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Antonyms: do nothing

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551. Journey To The Cross IV: Jesus and Judas

Mark 14:43-52

Sermon

James W. Moore

... Judas’ part. Maybe Judas was simply trying to force the issue, to bring the showdown, to make Jesus get on with it, to make Jesus act, to make Jesus go ahead and bring the kingdom with power. Judas might have reasoned, “I’ll call His hand… I’ll set it ... was trying to do. Let me show you what I mean. I. Judas Missed The Message And sometimes so do we. On December 17, 1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright kept their hand-built airplane up in the air for 59 seconds. It was an incredible accomplishment. Then ...

552. Jesus ... Who?

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... that I am?" Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." [Matthew 16:13-16] Supplementary text: Matthew 17:1-9 When Jimmy Carter first started campaigning for the presidency in 1976, the slogan in some parts of the country was "Jimmy - ... and sat at his feet. She washed his feet with her tears of gratitude and wiped his feet with her hair. This was a most humble act, for if you know what a woman’s hair means to her, you know how demeaning it was to dry his feet with her hair. When ...

553. A Faith for the Uncharted Way

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... as though they will open, they do. If we hesitate and hang back as though they won’t, they don’t. It is an act of faith which opens the door. It is the forward step taken in trust which opens the way to the room which lies beyond. Do ... feet of the foremost priests touched the water, it rolled back and gave the advancing column a clear passage to the other side (Joshua 3:14-17). I cannot explain what happened here. But, then, I didn’t write the story, and I don’t have to explain it. But I know this ...

554. Here Comes Jesus

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

James Bjorge

... off the ground with gusto. Jesus was coming to stage the greatest drama the world would ever witness. It would unfold the mighty act of redemption. While he was in the wings there was a man out front preparing the people for his entrance. His name was ... is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire" (Luke 3:17). After John called for repentance he ushered in the Good News of Jesus who takes away the sin of the world. If a man only ...

555. Chapter X

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... ’s wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor’s." Exodus 20:17 With this Commandment we come to the end of the "Words" that God spoke to his people at Sinai. The warning that he gave ... causes for men’s actions. While the others tend to talk about specific acts in themselves that result from a warped relationship with God, these two point to the reasons for the acts. They help us to understand that men murder, commit adultery, and steal because ...

556. How Can We Foretell the Future?

1 Kings 2:1-12

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... a decision. To decide means literally "to cut off." Imagine there are various alternatives hanging in front of you, like colored balls suspended by strings from the ceiling. The act of decision is the act of cutting one of those strings and letting that particular alternative be taken in hand. The words and example of Jesus underline the importance of making choices for our ... " when he spoke of our happiness: "Now that you know this truth, how happy you will be if you put it into practice!" (John 13:17, TEV).

557. The Remnant Year

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... is the expert with remnants. No single thing he created seems destined to go unused or be discarded. His intent is summed up in John 3:17: "For he sent his son into the world not to condemn the world but that the world through him might be saved." This is the ... than his. Rich, they pridefully manipulated the law. Tired, they yielded to the easiest way out. Defeated, they became despairing. They acted as if they were no people of God at all. Rather, God was their private possession to be used at will. From ...

558. Noise Is Anything That Corrupts the Integrity of a Message

1 Samuel 3:1--4:1

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... shouts that people in church are hypocrites. Yet, inside the noise persists, too. Maybe we are the hypocrites. We have talked one way and acted another; we have talked big to ourselves of our intentions and found good excuses not to carry them forward. Then it is that ... long to say, "Master speak, your servant hears." There is a parallel to our text in the New Testament. In John 21:15-17, 19b, we read of a post-resurrection appearance. Jesus is speaking to Peter. He asks him if he loves him more than others ...

559. The Best Advertising of All

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... shall be my witnesses," Jesus said to them (Acts 1:8). What you hear from me proclaim to everyone around you, Jesus told them. Saint Luke tells us they never stopped telling the good news of Christ our Savior (Acts 5:42). Not only the disciples were ... and believe. "Faith comes from what is heard," Paul wrote, when what is heard is the good news of Jesus Christ (Romans 10:17). God reveals himself and makes himself known through what we say. What an honor and a privilege! Because people generally do not do ...

560. Sunday Dinner

Leviticus 19:1-37

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... modern Christians (which is the reason you hear so little preaching from that book). But there is an extended portion, chapters 17-26, known as the Holiness Code - divine rules for living as a uniquely Godly community - that contains some of the loftiest ... midst of ethical instruction, God's message appears to be that there is something actually ethical, something RIGHT, about the simple act of eating with one another. Down deep, I think we know that. A shared meal binds people together. Any child can tell you ...

561. Tough Love

Zephaniah 3:1-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... from any other source (much less any parent). Because God apparently lets people get away with SO MUCH, they begin to think that they can act in any way they want with no danger of ever being called to account. But there is the rub: the message of God's ... bedroom to comfort us in the midst of the thunder and lightning that had terrified us and awakened us from our sleep. Or 3:17, "[God] will rejoice over you with gladness; He will renew you (or "quiet" you) with his love; He will exult over you with...singing ...

562. God and Hurricanes

Matthew 5:43-48

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... late summer day. And we reflect. Where is God in all this? People have long called hurricanes and other like events an "act of God." The Bible suggests so. The prophet Ezekiel believed that God used tremendous storms as a weapon to punish the unrighteous: "Thus ... pass through the waters, I WILL BE WITH YOU."(10) Hallelujah! Amen! 1. Posted by Bass Mitchell, via Ecunet, "Sermonshop 1999 09 21," #17, 9/14/99 2. Sheila Watson, via Ecunet, "Sermonshop 1999 09 21," #42, 9/15/99 3. Ezekiel 13:13 4. Psalm 148 ...

563. Leaping Lepers - Thanksgiving

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... a thank-you note. It is because only this man - this unbeliever, according to conventional wisdom - has realized that his healing is an act of God. Jesus does not say of the nine, "Was none of them found to return and say thank you except this foreigner?" ... and go; your faith has made you well." Happy Thanksgiving. Amen! 1. Leviticus 13:45-46 2. 14:1-32 3. II Kings 17:24 4. Carlos Wilton, "How Great Journeys Begin," sermon preached at Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church, Point Pleasant, NJ, 10/10/04 5. ibid. ...

564. Finding Glory

Galatians 6:11-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... deep sense of Kolbe's presence." Then she added, "Now, he has gone [to be with] to Kolbe." In recognition of his selfless act the Roman Catholic church declared Kolbe blessed in 1971 and canonized him in 1982. For many years the man whose life Kolbe saved ... ," READER'S DIGEST. 5. LOOK OUT, WORLD, (Altamonte Springs, FL: Strang Communications Co., 1993). 6. PRODIGY interactive personal service 03/17/95. 7. THIS INCREDIBLE CENTURY/1980-90, pp. 228-229. Contrib. by Dr. John Bardsley. 8. ON A HILL TOO FAR AWAY ...

565. The Leadership Principles Of Jesus

Hebrews 5:11-6:12

Sermon

King Duncan

... to begin. Without Lambeau's instructions, the Packers faltered in the last two quarters and lost the championship 23-17. (1) One of the most important themes in society today is leadership. Every corporation, every institution, yearns for a ... titled 1776. This production centers around John Adams, as he attempts to get the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia to act decisively and declare independence from England. The times call for change. But certain members of this congress are painfully slow to ...

566. How Have We Made It This Far?

Acts 1:6-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... How can it be that with its many frailties the church continues to survive? One place we can find an explanation is Acts 1:14. In this brief verse we read these important words describing the early Christian church: “They all joined together constantly in ... fellowship determines to a great extent the power of our witness. Jesus prayed in his prayer for the church recorded in John 17 that his followers would all be one. Fellowship is essential to the life of the body of Christ. The second thing that ...

567. A Pentecostal Church

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... history. The descent of the Spirit on the church on that sacred day was an act of God, not of man. It was not something that was conjured by the disciples. Because it was an act of God, we need to see some of the very important implications. FIRST OF ALL, ... night Football and Baseball, golf tournaments, the Olympics, the Indy 500, etc. In bold letters we read "JOHN 3:16," "II COR. 5:17," "ROM. 5:8" They pop up on bed sheets hanging from the upper decks, behind home plate, over golfers' heads as they putt, ...

568. Mentor, Mediator, Master

1 Timothy 2:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... who had dared to take a stand against the very corrupt New York Governor, William S. Cosby. As Gov. Cosby's acts became more outrageous and Zenger's newspaper spoke more harshly against those acts, Cosby had Zenger jailed. Cosby's Supreme Court justice then had the lawyers disbarred who had stepped forward to defend Zenger ... , p. 7. 4. Robbins, Peggy. "The Trial of Peter Zenger," AMERICAN HISTORY ILLUSTRATED (Dec., 1976), pp. 9-17. 5. Eugene W. Brice, BOOKS THAT BRING LIFE, (Lubbock, Texas: Net Press, 1983).

569. The Cry Of Freedom

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... activity and provide for order in a chaotic world. Let me remind you that God has established three institutions to nurture human life to provide meaning, purpose, power and structure: The Home (Genesis 2:8-15) The Government or State (Genesis 9:1-17) The Church (Acts 2) Now, let us turn to our lesson from Romans 13 for today for insight about government and its purpose, and our responsibility in it. THE FIRST PRINCIPLE THAT PAUL SETS FORTH IS THE NECESSITY OF GOVERNMENT. Paul called for all believers to ...

570. The Cross We Do Not Want To See

Mark 15:21-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... Calvary. So, first we see the pain. II. But Beyond the Pain, We See the Love Love is not an abstract concept in the Christian faith. Love is a concrete act. "God so loved the world that he gave his only Son. . . ." John Patrick once wrote a comedy titled The Curious Savage. In the play a character named Fairy May is ... , 1996, p. A8. 2. (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1995), pp. 16-17. 3. LEADERSHIP, Spring 1995, Vol. XVI, No. 2, p. 48. 4. (New York: Dramatists Play Service, 1951), 36-37. 5. Morgan, pp. 115-117.

571. It's A Miracle

John 20:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... no harm for Mrs. Gonzalez to believe that her roses were supernaturally fertilized. Still, a mature faith does not insist on dramatic acts of God for confirmation. THERE ARE BASICALLY TWO KINDS OF MIRACLES. There are what we might call "property miracles." And there are ... pp. 177-179. From a sermon "Number One in the Nation" by Don Emmitte. 3. Faith Popcorn & Lys Marigold, Clicking--17 Trends That Drive Your . . . (New York: HarperBusiness, 1997), p. 107. 4. James E. Carter, Layman's Bible Book Commentary, ...

572. Like Everest Without Oxygen And Wimbledon Without A Racquet

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... is such a word!) of oxymorons! To grasp the story we need just a touch of a geography lesson. Jerusalem and Jericho are only 17 miles apart. They are both safe places: Jerusalem is the Holy City and Jericho a desert oasis, but to get from one to the ... and I are the man lying in the ditch. And Christ has come to us and rescued us. And now we are charged with passing that act of grace and kindness on to others. When we understand that, then we will be ready to become the Good Samaritan. Then we will be ready ...

573. Right Choices

Matthew 13:24-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... from God; the bad folks come from the devil. One day there will be a judgement when the good folks will be separated from the bad. The act of sowing weeds in another man's field as a form of revenge was so common in Jesus' day that there were laws prohibiting it. Wheat and ... . 172, 173, 176. 2. Randy Scott, COUNTRY MUSIC REVEALED (New York: MetroBooks, 1995), p. 60. 3. Associated Press (1-17-91). Cited in Edward K. Rowell, HUMOR FOR PREACHING AND TEACHING (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1996). 4. Bob Garfield, ...

574. As The World Turns

Matthew 4:12-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... you give your real age away. Alice Cooper was the first "shock -rock" act. He used to parade on stage with makeup and live snakes and simulate his own decapitation--a pretty raunchy act. A few years ago his career received quite a boost when he ... the kingdom exists anywhere that God reigns supreme. If Christ rules our lives, then as Jesus said to one person, "The kingdom is within you" (Luke 17:21). The second thing we know is that the kingdom has to do with community. It has to do with God's people. It has ...

575. The Idiot's Guide To Christianity

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... you see your neighbor, you see Christ. That's simple too. If you want to know how to treat your neighbor, ask yourself this question: If this was Jesus, how would I treat him? And then act accordingly. In our lesson for today Jesus says: "And whoever . . . gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink, truly I say to you he shall not lose his ... . Ashliman. Â© 2000. 4. From a sermon by Frank Lyman. 5. Reality and the Vision, Philip Yancey, ed. (Dallas: Word Publishing, 1990), pp. 17-18.

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