Sermons on Spiritual Force Of Evil:

The Pleasure Of Passion Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Apr 5, 2021

Christians have used the word so often for evil that it is hard to accept the reality that you can also be passionate for good. It is Biblical and Christlike to lust for the pleasure of those things that are pleasing to God.

Jesus said in Luke 22:15, "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer." Jesus used the same word used all through the New Testament for lust to describe His passionate desire to eat the final Passover with His disciples. He had a passion for the Passover. Paul ...read more

Being A Danger: A Strong Community Series

Contributed by Paul Decker on Oct 22, 2006

We are to be dangerous for God.

BEING A DANGER: A STRONG COMMUNITY Ephesians 6.10 S: Community C: A Strong Community Th: Building Up in Love; Doing Our Work Pr: WE ARE TO BE DANGEROUS FOR GOD. ?: What? What does it take for this to happen? KW: Aspects TS: We will find in our study of Ephesians 6 the four aspects it takes to ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10

Denomination: Baptist

The Comfortable Cage Series

Contributed by John Oscar on Feb 2, 2025

Showing how pride can build us a cage of comfort so that we are blinded to spiritual realities.

The Comfortable Cage Book of Daniel Series CCCAG February 2, 2025 Scripture: Daniel 3:1-7, Isaiah 9:9-10, Romans 1:28-32, Revelation 13 ________________________________________ Introduction: luxury cage (God’s Not Dead video- unbelieving son versus believing mother) The video we just watched ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 3:1-7, Isaiah 9:9-10, Romans 1:28-32

Denomination: Assembly Of God

"influence And Impact" Series

Contributed by John Huyser on Jul 18, 2023

Christ's letter to Thyatira forces us to ask questions we normally don't consider. (Please let me know if this sermon indeed was helpful). Video: fruitportcrc.org

INTRODUCTION If Christ’s Pergamum letter was the hardest to understand, Christ’s letter to Thyatira is the hardest to relate to. Not only is their setting so foreign to our understanding, but the letter also forces us to ask questions we normally don’t consider. Slide 1 What outside ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:18-28

Sermon # 6 - The Secret Schemes Of The Enemy Series

Contributed by Andrew Dixon on Feb 15, 2024

Satan’s schemes are many and we as God’s children should be aware of them. Also, we need the right people who will guide and counsel us to walk in the right path and avoid the traps that the enemy sets for us.

We read in Numbers 22:6, Come now, curse this people for me, since they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall be able to defeat them and drive them from the land, for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed." (ESV) As we continue to meditate on this portion ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 64:2, 1 Samuel 19:11, 1 Peter 5:8, Genesis 19:11, Esther 3:8, 2 Samuel 15:2-6, 2 Samuel 22:2-3, 1 Samuel 20:42, Proverbs 13:20, 1 Samuel 19:12, 1 Samuel 19:18, Psalm 31:18, Numbers 22:6  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Other

Love & War

Contributed by Dan Cormie on May 5, 2008

Jesus tells us to turn the other cheek so that we will be "like your Father in heaven" but what about all that Old Testament carnage that He commanded? How does loving our enemies apply to the modern politics of war?

Dakota Community Church May 4, 2008 Love & War Jesus said we are supposed to turn the other cheek when an enemy strikes us, right; but what about all that Old Testament talk about mighty warriors and the armies of God, and how does modern conservative Christian teaching about patriotism and ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 15:2-5

Denomination: Mennonite

Warning For Taste Testers Series

Contributed by John Mitchell on Sep 16, 2025

God provides more than a fire escape from hell in providing salvation; He initiates a relationship with us and calls us to Holiness. In the warning in Heb 6, we see wants us to enter heaven powerfully and not smelling like smoke.

I. Introduction Last week we looked at chapter 5 verses 11-14 and considered the challenge for believers to not settle for a diet of milk, but to include solid food in order to grow in Christ and discern good from evil in areas that may not be explicitly described in Scriptures. Today we are ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 6:1-8, 1 Corinthians 3:11-15

"Truth Or Consequences"

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 11, 2002

Ananias and Saphira were right to equate giving with spirituality, but wrong to think giving was a substitute for spirituality.

“Truth and Consequences”(Ananius & Sapphira) Acts Rev Dr Robert G. Leroe Have you ever kept a gift that you had planned to give away? Acts 5 tells of such a gift. This incident reveals that even in the earliest days of the Church, New Testament believers were not a society of perfect people. ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:1-11, Matthew 6:1-4

Denomination: Congregational

More Men Like Moses’s Daddy!

Contributed by Jim Mccutchen on Jun 17, 2010

No single attribute will give more positive spiritual influence on your children than spiritual integrity.

MORE MEN LIKE MOSES’S DAD! INTRO: (Men don’t always say what they mean) When a man says “IT WOULD TAKE TOO LONG TO EXPLAIN” He means: "I have no idea how it works" When a man says "TAKE A BREAK, HONEY. YOU ARE WORKING TOO HARD’’ He means: "I can’t hear the game over the vacuum cleaner" When a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Chronicles 28:9

Denomination: Christian Church

In The Mornings /Take With Food Series

Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 28, 2011

HOW WE BEGIN EACH DAY SPIRITUALLY HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR SPIRITUAL HEALTH.

In the Mornings /Take with Food January 16th, 2011 Ephesians 3:14-19 INTRODUCTION Most of us begin the day wi breakfast. What do you prefer? Mom was Right! Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day for everyone. Many studies have found ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 3:14-19

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

What Else Do You Know About Your Enemy? Series

Contributed by Scott Jordan on May 9, 2007

Part 2 of the Spiritual Warfare Series

WHAT ELSE DO YOU KNOW ABOUT YOUR ENEMY? Spiritual Warfare Part II For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Eph 6:12 I. DEMONIC ACTIVITY ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:12

Denomination: *other

Behind The Scenes Of The Nativity

Contributed by Don Schultz on Dec 5, 2013

Behind the scenes of Christmas, all was not calm, all was not bright...

This week we are going to get a behind the scenes look at the Nativity, the Cross, and Life. God is going to pull back the curtain and show us what was really happening in the spirit world that isn’t so evident or obvious to us who live in the physical world. We’re going to look at a ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 12:1-6

Denomination: Lutheran

The Ecstasy Before The Agony

Contributed by Michael Stark on Mar 23, 2024

Religious excitement does not necessarily translate into spiritual worship. Rather, the one following Jesus must guard against being turned aside by that which appears good. Remember that good is enemy of the best.

“The large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, ‘Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!’ And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just ...read more

Scripture: John 12:12-19

Denomination: Baptist

God And Caesar

Contributed by Roddy Chestnut on Oct 18, 2000

Thesis: Christians have a responsibility both to God and to civil government.

Thesis: Christians have a responsibility both to God and to civil government. Intro.: 1. Sing: "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," by Julia Ward Howe. a. In Ken Burns' PBS Civil War documentary, he tells how Julia Ward Howe wrote that song as the Civil War was beginning. She was in a Washington ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:13-17

A Soldier Of Jesus, In The Army Of God

Contributed by Lorraine Greeff on Apr 8, 2015

we are all part of one body, the head being Jesus, time to act like it

A SOLDIER OF JESUS, IN THE ARMY OF GOD Ephesians 6:12-13 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armour of God, ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:12-13

Denomination: Charismatic