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The preachers quoted here describe abiding as staying joined to Christ as a branch to a vine: unbroken fellowship with him, kept up day by day. They say it means coming …
Has Sermons AnointingThe preachers quoted here say the anointing is the Holy Spirit himself: Christ inside the believer, given to every Christian and abiding in them. They describe it as the …
Has Sermons ApostasyThe preachers quoted here define apostasy as a falling away or revolt: abandoning the faith and renouncing a truth once believed and professed. They call it a disease …
Has Sermons AssuranceThe preachers quoted here say yes. They ground assurance in God's word and Christ's finished work, not in feelings or merit, and add the witness of the Spirit and the …
Has Sermons AtonementThe preachers quoted here describe the atonement as the sacrifice Christ offered for sin on the cross, by which sinners are reconciled to God. Most explain it as penal, a …
Has Sermons AwakeningThe preachers quoted here describe a spiritual awakening as a sovereign work of God in which he speaks and meets no resistance. They say it cannot be engineered, that it …
Has SermonsThe preachers quoted here describe a backslider as someone who has slid back from a close walk with God. They say it begins in the heart before it shows in conduct, that …
Has Sermons BaptismThe preachers quoted here describe baptism as a public declaration of faith in Christ and a picture of burial and resurrection with him. They call it a pledge of …
Has Sermons Blood of ChristThe preachers quoted here say the blood of Christ is his life poured out in death as the one atonement for sin. They describe it as precious, as the token that judgment …
Has Sermons Born AgainThe preachers quoted here say that to be born again is to be given spiritual life by God the Holy Spirit. They call it a supreme miracle and an act of creative power, …
Has Sermons BrokennessThe preachers quoted here describe brokenness as the shattering of self-will and the surrender of the will to God. They say it is an attitude of the heart and not an …
Has SermonsThe preachers quoted here use the phrase for a believer still ruled by the flesh: a babe in Christ in protracted infancy, self-centred and a victim of feelings. Some …
Has Sermons ChurchThe preachers quoted here say the church is not a building, a denomination or an organization but a people: the body through which Christ expresses himself, God's family …
Has Sermons CommunionThe preachers quoted here describe the Lord's Supper as the perpetual memorial of Christ's death, ordained for the continual remembrance of his sacrifice. They say it …
Has Sermons Communion with GodThe preachers quoted here describe communion with God as a real exchange between God and the believer, founded on union with Christ. They call it the height of Christian …
Has Sermons ConscienceThe preachers quoted here describe conscience as an inward monitor and judge that accuses us when we do wrong and commends us when we do right. They place it under God …
Has Sermons ConsecrationThe preachers quoted here define consecration as being set apart for the Lord's use: a voluntary, definite giving of oneself to God without reservation. They say it is an …
Has Sermons ContentmentThe preachers quoted here say contentment is not resignation, weariness or standing still, and does not depend on having little or much. They describe it as the opposite …
Has Sermons ConversionThe preachers quoted here describe conversion as the turning of the soul from sin to holiness and from Satan to God, the greatest change a person can know. They insist it …
Has Sermons ConvictionThe preachers quoted here describe conviction as God personally confronting a person about sin, the Holy Spirit's work in an awakened soul. They hold that there is no …
Has Sermons CrossThe preachers quoted here call the cross the point that gives meaning to everything else in Christianity and the test of whatever claims the name Christian. They describe …
Has SermonsThe preachers quoted here set the life of dependence against the life of independence, and call dependence the place of power and of renewal. They treat it as a …
Has Sermons DiscernmentThe preachers quoted here describe discernment as testing a thing to see whether it is genuine, and as an inner knowledge given by God through the Holy Spirit. They say …
Has Sermons DiscipleshipThe preachers quoted here describe a disciple as someone committed to the Master to be trained by him, who has given up his own way. They speak of discipleship as casting …
Has SermonsThe preachers quoted here say eternal life is life that never ends, and more than that: a quality of life that makes fellowship with God possible. They describe it as …
Has Sermons EvangelismThe preachers quoted here define evangelism as announcing the good news of Jesus Christ crucified and risen, and confronting those outside with his claims. They say it is …
Has SermonsThe preachers quoted here describe faith as a conviction of the reality of what cannot yet be seen, and as receiving and resting on Christ alone. They insist it is not a …
Has Sermons FaithfulnessThe preachers quoted here begin with God: faithfulness is one of his perfections, displayed in Christ and not only in the past. In believers, they say, it springs from a …
Has Sermons FastingThe preachers quoted here define fasting as going without food by choice for a spiritual purpose. They say it is no way of forcing God's hand. They describe it as the …
Has Sermons Fear of the LordThe preachers quoted here describe the fear of the Lord as reverence that comes from seeing God's majesty, holiness and presence. It shows itself in hatred of sin, it is …
Has Sermons ForgivenessThe preachers quoted here describe forgiveness as the loving cancellation of a debt. They say it costs the one who forgives, that it is a way of life and not a single …
Has SermonsThe preachers quoted here describe the glory of God as the outshining of what he is: his worth, beauty and perfections made known. They say it is not a sensation or a …
Has Sermons GospelThe preachers quoted here call the gospel good news: the news of what God has done in his Son, who died for sinners and was raised, to rescue them from their sins and …
Has Sermons GraceThe preachers quoted here define grace as God's unmerited favour: God doing good to people who deserve the opposite, and giving freely. Several add that grace is more …
Has Sermons GuidanceThe preachers quoted here say guidance belongs to those who are in Christ and is found in close communion with the Father more than in settling isolated choices. They …
Has SermonsThe preachers quoted here affirm that God heals, and that healing flows from Christ's atoning work as every blessing does. They call for balance, noting that divine …
Has Sermons HeavenThe preachers quoted here describe heaven as the believer's eternal home: a place of holiness, happiness and love, free from sin, shared with all God's people. Above all …
Has Sermons HellThe preachers quoted here describe hell as the fullest expression of God's wrath against sin, the absence of God and the presence of evil, and a place of eternal …
Has Sermons HolinessThe preachers quoted here describe holiness as likeness to Jesus in heart and character, and as God's own work in his people by the Spirit. They insist it is a matter of …
Has Sermons Holy SpiritThe preachers quoted here insist that the Holy Spirit is a person and not an influence, an energy or a mere power sent to help. They describe him as the one who gives …
Has Sermons Holy Spirit, Baptism ofThis is a question on which the preachers on SermonIndex differ. Many describe the baptism of the Holy Spirit as an experience of Christ taking over, of love and of …
Has Sermons Holy Spirit, Filling ofThe preachers quoted here describe being filled with the Spirit as something God commands and as a continuing thing, not a single event. They explain it as being filled …
Has Sermons HopeThe preachers quoted here define hope as a well-founded expectation for the future, resting on the conviction that God is in control. They say it is not placed in a …
Has Sermons HumilityThe preachers quoted here describe humility as a life of dependence on God and a true estimate of oneself apart from Christ. They call it the foundation of every other …
Has SermonsThe preachers quoted here say a believer's identity is changed because a death has taken place: he is now in Christ, with Christ as his head. They contrast this with an …
Has Sermons IdolatryThe preachers quoted here define an idol as anything a person chooses to worship or loves more than Christ. They say idolatry is natural to the fallen mind, that it is …
Has Sermons IntercessionThe preachers quoted here describe intercession as prayer that reaches out toward others, God's appointed way for his people to influence the world. They say an …
Has SermonsThe preachers quoted here describe joy as something deep and sustained in the spirit, tied to the Holy Spirit's work, that carries a person through the darkest valleys. …
Has Sermons JudgmentThe preachers quoted here say judgment is built into the way God has made the world and is as certain as death. They describe it as individual, final and eternal, and one …
Has Sermons Judgment SeatThe preachers quoted here describe the judgment seat of Christ as a place of review and reward for believers as servants. They say it does not decide salvation, that …
Has Sermons JustificationThe preachers quoted here explain justification as a legal term: the verdict of a judge. They describe it as an act of sheer grace, wholly free to the sinner, made …
Has SermonsThe preachers quoted here describe the kingdom of God as God's own domain, which takes its character from him. Following Paul, they say it is righteousness, peace and joy …
Has Sermons Knowing GodThe preachers quoted here call knowing God the most important thing in life and the greatest blessing a person can have, and identify it with eternal life. They say God …
Has SermonsThe preachers quoted here describe love as a choice to seek the good of God and of others, always thinking of the other person and how to help. They call it the soul of …
Has Sermons Love of GodThe preachers quoted here describe God's love as unsought and undeserved, as unchanging as his own nature, and as a love that does not let go when a person fails. They …
Has Sermons LukewarmnessThe preachers quoted here describe lukewarmness as a middle state that Christ finds nauseating and an insult to God. They say it shows in a lack of love for people, that …
Has SermonsThe preachers quoted here say spiritual maturity is measured by Christ's life in a person, not by knowledge, activity or years since conversion. They describe it as the …
Has Sermons MeeknessThe preachers quoted here say meekness is not weakness. They describe it as yielding one's rights to God, a steady mind in honour and dishonour, and goodness that feels …
Has Sermons MercyThe preachers quoted here describe mercy as part of God's own nature: his compassion acting toward people in misery and guilt, with no deserving on their side. They say …
Has Sermons MissionsThe preachers quoted here say missions is a central theme of the Bible and a charge laid on the whole church, not on a few specialists. They describe it as going, living …
Has SermonsThe preachers quoted here describe patience as quiet waiting on God when answers are delayed, and as a meek acceptance of his ordering of life. They trace it to faith, as …
Has Sermons PeaceThe preachers quoted here say peace is rooted in God's own character and in knowing his presence. They stress that peace with God has already been made by Christ and is …
Has Sermons PerseveranceThe preachers quoted here describe perseverance as steadfastness under trial that does not live by feelings, a virtue stressed throughout the New Testament and …
Has Sermons PrayerThe preachers quoted here describe prayer as the privilege of God's children and the natural response of a soul to whom God has shown himself. They call it the breathing …
Has Sermons Presence of GodThe preachers quoted here distinguish God's presence everywhere from his manifest presence, when people are made consciously aware of him. They describe his presence as …
Has Sermons PrideThe preachers quoted here call pride the root of sin and the fullest expression of the sinful nature. They describe it as independence from God that shows in …
Has Sermons ProvidenceThe preachers quoted here describe providence as God seeing to things beforehand and governing every detail of life, including the actions and thoughts of people. They …
Has Sermons PurityThe preachers quoted here describe a pure heart as single and undivided, not trying to live for God and the world at once. They say it is a changed heart and not only a …
Has SermonsThe preachers quoted here define redemption as deliverance from bondage by the payment of a price, which was the sacrifice of Christ. They add that it is not only rescue …
Has Sermons RepentanceThe preachers quoted here describe repentance as a turning: from sin and idols to the living God, with a change of mind that shows in a change of life. They call it the …
Has Sermons ResurrectionThe preachers quoted here call the resurrection the keystone of the Christian faith and a fact of history. They describe it as God's announcement that Christ finished his …
Has Sermons RevivalThe preachers quoted here describe revival as something God does in his own people, not a series of meetings the church arranges. They speak of the Holy Spirit coming …
Has Sermons RighteousnessThe preachers quoted here describe righteousness as being and doing what is right before God. They say it is revealed in Christ, that the lost world does not welcome the …
Has SermonsThe preachers quoted here describe salvation as God's own supernatural work: something Christ does and not something a person achieves, the product of grace and not a …
Has Sermons SanctificationThe preachers quoted here describe sanctification as the making of a person holy, the certain result of union with Christ. They say it is not a spiritual superiority …
Has Sermons Second ComingThe preachers quoted here say the second coming is as real as the first and call it the hope of the church. They describe it as God completing what he has begun, and …
Has Sermons Seeking GodThe preachers quoted here describe seeking God as searching for him with the whole heart, and as another name for true religion itself: endeavouring to know the Lord more …
Has Sermons Self-DenialThe preachers quoted here say self-denial is more than giving up certain things. It is giving up the rule of self: admitting one has tried to be king of one's own life, …
Has Sermons SinThe preachers quoted here define sin as breaking God's law or falling short of it: a missing of the mark that becomes lawlessness when a person refuses the light. They …
Has Sermons Sovereignty of GodThe preachers quoted here define the sovereignty of God as his supremacy and his right to do as he pleases with all he has made. They present it as a comfort and not a …
Has Sermons Spiritual GiftsThe preachers quoted here describe spiritual gifts as the Holy Spirit empowering God's people for service: manifestations of the Spirit given as he wills, for the good of …
Has Sermons Spiritual WarfareThe preachers quoted here describe spiritual warfare as the conflict every Christian is called into, fought not against people but against spiritual powers. They warn …
Has Sermons SufferingThe preachers quoted here do not claim to explain every sorrow, and one admits it is a subject people would rather avoid. They speak of suffering as something God uses to …
Has SermonsThe preachers quoted here define temptation as an enticement to satisfy a desire in a forbidden way. They are careful to say that being tempted is not itself sin, and …
Has Sermons ThanksgivingThe preachers quoted here distinguish gratitude, which rises inwardly, from thanksgiving, which is its willing expression to God for what he has done. They call it an …
Has Sermons The FleshThe preachers quoted here use "the flesh" for the whole person apart from Christ, the sin principle that came in at the fall. They say it remains evil in the believer, …
Has Sermons TrustThe preachers quoted here call trust faith in full flower: firm belief that rests on God himself more than on any single promise. They say it is the most rational thing a …
Has Sermons TruthThe preachers quoted here say truth is found in a Person, Christ, and in what God has said. They describe it as something that can be stated in words, that excludes its …
Has SermonsThe preachers quoted here treat unbelief as a sin and not a misfortune: an insult to God's truthfulness and the root of other evils in the heart. They describe it as the …
Has Sermons UnityThe preachers quoted here say Christian unity is made by the Holy Spirit, who joins believers to one body, and is kept by his life flowing through it. They describe it as …
Has SermonsThe preachers quoted here say waiting on God is not idleness. They describe it as turning from fear to fix attention on him, hoping in him, and acting only under his …
Has Sermons WisdomThe preachers quoted here describe wisdom as knowledge applied: the behaviour that flows from what a person believes, known by conduct more than by learning. They call it …
Has Sermons Word of GodThe preachers quoted here describe the Word of God as God's own breath and voice, written through people but wholly his, with authority over everything. They say it is …
Has Sermons WorldlinessThe preachers quoted here define worldliness as giving first place to the things of this world instead of the things of God, with the world as the centre of gravity for …
Has Sermons WorshipThe preachers quoted here describe worship as honouring God and recognising his worth, with reverence and awe. They note that in Scripture it is expressed by bowing down, …
Has Sermons Wrath of GodThe preachers quoted here describe the wrath of God as his settled hatred and punishment of sin, a perfection of his character and not a flaw in it. They say it runs …
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