Sermons on Sunday Morning (Page 35)

Sermons on Sunday Morning (Page 35)

Suffering and Sovereignty

Ruth 1:16-17 16 But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. 17 Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the Lord do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you.”

Easter Sunday: The Resurrection Changes Everything

1 Corinthians 15:12-20 12Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. 15 We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it…

Blessed Are the Persecuted

Matthew 5:10-12 Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Blessed Are the Peacemakers

Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. 2 Corinthians 5:14-21 For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; 15 and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. 16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even…

Blessed Are the Pure in Heart

Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. John 3:3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

Blessed Are the Meek

Matthew 5:5 Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Psalm 37:1-11 Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers! For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb. Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.[b] Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will…

Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit

Matthew 5:3-4 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.