Faith is Trust in God
Main Idea: Putting your faith in Jesus is like sitting in a chair. Key Verse: “The righteous shall live by faith” (Romans 1:17). Illustration: (Point to a chair) Do you believe that this chair exists? Do you believe this chair will support you if you sit in it? You can believe that a chair exists […]
The Smelly Man
Main Idea: The only thing that can wash away sin is the blood of Jesus. Key Verse: “But we are all like an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags” (Isaiah 64:6 NKJV). Illustration: A smelly man came to visit me. He needed a bath so bad. He wanted to hug me and talk to me. […]
Clean Up for the Marriage Supper of the Lamb
Main Idea: Before we can attend the wedding feast in heaven, we must be clean. Key Verse: “Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready; it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure for the […]
Soap Won’t Work Unless You Use It
Main Idea: If you do not accept Christ as your Savior, you will not gain the benefits of salvation. Key Verse: “Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow” (Isaiah 1:18 NKJV). Illustration: There was a street preacher who was preaching through a megaphone. A homeless man started to heckle him by […]
Man Crossing Niagara Falls on a Tightrope
Main Idea: In order to be saved, we need to put our faith in Jesus Christ. Key Verse: “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him” (Hebrews 11:6 NKJV). Illustration: I heard about a famous tightrope walker […]
Aspirin or Rat Poison?
Main Idea: In order to be saved, you must put your faith in the right thing. Key Verse: Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12 NKJV). Illustration: Once there was a man who was sick with […]
Grab the Rope
Main Idea: To be saved, you must let go of what you are trusting in and grab onto Jesus. Key Verse: “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household” (Acts 16:30-31 NKJV). Illustration: One time there was a […]
The Bank Robber Who Gave Himself Up
Main Idea: Repentance involves confessing your sins to God and asking for forgiveness. Key Verse: “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9 NIV). Illustration: A man walked into a bank, pulled out a gun, and demanded money. […]
The Couple Who Changed Their Minds
Main Idea: When you change your mind, you change your life. Key Verse: “From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near” (Matthew 4:17 NIV). Illustration: Once upon a time, there was a husband and wife who had been married for twenty years. When they first got married, they […]
Change Your Mind
Main Idea: The word “repent” means to change your mind. Key Verse: “Repent, and believe in the gospel” (Mark 1:15). Illustration: One day, a man was driving down the highway when he saw a sign that said, “Bridge Out Ahead.” But the man thought, That sign must be wrong. I’ve driven this road a hundred […]
One Step Back
Main Idea: Even if you are one thousands steps away from God, it is only one step back. Key Verse: “[God] commands all people everywhere to repent” (Acts 17:30 NIV). A young man grew up in a Christian home. His parents loved Jesus, took him to church, and taught him to pray. As a little […]
Repent Means “To Turn Around”
Main Idea: The word “repent” means to turn around and to go in the opposite direction. Key Verses: “Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, and that he may send the Messiah, who has been appointed for you—even Jesus” (Acts 3:19-20). “Turn […]
Do All Roads Lead to God?
Main Idea: Jesus is the only one way to heaven. Key Verse: “For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy 2:5 NKJV). Illustration: I once heard someone say, “All religions ultimately lead to God.” But, think about this question logically. Imagine that I asked for directions to New York City […]
Do Not Ask the Dead for Help
Main Idea: You do not ask the dead for instructions on which way to go. Instead you ask someone who is living. Key Verse: “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6 NKJV). Illustration: Imagine you come to a cross road and you want to […]
When is Your Favorite Time of the Year?
Main Idea: The birth of Jesus Christ and the resurrection of Jesus Christ are the two greatest events in the history of the world. Key Verse: “She will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21 NKJV). Illustration: When is your favorite time […]
The Fireman who Gave His Life
Main Idea: Jesus gave His life to save you from the flames of hell. Key Verse: “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13 KJV). Illustration: Once there was a fireman. One night he was fighting a fire in a house. The flames were […]
His Blood Saved My Life
Main Idea: When you are covered in the blood of Jesus, you will be saved from the devil. Verse: “The blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin” (1 John 1:9). Story: Once there was a school that was attacked by a gunman. He shot into a classroom and the bullet hit a boy and […]
The Debt is Paid
Main Idea: Because of our sin, we owe a great debt that is impossible to pay, but Jesus paid the debt. Key Verse: “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23 NKJV). Illustration: One time I was buying a sandwich at a store and I did not have […]
The Two Brothers
Main Idea: Jesus took our place of punishment. Key Verse: “God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). Illustration: One time there were two brothers. One brother murdered a man and came home with blood all over his clothes. The police were coming […]
He Took Our Place
Main Idea: Jesus died a horrible death so we could live for eternity. Key Verse: Jesus “Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness…” (1 Peter 2:24 NKJV). Illustration #1: A man was sentenced to a horrible death. He was to be buried […]
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 […]