SERMONS ON MATTHEW
Our sermon ideas on Matthew will help you preach a powerful message on Jesus as the Messiah. Preach on topics including Jesus as the fulfillment of OT prophecy, Jesus' life and ministry, the Sermon on the Mount, and the great commission. Prepare your messages on God's Word in Matthew with sermon outlines or an entire sermon series.
How to Be Grateful When You Don't Feel Great
by Steve Jones
INTRO: The Sunday School Teacher asked little Jimmy if he prayed every night. He said ''No Maam. Some nights I don't need nothing.'' We're often better at ''asking'' in prayer than we are at ''thanking''. ILLUSTRATION: A man dreamed he went to heaven and Peter gave him the tour. The first room they stopped at was large and full of bustling activity with angels flitting to and fro. The man asked ''What's going on?'' Peter answered ''This is RECEIVING where all the prayer requests come in, get processed by angels and forwarded to God.'' Then they walked to the next room which was also large, and busy with angels. ''What's this room...
Pour the Salt and Turn on the Light (1 of 4)
by James Merritt
1. I am beginning a brand new series of messages today on the Sermon on the Mount that I have entitled, ''The Only Way to Live.'' The reason I have given it that title is because that is exactly what Jesus tells us in the greatest sermon ever preached in the history of the world the Sermon on the Mount 2. A Chinese Christian came to a missionary one time and said, ''I have learned to quote the entire Sermon on the Mount by memory.'' He stood before the missionary and perfectly quoted the sermon word-for- word. The missionary said, ''That is wonderful. How did you do it?'' The Chinese Christian said, ''I spent the last year trying to...
The Gifts of the Wise Men and Our Gifts to Jesus
by Adrian Rogers
Take God's word and turn with me, if you would please to Matthew Chapter 2. There we have the story of the visit of the wise men and gifts that they brought to the Lord Jesus. Do you have difficulty finding just the right gift for just the right person? Have you ever thought about the gift that you may give to the Lord Jesus this Christmas season? I think we can take a lesson from the wise men. And today we're thinking of this subject, ''The Gifts of the Wise Men and Our Gifts to Jesus.'' [read Matthew 2:1-12] Now we all know the story of the wise men, but there is much about these wise men that we do not know. For example...
Matthew: The Hinge of the Bible (3 of 29)
by Roger Thomas
Introduction: Matthew 1 is probably the most read chapter in the entire Bible. You read most books by starting at the beginning. So people start reading the New Testament in the same way. Unfortunately, a lot of folk open the New Testament to Matthew 1:1. They confront what seems like an endless list of impossible to pronounce names. They quickly give up, wrongly concluding that the whole Bible must be like that. For far too many folk, Matthew 1 is the beginning and ending place of their Bible reading. Matthew is also the hinge of the Bible. It is that pivot point upon which everything else turns. It is the swinging gate between...
Heaven and Hell for Real (1 of 4)
by Jeff Strite
OPEN: An extremely nervous patient came to his dentist for root canal surgery. He was brought into the examining room and made comfortable in the reclining dental chair. The dentist then injected a numbing agent around the patient's tooth, and left the room for a few minutes while the medication took hold. When the dentist returned, the patient was standing next to a tray of dental equipment. "What are you doing by the surgical instruments?" asked the surprised dentist. Focused on his task, the patient replied, "I'm taking out the ones I don't like." APPLY: When it comes to the teachings in the Bible, there are people...
The Mystery of the Soils (1 of 8)
by Stan Coffey
I know you are ready to hear God's word today and I want you to take word and turn to Matthew Chapter 13 and we've been looking at God's lost and found department and today I want us to move into thinking about the strange mysteries of the kingdom of heaven. Now if you are a part of the kingdom of heaven, you can understand the mysterious things about how the kingdom of heaven operates that people who are not saved cannot understand. Jesus came to a point in His ministry when He began to speak to His disciples in parables. When He did this it was to reveal to them the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven. At the same...
How to Build a Life That Lasts (2 of 7)
by Jeff Schreve
If you have your Bible today, turn to Matthew chapter 7. We're in a series on the parables. Today, we want to look at the Parable of the Builders. Now, when my kids were little, still in grade school, if I remember correctly, I took Amy and Sarah, my second and third. Jill didn't go with us. But I went to a friend's house. Mark Holifield lived in Houston. And I had to get something from him, or I was talking to him about something. I just had the kids come along. He didn't live that far away from where we lived. And Mark had a huge backyard, just a giant backyard. And so we were in his backyard and talking. And in his backyard he had the...
The Church That Jesus Builds!
by Marvin D. Patterson
There was a farmer who grew watermelons. He was doing pretty well, but he was disturbed by some local kids who would sneak into his watermelon patch at night and eat his watermelons. After some careful thought, he came up with a clever idea that he thought would scare the kids away for sure. He made up a sign and posted it in the field. The next day, the kids show up and they saw the sign which read, "Warning! One of the watermelons in this field has been injected with cyanide."The kids ran off, made up their own sign and posted it next to the farmer's sign. When the farmer returned, he surveyed the field. He noticed that no...
Series: Gathering The Harvest: The Church's Mission
by Stuart Briscoe
Anyone observing Jesus at work could see He was on a mission-like a farmer gathering the harvest. Because His disciples did not share His vision, He had to teach them their role. He is still instructing His church about the harvest, harvesting, and the need for harvesters. I. What Jesus Meant by ''The Harvest.'' A. His observation of human behavior-''harassed and helpless.'' v. 361. Prone to chronic anxiety-''harassed.'' 2. Vulnerable to powerful forces-''helpless.'' B. His evaluation of human condition. 1. ''Like sheep...'' v. 36 a. A bias towards ''going astray.'' Isaiah 53:6a b. An insistence on ''going our own way.'' Isaiah 53:6b 2....
