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1. With Malice toward None, With Charity for All

Matthew 5:43-48

Sermon

James Merritt

... , just a little over a month before he would be assassinated, Abraham Lincoln uttered these immortal words: With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the ... bet your life I would. Well we don't have a choice when it comes to love. We are to love everybody, even our enemies. Our heart must be with malice toward none; with charity for all. But that raises the big question: How is this possible? The Lord Jesus tells us three steps to take on how to love the ...

2. Getting Rid of Anger

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... that is discordant with the kind of person God has called us to be. It’s challenging to be a new person in Christ Jesus. And particularly when we read the details of the new life that Paul describes about never being angry, or deceitful, or having malice in our hearts, or about never letting any corrupt words escape from our lips, even anger at the manager of the dry cleaners. But Paul, in these last two verses of the fourth chapter, indirectly gives us a little formula that should help. The first part of ...

3. Dealing with Cantankerous People

Ephesians 4:30-5:2

Sermon

King Duncan

... those who have a problem with bitterness and resentment, all we can do is keep on loving them until they change. Paul says that followers of Christ are to get rid of six vices. These six vices are: 1. Bitterness, 2. Rage, 3. Anger, 4. Brawling, 5. Slander and 6. Malice. Sounds like a session of Congress, doesn’t it? Do you have any problems with any of these six vices? If so, then you need to work on them. We all know that, don’t we? For our own good we need to get rid of these destructive emotions ...

4. Trials and Temptations

James 1:1-18, James 1:19-27

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

... (e.g., in Epictetus or Philo). See further J. I. Packer, “Dirt, Filth, Refuse,” NIDNTT, vol. 1, p. 479. The phrase the evil that is so prevalent may mean “a large amount of wickedness,” “a large amount of malice,” or very possibly “every trace or remainder of malice.” The key to this latter translation is that the perisseu stem is often used in the Old Testament to translate the Hebrew ytr root, which means either abundance or remainder. God has implanted the word. Some have argued that ...

5. Listening and Doing

James 1:19-27, James 1:1-18

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

6. Strategic Kindness

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... for real life." Read the record and you will discover that Jesus was no wimp. Neither was St. Paul. These were men of courage. They knew how to stare both danger and death in the face. Yet they also knew that little is to be gained by escalating anger and malice into a more serious confrontation. They knew that if you live by an "eye for an eye" credo, it can only produce a downward spiral of revenge and resentment. The best way to defeat an enemy is to make them an ally. So, Jesus would teach in the Sermon ...

7. Be Holy

1 Peter 1:13-2:3

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... be taken to represent impurity and evil; the water of baptism is mentioned in 3:21; a temple offering in 2:5. See Moule, Worship in the New Testament, p. 52. Peter’s thought here is rather that suggested by 1 Cor. 14:20, “In regard to evil (kakia, malice, as in 1 Pet. 2:1) be infants, but in your thinking be adults.” Pure (adolos, the only occurrence of the word in the NT): unadulterated; the reverse form of dolos, translated deceit in v. 1, and so also perhaps a play on words. For spiritual (logikos ...

8. Grieve Not The Holy Spirit

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... are very successful in their chose professions. Indeed, if your job is motivating people sometimes a temper is a real asset, at least in the short run. In the long run, we are better off delivered from bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, evil speaking and malice. But how? One of the most interesting developments of modern psychology is the growing popularity of the idea that we choose our emotions. There is a story about writer John Powell who went to a newsstand with Sydney Harris to buy a paper one spring ...

9. Headlines and Holiness

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

Frank G. Honeycutt

... to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. These two headlines pretty much cover the waterfront of any modern headline that deals with suffering. Any sad news report. A bad person caused it or someone was in the wrong place at the wrong time -- malice or chance, take your pick. Whichever you choose, the followers of Jesus want to try to make sense of suffering. A popular response was to try to find purpose, some reason, for the events of the day. "Were these worse sinners, Jesus?" Behind that question was ...

10. Screaming at the Television

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... problem. Anything that threatens our relationships with others is an enemy of God. You cannot be what God wants you to be when you are filled with rage. God is not able to use us as effectively to do His work, if we are filled with anger, bitterness, malice and slander. This is a spiritual problem that demands a spiritual solution. What is the solution to a foul temper? How do we escape from this prison of our own negative feelings? On a human level, the best we can do with rage is to find an acceptable ...

11. “Do Not Drag Me Away with the Wicked”

Psalm 28:1-9

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

... prohibit committing the same sin in thought (20:17). Indeed, one of the great sins of the biblical faith—of humanity in general, for that matter—is hypocrisy, precisely the sin of these evildoers “who speak cordially with their neighbors but harbor malice in their hearts” (28:3). The reason that consistency of deed and thought is so important is that truth stands at the heart of the universe—truth about nature, truth about human society, truth about personal motives and behavior, truth about God ...

12. The Angry Jar

Ephesians 4:31

Children's Sermon

... ! What does that pop mean? (Response) It means the canning jar is sealed and closed tight so no air can get in to spoil the food. The reason I brought a canning jar today is because our verse says to put away bitterness, anger, wrangling, slander and malice. Do you know what those words mean? (Response) I know you've heard of anger before. Wrangling is a funny word that means arguing. Do any of you argue? (Response) I thought so. The other words all mean different ways for acting nasty to others. I thought ...

13. Step Nine - Discipline

Mt 5:21-26 · Eph 4:25-32 · Num 5:5-10

Sermon

John A. Terry

... scandalous? Paul wrote this letter to the church folks in Ephesus. He assumed that church folks are equally tempted to lie, lose their temper, steal, and talk dirty. He must have assumed that we are people who can at times be characterized by bitterness, wrath, clamor, slander and malice. The good news is Jesus did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. One part of the good news is that we do not have to pretend we are something we are not. God loves us as we are. The other part of the ...

14. Image and Inscription

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

... and inscription before he gives his answer: "The coins you carry belong to Caesar: they bear his image and inscription. Certainly he can claim a tax from you." But there is something else - another, more important element in this controversy, something Jesus’ adversaries in their malice and hypocrisy seem to have forgotten: "You also stand under the claim of a just and loving God, who is Lord of all; render to him the things that are his." Give, in other words, to Caesar what belongs to him, but give him ...

15. Chapter VI

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... against the defense of a nation in a time of war. Nor, as such, is this a stricture against a man’s killing to protect his family against an intruder, for instance. Its main thrust, at first reading, seems to be limited to forbidding killing with "malice aforethought" to gain advantage, or revenge, or to vent ones hatred of another. The fact is, however, that life itself, which is of necessity, taken in any act of killing, was understood by the Hebrews to be holy. Life was sacred because it was generated ...

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

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Brett Blair

... We are told that the Pharisees went out of the temple and laid plans to trap Jesus in his words. That’s interesting in its self. They had to go out of the temple to conspire; they dare not do it in that holy place. This is no absence of malice; they have deliberately fashioned this tricky question. When they return, Jesus is presented with a dilemma. If he says don’t pay the tax they will be able to accuse him before Pilate of anti-Roman activity. If, on the other hand he says, pay the tax he will lose ...

17. Sweet-Smelling Fragrance

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... to help us as we cope with the social ethical problems in the church. Certainly life in the church requires the "putting away" of certain forms of behavior: Put away falsehood. Put away anger. Put away stealing. Put away unwholesome talk. Put away every form of malice. Such "putting away" of harmful aspects in social relationships reflects the mark of ownership of the Spirit of God. If we were lost in Adam but regained in Christ as the New Adam, we must represent the character of the New Adam. An old story ...

18. Proper 24

Matthew 22:15-22, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10, Isaiah 44:24--45:25, Exodus 33:12-23

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... met a person I did not like," but not everyone likes a Christian. Even Jesus had enemies who in this passage swarm around him with the hope of undoing him. His enemies were the Pharisees and the Herodians who tried to put him on the spot. Their malice is shown by their intention to "entangle him." Then they used flattery (v. 16). Their question was a trap. To say, "pay taxes," would bring the people's opposition; to say, "do not pay," would make him subject to arrest as a revolutionary. As long as evil ...

19. Bitterness: How to Overcome What You Undergo

Hebrews 12:14-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... , on their own, they will release their hold on your body. If you've been hurt by another person, and you have a leech of bitterness attached to your heart, you can't simply yank that bitterness away on your own and expect that all of the bitterness and malice will be gone. Resentment will still hide under the surface. But if you will go and bathe in the soothing water of God's forgiveness of you, and remember the extent of God's love for you in Jesus Christ, forgiveness will be a natural outflow from your ...

20. Matthew 22:15-22

Matthew 22:15-22

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... in accordance with the truth," then their flattery would have no effect upon him and be completely useless. As, of course, Jesus immediately shows is the case. Jesus’ reply back to the Pharisees and Heroidians is made with full awareness of their "malice" (v.18), and he quickly identifies his questioners as "hypocrites." The question posed to Jesus is about the legitimacy of paying the poll tax, the "kensos" (from the Latin "census"). This was a "head tax," levied upon every man, woman, and slave between ...

21. Proper 14

Ephesians 4:17--5:21, 2 Samuel 18:1-18, 2 Samuel 18:19--19:8, John 6:25-59

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... . The Holy Spirit is not to be grieved by the possession of an evil spirit which is expressed in bitterness, anger and malice. Rather the Christian is to be possessed by the Holy Spirit that results in kindness and forgiving love. A model is given ... produces the fruit of love, joy, peace, etc. He motivates and empowers us to live godly lives. He is grieved when we indulge in bitterness, anger and malice. 2. As (vv. 32, 1). It is a tiny word, but full of meaning. We are to be and to do what God does to and for ...

22. Got Milk?

1 Peter 2:1-3

Sermon

James Merritt

... never thought about and may very well surprise you. Even though we are told in verse 2 that we are "as new-born babes [to] desire the pure milk of the word" there is a condition attached to that command. It is found in verse 1. Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking. (I Peter 2: 2, NKJ) Now you may wonder what verse 1 which deals with all types of relational problems has to do with reading God's word, but it has very much to do with it for this reason. You not ...

23. Why Is God Unfair?

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... . Five aces! That's impossible! But there it is. And when Anne loses to God, she knows that really she wins. For God is not stingy with his wealth or his earnings. There are never any losers when they sit at table with God. God's laughter is always without malice or one-upmanship. This is the gospel according to Jesus' parable. In spite of our good fortunes or savvy playing skills or sheer hard work, we never really win at the game of life when we play it by our own rules. But if God is bending them in the ...

24. The Heart of the Matter Is the Heart!

Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... us that tells who we really are. We are cleansed from the inside out and not as the Pharisees taught from the outside in. On one hand, if someone's life is characterized by "evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly" (vv. 21-22), then there is a serious and eternally fatal spiritual heart problem there. On the other hand, if someone's life is characterized by the fruit of the Spirit, "love, joy, peace, patience, kindness ...

25. Lost Baggage: Losing Your Baggage

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

James Merritt

... begins by saying, “Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.” (Ephesians 4:31, NIV) I love the way this translation puts it. Paul just simply says, “Do you have ... to forgive someone you must forgive them fully. You must get all of the bitterness and all of the rage and all of the anger and all of the malice out. III. We Must Forgive Finally When you cancel a debt it can never be brought back up. You can never collect on that debt again. That is why ...

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