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476. A Breeze In The Dark

John 3:1-21

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William G. Carter

... the classes, learned all the Bible stories, and sat through all the ceremonies. Most importantly, Nicodemus knew the secret of the Gospel of John, that Jesus has come from God, that God's very presence dwells in him. Yet even with all of his knowledge, something was ... come to ask the central question of the Gospel of John, namely, "Jesus, what is God like?" As we've heard today, the Lord replies, "God gives eternal life to everyone who believes in the Son" (John 3:16). "Wow!" we reply. "That's good news. I've ...

477. Path To A New Life

John 3:1-21

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Leonard H. Budd

... recounts the discussion, Jesus told Nicodemus, "God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16) Nicodemus' furtive meeting with Jesus has some important messages: One message is that there is no age limit for learning deeper messages about life. Nor does community status have anything to do with it! Nicodemus was a "ruler of the people," a man of standing in that community! We assume ...

478. The Road To Samaria

John 4:5-42

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... grew up. But John became an alcoholic at an early age. He was greatly troubled by this and was converted at a Methodist revival. He gave his life to God and became a Methodist preacher. He died in his 30s, but his son Aaron took over his preaching circuit at the age of 16. Five of Aaron's sons became Methodist preachers. The son of one of them is Alan Walker, one of the world's most respected church leaders. Alan Walker has a son who is a preacher. In all, there are 14 preachers over five generations in ...

479. Remember That You Are Not Alone

John 3:1-21

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Robert V. Dodd

... to "reconcile us to God" - or, to "make us God's friends." Probably the most familiar verse in the Bible is this verse: God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, that everyone who has faith in him may not die but have eternal life. [John 3:16 NEB] And that word, "everyone," includes you and me. Verse eighteen of the same chapter goes on to say, The man who puts his faith in him does not come under judgment; but the unbeliever has already been judged in that he has not given his allegiance to ...

480. The Master Has Come - And Calls Disciples

Mark 1:14-20

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... little further down the beach, and there they found James and John. Jesus called them to be disciples, and they left their father, and the servants in the boat, and went with him. (Mark 1:16-20) The Master has come - and calls disciples. We are struck ... church. Correct belief is vital. We need to know what we believe. But, more importantly, Christian faith is a relationship. After John Dean, one of the Watergate conspirators, left Washington, and went back to California, he went down to the library and applied ...

481. A Glory Revealed in the King

John 12:12-19

Sermon

Charles M. Mountain

... ’ ministry, they completely missed the point. The twelve had trouble comprehending their Lord’s actions. We read in 12:16: "The disciples did not understand this at first; but when Jesus was glorified," then they got it. As with ... unique Son of God, a glory expressed in service and suffering. On that first Palm Sunday, it was time to fulfill his mission. Many times in John’s Gospel Jesus spoke of "his hour," his appointed time to die for the sin of the world. He had often escaped his enemies because "his ...

482. Are There Two Baptisms?

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... Spirit AFTER baptism in water. In Acts 10:44, Cornelius received the Holy Spirit BEFORE he was baptized in water. This irregularity is not a contradiction, but is simply the teaching of Luke for the Jerusalem authorities (whom Peter and John represented - Acts 8:16), so they would know that even the Samaritans (whom they despised), could also receive the Holy Spirit. The deviation from the common experience by the Spirit’s descent upon Cornelius and his household before baptism indicates that Peter had no ...

483. Loved People, Love People

John 15:1-17

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Richard A. Jensen

... . We are friends of God. So be who you are. Be friends of God by being friends, by befriending those who need a friend. Jesus also calls us chosen ones. "You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit ..." (John 15:16). We are a chosen people. That is the indicative. That is who we are. So be who you are. Chosen people are fruit-bearing people. Jesus puts the matter plainly in verse 12. "... love one another as I have loved you." We are loved people. That is the ...

484. On Level Ground

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of people had become followers of Jesus, and now from his followers, Jesus selected his inner core -- the "A" Team. Let me read verses 12 - 16 of the 6th Chapter: "Now during those days he went out to the mountain to pray; and he spent the night in prayer to God. ... Lord, for I am a sinful man!" But Jesus didn't let him stay on his knees. He said to him and to James and John -- "don't be afraid; from now on, you will be catching people." And the story closes with a dramatic word. "When they had brought their ...

485. The Authority of Scripture: God's Breathed Word

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

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Maxie Dunnam

... God’s gift to us. In fact, this is God’s breathed Word. And that brings us to our text. Listen to verses 16 and 17 again: All Scriptures is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness ... that is ours in this country. Our campus in Wilmore has a beautiful quad. In a prominent place there is a life-size statue of John Wesley preaching in the market place at Bristol. He is holding his Bible and because he was a man of one Book. When we placed the ...

486. On Level Ground

Luke 5:1-11

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Maxie Dunnam

487. How to Love God

Matthew 22:34-46

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Stephen M. Crotts

... . He had given her a husband, a family, wealth, and health. But when all that was gone, so was her love for God. She told her husband, "Curse God and die!" Agape. Unconditional love. This is what God asks of us. "You shall love the Lord your God." Interestingly, John 3:16 says that God's love for us is agape. "For God so loved (agape!) the world that he gave...." God, you see, is asking us to love him as he already loves us. All that! Now this! What practical expression does our love for God take? We have ...

488. The Lion King

Revelation 5:1-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... given over to him, and it was sealed up in a scroll. This scroll was a future title deed to this piece of property. The scroll that John sees, in this verse, is the title deed to all of the earth. God intended for his people to inhabit this earth and to be in ... powers. All things were created through Him and for Him, and He is before all things, and in Him all things consist." (Col. 1:16-17) Why does He deserve the title deed to this earth? Because He made it, He created it; it rightfully belongs to Him. b. ...

489. I Believe In Jesus Christ

Colossians 1:15-23

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... 1:14) And in that great verse that many of us have memorized, Jesus’ uniqueness is affirmed: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son so that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16) St. Paul declared in his letter to the Colossians that Jesus and God are of one essence. He wrote, “For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him (Jesus).” (Col. 1:19) He was just affirming Jesus’ statement: “Anyone who has seen me has seen the ...

490. The Oblivious Obvious

Luke 5:1-11

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Leonard Sweet

... times, we would have these verses of Scripture memorized. But let's flail the obvious a bit this morning and freshen our memories: "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life" (John 3:16). "Blessed ... are those who hear the word of God and obey it" (Luke 11:28)! "What is impossible for mortals is possible for God" (Luke 18:27). "Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing" (Luke 23:34). "Follow me ...

491. The Word that Changed the World

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... to focus on some of the most beautiful, dramatic and powerful words in all the Bible. They are found in the prologue to the Gospel of John: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him ... the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth . . . .” Then he adds in verse 16-18: “From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another. For the law was given through Moses; ...

492. Could We Start Again, Please? (Series: Real Faith for Real People)

John 3:1-21

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J. Howard Olds

... of the time. God so loved the world for the good of the world not the destruction of the world. You can’t believe John 3:16 and be a pessimist. Hate is incongruent with the will of God. The world is not coming to death, it is coming to life. It ... saying, “I in them and you in me, that they may be brought to complete unity so the world will know you sent me” (John 17:23). Let me say it again, life is not about you, about your pleasure, your satisfaction, your happiness, your accomplishments. Life is not ...

493. The World According to Paul

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... s death, but because he is the reason I believe in God. I am a Christian because of Owen Meany."4 Owen Meany is a dwarfish boy John's age with a strange cartoon-like voice. Owen has a clear vision of God's purpose and of his own role in that purpose. Another ... powerfully among the Thessalonians. The three missionaries, who were all present at the founding of the church at Thessalonica (Acts 16:1-5; 17:1-15), have developed and nurtured warm friendships among the congregation there. It is truly remarkable that ...

494. Be Hatched or Go Bad

Mark 16:1-8

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Leonard Sweet

... an egg, is it strange that I had the shape of a cross? Have you ever noticed that chickens are roughly egg-shaped?” (John Steinbeck, Winter of Our Discontent (Viking Press, 1961), p.115. A resurrection life, once tasted, forever transforms. Look at petrified Peter. Look at sin ... crucifixion and burial just before the Sabbath. Mark, who is generally stingy at naming names, reiterates in 15:40, 47, and 16:1 that the same women witnesses who were present at Jesus’ death on the cross and at his burial in the ...

495. A Road Straight to Your Heart

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... Sunday of Advent, John the Baptist comes to ask us ... the coming of John the Baptist is the ... juncture of the Jezreel and Jericho valleys. John the Baptist must have been by this ... raise the city instead of lowering the road. (2) John the Baptist wanted his people to build a ... of Christ’s birth comes near, John the Baptist confronts us with this ... relationship with God intact? John the Baptist came preaching a baptism of ... long for it to be? John the Baptist spoke of building ... John McNeal, When Black Preachers Preach, Vol. ...

496. Getting at the Truth

John 14:16-17

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another counselor, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him; you know him, for he dwells with you, and will be in you. — John 14:16-17 The truth is hard to find these days. Perhaps it has been hard to find in any day. Do you remember ancient Diogenes who walked about with a lamp, shining it in men's faces, saying he was looking for an honest man? Diogenes felt he could never ...

497. The Gate to Grace, Goodness, and Glory

John 10:1-10

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Robert Leslie Holmes

... s protected servant. The same is true for us. Scripture teaches us that God's eyes run to and fro throughout the whole earth (2 Chronicles 16:9 ESV); yet, it also teaches us, "Truly the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his ... Have you been through the gate called Jesus? Our Gate Is a Proposition Not only is our gate a person, our gate is a proposal. In John 10, Jesus offers a proposition to all who are not yet living for him. Here it is: "Whoever enters by me will be saved" (v. 9 ...

498. John Mellencamp and the Danger of Procrastination

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... Mark used one word in his Gospel more than any other. It is the word “immediately.” This word is used forty times in those brief 16 chapters of Mark’s Gospel. The last thing Jesus wants is procrastinators. That’s clear in Mark’s Gospel. But this is not the only ... has a way of playing tricks on us. We may not have as long as we think. And think how much peace and joy John Mellencamp could have in his life in the meantime. There are some things in life that should not be put off. Telling people we ...

499. The Value of Doubt

John 20:19-31

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R. Robert Cueni

... was a chance that Jesus would die. When this danger was presented to Jesus, he was unconcerned. He wanted to go to Bethany and see his friends, Mary, Martha, and Lazarus. Thomas spoke up and said: “Let us also go, that we may die with him” (John 11:16). There are a couple ways to interpret Thomas’ comment. It might be an expression of enormous courage. Perhaps, Thomas was not afraid to die and he was simply encouraging the others. “Come on. Let’s go to Bethany and support Jesus even if it means we ...

500. Sitting Shiva Behind Closed Doors

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... of another story, one in which you not only observe, but in which you take part. So let’s start by realizing that John is writing to “you”! “You” have just experienced the death of Jesus, the “Messiah” that you expected to redeem Israel from its ... to a relationship with God. (Later John would write: “Behold I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut, for you have a little power and have kept my Word.” (Revelation). [See also 1 Corinthians 16:9, Acts 14:27, Colossians 4 ...

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