Sermons on Temple Cleaning:

Having A Clean Heart - Test #4 Series

Contributed by Jerry Cosper on May 23, 2012

If our hearts are really clean, then we love God, but if our hearts condemn us, we don’t love God. How can we have a clean heart

We are in the middle of 6 tests that prove if we really love God. Tonight’s test asks, “Do you have a clean heart?” If our hearts are really clean, then we love God, but if our hearts condemn us, we don’t love God. How can we have a clean heart? Let’s look at what ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:18-24

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus Can Clean You Up! Series

Contributed by Ronald Franklin on Jul 7, 2012

Based on the story of the Gadarene demoniac, highlights the power of Christ to deliver anyone who will believe from all the power of the unclean spirit.

Mark 5:1-2 Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes. 2 And when He had come out of the boat, immediately there met Him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit. The story we read in Mark 5 seems like a very dramatic, very unusual situation that is ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:1-20

Denomination: Baptist

How To Clean Your Inner Mess Series

Contributed by Samuel Stone on Dec 3, 2006

Advance season preparation of our hearts for the coming of Christ. How to handle stress. This sermon is crafted using Rick Warren’s expository and purpose-driven preaching method called CRAFT.

Jehovah Tsidkenu: The Lord is our Righteousness Samuel M. Stone Trinity, Dec. 3, 2006 14 “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 15 In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 33:14-16

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Communion Meditation: It Feels Good To Be Clean!

Contributed by Ken Pell on Sep 8, 2008

A sermon I preached prior to the sacrament of communion.

Communion Meditation Hebrews 10:12-25 INTRO I remember it like it was yesterday even though it was actually about 40 years ago. I am sure it happened only once even though my mother would swear it was a nightly occurrence. Okay … maybe it happened once … a week. But anyhow … it wasn’t nearly as ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:12-25

Denomination: Nazarene

Take A Bath In The Holy Spirit And Be Clean.

Contributed by Roy Fowler on Sep 26, 2020

Be justified and cleaned by the Holy Spirit and Fire.

Sermon Title: Take a bath. Scripture Text: Matthew 3: 10-12 10 The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. 11 ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:10-12, Romans 4:2, Romans 5:1, Romans 5:9, Matthew 3:11  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Independent/Bible

A Willing Spirit Yields A Clean Heart

Contributed by Richelle Smith on May 26, 2018

This sermon speaks of the tragic trash that we accumulate in our hearts when we are no longer willing walk in God's will. This trash leads to a broken relationship with God. The Good News is that God is compassionate and cleanses us.

In 2 Sam. 11, David did not go out to battle as the other kings did during the spring. He should have gone to battle. His heart is not in line with the anointing God placed on him. He shrugs his responsibility as King and does whatever he wanted to do. David allowed the trash of complacency, ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Getting A Clean Start On The New Year

Contributed by James Wallace on Oct 27, 2016

An encouragement to unbelievers to get a clean start on the new year by becoming forgiveness, cleansed by the grace and forgiveness people receive when they show their faith in Jesus, as the paralytic did in this story.

Getting a Clean Start in the New Year Mark 2:1-12 Well, we’ve come to the end of one year, and the beginning of a new year. And, of course, we tend to look back at this point in the year to what has happened. And 2013 certainly has been an eventful year for the Wallace clan, climaxed of ...read more

Scripture: Mark 2:1-12

Denomination: Bible Church

What God Has Made Clean Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jul 4, 2020

God told Peter in Acts 10 - "What God has made clean you must not call common." What would that have meant to the Ephesians, and what can it mean to us?

In Acts 10, we’re told the story of the first Gentiles who became Christians. God sent Peter to do preach to them and baptize them… but because Peter wouldn’t have done that on his own. God gave Him this instruction: “What God has made clean, do not call common." Acts 10:15 About 100 years ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 3:1-13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Divine Forgiveness: The Gift Of A Clean Slate Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Sep 3, 2023

Divine forgiveness, emphasizing God's promise to blot out our sins and grant us a fresh start.

"Divine Forgiveness: The Gift of a Clean Slate" Introduction: Welcome the congregation and introduce the key verse: Isaiah 43:25 (NLT) - "I—yes, I alone—will blot out your sins for my own sake and will never think of them again." Explain that today's sermon will delve ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 43:25, Psalm 103:12, 1 John 1:9, Hebrews 8:12

Denomination: Pentecostal

Clean & Unclean (Leviticus 11)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Oct 7, 2024

Do clean and unclean laws still apply to Christians? Let's look at Leviticus 11.

What was the purpose of clean and unclean laws, including edible and inedible foods? Was it purely ceremonial or were there possible health considerations? Are they still relevant to Christians? Let’s look at Leviticus 11. Which creatures could they eat and which were forbidden? Do cattle, sheep, ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Heart Of Worship

Contributed by Mary Erickson on Mar 8, 2021

Sermon for the 3rd Sunday in Lent, Year B

March 7, 2021 Hope Lutheran Church John 2:13-22 The Heart of Worship Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. The Bridge on the River Kwai is widely considered as one of the best movies ever made. The film came out in 1957. It won 7 ...read more

Scripture: John 2:13-22

Denomination: Lutheran

Jesus' Last Visit To The Temple

Contributed by James May on Apr 5, 2023

There is no doubt that Jesus' last temple visit was less than positive. It had become a den of thieves. However after he cleansed that temple it once again became a House of Prayer.

After the Triumphal Entry of Jesus through the Eastern Gate, the scripture records that he then left the city of Jerusalem and went to stay the night at the home of his friends, Mary, Martha and Lazarus. Then the next morning he set out once again to go to Jerusalem, about 2 miles away. It was ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:13, Matthew 21:14-16, Luke 19:47-48, Luke 21:1-4

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Confrontation Series

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Mar 31, 2015

Jesus confronts the world's powers with the truth of God's Kingdom. As at his birth, the results are fear and violence.

Matthew 21:1-13 “Confrontation” INTRODUCTION We all have our fits of anger even the most mild mannered and calm among us. We may stomp out of the room and slam the door behind us, or yell and pound the table. Some of us may pout, or do the passive aggressive thing of saying ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:1-13

Denomination: Lutheran

Solomon’s Temple- Just Forget About The Price Tag Series

Contributed by Brad Beaman on Aug 24, 2022

This temple is called the first Temple or sometimes called Solomon’s Temple. This was not officially named Solomon’s Temple. This was not Solomon building a monument to himself. This was the Temple of the Lord. This was a temple inspired by God.

We have been looking at the life of Solomon. His great heritage as son of King David. His great wisdom as the wisest man ever and ever to come, except only Jesus is greater. The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 2:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

Wash Your Heart

Contributed by Rich O' Toole on Mar 8, 2023

The Pharisees accuse Jesus and His Disciples of breaking traditions

Wash Your Heart Mark 7:1-23 When the prophet Samuel was sent to Jesse’s house to anoint a king for Israel, we are told that the Lord said to Samuel… 1 Samuel 16:7 "Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the LORD does not see as man sees; for ...read more

Scripture: Mark 7:1-23

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational