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251. Building a Winning Team

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... ideas. Nothing wrong with being compared to some of Israel’s greatest prophets . . . you can’t do better than John the Baptist, Elijah and Jeremiah . . . unless, of course, you are the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. The Great ... be a community of love. And finally, Jesus calls us to reach out to those who do not know him. Look again at Jesus’ words in verse 18: “. . . and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.” “I will build my church”—Jesus is ...

252. Driven to Their Knees

Mark 9:2-13

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King Duncan

... . He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory . . . We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain” (2 Peter 1:16-18). Can you imagine the impact that this experience had on Peter, James and John? They were kneeling in the presence of the Son of God. Jon Tal Murphree in his book, Made to be Mastered, tells about the impact that walking on the moon had on two of America’s astronauts. For one of them ...

253. Why Did Jesus Do That?

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... synagogue, as he reads from the Old Testament book of Isaiah concerning the coming of the Messiah, and then proclaims himself to be the fulfillment of that prophesy (Luke 4:18-21). The writer of John is very much into signs and wonders, what Jesus actually DID. It shouldn’t surprise us, then, that the first public appearance of Jesus recorded in the Gospel of John is at the wedding in Cana, where he changes water into wine. Now none of the four gospel writers dispute the fact that Jesus is the Son of God ...

254. Who Does He Think He Is?

Mark 2:1-12

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Daniel G. Mueller

... believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die" (John 11:25). Jesus clearly thought that he was the Messiah, the Christ, true God. "I and the Father are one," he said (John 10:30). The people - believers and unbelievers alike - got this message very clearly. Saint John tells us of three separate attempts on the life of our Lord before his crucifixion (John 5:18; 8:58; 10:31). All three times his enemies tried to kill him because he tried to make himself ...

255. Metaphors Be with You

John 6:35, 41-51

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Dean Feldmeyer

... of lemonade and reminded us that as hot as it was it would be prudent for us drink lots of liquids. When she was gone John looked at me, rolled his eyes, and asked, in all seriousness, “What, did she think we were going to drink, solids?” Then he shook ... or even abrupt to him but when their meager attempts to include him were spurned, they gave up. When we met in the parking lot — about 18 kids and 5 adults — to begin the trip, he chose to ride in the van with my wife and me and our three-year-old son ...

256. If It Had Been a Snake

John 1:29-42

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King Duncan & Angela Akers

... healing our separation from God and restoring us to the fullness of God’s presence and love. John saw that Jesus is our path to peace with God. And finally, John sees that Jesus shows us the sacrificial love of God. I was very moved by a story ... were redeemed, or bought out of slavery, by the precious blood of Jesus Christ who was chosen before the creation of the world. (1 Peter 1: 18-20) And Titus 1: 1-2 tells us that the hope of eternal life was promised by God before the beginning of time. God loved us ...

257. Learning to Live Without Jesus

John 16:5-16, John 15:18--16:4

Sermon

William G. Carter

... world confuses you with tempting alternatives, the Spirit says, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life" (John 8:12). If the world hates you, mistreats you, abuses you, the Spirit says, "The world hated me before it hated you ... and I have chosen you out of the world" (John 15:18-19). If the world tells you that you are all alone, cut off from all help and strength, the Spirit says, "I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide ...

258. Your Image of Tomorrow

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... into the shadows. There are dimensions of greatness in the character of anyone who can do that as gracefully and graciously as did John. In the story of Adam Bede, George Eliot describes a certain conceited person as being "like the cock who thought the sun had ... we have begun to see with the heart as well as the eye. The Apostle Paul is thinking of this fact in Ephesians 1:18 when he expresses the prayerful wish that we will have knowledge of God, as he says, "having the eyes of your hearts enlightened." ...

259. Sons And Daughters Of Thunder

Mark 10:35-45

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King Duncan

... is a drive within the heart of every one of us to have the biggest and best: to be No. 1. Two of Jesus' disciples, James and John, made a request of him ” in private, away from the other disciples. "Teacher," they asked, "we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." ... ran off a string of 65 victories before losing. What makes this streak so appealing is that Dayville High has only 18 female students: 16 are on the volleyball squad and a 17th keeps score. Although Dayville is one of the smallest Class ...

260. A Peek at the Resurrection

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... promises of all. These verses promise healing of body and soul. In the resurrection, our physical bodies will no longer be a burden. John expresses this by saying that we will no longer hunger and thirst. Our bodies are part of God's good creation, but our bodies ... dangerous. According to one of the two accounts of creation in Genesis, the sun was part of God's good creation (Genesis 1:14-18). The sun is good and life giving, but it is also harsh and withering. Who of us has not at one time or another been ...

261. The Revelation Code III: The Mark on Harry's Forehead

Revelation 13:11-14:7

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John E. Harnish

... gets as close as he can to naming the beast, but instead he uses a familiar numerical code. For his readers it was about as subtle as JFK or FDR. John says: Let him who has understanding reckon the number of the beast, for it is a human number, its number is 666. (Rev. 13:18) He is naming the Roman emperor—the source of the church's persecution, the one who controls commerce (you couldn't buy or sell without acknowledging the emperor in coins and commerce). He is addressing the state religion of enforced ...

262. Miracles in Contrast

John 1:1-18

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Maxie Dunnam

... to God - another miracle in contrast. See it in your mind. Another maid at another time. Not five years old, 18 perhaps. Fresh from the simple life of Nazareth, over whelmed by what was happening to her - a baby in her ... light of men. “The second of the great keywords of John which we meet here is the word light. This word light occurs in the fourth gospel no fewer than 21 times. Jesus, as John says here, is the light of men. The function of John the Baptist was to point men to that light which was ...

263. Blind Ambition

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... they were closer to Jesus than any of the other disciples, except for Simon Peter. The three of them Peter, James and John were definitely the inner circle among Jesus’ disciples. They are mentioned on five separate occasions as accompanying Jesus for significant events when the other disciples were not present. They were the only witnesses to the raising of the Jairus’ daughter (Mt. 9:18–26). And it was they who were chosen to go with Jesus up to the mountain top for the transfiguration, where Jesus ...

264. Ignite: Fire and Water

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

James Merritt

... believed in the Lord, together with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized.”(Acts 18:8, ESV) Remember what I said earlier? Baptism is the biblical way a Christ-follower confesses his faith in the ... to follow. You probably don’t know this if you’ve never been to Israel, but for Jesus to be baptized in the Jordan River where John baptized, He had to walk 60 miles one way. Why would Jesus do that? Why would Jesus make a three day trip, take an entire week ...

265. If You Are Looking for a Savior...

Matthew 11:2-11

Sermon

James L. Killen

... , and the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me. (vv. 4-5) These were things that the prophet Isaiah had said would happen when the messiah came to bring in God's new possibility. Jesus knew that John would understand (Isaiah 26:19; 29:18-19; 35:5-6; 42:7; 61:1). Should we be looking for a Savior? And if so, where should we be looking? We need to consider that question. Some of us answer too quickly. We have the idea that being saved simply means we will go ...

266. How Would You Introduce Jesus?

John 1:(1-9), 10-18

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King Duncan

... is charged with a monumental task—that of introducing Jesus Christ to the world. Imagine yourself in John’s sandals. You are introducing the world to Jesus. How would you introduce him to people who didn’t know him and weren’t expecting him? That’s not just a rhetorical question. For you see, that is our primary purpose as followers of Jesus—to introduce Christ to others. In Matthew 28:18-20, this is the responsibility we are given: “Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven ...

267. Second Sunday In Advent

Sermon

David M. Oliver

... to be a light, now. If we will offer Christ ourselves, he will take our offering and transform us into light which brings glory to God. CELEBRATING THE LORD'S DAYSECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT OPENING SENTENCE1 John 1:5-7"This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all. If we say that we have ... ____________ 1. Rice, Wayne. More Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks. Grand Rapids, MI: Youth Specialties, Zondervan Publishing House, 1995, pp. 17-18.

268. The Light that Shines Within

John 1:1-18

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Leonard Mann

... to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fullness of God" (3:14-18). O how gloriously true, my friend - we live in vast dimensions of goodness and power, of meaning and love. We can range ... third aspect of our living in the light. We may - and should - live in the light of what we may become. Read again the prologue to John’s Gospel: He who is the light is come; he is come unto his own; his own did not receive him - hut (nevertheless, notwithstanding, in ...

269. A Shocking Revelation

Revelation 1:9-20

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... One! I was dead and behold! I am alive for ever and ever! And what’s more, I hold the keys of death and Hades! (vss. 17-18) Why do we want to see God? Why do we want to feel His presence? Why do we want to know His touch in our lives? Isn ... his pen. These are the words in his diary, "Who will tell me something of God?" he said. "Who will tell me something of God?" It’s John who’ll tell us something of God, isn’t it? He was a man of warmth and sensitivity. He was a man who needed people, who enjoyed ...

270. Doors Are for Entering

John 10:1-21

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Donald B. Strobe

... Christmas, New York: The Dial Press, 1964, p.51) In the prologue to the Fourth gospel, there is a verse which says, “No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father’s heart, who has made him known.” (John 1:18) That phrase “close to the Father’s heart” can also be translated “in the family circle of the Father.” That is a provocative picture. “In the family circle of God.” Jesus dwells therein, and He has invited us to come and be there with Him. That’s ...

271. Branching Out

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Michael Milton

... standard of teaching to which you were committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.” (Romans 6.15-18) There is no conflict between the love of God and the law of God as long as love comes first. Love produces a ... them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.” (John 10.27-30) I cannot think of a better application of this passage than that. But is the song about the Person of Jesus just a quaint ...

272. God’s Guidance System

John 16:12-15

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James Merritt

... goes on to say in v.14, "But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." (John 16:14, NKJV) Anybody can read the Bible without the help of the Holy Spirit, but nobody can understand the Bible apart from the Holy Spirit. A little boy was writing a letter to a girl that ... hazards of earth, right into the harbor of heaven. Because He is the only guide you need. [1] Peter Lord, Hearing God, p.18.

273. Touched

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... 22). Flushed with joy and fleshed out with peace, the disciples are ready to receive the commission Jesus now gives them. Throughout this “locked room” scene John refers to “the disciples.” Nowhere is it made clear whether this refers to the remaining eleven of Jesus’ chosen companions, or if other “disciples” are present. In light of John 13:20 and 17:18‑20, there is no reason not to assume that a larger group is present and is receiving this first-hand commission from Jesus. The sentness ...

274. The 4 Spiritual Flaws

John 6:1-15

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... miracle-worker who has been followed into the wilderness by a multitude of people doesn't ring enough Mosaic bells for John's readers, the gospel writer now adds one other tidbit. It was the time of Passover the festival celebrated with a special ... upon. This manna-connection is not lost on the now full-bellied crowd. The promise of a prophet like Moses is found in Deuteronomy 18:15-19, and it is that promise that encourages those gathered to declare that Jesus must be "the prophet who is to come into the ...

275. So Send I You

John 20:19-23

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Leonard Sweet

... on-guard and on-point, even when we are off-site. We are desperately trying to contain the chaos of the cosmos. In John’s gospel, Jesus’ first appearance to his disciples is when he comes to them behind closed, locked doors. Despite the vision of the ... of his disciples. Immediately Jesus proclaims that all this newfound “peace” and “joy” have a purpose beyond themselves. Echoing John 17:18, the risen Jesus gives a commission to his disciples: “As the Father has sent me, so I send you” (v ...

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