’s happened so far – Jonah’s initial disobedience; God’s humbling of Jonah; Jonah’s going to Nineveh at the second time of asking; the Ninevites’ believing the message and being spared – surely you’d expect there to be a happy ending!

JONAH CHAPTER FOUR INTRODUCTION Most of us love happy endings! My girls when they were little loved Disney’s, ‘Beauty and the Beast.’ In the closing scenes the beast lies dying from a wound inflicted during combat with Gaston his enemy. Belle the beauty finally confesses her love for the beast ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 4:1-11

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Do You Have Secret Sin's?

Contributed by Wendell Blackburn on Jan 16, 2005

sins being hidden, by Christians?

DO YOU HAVE SECRET SINS? ROMANS 7:14-25 there was a woman who told her pastor that she had secret sins in her life. And she went on to tell him, that she liked them. This pastor didn’t ask the woman what her secret sins were. He was afraid to ask, He didn’t want to ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:14-25

Denomination: Pentecostal