Sermons & Devotionals by Sermon Illustrations II

Here is the object of faith's assurance: "I know whom I have believed," says the apostle. I know this Christ who dwells in me, and I live in Him. What else does he say?: "And am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day." I don't know that I can illustra... Read More

Atheism is rationally ridiculous. The most anyone can claim about the non-existence of God is agnosticism - to say you don't know. But as soon as one takes the atheist's viewpoint, he/she opens him/herself and his/her philosophical system to a dilemma. No finite being can say there is no God, for ou... Read More

Colonel Ethan Allen, leader of the Green Mountain Boys, was a notorious infidel. His wife was a pious woman, and taught her daughter the gospel. This daughter sickened, and her father was sent for to hear her dying words. "Father," she said, "I am about to die. Shall I believe the principles which y... Read More

Some time ago there appeared in the American Magazine an article by a manufacturer, with the following paragraph: "It takes a girl in our factory about two days to learn to put the seventeen parts of a meat chopper together. It may be that these millions of worlds, all balanced so wonderfully in spa... Read More

St. Cyril speaks of a certain people That chose to worship the sun because he was a day god; for, believing that he was quenched every night in the sea or that he had no influence upon them that light up candles and lived by the light of fire, they were confident they might be atheists all night and... Read More

An Atheist and a Christian were hiking up a mountain; they came upon a large rock and decided to rest. While there, they talked about their jobs, families, and how good it was to enjoy nature... their conversation then drifted toward the supernatural. "I do not believe in God because there is no pro... Read More

In East London during the visit of Moody and Sankey a hall in the dense working population of that city had been reserved one evening for an address to atheists skeptics and freethinkers. Bradlaugh, champion of atheism, hearing of this meeting ordered all clubs he had formed to take possession of th... Read More

Nineteenth-century atheist Robert Ingersoll was famous for his public attacks on religion. He was also politically active, being appointed attorney general of Illinois. Ingersoll became a serious contender for the Democratic nomination for governor, but his determination to trumpet his anti-religiou... Read More

An Illinois thief stole five hundred dollars worth of shoes, the entire stock of a store, (What year might that have been?) and in addition played a trick on the dealer by leaving all the empty boxes, putting them back just where they belonged. One after another the customers arrived the next day, a... Read More

An infidel lecturer addressed an audience with great earnestness, denying God and immortality and uttering the most horrid blasphemies. When he was done, a man of middle age arose and said: "My friends I have a word to speak to you tonight. I am not about to refute any of the arguments of the orator... Read More

Writers H.G. Wells and George Bernard Shaw were brilliant men, yet they rejected the message of Scripture. They placed their trust in their own systems of belief, which were based on human reason. Yet they could not find lasting inner peace, and they slowly lost confidence in what they believed. Wel... Read More

One day Voltaire said to a friend, "It took twelve ignorant fishermen to establish Christianity; I will show the world how one Frenchman can destroy it." Setting to his task, he openly ridiculed Sir Isaac Newton. One day Newton made a prophecy based on \reference{Dan. 12:4}{Daniel 12:4} and \referen... Read More

Because he loved us he has washed us in the precious blood of Christ. Strange effect of love, the washing! strange result of the affection of the Lord! The washing you, mother, can understand it. Your little son has been out all the summer day. He has had splendid fun. Oh, what enjoyment! And he has... Read More

A person once said to me: "I hate your God; your God demands blood. I don't believe in such a God. My God is merciful to all. I do not know your God." If you will turn to Lev. xvii, 11, you will find why God demands blood: "For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon t... Read More

A father and his young son were viewing a parade in London, England. Because of the chilling wind, they stepped inside a small store and watched through the window. In the course of time a regiment of British troops marched by, and the man exclaimed, "My, aren't those Redcoats pretty!" But the littl... Read More

A missionary was speaking to a group of fishermen in a little village on the coast of Labrador. He had told of Christ's death on the cross and was trying to get the message of salvation across. He wondered if he was getting anywhere, if the men understood him, so he asked a question: "Will you tell ... Read More

"The words of the wise are as goads." A lady, being visited with a violent disorder, was under the necessity of applying for medical assistance. Her doctor, being a gentleman of great latitude in his religious sentiments, endeavored in the course of his attendance to persuade his patient to adopt hi... Read More

When C.H. Spurgeon was under the conviction of the Holy Spirit, he had a clear sense of the justice of God, and sin became an intolerable burden. He didn't fear hell as much as he despised the reality of his own wrong-doing. He said, "All the while I had upon my mind a deep concern for the honor of ... Read More

"Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering, which is for the people. \reference{Leviticus 16}{Leviticus 16}:l5 To illustrate the principle of substitution, George Sweeting, Chancellor of Moody Bible Institute, told of a series of tornadoes that devastated sever al communities in eastern Ohio a... Read More

In an old German city there is a sight that attracts every traveler as he passes through and brings out a very urgent and curious inquiry from him. Away up on the peaked roofs of one of these old German houses, if you look up you will find a marble statue of a lamb carved and lifted up. A traveler p... Read More