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John 1:29-42

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... Jesus Christ. God shows His love for us in this way: before the foundation of the world, God had a plan to save us through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ. First Peter 1 tells us that we were redeemed, or bought out of slavery, by the precious blood of Jesus Christ who was chosen before the creation of the world. (1 Peter 1: 18-20) And Titus 1: 1-2 tells us that the hope of eternal life was promised by God before the beginning of time. God loved us in this way: before He ever created this world, He ...

152. I've Been To The Mountain

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... with the promise of a theophany, even when God is acting all around us, we may be dull to God's presence. We have to be fully awake to experience God's glory. Peter and the others almost missed it. But thank God they didn't. Let me read you Peter's testimony, which came much later. He recorded it in his Second Epistle. Listen to II Peter 1: verses 16, 17: "For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eyewitnesses of his ...

153. Wheel Within The Wheel

Acts 1:12-26

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Durwood L. Buchheim

... all of this process of leader replacement and selection, we see God’s care and concern for the continuity of the church after the death of Jesus. This is the third truth coming through God’s word for today. I am reminded of those great words from 1 Peter: "You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a dedicated nation, a people claimed by God for his own, to proclaim the triumphs of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light." (2:9-10) In the organization called the church there are ...

154. Not Far From the Kingdom

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... ’s profound experience of grace and, at the same time, was understandably jealous. Why had he apparently been denied a similar inflooding of the Holy Spirit? The day was May 24, 1738, and John carefully recorded the events. At 5 a.m. he read from 2 Peter 1:4: "There are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises." Later that morning he opened his Bible to Mark 12:34, reading "Thou art not far from the kingdom of God." At noon Wesley attended services at St. Paul’s where the choir used Henry ...

155. The Lord Needs You

Jeremiah 1:4-10

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... know is that I can sell thee to an Episcopalian." 2. The Lord Needs: Paul taught us never to say to one another, "I have no need of you" (1 Cor.12:21). But to say that God needs us is another matter. In one sense, of course, God doesn't need anything. God is God, period. But God ... tried to avoid his direct call from God. So did Moses, Isaiah, Ezekiel. Jonah tried to slip out the back. Peter vacillated mightily. Paul cringed at the thought. Each of these people refused to think of themselves as strong and ...

156. What Are You Doing With The Rest Of Your Life?

1 Peter 4:1-11

Sermon

Clement E. Lewis

... must do it with the strength that God supplies, so that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen. Sermon: "What Are You Doing With The Rest Of Your Life?" In the second verse of 1 Peter 4, these words stand out: "Live for the rest of your life no longer by human desires, but by the will of God." Let us consider that to be the text for this message. An article appeared in which Norma W. Gaskill referred to two lines from two songs ...

157. The Covenant Of Amazing Grace

Genesis 9:1-17

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... earth with a catastrophe like the flood. We have hope because our God is a gracious and patient God. In the covenant with Noah, God demonstrates love for all living creatures. In a later time, Peter makes the connection with Christian baptism, as he recalls for us the days of Noah and how eight persons were saved through the water (1 Peter 3:20). As the flood cleansed the world from the effects of sin, so the waters of baptism cleanse us. In this great hope there is power to face the stormy seas of life. We ...

158. The Ride of Your Life

1 Peter 1:17-23

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... all rides we try to control with our own agenda and keep under our own power. Jesus offers to take us on another kind of ride altogether a ride where we are empowered by our "trust in God, who raised [Jesus] from the dead and gave him glory" (1 Peter 1:21). Instead of those dead-end lifestyle rides, Jesus offers to take us on a trip as exhilarating and exciting as a white-water rafting ride. Only Jesus gives you the ride of your life for your life. Why do we mention "white-water rafting"? Because the rules ...

159. A Certain Word in an Uncertain World

1 Chronicles 29:1-9

Sermon

James Merritt

... one of them. If you are a child of God, there are no such things as accidents only appointments. I Peter 1:6-7 puts it this way, "…even though you were temporarily harassed by all kinds of trials and temptations this is no accident - it happens to prove ... your faith which is infinitely more valuable than gold…" (I Peter 1: 6-7, Phillips) That is an amazing statement. God handles our problems in such a way that in the long run they ...

160. Jesus Rescues Us

Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... unrighteous, in order to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit" (1 Peter 3:18). As God rescued the Jews from exile in Babylon and Jesus rescues us from fear, sin, and ourselves, we have the ... great hero, earning the distinction "Righteous Among Nations," the highest award the state of Israel can confer on a Gentile, for his rescue of over 1,000 Jews during World War II. He saved his workers and gave them new life when death was all around them. In a similar way, God ...

161. Come As You Are

John 21:1-14

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... me shall never thirst ... and him who comes to me I will not cast out" (John 6:35, 37b, RSV). "Come to him, to that living stone, rejected by men but in God's sight; chosen and precious; and like living stones be yourselves built into a spiritual house ..." (1 Peter 2:4-5, RSV). "The Spirit and the Bride say, 'Come.' And let him who hears say, 'Come.' And let him who is thirsty come, let him who desires take the water of life without price" (Revelation 22:17, RSV). That's the kind of God we have -- open and ...

162. Perfect Strangers

Exodus 1:1-22

Sermon

Justin Tull

... , God’s own people, that you may declare the wonderful deeds of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were no people but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy but now you have received mercy (1 Peter 2:9-1O). Now we are not strangers to God or to one another. We are God’s people and sisters and brothers together. But strangers come to our door. Strangers still come to our church. Strangers still come to our neighborhood and city. Pharaoh has his ...

163. It’s not what you know, but who you know!

John 1:19-28

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... to learn in the context of knowing God most of all. "Add to your faith virtue," Saint Peter wrote, "and to virtue add knowledge" - the knowledge of God (2 Peter 1:5). "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom," the scripture says. In the final ... whom I have believed and I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed to him safe in that day" (2 Timothy 1:12). Neither man knew as much as you and I do. They both believed the world was flat. Yet they knew all they needed to know. They ...

164. Why You Should Study the Bible

Psalm 119:105

Sermon

James Merritt

... “Your word.” He is talking about God’s word. I have told you before that men wrote this Bible, but God authored the Bible. 2 Peter 1:21 tells us, “for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit ... know so much more than those who do not, and you need to be sharing that truth. II. We Read The Bible To Grow Us Peter said in 1 Pet. 2:2, “As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby.” As you know, if a child ...

165. The Spin Zone

2 Samuel 11:1-27

Sermon

James Merritt

... are tempted to do wrong, if you fight you lose; if you run you win. The Bible says in I Corinthians 6:18, "Flee immorality." (I Corinthians 6:18, NASB) II Timothy 2:22 says, "Flee from youthful lust." (II Timothy 2:22, NASB) II Peter 1:4 says, "Flee the lust of the world." (II Peter 1:4, KJV) The great philosopher, Barney Fife, used to say, "Nip it in the bud" and that is exactly what you have to do when you face temptation. Whatever it means and it may mean different things - Get on the bus, Gus Make a new ...

166. A Little Town of Great Renown

Micah 5:2-5a

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... that place where we can lay down the hopes and fears of all the years, knowing they will be borne by the one who came for that very purpose. 1. Peter Schickele, "O Little Town of Hackensack" from Consort of Choral Christmas Carols, text is available online at www.schickele.com/composition/consortchristmas.htm [Accessed September 1, 2005]. 2. William H. Willimon, "First-Year Bishop: Dispatch from Birmingham," The Christian Century, Vol. 122, No. 19, September 20, 2005, p. 28. 3. Leonard Griffith, What Is a ...

167. Living In ‘Oddville’ With ‘Peculiar’ People

Romans 12:1-2, 19-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... , if that's not Odd, then I don't know what is. If we even half-heartedly attempt to live what Paul writes, we would definitely qualify to live in Oddville, Kentucky and Peculiar, Missouri. Especially when you put them into the context of the reading from 1 Peter 2:9, "You are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people." I. Oddville A. I tried to find out how and why these towns got their names. Oddville was first settled in 1799 and apparently chose the name in an attempt to ...

168. LOST? Pursuing Purpose

1 Peter 2:9-10

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... I think we pursue that purpose because I believe God has a purpose for each and every one of us. And we can be the person God created us to be unless we are living within the parameters of that purpose. I think the Apostle Peter believed that, too. In his first letter, he writes: 1 Peter 2:9-10 (NRSV) [9] But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. [10] Once you ...

169. Kissing Cousins (Father's Day)

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... (1 Corinthians 16:20, 2 Corinthians 13:12), and also to the church in Thessalonica (1 Thessalonians 5:26). And Paul wasn’t the only one to talk about people in church kissing. In his first letter, Peter wrote, “Greet one another with a kiss of love” (1 Peter ... love and respect. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit from whom all true love comes. Amen. 1. Russ Fisher, In Search of the Funny Bone (Houston, TX: Rich Publishing Co., 1988), pp. 35-36. 2. Homemade, April, 1990. 3. “What ...

170. Love That Surpasses Knowledge

Ephesians 3:14-21

Sermon

Thomas Lentz

... credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God. To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example that you should follow in his steps" (1 Peter 2:20-21). If we are to approach the way of biblical love, we must spend a long time meditating on what it means when the Bible says we must deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Christ. In the book, The Fire of Your Life by Maggie ...

171. Cleaned and Claimed

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ . . .” (1 Peter 3:20-22). One of the meanings of baptism is to be made clean before God to have a clear conscience toward the Almighty. This may be the greatest need we have as a people today. We may not admit it. Some of us feel pretty good about where ...

172. The Infiltrator

John 10:1-21, John 10:22-42

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... 13) The Lord Will Be Israel’s Shepherd (Ezekiel 34) The Lord Will Raise Up A Righteous Shepherd (Jeremiah 23) The Story of the Hellenization of the Jews Before the Revolts (1 Maccabees 1) The Messianic Throne (Hebrews 1) Jude Warns of False Shepherds (The Book of Jude) Peter Warns of False Teachers Who Reject Jesus (2 Peter 2) The Lord is the Temple in the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21) Jesus the Good Shepherd and the Infiltrators of God’s Sheep Gate: Jesus’ Disputes with the Pharisees According to ...

173. Deliverance through adversity

Sermon

Willie Soler

... am strong.” (2 Co. 12:10) 3. Adversity only comes through our greatest adversary a. The Bible speaks of the devil being our greatest adversary: “Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” (1 Peter 5:8) The name Satan literally means “adversary” in the Bible and speaks of one who opposes another in purpose or act. b. The enemy’s methods are different for all people but have the same goals and that is to bring adversity in ...

174. The Man From Galilee IV: The Treasure Of His Kingdom

Matthew 13:44-46

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Thomas A. Pilgrim

... they were sorry because they had not taken more.2 The good news for us is we can have all we want of the treasure of His kingdom, all we are willing to take. If you will take that treasure you will learn it is the discovery of a lifetime. 1. Peter Hunt Meek, "An Insufficient Joy," Pulpit Digest (Harper & Row Publishers, Inc.: Hagerstown, Maryland, March-April, 1989), p. 62. 2. T. Cecil Myers, Faith For A Time of Storm (Abingdon Press: New York and Nashville, 1963), p. 91.

175. Leap Of Faith

John 8:12

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... "You have arrived." But truly, that's the only time I can say that. Often times we're tempted to think more highly of ourselves than we ought. We can get haughty and arrogant. But that's not how we're called to live as Disciples of Jesus. Peter writes in 1 Peter 5:6 "Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you in due time." We always have to remember, "It not about us." It's about God. C. Talking Stain There was one commercial which I thought really spoke loudly about ...

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