Ray Stedman Sermons

Topic:Preaching to Non-Religious People Friends, why are you doing this? We too are only human, like you. We are bringing you good news, telling you to turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and everything in them. In the past, he let all nations go their own way. …

Topic:The Power of Obedience In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth and had never walked. He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed and called out, Stand up on your feet! At that, the man jumped up and …

Topic:The Radical Word of Justification Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses. Acts 13:38-39 Paul makes a shattering statement in this message in Pisidian …

Topic:The Strategy of the Spirit Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers… While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them. Acts 13:1-2 The turning point in the book of Acts began with a group of Christians …

Topic:What To Pray For …so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work… Col. 1:10 As Paul continues this prayer for the Colossians, he mentions activities that believers can deliberately choose to do. This is very instructive not only for how to pray for others, but …

Topic:Knowing God’s Will We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives. Col 1:9b The one thing Paul asks for is that the Colossians might come to understand God’s will. This is the important thing to Paul. He knows that if they begin to understand the …

Topic:Unceasing Prayer For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. Col. 1:9a Paul knows that the Colossian Christians are living in a dangerous world. A seething volcano of false teaching has begun to erupt and engulf them, threatening to destroy the simplicity of the faith that is producing such beauty and …

Topic:Prayer’s Delays I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint. Hab. 2:1 When you face a problem in your life where you do not understand what God is doing, do not do what so many …

Topic:Prayer’s Resources Then Asa called to the Lord his God and said, Lord, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, Lord our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this vast army. Lord, you are our God; do not let mere mortals prevail against you. …

Topic:Prayer’s Relationships After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before. Job 42:10 In the book of Job, we are given very clear evidence of when Job’s physical problems began. They began when, after having destroyed Job’s home and his wealth and killed all his children, Satan …