Sermon Illustrations

Tag: sin

  • Good guys and bad guys

    We must also realize that the Bible does not show God’s people as the good guys and everyone else as the bad guys. There is enough sin to go around for all and not everything the Bible records is said to be a good thing. In fact, the only sinless figure in the Bible is…

  • Sin’s power destroyed

    Sin’s power destroyed

    Sin’s power to destroy us is itself destroyed by a superior reality: forgiveness Bill JohnsonClick to TweetFrom the book “The Supernatural Ways Of Royalty” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*

  • Grieving the Spirit

    Under the new covenant, the Spirit does not depart when sin is committed. Instead, the Spirit deeply grieves over it. Paul presents this as a truth that should motivate believers not to indulge their sinful desires—whether this might be filthy talk, stealing, uncontrolled anger, lying, or any other vice. Clinton ArnoldClick to Tweet

  • Ingratitude a tap root sin

    Ingratitude is the taproot out of which grows a host of other sins. And if we don’t put the axe to that root, we provide Satan with a wide, vacant lot on which to set up his little shop of horrors in our hearts. Do you think I might be overstating the case a bit?…

  • Key to intimacy with God

    God placed a key to intimacy in my hand, a key for which I had been searching for many years. It was a defining moment for my family when First John 1: 5-9 exploded in my heart. I could finally see it. Lasting fellowship and intimacy are possible only when I am willing to bring…

  • What God forgets

    The key to Christian maturity is understanding what God forgets (our sins) and what he always remembers (his promises). Kevin De YoungClick to Tweet

  • Job

    The book of Job demonstrates once and for all that sin and suffering are not necessarily directly connected to an individual’s sin or lack of sin. The whole point of the book of Job is that, although Job is not perfect (13:26; 14:17), it was not Job’s sin that caused his suffering. Job was ‘blameless…

  • Unconditional Acceptance

    Unconditional acceptance says, “You are not me and I am not you. You get to be you and I get to be me in this relationship.” This does not mean you have to unconditionally accept one another’s behaviours. Rather it means that you do not control one another. Danny SilkClick to Tweet

  • I take a page from

    I take a page from Kierkegaard’s The Sickness Unto Death and define sin as building your identity "your self-worth and happiness" on anything other than God. That is, I use the biblical definition of sin as idolatry. That puts the emphasis not as much on "doing bad things" but on "making good things into ultimate…

  • I do not fear the

    I do not fear the exlosive power of the atom bomb. What I fear is the explosive power of the human heart. Albert Einstein – Theoretical Scientist (1879-1955)Click to Tweet