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1. Named, Claimed, and Framed

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

Tony Everett

... you need him the most. Here is where Jesus gives himself to strengthen you in your daily after-Easter struggle. Here Jesus himself feeds you and tells you “This is my body, given for you. This is my blood, shed for you.” Framed. We are forever named and claimed as God’s own children, God’s own after-Easter people. That’s easy to say but even easier to forget in the real world. Anyone who enters Timmy’s living room can see the framed reality of a love that continues to live in that family. God ...

2. The Claims of Jesus About Himself

John 8:48-59, John 8:31-41, John 8:42-47

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... his defense, and the passing of judgment on his adversaries, in the hands of his Father (vv. 49–50) and returns to his initial promise of eternal life to those who obey his teaching (v. 51; cf. vv. 31–32). It is like reopening an old wound. Once more Jesus’ claim is rejected by means of an appeal to Abraham (v. 52; cf. v. 33). For Jesus to pretend to give life so that if anyone keeps your word, he will never taste death is to put himself ahead of even Abraham and the prophets (vv. 52–53). Life and ...

3. Named And Claimed

Isaiah 43:1-13

Sermon

Tony Everett

... stay up here in my bedroom with Jesus. I'm going downstairs to my grandmother's lap!" And off she ran. You see, baptism is something like Grandmother's lap. In the midst of the rejections and raging storms of life, baptism reminds us where the love is. Named and claimed as God's child forever, we know that we have been chosen. No matter what. Hear again the promise of the Lord: "I have called you by name and you are mine ... you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you" (vv. 1, 4). And that's ...

4. Claim the Promise

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to the Father.” Do you believe it? Don’t answer too quickly. Do you believe it enough to start the process in your mind of claiming the promise? Our problem is that we trust in Jesus in some things when we need to trust Him with all things. Let me say that ... Did you get that? If you were the only person in the world, God would have still sent His Son to save you. So will you claim the promise – “Greater things than I have done will you do because I go to the Father”? You are more than you think you ...

5. Backseat Drivers: Named, Claimed, Commissioned

Isaiah 49:1-7

Sermon

Tony Everett

... one more stop on our memory walk. Let's go into the sanctuary." Together they stopped at the baptismal font. "Here is where your mother and father promised to introduce you to an enormous family who would support you always. Here is where God named and claimed you and chose you as a child in God's forever family," said Pastor Michael. Kathy remained silent still clutching the towel around her arm. Yet she allowed the pastor to lead her down the center aisle toward the altar. "Look at the cross, Kathy. Here ...

6. Claimed, Framed, Changed

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

Tony Everett

... for their children and “for everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him” (Acts 2:39). Now is God’s saving game plan coming into focus? It begins with what God has done, is doing, and promises to continue doing. It begins with God’s saving claim of us and God’s loving frame around us. Because God is in charge, therefore, we can change. Because in Jesus God has turned the world’s view of reality upside down, therefore, we are not trapped and entombed by old ways of thinking and feeling. Because ...

7. Being Wronged versus Claiming One’s Right

1 Corinthians 6:1-11

Teach the Text

Preben Vang

... the minor to the major (as in Jesus’s teaching on worry [Matt. 6:25–33 // Luke 12:22–31]),[8] he argues from the major to the minor. Those considered worthy to judge in the highest of courts are also worthy to judge in the “small claims” court. Moreover, Christ followers will be judges with God over all creation and all created beings, even the angels (6:3).9 6:3 the things of this life. Paul’s more general statement in 6:2—“trivial cases,” or insignificant matters—is specified in 6:3 ...

8. Picking A Winner, Claiming A Treasure

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... shoes. But after a while, life returns to normal. That gold metal is framed and displayed over your mantle. But sooner or later your joy returns to the pre-gold metal level. But just suppose there is a kind of gold you can win, a treasure you can claim, that keeps on producing joy; in fact, that gets better, all through the years. Wouldn't that be the best discovery one could make? That kind of joy is just what Jesus promised. Even on the night before his execution, he was thinking of our joy. He said ...

9. On Claiming One’s Inheritance

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... , it is a gift. Most folks think that Christianity is a burden, something which must be done on top of all of the other things which one has to do. This man in today’s Gospel lesson understood religion as something to be done. Then one could claim to have done what was required, and could therefore rest content with one’s spiritual development. But a whole Reformation was fought over this one fact: the Gospel is not first of all a demand, but is rather a gift. In the 16th century, an elaborate theology ...

10. Claiming Hope

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

James L. Killen

... that, we shall not give ourselves up, but shall expect that in every end a new beginning lies hidden. (In the End -- The Beginning: The Life of Hope [Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2004]) The hope is there for us. We just need to take hold of it. We just need to claim it. It begins by remembering what we believe about God, then reminding ourselves that God comes to meet us in every new moment of life and that God is at work in our lives and in our world to save. It would be a mistake to be too specific about ...

11. The Claims of Jesus About Himself

John 8:48-59

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... . Despite this offense, Jesus presses home the implications of his divine status. This will bring the final crisis. Jesus and those who believe in him are free from the threat of death (cf. 8:31–33, 51). This is astounding. Does Jesus claim to be greater than Abraham and the other Old Testament heroes who died (8:52–53)? If this is Jesus’s claim, he must be demon possessed (8:52). But Jesus takes up the challenge. In 8:56–58 the discourse comes to its climax: Jesus is indeed making personal divine ...

12. The Gift That Claims Our Response

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

... of responding with appropriate changes in our lifestyles and actions, we will have tried to enjoy the feast of God’s grace on our own terms, without the bother of putting on a wedding garment. The invitation into that condition of life called the Kingdom of Heaven always claims our response. God’s grace is free, but it is not cheap. We have a need to respond to what we have been given and to do so in ways that show our thanksgiving for the Giver of all good gifts. The connection between this parable and ...

13. Claim Your Ministry

Matthew 20:20-28

Sermon

Robert Bachelder

... role in sharing with others the Good News. Each of us has a calling, however dimly we may perceive it. "You are the light of the world," Jesus said to all of us. Rejoice, then, that the Gospel of our salvation is entrusted as much to you as to me. Claim your ministry! Remember that we share equally in an inestimable inheritance. By the devoted quality of our lives, let us give proof of this inheritance. We are, together, a royal priesthood. Royal not in that we can ...

14. Breaking Satan's Claim over Humanity

Mark 1:9-15

Illustration

Ben Sharpe

... over humanity. This process culminates at the Cross. C.S. Lewis beautifully illustrates this truth in his book, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: The Witch, who represents the devil in this book, claims Edmund's life as hers to take because he has betrayed Aslan and his siblings: "You at least know the Magic which the Emperor put into Narnia at the very beginning. You know that every traitor belongs to me as my lawful prey and that for every treachery I have ...

15. A Claim to a Crown

Matthew 24:36-51

Sermon

George Bass

... may live hopefully and confidently the life our Lord has given to us, doing works of faith and love that are pleasing to him. Perhaps we may even learn to pray the prayer of the first Christians: "Come, Lord Jesus! Come, quickly!" When he does return, at last, he will claim his crown as Lord of all.

16. Claiming Our New Life in Christ

Colossians 2:6-15 (16-19)

Sermon

Clayton A. Lord

... again. This time he was clean shaven and dressed in his Sunday best. When the preacher commented about his appearance the man simply said, "Jesus changed me on the inside and I want people to know it. So I changed the outside." Has Christ changed you on the inside? Then claim that new life today. Forget about trying to follow rules and regulations. Simply let his love flow through you so that the world can see it and live to the glory of God. Amen.

17. Twelve Promises to Claim

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Staff

A promise from God is a statement we can depend on with absolute confidence. Here are 12 promises for the Christian to claim. God's presence "I will never leave thee" (Heb. 13:5) God's protection "I am thy shield" (Gen. 15:1) God's power "I will strengthen thee" (Isa. 41:10) God's provision "I will help thee" (Isa. 41:10) God's leading "And when He putteth forth His ...

18. Insurance Claims

Humor Illustration

Add these to your list of excuses people have made in claims to their insurance companies: I thought my window was down but found it was up when I put my hand through it. I collided with a stationary truck coming the other way. In my attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole. I was on my way ...

19. Jesus Claims God-Given Authority to Condemn the Leaders

Mark 12:1-12, Mark 11:27-33

Teach the Text

Grant R. Osborne

... often by Jesus (7:18; 10:3, 38). His tactic is simple: “Answer me, and then I will answer you.” Behind this, of course, is the fact that the ministries of the Baptist and Jesus are intertwined. John was widely recognized as a prophet, and he claimed that his divinely sent purpose was to prepare the way for Jesus. As David Garland says, “Jesus implicitly aligns himself with the ministry of John, and if John’s ministry was from heaven, then the temple has become passé.”2 11:31–32 If we say ...

20. Claiming a Do-Over Faith

Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

What do you think of when you hear the word "jubilee"? If you're like me, the first thing that comes to mind is sales. There's the big sales jubilee at the Chevy dealer, or the jubilee marathon sale of freezers and refrigerators at the local Sears. Those are just the things that come to my mind, but there are quite a few things that bear the jubilee label. Let me just list a few that came from recent search on the Internet. There is the annual Calaveras County Jumping Frog Jubilee in Angels Camp, ...

21. Cleaned and Claimed

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

King Duncan

Have you ever been around someone who is not particularly concerned with personal hygiene say, in a crowded elevator? If so you can be grateful that you didn’t live 100 years ago or 200 years ago. One of the changes that has taken place over the centuries that we can be thankful for is the concern for personal hygiene. For example, what if we lived in the 1500s? This is interesting. One writer tells us that in the 1500s most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still ...

22. Walking in the Light

1 John 1:5--2:14, 1 John 2:15-17

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

... as proclaim in vv. 2–3) to those who follow. It is also what they learned from observation of his life (John 14:9: “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father”). The last part of the verse strongly affirms, as if in bold contrast to an unspoken claim to the contrary, that there is absolutely no darkness in God. Light and darkness are favorite antithetical concepts in the Johannine writings (John 1:4–5; 3:19–21; 8:12; 12:35–36, 46; 1 John 2:8–11; cf. Rev. 21:24 and 22:5). Darkness stands for ...

23. Walking in the Light and the Problem of Sin

1 John 2:15-17, 1 John 1:5--2:14

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

24. Elihu

Job 32:1--37:24

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... . . .” Although NIV follows the path of most translations with this Hebrew phrase (loʾ yiskon geber), it is unclear why. Elsewhere in Job this verb (skn) is translated “be of benefit” (15:3; 22:2; 35:3). If rendered in this usual fashion, Job would be accused here of claiming that a human is not of benefit to God when trying to please him. The nearest parallel to these words is found in Eliphaz’s rebuke of Job in 22:2–3: “Can a man be of benefit to God? Can even a wise man benefit him? What ...

25. God’s Love and Ours

1 John 4:7-21, 1 John 5:1-12

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

... Elder thinks that it is God’s love for human beings which is foundational. It is the basis of love for one another and of any claim to love for God. 4:7 Love for one another was the writer’s theme in 2:9–11 and 3:11–18, and it will ... does not believe God, the result is that such a person has made God a liar. The same charge was leveled in 1:10 against those who claimed “we have not sinned.” Clearly, the Elder has his opponents in mind in both places, and he elsewhere calls them liars in 2:4, 2:22, ...

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