20 Metaphors of the Gospel
Metaphors are powerful tools for preaching the Gospel because they make spiritual truths easier to understand, remember, and apply. By using familiar pictures from everyday life, an evangelist can communicate profound biblical truths in a simple and memorable way.
The Boy and His Boat
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zR-1R2HWzno Main Idea: The word “redeem” does not just mean to buy something, it means to buy it back. Verse: “You were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot” (1 Peter 1:18-19 NKJV). Note: Often […]
The Ugly Woman
Main Idea: God was willing to pay a high price to redeem you because He thinks you are valuable. Key Verse: “You are of more value than many sparrows” (Matthew 10:31 NKJV). Illustration: In Africa, a groom must pay a bride price to a woman’s father in order to marry a woman. Usually, this dowry […]
The Camera in the Potty
Main Idea: You are so valuable that God reached down to rescue you in the midst of your sin. Key Verses: “But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, […]
Punishment in Another’s Place
Main Idea: When Jesus died on the cross, He took the punishment we deserve. Key Verses: “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received […]
The Train Engineer
Main Idea: God the Father sacrificed His only Son so that we could live. Key Verse: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16 NKJV). Illustration: Once there was a train engineer who had one job, to […]
Boy Falls Into Mud
Main Idea: Jesus cleans us from our sin. Illustration: Once there was a father and he had a wonderful son. One day they walked hand in hand to school. The father saw there were many mud puddles on the street and he told the son not to let go of his hand and not to […]
Highway to Heaven
Main Idea: You cannot get to heaven through your own efforts. Illustration: Imagine traveling through the jungle. It takes days to hack a pathway through the overgrowth with a machete. Every step is torture because you have to fight vines, trees, overgrowth, snakes, insects, and alligators. Now imagine there is a four-lane paved superhighway that […]
Set Free from Slavery
Main Idea: When Adam and Eve sinned, they became slaves to sin and all their descendants are stuck in the same cage. Jesus sets people free from the cage of sin. Key Verse: “…God be thanked…you were slaves of sin…and having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness” (Romans 6:17-18 NKJV). Illustration: What does […]
The Parachute
Main Idea: Without Christ, we are in great danger Key Verse: “…put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lust.” (Romans 13:14 NKJV). Illustration: Imagine you are sitting on a plane. Suddenly, the pilot makes an announcement. He says, “This plane is about to crash. Under your seat, there is […]
What Can Take Away My Sin?
Main Idea: Doing good deeds is not enough for salvation. Key Verse: “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us…” (Titus 3:5 NKJV). Illustration: Recently I visited the nation of Burma and saw a Buddhist temple. In front of a pagoda, I saw a woman with […]
Swimming the Pacific Ocean
Main Idea: It is beyond our spiritual capacity to be good enough to be saved. Illustration: Imagine a billionaire offered a prize of one million dollars for anyone who could swim from Los Angeles to the islands of Hawaii. At the starting line are many different kinds of people. Some are Olympic swimmers who have […]
Jumping the Grand Canyon
Main Idea: No matter how good you are, you cannot make it to heaven through your own effort. Key Verse: “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9 NKJV). Illustration: Once, two men had a jumping contest. One was an […]
The Monkey Trap
Did you know that sin is like a monkey trap? You hold onto it thinking you’re fine, but before you know it, you’re stuck. Let me explain! In South America, monkey hunters use a simple trick. They put a banana inside a box with a small hole. The monkeys sniff the banana, reach in, grab […]
The Monkey in the Quicksand
Main Idea: You cannot pull yourself out of sin. Key Verse: “…no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law…” (Romans 3:20 NIV). Illustration: A little monkey fell in the quicksand. As he was sinking into the sand, a monkey on the bank started giving him advice. He said, […]
Small Sins Lead to Death
Main Idea: Even small sins are bad because they will grow and eventually lead to death. Key Verse: “For the wages of sin is death…” (Romans 6:23). Illustration: Once there was a little boy who found a baby crocodile in the river. He brought the crocodile home to keep as a pet. Every day he […]
Sin is a Trap
Main Idea: Sin is a trap that will be attractive at first but will slowly ensnare you. Before long it is too late to escape. Key Verse: “Evildoers are snared by their own sin, but the righteous shout for joy and are glad” (Proverbs 29:6 NIV). Illustration: A farmer wanted control over a bunch of […]
Sin Comes from Adam
Main Idea: Children often act and look like their parents, in the same way, we all sin because we take after our father Adam who was a sinner. Key Verse: “Sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned” (Romans 5:12 NIV). Illustration: […]
Is the Sheep Clean?
Main Idea: You may think you’re good until you compare yourself to God’s holy standard. Key Verse: “Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone” (Mark 10:18 NIV). Illustration: Are you a good person? Many people might say “Yes, I am a good person because I never murdered anyone like those despicable criminals who get locked […]
Out of Tune
Main Idea: God is perfect and He cannot tolerate any sin in His presence. Key Verse: “As for God, His way is perfect” (Psalms 18:30 NKJV). Illustration: Once there was a famous conductor who was asked to direct a world class orchestra. He chose a famous piece of music and the orchestra gathered together to learn the piece. Every […]
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Jesus is Knocking
Main Idea: Jesus is pursuing you to save you. Will you open up to him or will you refuse to open the door? Key Verse: “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me” (Revelation 3:20 NKJV). Illustration: Knock on the pulpit as you preach. Introduction: Did […]
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