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201. Did You Know You Can Know You Have Eternal Life?

1 John 5:11-13

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James Merritt

... to know that you have eternal life, it is your duty to make sure that you know that you have eternal life. II Peter 1:10-11 says, "Christian brothers, make sure you are among those He has chosen and called out for His own…And God will open wide the gates of ... heaven for you to enter into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." (II Peter 1:10-11, NLV, NLT) Believe it or not, knowing that you have eternal life is as easy as one-two-three and it is as ...

202. Lost? Looking For Happiness

1 Peter 2:9-12

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... to be cool, you have to drive a Pick up Truck. It doesn't seem to make any difference which brand, they advertised all of them, but the truck ads out numbered the car ads almost 2 to 1. That's how the world says we should find Happiness. In Stuff. Scripture says we're the abnormal people, "aliens" as Peter puts it in 1 Peter 2:9-16 (NRSV). Listen: [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 ...

203. That’s Why We Call It Good

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

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David J. Kalas

... in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8). And, like the death anticipated by Isaiah, this particular death is curative: "He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross," declared Peter, "so that, free from sins, we might live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed" (1 Peter 2:24). Last year on Good Friday, our young daughter asked me, "If this is the day Jesus died, why do we call it ‘good'?" Why? Because it was the day when God breathed his light and life ...

204. Worship, Doubt, and the Trinity

Matthew 28:16-20

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R. Kevin Mohr

... vacillated between bold faith and doubt-filled fears, wrote that we are “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that [we] may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called [us] out of darkness into his marvelous light” (1 Peter 2:9). This is all the work of the Triune God, whose grace is sufficient to deal with every fear that oppresses us, whose power is made perfect in our weaknesses — yes, even in our doubts! The great commission of Matthew 28 shows that the ...

205. The Last Laugh

Luke 24:1-35

Sermon

Will Willimon

... cross throws the world out of kilter. The cross, he says, is a stumbling block to some, sheer nonsense to others, folly, a joke.(1 Corin. 1:22-23) When old Abram and Sarai were old, very old, God told Abraham that his octogenarian wife would have a child from ... and said, "They're at it again, those followers of Jesus. They're behaving as they did when Jesus was with them. They're drunk!" Peter came out and told the crowd, "We couldn't be drunk. It's only ten in the morning! Oh, they were drunk. But not with ...

206. The Mechanics Of Prayer

Matthew 6:5-15, Luke 11:1-13

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John R. Brokhoff

... the same old way. God must be bored! A variety of prayers is available. Richard J. Foster, in a recent book, Prayer, gives 21 different kinds of prayer from "Simple Prayer" to "Radical Prayer." Variety Of Biblical Prayers 1. Prayer without Faith -- read Acts 12:1-17. The prayer group asking for Peter's release from a Jerusalem prison did not believe their prayer would be answered. 2. Prayer of Struggle -- read Genesis 32:22-32. All night long Jacob wrestles with God before he faces Esau who, he thinks, is ...

207. A Man Who Was a Lion-Tamer

Daniel 6:1-28

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R. Blaine Detrick

... not dead ... they still live ... they still stalk and snarl. How many obstacles, trials, and difficulties there are against which we need to stand firm. "Your adversary, the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour" (1 Peter 5:8). Temptation Today Daniel resisted when he was tempted to be impure ... insincere ... irreverent. We still face, and must resist, these same temptations today; the "old-fashioned" temptations are just as modern as tomorrow’s television newscast. How many ...

208. The Shared Life of the People of God

Galatians 6:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... horse of our nature may take a sudden turn or make a dramatic buck sending us sprawling to the ground. Or, like Peter, we may be betrayed by overconfidence and end up denying Christ. Confusion also plagues us. It is not always easy to ... Brethren, the g of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit Amen.” (Gal. 6:16-18). Paul began his letter with a prayer for peace (1:3) and he closes it with the same. In the beginning peace was combined with grace; here it is combined with mercy, grace being added as the ...

209. No Withdrawal

Sermon

James Bjorge

... when he received honor and glory from God the Father and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, ‘This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased,’ we heard this voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain" (2 Peter 1:16-18). Christmas can be a mountain top as the Good News is proclaimed, carols sung, love spread all around. And as we head back down into the valley the terrain is a bit different, but the vision and the spirit of those days never leave us. There is ...

210. The Fulfilled Promise

Acts 2:14-41

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T. A. Kantonen

... , this Jesus whom you crucified." The church is the first fruits of the new age, the spearhead established by the Messiah in his conquest to win back all creation to God. It is "a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people" (1 Peter 2:9). The church looks to the future for the final consummation of the Kingdom. But in giving his people the "earnest" of the Spirit, God has already given them the initial installment of the future Kingdom. The heirs of the Kingdom taste here and now ...

211. King of the Mountain

1 Peter 3:13-22

Sermon

Richard W. Ferris

... -hearted or for those with a strong ethical belief in friendship. When you play "king of the mountain," it's every person for himself or herself. You want to stay on top for as long as you can, and that means keeping everyone else off. In the text from 1 Peter chapter 3, the fifteenth verse says, "In your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord." I get a visual picture of a game of "king of the mountain" going on inside of each one of us. Jesus tries to stay on the throne of our lives, but there is always somebody ...

212. Joshua People: Remember, Remind and Recommit

Joshua 24:14-18, 2 Peter 1:10-17

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... eternal was ours. Joshua People Remember. II. Remind A. Joshua People Remind. We remind one and other of those promises. We remind one and other of our Covenant with God. We remind one and other of our forgiveness. Joshua People Remind. In Peter's second letter he writes 2 Peter 1:10-17 (NRSV) [10] Therefore, brothers and sisters, be all the more eager to confirm your call and election, for if you do this, you will never stumble. [11] For in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior ...

213. A Living Hope (If It Hadn’t Been for Easter)

1 Peter 1:3-9

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David O. Bales

... , contrary to our conventional, domesticated, American mainline churches, were ablaze with expectation for what God would do tomorrow. They looked at the future as God's future, a future in which Jesus would return; thus they looked to the future with hope. In 1 Peter we hear of the "living hope" the early Christians had — a hope that was alive, even when fellow Christians died or were killed. The early Christians believed that their hope came along with the new life Christ granted them. A living hope ...

214. A Letter From Paul

Sermon

Erskine White

... , you are "a new creation" (2 Corinthians 5:17), a new society of people bound together and imbued with "the mind of Christ" (1 Corinthians 2:16). "Once you were no people, but now you are God’s people ... a chosen race ... a holy nation" (1 Peter 2:9). You are "imitators of God" (Ephesians 5:1), and as such, you must "lead lives worthy of your calling" (Ephesians 4:1). "Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them" (Ephesians 5:11), as I have done for you here. Brothers ...

215. Small-Minded Christians in a Big World

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

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John N. Brittain

... had preached the gospel at Corinth. Not surprisingly, Paul had his following, and so did others like Cephas (Peter) and Apollos. Naturally, different exponents of the gospel appealed more to certain people, and loyalties formed around these ... "to be saints, together with all those who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours" (1 Corinthians 1:3). If you feel too alone, he reminds us, it may be that you are not counting correctly. There are, of course, those who fall ...

216. Deliverance: The Forgotten Third of Jesus' Ministry

Mark 9:14-32

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Stephen M. Crotts

... seen. When Jesus was transfigured, the entire mountain shone with the radiance of heaven. Moses was there. So was Elijah. And when Peter found his voice, he said, "Master, it's good that we are here! Let's build!" But Jesus pointed them back down ... it. How to Evict? The fifth question is crucial: How does one evict demons? In the Bible the disciples often tried but failed. Yet Luke 9:1-2 says Jesus "gave them power and authority to drive out all demons." Note the power to deliver is not our own. It is given to ...

217. God's 'Yes!' To Every Promise

2 Corinthians 1:18-22

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... God's "Yes!," Jesus. Listen. A. The world says: You're nobody. God's "Yes!," Jesus, says: You are created in God's own image. Genesis 1:27 "So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them." B. The world says: ... of self-discipline." M. The world says: I am always worried and frustrated. God's "Yes!," Jesus, says: Cast all your problems on ME. 1 Peter 5:7 "Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you." N. The world says: I can't go on. God's ...

218. Vetted

Luke 3:21-38, Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the sons of Israel…. (Ezekiel 2:1-3) “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” (Matthew 16:15-16) Then say to ... said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.” (Hosea 1:10) In the gospel of Luke, the temptations of Jesus are surrounded by the baptism of Jesus and an unusual genealogy. After this, Jesus ...

219. Structure And Clarity

Sermon

Michael Rogness

... View And Their View One problem is that we preachers think of our sermons in a wholly different way than the audience, in two respects: (1) During the week we spend a lot of time thinking about our sermons. We study the text, think about it throughout the week, mull over ... Spurgeon, whose ministry in London spanned almost the entire last half of the 1800s, once preached a New Year's sermon on 1 Peter 5:10, "But the God of all grace, who has called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus ... make you perfect ...

220. Genuine Imitations

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

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Raymond Gibson

... at that yet. Mary invited me to church. She’s waiting for me now. I want you to help me find a faith like hers."1 That is a perfect example of what happens when Christian faith goes forth out of the life of an individual Christian or from a Christian ... a thief into a benefactor. Faith like that transformed Matthew from a tax man to a Christ man, changed Simon the fisherman into Peter the rock man, remade Saul the Pharisee into Paul the apostle. Faith like that made Francis become the patron saint of the ...

221. Removing Obstacles

1 Corinthians 1:10-18

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James L. Killen

... have been expert in relating the Christian faith to popular Greek philosophies. Still others had been in contact with Cephas, Peter, the one who had been the leader of the followers of Jesus and who would represent a more conservative kind of ... . Paul said, "God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise ... so that no one might boast in the presence of God" (1 Corinthians 1:27, 29). Paul did not say that to cut us down. After all, we have been freely given the role and status of beloved children ...

222. Every Day God Enriches

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... how Every Day God Enriches our lives. Let's look at Scripture from Paul's first letter to the Church in Corinth, 1 Corinthians 1:1-9. 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 (NRSV) [1] Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, [2] To the ... , our relationship with God is broken. B. On May 21, 1972, during the 11:30 a.m. worship service at the Vatican in St. Peter's Basilica, a man leaped over a tiny wall into one of the side chapels that surround the main altar. He took a hammer ...

223. Fleeced

Judges 6:1-40, John 20:24-31

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Lori Wagner

... The Cloud, the Fire Pillar, the guiding star, the inspired Word, the inner Spirit, the Holy Spirit. Thomas is probably, next to Peter and Paul, one of the most courageous disciples in our gospels. He walked the talk. He was a loyal follower, ready to ... Made His Salvation Known Psalm 103: Praise the Lord My Soul Psalm 135: God’s Signs Paul Preaches: Christ Crucified Is Our Wisdom (1 Corinthians 1:18-31) The Story of Gideon’s Conversations with God and the Sign of the Fleece The angel of the Lord came and ...

224. Deep Faith

Genesis 6:1-8:22, Genesis 5:1-32

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Lori Wagner

... Isaiah 57) The Righteous Branch Will Come, the Lord’s Salvation (Jeremiah 23; 31) The Lord is Israel’s Shepherd (Ezekiel 34) The Messenger of the Covenant is Coming (Malachi 3) Jesus’ Baptism and the Sign of the Messiah (Matthew 3; Mark 1:1-11; John 1:1-34) The Story of God’s Vision to Cornelius, Peter’s Vision of the Net, and the Holy Spirit’s Blessing of the Gentiles (Acts 10) [Read Genesis 5-8: The Story of Noah. I will not print it here due to space. You may also in addition want to read the ...

225. The Thorny Price of Perfidy

Esther 3:1-15

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Lori Wagner

... of God’s Vineyard: God’s Lament (Isaiah 5:1-30) The Prophecy to the Line of Judah (Isaiah 48) The Prophecy of the Wineskins (Jeremiah 13:12-14) The Unworthy Shepherd, a Potter’s Field, and Thirty Pieces of Silver (Zechariah 11) Though the Fig Tree Does Not Bud, I Will Rejoice in the Lord My Strength (Habakkuk 3:17-19) A Prophecy of Betrayal (Micah 7:1-7) Judas Betrays Jesus (Matthew 25:31-6:25; Mark 14:1-25; Luke 22:1-23) Jesus the True Vine (John 15 and 16) Peter Comments on Judas’ Betrayal (Acts ...

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