Ray Stedman Sermons

Topic:The Testing of Faith When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat? He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do. John …

Topic:Conception or Birth? READ THE SCRIPTURE: HEBREWS 6:1-12 It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age and who …

Topic:The Secret of Jesus Jesus gave them this answer: Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself John 5:19a That is probably the most radical statement in the entire Word of God, because it indicates the first step in being a channel of the power of …

Topic:Faith’s Action Then Jesus said to him, Get up! Pick up your mat and walk. At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. John 5:8b-9a Notice that the first thing Jesus says to do is what the man could not do, what he had tried …

Topic:Faith’s Encouragement While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living. When he inquired as to the time when his son got better, they said to him, Yesterday, at one in the afternoon, the fever left him. Then the father …

Topic:Thirsty Jesus answered, Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life. John 4:13-14 Earlier in this chapter, Jesus is …

Topic:To Save Or Condemn? For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. John 3:17 This verse is a great guideline as to how we ought to talk about the gospel to people who do not know God, …

Topic:Born From Above Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. He came to Jesus at night and said, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you …

Topic:The Temple Cleanser His disciples remembered that it is written: Zeal for your house will consume me. John 2:17 Can you imagine what the disciples felt while this was going on? How embarrassed they must have been by the actions of Jesus! They had not been with him very long; …

Topic:Water to Wine Jesus said to the servants, Fill the jars with water; so they filled them to the brim. Then he told them, Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet. They did so, John 2:7-8 Notice the simplicity of this account, how easily, …