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76. Can't Get No Satisfaction

Exodus 20:17

Sermon

James Merritt

... ." Francis Xavier, the famous Roman Catholic priest and missionary, ... 13:5, NASB) Think about this. If you have God what else should you want? When you covet what you are really saying is "God you are not enough. You really don't satisfy me." The Apostle Paul made an amazing statement. In Philippians 4:11 he said, "I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am." (Philippians 4 ... 25 says, "The generous prosper and are satisfied; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed." (Proverbs 11:25 ...

77. Staying Alive All Your Ministry Life: Will You Finish Well?

Exodus 32:1-33:6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.” (Romans 12:1) I don’t know a Christian in all the ages to ... of being in need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me. (Phil. 4:4-7, 10-13) Our spiritual formation is a dynamic process, a growing willingness, or even a willingness to ... and washed their wounds; then he and his entire family were baptized without delay. (Acts 16:25-33) The conversion of a Gentile businesswoman and a jailer, along with the healing of a ...

78. Get Ready

Sermon

Rolf E. Aaseng

... earthly ministry was urgent because the "night is coming when no one can work" (John 9:4). The same urgency applies to us. The time is short; we must do what we ... in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy" (Romans 13:12-13). The letter to Titus says that God's grace trains us "to renounce impiety ... another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching" (Hebrews 10:24-25). Paul also urged all believers, "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; ...

79. America in the Mirror

2 Kings 17:5-23

Sermon

James Merritt

... That is, they began to worship the stars. Now God had warned them in Deut. 4:19, "And take heed, lest you lift your eyes to heaven, and when you see ... like them." Their motto had become "When in Rome do like the Romans do." You remember the old saying, "If you can't lick them ... affect 30 million people directly or indirectly, and cost us $25 billion a year. We are decaying from drugs. Drug use ... ."[6] We are disintegrating in debt. America is going in debt $13,000 a second, $47 million an hour, and $1 billion every ...

80. Rooted and Rebooted

Psalm 126:1-6, Luke 13:31-35, 2 Samuel 15:13-37

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... through our Lord and Messiah, Jesus. Paul tells us, “Rejoice in the Lord always” (Phil 4:4). It’s no mistake that Paul says, Rejoice IN the Lord always. For we are ... ) King David Weeps on the Mount of Olives 13 A messenger came and told David, “The hearts of the people of Israel are with Absalom.”… 25 Then the king said to Zadok, “Take the ... from above, as we are all from “one root.” Paul drives this home in Romans 11 as he likens Israel to the natural branches of the olive tree, but gentiles ...

81. Are You Sorry Enough to Wash Your Face?

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... hand on her head, and went away, crying aloud as she went" (2 Samuel 13:19). But will you note that it was not Tamar's sin but the cultural shame ... . Then there is Mordecai's reaction to Haman's decree as recorded in Esther 4:1-3. Mordecai felt personally responsible for what happened but there is no indicator ... your dispersions, and you shall fall like a choice vessel" (Jeremiah 25:34). The similarities are as significant as the difference. First, because ... is evidence that ancient Romans celebrated the festival of ...

82. A New Heaven And A New Earth: Our Problems Are Fading Away!

Revelation 21:1-6

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... call you attention to how the reference in verse 4 of our lesson to God overcoming death seems to be a deliberate reference to Isaiah 25:8 which reads: He will swallow up death forever ... at a time when the Christians to whom it was written were suffering persecution from the Roman Empire. The message of the book was that these persecutions are not the real crisis facing ... ; Revelation 12:7/Daniel 10:13,21; 12:1; Revelation 20:1,4/Daniel 7:9,22,27. [2] John Wesley, “Sermons,” in The Works of John Wesley, Vol.6 ...

83. Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... that this Jesus might very well be the Messiah, God's anointed one who would lead the people and throw off the hated yoke of Roman oppression. Yes! But those hopes had been dashed. This was a big news week. As everyone knows, this Jesus ended up, not on a ... . Amen. 1. John 13:35 2. Carlos Wilton, The Immediate Word for 4/10/05, http://www.csspub.com/tiw.lasso 3. Hebrews 13:2 4. Jon Walton, "An Appearance on Old Emmaus Road," sermon preached at First Presbyterian Church, New York City, 4/25/04 5. Frederick ...

84. Get off the Throne and Learn Wisdom

Matthew 7:1-6

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... with their old fishing rivals James and John? How is Matthew, the-sell-out-to-the-Romans-tax-collector, to sleep around the same camp fire with Simon the-freedom-fighter-Jewish- ... Leo Tolstoy wrote, “Everybody thinks of changing the world, and nobody thinks of changing himself.”13 During the 1930's a woman came asking the great Gandhi to get her ... Touch (Warner Books, 1994). 2. The Weekly Standard, Nov. 25, 1996. 3. Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun. 4. PreachingToday.com search under Matthew 7:1-6. 5 ...

85. A Man Who Was a Lion-Tamer

Daniel 6:1-28

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... to do what most of us would have done. We say, "When in Rome, do as the Romans" Daniel could have said, "When in Babylon, do as the Babylonians." Why not just go along with the ... . For personal reading: 2 Kings 24, 25 Daniel 1--6 For public reading: Daniel 6 Outline The Temptation to be Impure (Daniel 1) The Temptation to be Insincere (Daniel 2, 4, 5) The Temptation to be Irreverent ... what he had (lost, dreamed, promised). (2:1-12) 10-13. King (Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, Darius) had (3, 300, 3,000) Jews cast ...

86. The World's Most Extraordinary Club

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... nobody qualifies. It is a club with no members, said St. Paul, “for all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God . . .” (Romans 3:23). Certainly such an exclusive club was not the kind of club that Jesus envisioned. He wanted a club to which everyone on earth could ... /luxury/most-expensive/top-13-most-exclusive-clubs-in-the-world/. 3. “The 25 Most Exclusive Clubs on the Planet” by Emily Rekstis, July 13, 2018, BestLife, https://bestlifeonline.com/most-exclusive-clubs/. 4. “Why the Law was ...

87. When Tradition Gets in the Way

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... . 1981, pp.4-5) But Protestant Christians have sometimes been guilty of doing the same thing they criticize in traditional Roman Catholicism, setting up ... ’ attack in the present text is against ‘your tradition which you hand on.’ (7:13, TEV). The problem addressed is tradition alienated from the word of God. By emphasizing the ... blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.’” (I Cor. 12:23-25) This tradition does not “get in the way,” but rather “opens up the way” by which we ...

88. Beyond Judgment

Matthew 24:36-44

Sermon

James L. Killen

... new age, but it was an age of promise. The summary of his message was "repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near" (Matthew 4:17). It is clear that when Jesus talks about the kingdom of heaven, he is not talking only about something that is to happen in ... you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me" (Matthew 25:40). It is clear that this teaching about the last days was intended to show us how to live in the here and now. In ... " (Romans 13:11-14).

89. What is the Future of Marriage?

Mark 12:18-27

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... .” Maybe it’s time to explain what I mean. A. Marriage is an honorable estate. Hebrews 13:4 says, “Marriages should be honored by all.” I was coming to the end of my last ... between the two of you. Me and my must now always take into consideration an us and an ours.” Roman Catholics call marriage a sacrament. It is the mixing of two streams of water into one river. That’s why ... Christ loved the Church and gave himself up for her” (Ephesians 5:25). Marriage is not about me, my, not about I,I,I. We ...

90. In Debt Forever!

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... others - never finish paying that!" In other words, St. Paul encouraged those Roman Christians of the first century and us American Christians of the twentieth ... neighbor as yourself." "You are right!" said Jesus. "Do this, and you will live" (Luke 10:25-28). If you want to live forever, you start by staying forever in debt to God through ... brother also" (1 John 4:20-21). Jesus said it, too: "By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another" (John 13:35). That’s tough, ...

91. Bad News from a Good Man!

1 Kings 21:1-29

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... bed, turned away his face, and would not eat” (1 Kings 21:4). He sounds like a spoiled brat, does he not? He reminds me ... is mine; with me you are but aliens and tenants” (Numbers 25:23). Naboth is saying, in effect, this is not mine to ... a murderer. “Then take (Naboth) out, and stone him to death” (1 Kings 21:13). That is how sin works if we do not take control of it and ... on sin. “So then, each of us will be accountable to God” (Romans 14:12). Make no mistake; no one escapes this world alive. Every ...

92. A Birthday Celebration

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... don't work on July 6 and December 25--my birthday and Jesus' birthday--but outside of ... Honor: JESUS CHRIST Date: Everyday. Traditionally December 25, but He's always around, so the ... historical events, simply list Christ's birth at about 4 B.C.) "Regardless of the year, one deduction ... a registration to be made throughout the Roman world. This was the first registration carried ... One whose birth we are supposed to be honoring. (4) And yet we know it happens. Many people never ... ILLUSTRATOR 4. Contributed. Source unknown ...

93. Know Fear: The Fear of God

Proverbs 1:7

Sermon

James Merritt

... and Fear - of - God is plenty and honor and a satisfying life." (Proverbs 22:4, MSG) Did you know that the fear of God can not only add ... confides in those who fear Him; He makes His covenant known to them." (Psalm 25:14, NIV) When you fear God then you hear God. That is the way ... a man in the book of Acts named, Cornelius, who was a Roman soldier. Do you know what the community said about him? We read this ... duty of every person." (Ecclesiastes 12:13, NLT) Franklin Roosevelt once said, "The only thing we have ...

94. Stewards and the Hungry

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... by the Congressional Budget Office estimated that 13.8 million children were in poverty in 1983, an increase of more than 4 million since 1973. The plight of ... but it was that Jesus convinced 5,000 Jews to share what they had. In a passage from Matthew 25, we are told how the religious of the day thought that they were going to be complimented for ... Jesus’ admonition to love our enemies. Saint Paul understood, as he wrote to the Romans: "... if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink ...

95. What Is Caesar's and What Is God's?

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Brett Blair

... the role of government, when he said that government is “God’s servant, and agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer” (Romans 13:4). I know many a Christian who is squeamish about judgment. They say we are not to judge. But my friends if you pay ... a pen and notebook, and scribbled a message of his own. With a big smile he held it close to the window. It said, "It's $25 an hour out here!" Give to Caesar’s what is Caesars and to God what is God’s! You could think for a month and not ...

96. Such a Transformation!

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... Lord (cf. John 12:38; Acts 8:32-33; 1 Peter 2:24-25, et al.). And yet a great air of mystery surrounds this passage. ... to attain that knowledge. The text begins with God speaking in verses 13-15 of chapter 52. God announces that his servant, who was ... subjecting him to the punishment that should have been ours (vv. 4-6). “All we like sheep have gone astray,” and the servant ... with the Roman and Jewish authorities of his time, and who therefore ended up dying a criminal’s death on a Roman torture instrument ...

97. Sermons

Sermon

John R. Bodo

... for us by Jesus, the crucified and risen Lord. Scripture: Jonah 1, 3, 4 The story of Jonah is remembered chiefly for Jonah's trip in the belly ... little we know about him we can find in 2 Kings 14:25. But, except for borrowing his name, the Book of Jonah, which is ... to Abraham. That is why Saul switched to his Roman name Paul. Daniel and his friends were expected to ... our redemption in the "second Adam," our Lord Jesus Christ. Scripture: Genesis 3:1-13, 22-24Psalm 139:1-12, 17-18, 22-24 When I was a little ...

98. How Can We Foretell the Future?

1 Kings 2:1-12

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... he wrote of those who "have offered reverence and worship to created things instead of to the Creator" (Romans 1:25, NEB). Nevertheless, human beings have always been so curious about the future that they have resorted to all ... you go you may prosper in everything you do. If you obey him, the Lord will keep the promise he made ..." (1 Kings 2:1-4, TEV) Wasn’t David talking about the future when he said to Solomon, "If you obey him [God], the Lord will keep the promise he made ... practice!" (John 13:17, TEV).

99. A Clear and Present Danger

Nehemiah 5:1-19

Sermon

James Merritt

... in Mark 3:25, "If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand." (Mark 3:25, NIV) As soon ... for harmony, and on the growth of our fellowship together." (Romans 14:19, Phillips) The Bible gives the Golden Rule for ... it!" and praised God. And the people did what they promised. (Nehemiah 5:9-13, MSG) Now at first blush that seems so neat, so clean cut, and yet ... effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace." (Ephesians 4:3, NIV) Finally, we can all set an example and we can all be ...

100. How Connected Are You?

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... was a survivor of the Holocaust. He survived through the efforts of one man, Oskar Schindler, a Roman Catholic, who saved not only his life but the lives of 900 of his fellow Jews. Page ... many of us from those around us. A study of the Stanford Institute found that: 13 percent of regular net users that is, those who are on the web five hours ... . Michael Bugeja, Interpersonal Divide (Oxford University Press, 2005). 4. American Journal of Epidemiology (1975): 102(6): 514‑25. Cited by Walter L. Larimore M.D., 10 ...

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