Sermon illustrations: Salvation

Jesus Is the Only Way to Heaven

John Dyer, a Welsh poet and pastor from the 1700s once wrote, “A man may go to Heaven without...

Doing God’s Business

As D. L. Moody walked down a Chicago street one day, he walked up to a man and asked him if he were...

He Gave for Us

A chaplain was ministering to a soldier in the hospital and said, “You have lost an arm in the...

Know Where You Are Going

Albert Einstein was traveling from Princeton on a train. When the conductor came down the aisle...

From East to West

Someone asked an elderly Christian lady, “Does the devil ever trouble you about your past sins?”...

Salvation Changes Lives

When native converts of the island of Madagascar used to present themselves for baptism, it was...

Heart Transplant

The average cost of a heart transplant including the need for immunosuppressant drugs after the...

Personal Salvation

“The life of Christianity consists of possessive pronouns. It is one thing to say, ‘Christ is a...

Salvation Is Priceless

Longfellow could take a worthless sheet of paper, write a poem on it, and make it worth $6,000—that...

Salvation Is Not Dependent on Feelings

Once a man told D. L. Moody that he was worried because he did not feel saved. Moody asked, “Was...

An Unpaid Debt

A Brooklyn man was once arrested for burglary and sentenced to several years in the state...

2 Oranges and an Agnostic

While crossing the Atlantic on an ocean liner, F.B. Meyer was asked to address the first class...

Jesus’ Blood Cleanses Sin

A preacher was speaking from the text, “The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin...

Salvation Takes Place in an Instant

“Professor Drummond once described a man going into one of our after-meetings and saying he wanted...

Born to Save

In 1988, Anissa Ayala was sixteen years-old and diagnosed with a rare form of Leukemia. The doctors...

Jesus Saves and Keeps Us

A man in Ireland was convicted of his sin and was on the verge of trusting Christ when the devil...

A Grateful Heart Is a Giving Heart

The Baptist preacher Dr. George W. Truett accepted an invitation from a church to preach the...

The Joy of the Lord Is Better Than the Pleasures of Sin

A Russian countess accepted the Lord Jesus as her Saviour and was open about her testimony. The...

The Power of the Bible

Gaylord Kambarami, the General Secretary of the Bible Society in Zimbabwe, tried to give a New...

Knowledge Must Be Acted Upon

Scientists studied a native tribe in South America whose people have been dying prematurely for...

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