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Funeral Sermons
The Funeral sermons below offer general reflections on death and dying as well as messages for specific situations as indicated within the titles. Preachers may wish to draw on both the reflections and situational text to craft a sermon that best suits the family and life of the decedent. Additional illustrations can also be searched and added.
“The Lord is my Shepherd …” (Psalm 23:1).
“and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to life-long bondage” (Hebrews 2:15).
“This is eternal life, that they know God” (John 17:3)
“… whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die” (John 11:26).
“I go to prepare a place for you …” (John 14:3).
“I have come not to be served, but to serve” (Mark 10:45).
“My heart is in anguish within me” (Psalm 55:4).
“Honor your father … ” (Deuteronomy 5:16).
“Such as My love has been for you …” (John 13:34).
“If then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet” (John 13:14).
“I bless You, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to mere children” (Matthew 11:25).
“ … the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out … everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day” (John 6:37-40).
“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me” (Psalm 23:4).
Thank God for revealing His Love in Christ Crucified
“Father, into Your hands I commend My Spirit” (Luke 23:45).
“What little sense you have. How slow you are to believe all that the prophets have announced! Did not the Messiah have to undergo all this to enter into His glory?” (Luke 24:25-26).
“… They will not be convinced even if one should rise from the dead” (Luke 16:31).
“Why are you disturbed?… Recall those words I spoke to you when I was still with you: ‘Everything written about Me in the law of Moses and the prophets and psalms had to be fulfilled’” (Luke 24:38,44).
“My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” (Mark 15:34).
“I am the gate. Whoever enters through Me will be safe … The thief comes only to steal and slaughter and destroy. I come that they might have life and have it to the full” (John 10:9,10)
“…He said, ‘Now it is finished'” (John 18:30)
