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576. Make It Right!

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... and go; first be reconciled to your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift." MAKE IT RIGHT!!! After all, the same Bible that says BELIEVE also says BEHAVE. Amen! 1. Mark 3:1-5 2. Matthew 21:12-13; Mark 11:15-17; Luke 19:45-46; John 2:13-16 3. Quoted by Peter J. Blackburn, http://members.xoom.com/_XOOM/pblackburn/sermons/pbcomm06.htm 4. William Barclay, The Daily Study Bible, CD-ROM edition (Liguori, MO: Liguori Faithware, 1996) used by permission of Westminster ...

577. The Freedom in Forgiveness

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... , just writes it off when the fellow pleads for mercy. Then this stupid slave confronts a compatriot who owes him the equivalent of $16.00 and, ignoring a request for mercy, has him thrown into jail. The rest of the slaves cannot believe what has happened, so ... on they knew what being a real church was all about.(9) There is freedom in forgiveness. A translator was trying to render 1 John 1:9 ("If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness ...

578. One Shock after Another

Luke 3:1-20

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David E. Leininger

... can make us either bitter or better. So saying, there is more to this text than the comfort of knowing that our Lord is not put off by any shocks. There is John's call to repentance...a challenge to change those things in our lives that need changing...and the promise of God's forgiveness symbolized by the cleansing waters of baptism. Then there ... (even you and me) will see God's salvation." Jesus. And that is the best shock of all. Amen! 1. John 1:46 2. Matthew 5:4, 5, 10 3. Matthew 23:11 4. Matthew 20 ...

579. Surprised On The Mountaintop

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... LIFE IN THE VALLEYS. The time came for Jesus and his three disciples to come down off the mountain. As Peter, James, and John descended the mountain they pondered the significance of what they had just experienced. My guess is that they walked back down in ... green Mercedes. His face was pressed to the floor and a blanket thrown over him as the car accelerated. The date was March 16, 1985. While in captivity Terry began reading the Bible. The Bible characters came to life! He came to know them as living beings ...

580. Spin-masters Need Not Apply

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

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King Duncan

... ? I believe it can be summed up in three verses: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth" (Genesis 1:1); "God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3:16), and "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and, Love your neighbor as yourself" (Luke 10:27). You and I may believe this thing and that about Scripture and about ...

581. Grace: Amazing or Mystifying?

Romans 3:21-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... Jesus loves you so much. Do you believe Jesus loves everybody regardless?’ Very proudly,” says Jimmy Gentry, “I said in my 16-year-old piety, ‘Jesus loves everybody in the world and wants a relationship with everybody!’ And then my pastor said, ‘That ... man approached heaven’s gate. St. Peter asked, “What’s the password?” The man quoted John 3:16. Peter said, “Nice try but wrong.” The man quoted John 3:17. Peter said, “Nice try but wrong.” The man recited the 23rd Psalm. Peter ...

582. Only a Carpenter

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... sum up the message of St. Mark, the message of the Gospel? We are all invited to “Kiss a Carpenter” - one Carpenter in particular: Jesus of Nazareth. “Simon, do you love me?” Jesus is reported to have asked the Big Fisherman at the end of His earthly journey.(John 21:15,16) It is a question he asks each of us again and again. “Do you love me? How about a kiss?” The only kiss He ever got, according to the Gospels, was from an enemy. But He wants a kiss from His friends. In a sense, that is what ...

583. A Sign for a Sign

Mark 8:11-13

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... confronted by His mighty works (2:1-3:6), and yet they ask for a sign.” (Lamar Williamson, INTERPRETATION, Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1983, p. 142) The “sign from heaven” demanded by the Pharisees probably refers to some incontrovertible proof that Jesus ... said of the disciples own hunger, or of their eating. Their work is exclusively as servants of the sheep. Is this parallel to Matthew 16 where Jesus tells the disciples that their task is to take the Good News into all the world? I have a hunch that it ...

584. A Life Hidden With Christ

Colossians 2:6-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... sin.2. There is the recreation of the image of God in the life of the believer. This is the reason John Wesley talked about grace impinging upon us and working in three specific ways: prevenient grace, justifying grace, sanctifying grace. Prevenient grace ... with sickness and death. Paul was consistent in his affirmation. Do you remember his ringing word to the Corinthians -- II Corinthians 4: 16 - 18. "So we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed every ...

585. Don't Mess With Mr. In-between

James 1:1-18

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Maxie Dunnam

... the word of God, it is obvious that God delights in giving. He is generous; His very character is to give. Love is His motive for giving. In fact, He loved enough to give His very best. "God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son..." (John 3:16). (Cedar, Ibid., p. 28). The reason we do not receive wisdom, the reason we don't receive the guidance we need is that we don't ask in faith. It's too simple, and it's too good to be true. That's the reason James warns us to ask ...

586. Taking Aim

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... can identify more readily the brand of sneakers they're wearing, or the brand of cereal they had for breakfast, than they can identify the version of the Bible they read. · A culture where only 9% of Americans know what the Great Commission is, only 35% have ever heard of John 3:16, where only 37% can explain the "gospel;" . . . a church where only 25% of self-avowed "born-again" Christians could explain the Great Commission, only 50% could recite ...

587. The Spiritually Incorrect Spirit

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... an unlikely candidate that my father Jesse didn't even bring me in from the fields to be examined by Samuel" (1 Samuel 16). Or as one preacher has translated the exchange between David and Yahweh, "Yahweh, Goliath is too big to hit." Yahweh says, "David, ... to trust in your own strength, but to trust in the promises of God and the power of the Spirit. Second, you'll lead unpredictable lives. John 3:8 tells us that the wind blows where it wills, and you can't tell from whence it comes and where it goes. Since ...

588. What Is Eternal Life?

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... a living At-One-Ment with God, with self, with others, with all creation. At-One-Ment enables us to live in the moment. At-One-Ment exists at the point of At-One-Moment. This is the promise of the gospel. This is the promise of John 3:16. Trusting in the atoning death of Christ on the cross brings us the experience of eternal life, of life lived with God in the “now.” That’s why I say “now” moments are God moments. What “God” moments, what “now” moments, have you already experienced in ...

589. The Right Connection

John 15:1-8

Sermon

James Merritt

... abide in the Lord Jesus, remain with the Lord Jesus, stick with the Lord Jesus, stay with the Lord Jesus, he's never been saved. John said, "They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us ... tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore by their fruits you will know them. (Mt. 7:16-20) You see, a fruitless branch is not a failed Christian, he is a false Christian. Mark it down. The reality of faith is determined ...

590. Nothing Great Happens Without It

Luke 14: 25-35

Sermon

James Merritt

... shot with arrows, Simon, the Zealot, was crucified by the Persians. Peter was crucified upside down by the Romans. The Apostle John died alone on the island of Patmos.[3] Greatness means there is a price to be paid. Always has meant that and ... who had already walked 11,000 miles. That left arm hung uselessly at his side. His body was emaciated; his skin a dark brown from 16 years in the African sun; his face wrinkled from the ravages of several American fevers that had racked his body. He was half deaf from ...

591. Till Death Do Us Part

Matthew 19:1-9

Sermon

James Merritt

... what he said, and why God has built such a big strong fence around the institution of marriage. First of all, God hates divorce. Malachi 2:16 says, "For the Lord God of Israel says that He hates divorce." Now He loves the divorcee, but He hates divorce. That tells me that divorce ... with the People You Love, (Springdale, Pa.: Whitaker House, 1987), 77. 9 John MacArthur, The MacArthur New Testament Commentary: Matthew 16-23 (Chicago: Moody Press, 1988), 171. 10 Policy Review, Summer, 1995. 11 Hunt, pp. 32 ...

592. How to Lower Your Temper (-ature)

Proverbs 16:32

Sermon

James Merritt

... of your wife, you will lose the respect of your colleagues and your children. It may even cause you to lose your health. John Hunter, a physiologist, who had a severe heart condition, said, "My wife is at the mercy of the person who can make ... , but he who is slow to anger allays contention." (Prov. 15:18) Solomon repeatedly admonishes his children to "be slow to anger." (14:29; 15:18; 16:32; 19:4) If you are headed toward the house of anger, be slow to arrive and walk in, and extremely quick to walk out the ...

593. God, Elvis, and O.J. Simpson

Psalm 139

Sermon

James Merritt

... to run the ball 35 and 40 times a game. I remember one time a reporter criticized him for giving O. J. the ball so much, and John McKay replied, "Let's get two things straight: Number one: O. J. doesn't belong to a union, and number two: the ball is not that heavy." ... unformed. And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them." (vv. 13-16) Did you know that God even knows you genetically? God has a unique genetic code he has given to every human being. As ...

594. Accepting the Unconventional in Life

Mark 2:13-22

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... . When Jesus asked, "Who do you say I am?" Peter answered, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God" (Matthew 16:15b-16). Jesus' words and Peter's confession raised much division, but Jesus specifically told his disciples: "Do you think I that I have ... , and I am in you, may they also be one in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me" (John 17:21). The common people flock to Joshua, recognizing in him the message of Jesus. But traditional church officials, the priests, ministers, and ...

595. A Clock or a Compass?

Mark 1:9-15

Sermon

David T. Ball

... us this morning, on the first Sunday of Lent, as we begin our Lenten journey together. It’s the familiar story of Jesus’ baptism, by John the Baptist in the Jordan River, with the Spirit descending like a dove upon him, and God’s voice, saying, “You are my Son, the ... God’s reign. The expected eternal fates of a poor beggar and a callous rich man are reversed (Luke 16:19-31); the repentant, though despised, publican is accepted before the “righteous” Pharisee (Luke 18:10-13); the laborers in ...

596. The Comforts of "Thy Rod and Thy Staff": Rulership or Relationship

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... made the good shepherd and his flock One. As the “Good Shepherd,” Jesus cautioned those all ready gathered that there were “other sheep that do not belong to this fold.” These “other sheep” would also be joined into the one flock of the one shepherd (John 10:16). This was not a new idea. The first thing God did for his chosen people Israel was to divide them up into twelve tribes. In Genesis 49:1-28, Jacob gathered his sons around him and described each of his offspring-—their strengths, their ...

597. Put Me In Coach!

1 Peter 4:10

Sermon

James Merritt

... and that is we serve the wrong master. Jesus said, "No servant can serve two masters. You cannot serve both God and money." (Luke 16:13, NIV) Jesus didn't just say you should not serve both God and money. He said, "You cannot serve both God and money." ... job. Jesus could say to his heavenly father, "I glorified you on earth by completing down to the last detail what you assigned me to do." (John 17:4, MSG) Jesus didn't give up. He didn't give in. He didn't give out. He finished the job. I Corinthians 4:2 ...

598. Standard Building Codes

Matthew 5:27-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... is looking at a person for the purpose of deliberately stimulating desire. It is not just appreciating someone's beauty. John Maxwell describes lust as, "Any thought, that if you actually carried it out, would be a sin." Incidentally, if ... site URL's on the internet. More than 2, 500 new sites are coming online every week. 9 out of 10 children ages between 8 and 16 have viewed pornography on the internet. 25 million Americans visit cyber-sex sites between 1-10 hours per week. Another 4.7 million visit cyber- ...

599. Don’t Be a Hypocrite

Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

James Merritt

... that they will be noticed by men when they are fasting Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full." (Matthew 6:16, NASB) The Pharisees had a bad habit of fasting, but then telling everybody about it. They would put a sad face on, wouldn't ... was "prime-time". They had a "strut your stuff" spiritually. Jesus said about the Pharisees in John 12:43, "For they loved the approval of men rather than the approval of God." (John 12:43, NASB) I want you to understand there are certain things we are to do ...

600. Compassion Can Do More Than You May Think

Luke 7:11-17

Sermon

David R. Cartwright

... old age. Later, on the cross, Jesus will repeat a similar act of compassion with his own mother. He will turn to John, the disciple, and make sure that John will look after Mary when he's gone. As the funeral procession passes by, so moved is Jesus that he touches the ... the boy's body three times and cries to the Lord. "O Lord, my God, let this child's life come into him again" (Luke 16:21b). We're told that the Lord hears Elijah's prayer, and the boy is revived. With Jesus, matters are much more simple. It's ...

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