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1026. Men of Distinction

Acts 11:19-30

Sermon

Allan J. Weenink

... only Son as Lord and Savior. Because he holds certain beliefs, he shapes his thoughts, actions, and way of life around what he holds most sacred. No one forces him to do this. John wrote, "For 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 RSV) "Whoever" means the privilege of choice. One may choose to believe or not to believe. This is the exercise of human volition, which capacity God gave to man at creation. What will ...

1027. The Evangelism Of Emphasis - 1946

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Kent Moorehead

... lost sons everywhere, we then "would fain fill our bellies with the husks that the swine do eat" (Luke 15:16). With sure insight Jesus recognized how easily and how fatally man is seduced by his lust for things; how money becomes ... he was a Peasant, a Carpenter, a Healer, a Teacher, a Servant of all. He said, "I and the Father are One" (John 10:30). "My father worketh hitherto, and I work" (John 5:17). "I come not to be ministered unto, but to minister" (Matthew 20:28). "He that would be greatest among you ...

1028. A Gospel that Fills the Glove

Sermon

James Bjorge

... themselves they were powerless to accomplish. Scripture says, "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory; glory as of the only Son from the Father ... And from his fullness have we all received, grace upon grace" (John 1:14, 16). Paul says, "For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have come to fullness of life in him, who is the head of all rule and authority" (Colossians 2:9-10). And when Paul prays for the church in Ephesus he writes ...

1029. The Witness of the Spirit

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... t have to just hope that one is saved...one can know! The key Biblical verses for this doctrine are Romans 8:15,16: "When we cry 'Abba! Father!' it is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God." The great ... doctrine, "It is one grand part of the testimony which God has given Methodists to bear." How sure can we be sure of our salvation? John Wesley said that God's Spirit gives the believer such an assurance of his adoption that he can no more doubt the reality of it "than ...

1030. A Cosmic Announcement

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

Susan Hedahl

... proclaims the all-encompassing nature of that gift: "For God so loved the world that God gave God’s only Child, that whoever believes in that Child should not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16 Inclusive Language Lectionary). But what was unsettling about the language of the repeated announcements was that this Child was destined to fulfill the needs and hopes of more than a particular group of people. For some that was a difficult fact to accept. Yet, God has no special interest groups. ...

1031. Passing the Easter Miracle On

Acts 3:11-26

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... in this third chapter of the Book of Acts, Luke presents one of those scenarios so typical of the early post-Easter days. Peter and John are seen going up to the Temple at the hour of prayer. Already past and over was the ecstatic experience of the Day of Pentecost ... of Jesus, by awakening faith, has strengthened this man, whom you see and know, and this faith has made him completely well" (3:16 NEB). 2. This leads us to the second element in the miracle: the present power in Jesus’ name. For us, in our time ...

1032. Easter Turns ONLY into ALSO

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... "only" into "also." Easter confronted Jewish exclusiveness with echoes of the words of Jesus: "I have other sheep that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock, one shepherd" (John 10:16 RSV). Let us review Luke’s story in order to see clearly this turning point or the direction the early church took, without which Christianity would have remained merely a narrow Jewish sect within the borders of Palestine. The drama begins with a significant ...

1033. Give Me Jesus!

John 6:60-71

Sermon

Richard Patt

... one verse of scripture that is known from memory by most of us here. Is it not this clear and simple one? 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 maybe a close second in popularity would be these cherished words: "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want ..." Very basic, very simple. Give me Jesus! You can have all the rest. Give me Jesus! One of the most influential Christian theologians of this ...

1034. When Jesus Speaks Your Name

John 20:10-18

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Gregory J. Johanson

... examines the dynamics of encounter in general, and then the particular novel results of Mary and others being directly addressed by the Christ by name. "Jesus said to her, ‘Mary,’ She turned and said to Him in Hebrew, ‘Rabboni!’ " (John 20:16) When someone speaks your name, what do you do? You look up, or around. You look behind to see who is addressing you. You are surprised, if you are not expecting someone. And perhaps you shudder inwardly, if you wish you had not been found by this particular ...

1035. Plumb Line Prophecy

Amos 7:1-9, Amos 7:10-17

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... the cross for us. He rose again and conquered death. Take on the mindset of another great man of God, John the Baptist: “He must increase, but I must decrease” (John 3:30). Make God’s Son, Jesus, your focus. Amos was not a preacher but a layman. It’s ... do this of my own will, I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with a commission” (1 Corinthians 9:16-17). III. God’s Ever-present Plumb Line Today God still has a plumb line. His plumb line for us is Jesus, the only unfailingly ...

1036. His Death

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Brett Blair

... . Tuesday was the day of teaching, a day of critics questions. Wednesday was the day nothing happened. Neither Matthew, Mark, Luke, nor John tell us anything about this day. We are left to assume, that for Jesus, it was a day of silence. On Thursday Jesus ... sentence permitted (Valer. Max., vi, 2; Senec., "Controv.", VIII, iv; Cic., "Tusc.", I, 43; Catull., cvi, 1; Horace, "Epod.", I, 16-48; Prudent., "Peristephanon", I, 65; Petron., lxi sqq.). The punishment of the cross remained in force throughout the Roman ...

1037. When The Risen Christ Comes Looking For Us

John 21:15-25

Sermon

James W. Moore

... also can resurrect us. He did that for Simon Peter that day. He can do it for you and me this day. That’s what John 21 teaches us. Who could ever forget that scene? After the Risen Christ serves the disciples breakfast (another Holy Communion), He looks Simon Peter square ... and that is precisely what Christ came to give him. It happened in the early 70’s. Her name was Teresa. She was 16 years old and having a hard time growing up. One Friday night, she had an ugly fight with her parents. She ran away ...

1038. No Time for a Knapsack Faith

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... Spirit is the inner witness of the reality of God. It is the confirming testimony that He who created us is with us. According to I John 4, our life in the world is actually Christ’s life lived within us. That is the work of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is ... truth. God had chosen King Saul to rule over Israel, but Saul was a disappointment to God. And so we read in 1 Samuel 16:25 that the Spirit of the Lord left King Saul. And when that happened, Saul was filled with depression and fear. I know lots of ...

1039. Be Joyful

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... object. The psalmist says, "Thou dost show me the path of life; in thy presence there is fullness of joy, in thy right hand are pleasures forevermore." (Psalm 16:11) (3) The Hebrew Bible is a book of joy! The New Testament is a book of Good News! This is God's will for us to be ... Long plane/ train/ car trips Being apart from friends and family during the holidays (7) In one of his books, John Maxwell tells about a woman who was determined to let nothing rob her of her Christmas joy even the rejection of ...

1040. Casting Out An Evil Spirit

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... after rigorous treatments of chemotherapy and radiation. However, Sean's battle with cancer wasn’t over. At age 16, he was diagnosed with a different form of cancer—Askin's sarcoma, a rare and aggressive cancer. Despite ... are of revealing that they need help. Perhaps they are afraid that someone will take advantage of them. Colorful former football coach John Madden says that some professional football players won't have an injury treated when anybody else is around for that reason. Quarterback ...

1041. Are We Offering the Right Cup?

Matthew 9:35-10:8

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King Duncan

... of one of the most rewarding endeavors Christ offers us. The one commandment that Jesus gave to his church besides “love one another” (John 13:34) was the commandment to go out and make disciples of all people (Matthew 28:19). Our failure to take that ... me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide.” (John 15:16) Somehow that passage became like a light penetrating their darkness. They realized that much of their unhappiness was caused by self- ...

1042. True Love

John 3:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... children, but expects in return respect and companionship. A husband loves his wife. He expects in return her fidelity, her emotional support, her physical intimacy. When Christ loves, when God loves, however, He loves without condition. That is what agape love is all about. John 3:16 sums it up as well as it can be summed up: GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD.... That is where we begin this morning. GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD...Can you think of anything this world is hungrier for than love? A lonely man once programmed ...

1043. Save The Children

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... tells how her two children were suggesting names for the baby. "Well, if it's a boy," said the oldest child, "can we name him John?" "Maybe," said the mother. "Well, if it's a girl," she went on, "can we name her Mary?" "Maybe." Finally, the youngest child, anxious to ... begin rising? Will there be extensive droughts as the experts are saying? Each year the world's deserts grow by as much as 16,000 square miles. We don't know what the future holds, but we are talking about things that could occur in the ...

1044. A Pentecostal Church

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... historical footnote that reveals how easily communications can be garbled. Some of you can remember that moving speech that President John F. Kennedy gave at the Berlin Wall in 1963 which he ended by saying, "Ich bin ein Berliner." Literally ... sporting events: the Super Bowl, Monday 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 ...

1045. Special Delivery

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... of angels there. Remember Jacob's dream at Bethel? The ladder reaching to heaven, and all the angels running up and down on it? Remember John's vision, in the book of Revelation? He saw so many angels in heaven that he couldn't begin to count them! He couldn't ... . They're the ones who took God's messages, and personally delivered them to people on earth. An angel came to Hagar in Genesis 16, and told her how famous her son would be. Angels took Lot and his family from the city of Sodom, and saved their lives. ...

1046. Temptation

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... 32.3 percent say they wrestle most with their spending. Just 10.8 percent say the hardest thing to control is their anger, 16.9 percent pinpoint their fears, and 1.5 percent their smoking, drinking, or drug use ” or abuse. But everyone has their own temptation.( ... Lynch and Paul L. Kordis, STRATEGY OF THE DOLPHIN, (New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1988), p. 239. 3. John J. Kohut & Roland Sweet, COUNTDOWN TO THE MILLENNIUM, (New York: Penguin Books USA Inc., 1992), p. 123. 4. GREAT INTERVIEWS ...

1047. Have You Seen God's Heart?

Revelation 1:4-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... He would also be able to deliver me from the wild beasts in my life. O what a rest of spirit that truth brought me!" C. I. Scofield was a fortunate man; he had come to know the saving power of Christ. Everyone in this room knows John 3:16, but do you know John 3:17? "For God sent his Son into the world not to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved." Christ did not come into the world to condemn people whether they are of a different religious persuasion, whether they are liberal or ...

1048. Don't Forget Your Ticket

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2, Luke 14:15-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... of us an invitation to participate with God in the very best God has to offer. Can we understand how wonderful a gift this invitation is? Imagine with me that the invitation has just been placed in your hand. Open it and read. On it you will read John 3:16, ˜For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son; that whosoever believes on Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Now let each of us look at this invitation and in the place of "world" and "whosoever" put in our own name. As ...

1049. Do You Have The Glory?

John 17:20-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... AND ONLY, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth." (1:14) And after the wedding where Jesus turned the water to wine, John writes, "This, the first of his miraculous signs, Jesus performed at Cana in Galilee. HE THUS REVEALED HIS GLORY, and his disciples put their ... Barker, TARBELL'S TEACHER'S GUIDE, (Elgin, Illinois: David C. Cook, 1994). 5. "Insight," Sept./Oct. 1996, p. 16. 6. Gerald Tomlinson, SPEAKER'S TREASURY OF POLITICAL STORIES, ANECDOTES, AND HUMOR (Englewood Cliff, NJ, Prentice Hall, ...

1050. Convinced Beyond A Doubt

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... himself to going with Jesus back to Judea, even though they all fear it will mean their death. As Thomas says in verse 16, ". . . Let us go also, that we may die with him." If we were to stop here, we would say that Thomas trusted Jesus ... Jesus even if it means death. Intense would be a good word to describe Thomas the second time we encounter him in the Scriptures. In John 14: 1ff, we read one of the most famous passages in the New Testament. Jesus says to his disciples, "Let not your hearts be troubled; ...

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