Ray Stedman Sermons

Topic:Jesus the Christ But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him. Acts 2:24 Here revealed is the power of God among men — the resurrection power of God, a power which man …

Topic:All People In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Acts 2:17 Notice how alert Peter was, led by the Holy Spirit. He immediately began …

Topic:The Birthday of the Church When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Acts 2:1 Here is the story of the birth of the body of Jesus Christ, the church. Notice the day on which this occurred — the day of Pentecost. Pentecost is a …

Topic:The Unfinished Book In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. Acts 1:1-2 The first few verses of chapter …

Topic:Vows The Lord said to Moses, Speak to the Israelites and say to them: If anyone makes a special vow to dedicate a person to the Lord by giving the equivalent value, set the value of a male between the ages of twenty and sixty at fifty shekels of silver, …

Topic:Blessed Promises If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands, I will send you rain in its season, and the ground will yield its crops and the trees their fruit. Leviticus 26:3-4 What a beautiful passage! What a beautiful array of promises. When he asked them …

Topic:The True Basis for Social Concern Throughout the land that you hold as a possession, you must provide for the redemption of the land. If one of your fellow Israelites becomes poor and sells some of their property, their nearest relative is to come and redeem what they have sold. …

Topic:The Pattern of Man Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite. Leviticus 24:10 Here is a story of a young man who was half Egyptian and half Israelite. …

Topic:No Leaven On the fifteenth day of that month the Lord’s Festival of Unleavened Bread begins; for seven days you must eat bread made without yeast. Leviticus 23:6 Linked with the Passover was the Feast of Unleavened Bread. It began on the fifteenth day, lasted seven days, then ended. This …

Topic:The True Sabbath There are six days when you may work, but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest, a day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; wherever you live, it is a sabbath to the Lord. Leviticus 23:3 The weekly sabbath had begun …