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226. A Friday We Call “Good”

Hebrews 10:16-25

Sermon

David O. Bales

... early Christians, no matter how wrong they were about Jesus' returning soon, risked death to worship. They did so because they didn't just know about the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, they'd been met by that God, loved and forgiven by that God, and had surrendered to that God. One can have congenial thoughts about a God accumulated dab by dab from our American religious buffet or fused together from the scraps of psychology's latest fashions, but it's pretty hard to love such a concoction or to ...

227. The Triumph and the Tragedy

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... to Ulysses S. Grant, General of the Union Army, at the village of Appomattox Court House, Virginia. This surrender ended the bloodiest war ever fought on American soil. State against state, brother against brother; it was a conflict that literally tore our nation apart. Five days later Good Friday, April 14, 1865 America’s most revered president, Abraham Lincoln, was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth in ...

228. Gifts For The Christ Child

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... been so ubiquitous over these past weeks. General William Booth was the founder of the Salvation Army. He was once asked the secret of his remarkable life. He answered, "I told the Lord that he could have all that there is of William Booth." All to Jesus, I surrender; All to him I freely give.[1] Yes, we have enjoyed another Christmas, a gift-giving time (a wrapping time, perhaps), and a time that we set aside to joyously remember all those who mean so much to us. And, if Jesus means what he should to us ...

229. America: Fight For Your Country

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William J. Bennett

... us. If we have full employment and greater economic growth if we have cities of gold and alabaster but our children have not learned how to walk in goodness, justice and mercy, then the American experiment, no matter how gilded, will have failed. Do not surrender. Get mad. Get in the fight. Note: from "Excerpts from What Really Ails America," condensed from a speech by William J. Bennett, delivered December 7, 1993 at the Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C., reprinted in Reader's Digest, April, 1994.

230. A Concert of Praise

Luke 1:46-56

Sermon

Cynthia Cowen

... is Mary in the school play on Friday. She told Mrs. Morgan that she was going to wear a pink costume because pink's the color for girls." I've never seen a Mary in blue or pink uniform, but I do know that Mary wore a uniform of a surrendered life. She was an instrument played under the baton of the director of the universe. She sang a solo, and Elizabeth's voice joined her in a duet of praise, and down through the centuries others have joined in, individual instruments used by God in a symphony of praise ...

231. A Topsy-Turvy Gospel

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... of this topsy-turvy gospel in this way: In this world things come and go, so that the whole may be complete. ‘Do I ever go away anywhere?’ says the Word of God. Make your home in him. Surrender to him all that you have, my soul, for all comes from him. You are weary of your futile searching. Surrender to the Truth whatever truth you hold, and you will lose nothing. What is withered in you will flower again. Your sickness will be healed. What is fading will be made fresh again. What is unsteady will be ...

232. In the Mood for Murder

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... closes with Forrest Gump sympathizing and saying, “Sometimes there just aren’t enough rocks.” (6) And that’s true. No matter what anyone has done to you, sometimes there just aren’t enough rocks. And that’s when we need to surrender our anger, surrender our hatred to God and allow him to replace these negative emotions with love and forgiveness. This brings us to our final guideline for today: unresolved anger is a spiritual problem. Anger not only affects our health and our relationships with ...

233. Family Re:Union - For the Love

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Sermon

James Merritt

... me, I would have married her the next night after our second date. The fact that God commands us to love Him tells us something about the kind of love God is commanding. It is not a feeling, because you can’t command a feeling. It is a surrender; an act of the will. Another amazing thing is even though at the time Israel didn’t realize it, they had just heard the greatest commandment God would ever give. How do I know that? That is exactly what Jesus told someone. [Turn to Matthew 22] “Hearing that ...

234. Ignite: Fight Fire with Fire

Acts 4:1-22

Sermon

James Merritt

... a spiritual fervor and a fire that America didn’t have. He said, “Americans, here is the difference. In the United States, you talk about commitment. In Romania, we talk about surrender. When you are committed to God you hold all the cards. You decide when you are going to be committed and when you are not. When you surrender, God holds all the cards.” Then he shared this unbelievable example to back up his point. During the 1970s, Tson, who was recognized as probably a leading pastor in the entire ...

235. The Glory of the Cross

Galatians 6:11-18

Sermon

James Merritt

... of death that you cannot inflict upon yourself. You can shoot yourself, drown yourself, hang yourself, stab yourself, poison yourself, but you cannot crucify yourself. Crucifixion is something that must be done to you that you must surrender to. That is why the cross is the key to it all. Because it is only in surrender that you find victory. It is only in death that you find life. It is only in faith that you find reality. Alexander Solzhenitsyn is a great great Christian. For many years he was a prisoner ...

236. Envision: The Great Commandment

Matthew 22:34-40

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James Merritt

... you, I would have been the most popular guy in high school! The fact that God commands us to love Him, tells us something about the kind of love God is demanding. It is not a feeling, because you cannot command a feeling. It is a commitment. It is a surrender. It is a willingness to give everything you are to everything God is. Think about how important your love for God really is. Have you ever thought about the fact that your love is the one thing that God can’t take from you that He can only have if ...

237. For the Hearing Impaired

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

James Merritt

... life. The pastor got up, preached a simple gospel message and then gave the invitation. There were 3,000 people there that night and Pacey was sitting on the very top row of those bleachers. He began to watch as people began to come down on that field and surrender their lives to Christ. He didn’t move. The pastor was just about to finish the service when he said something he had not planned to say. That preacher said, “There is someone here tonight and it will be your last night on this earth if you do ...

238. Everything Must Go: The Treasure Principle

Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

James Merritt

... what Jesus is really saying. Jesus doesn’t want your money. Do you know why? He doesn’t need it. Besides that, it is already His. Jesus wants your heart, but since your heart always follows your money He wants you to surrender your money, your wealth, your stuff to Him. Do you know why Jesus wants you to surrender all your stuff to Him? He doesn’t want it, so He can keep it. He wants it so it won’t keep you. That is why Jesus said, “You cannot serve God and money.” He didn’t say, “You cannot ...

239. Peacemaker

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

James Merritt

... in Romans 5, “While we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of His son.” (Romans 5:10, ESV) Do you know what the good news of Christmas is? The war is over. The hostilities have ceased. Jesus has conquered our sins. Once we surrender our lives to Him then we have peace with God which is exactly what Paul said in this verse. “Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Romans 5:1, ESV) What this world doesn’t understand ...

240. The Door Is Open

John 10:1-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... after that I remember another door that I opened. It was the door to my first class at seminary. I knew when I walked through that door I was walking into, not just a class of information, but also a room of transformation. That door represented the surrender of my entire life to the ministry of the gospel. That room represented what I would spend the rest of my life doing. Then, ten years ago, I remember putting my hand on the front door of this building. At that time, it was an empty, dilapidated, dirty ...

241. Lost

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... persons who need no repentance.” (Luke 15:7, ESV) “Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” (Luke 15:10, ESV) Think about that. Every time one person repents and gets right with God, every time one person surrenders their life to Jesus Christ, every time one lost person is found, God says, “It is party time!” Can you just hear the angels up in heaven as they look at God? All of a sudden, God begins to shout, dance, and to rejoice. He breaks out the ...

242. Made Alive in Christ

Ephesians 2:1-10

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... the gospel. In the NT, Christians are described as believers—that is, as those who have faith (hoi pisteuontes, Rom. 1:16; 3:22; 4:11; 1 Cor. 1:21) because they turned to God in faith (pisteuein, 1 Cor. 15:2, 11). Faith includes a willingness to surrender as well as a commitment to obey (cf. 2:10). For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith. As in 2:5, the word for “salvation” occurs in the Greek perfect passive tense, thus reaffirming to the readers that their present and continuing state ...

243. Consecration of the Priests

Exodus 29:1-46

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

... to be turned to smoke (NIV “burn”) on the altar. The declaration in this consecration context was similar to the declaration of intent at a wedding. The repetition in offering to the LORD, “a pleasing aroma,” an offering made to the LORD reflects the voluntary surrender of the whole burnt offering and the Lord’s pleasure in receiving it. 29:19–37 The ordination ram (v. 27) was the third animal God told Moses to bring to the altar. They ate this ram in a fellowship meal in God’s presence. It ...

244. Ruth Meets Boaz

Ruth 2:1-23

Understanding Series

Michael S. Moore

... 18:20). The Danites are dutifully labeled “noble” men (bene khayil, Judg. 18:2), but are more interested in enticing employees than in helping widows (Judg. 18:1–31). The Ephraimite Levite says he is “going to the house of the LORD” (Judg. 19:18) but soon surrenders his own wife to a gang of murderers (Judg. 19:1–30). Boaz stands head and shoulders above all the men in the canonical-historical context. 2:10 At this, she bowed down with her face to the ground. Ruth, like the Levite’s concubine ...

245. God Rejects Zedekiah’s Request

Jeremiah 21:1-14

Understanding Series

Tremper Longman III

... way lands a person on the way to death. Jeremiah’s language is also reminiscent of that of Moses, who places before the Israelites a choice between life and death (Deut. 30:11–20). In the long run, they have chosen death. The choice is to either surrender to the Babylonians and live under their authority or else to resist and die in the city. Because of the sins of the people, there must be punishment, but still there is a choice. Either way, the city will be destroyed. It is in the light of oracles ...

246. The Arrest of Jesus

John 18:1-11, John 18:12-14

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... tenth part of a Roman legion! Yet Jesus’ intention is not to overwhelm his antagonists but to surrender to them—on the condition that his disciples be spared. At this point, the narrator makes explicit the link between Jesus’ action and his ... prayer in the preceding chapter. Jesus’ unique surrender fulfills what he had said immediately after the claim to have kept the disciples safe by the power of the divine ...

247. Jacob Apprehension in Meeting Esau

Genesis 32:1-32

Understanding Series

John E. Hartley

... a great effort in an attempt to end the match. That wrestler attacked the other’s leg so hard that he wrenched the socket of his opponent’s hip. Only later does it become clear that Jacob was wounded. Nevertheless Jacob held on, refusing to surrender. Exhausted, the wrestlers turned to a verbal contest. The man pleaded with Jacob, Let me go, for it is daybreak; he did not want the light to reveal his identity. Taking advantage of his opponent’s desire to depart, Jacob refused, saying he would not ...

248. Going to War

Deuteronomy 20:1-20

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... include only such subject labor. No other humiliation, violation of human rights, excessive brutality, or plunder were to be allowed. Subjection itself may seem bad enough, but when one sees carved in stone what the Assyrians, for example, did to their conquered or surrendered victims (e.g., some were impaled on stakes; captives were chained to one another by hooks through the nose), or merely reads of the known excesses reported by Amos (1:3, 6, 9, 13), “restraint” is the correct word for what is ...

249. Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem

2 Kings 18:17-37

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... of the opportunity to hear his words. He therefore now addresses them directly (vv. 28ff.). They should not listen to Hezekiah, with all his talk of trust (Hb. ḇṭḥ again) and deliverance. The realities are quite different. If they make peace with Assyria and surrender the city, they will at least know life. They will escape the misery of siege (they will eat proper food instead of filth and drink water instead of urine, v. 31). Although they will be taken into exile, their exile will not be harsh ...

250. Oracles of Restoration

Ezekiel 34:1-31, Ezekiel 35:1-15, Ezekiel 36:1-38, Ezekiel 37:1-14, Ezekiel 37:15-28

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... is a hollow dream? Surely the problem lies rather in our forgetting that it is God’s kingdom, not ours. We cannot, by our own willing and doing, accomplish God’s dream of justice and peace. But the point, for Jesus or for Ezekiel, is not surrender to quietism. One is able to act in the world because of the confidence that, ultimately, the victory belongs to the Lord. So Ezekiel can at the same time call upon his community to repent and affirm that God’s deliverance is not dependent upon their ...

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