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2601. The Three Approaches to Life

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

James W. Moore

... problems emerge, we have to get off and push, we have to roll up our sleeves and go to work… if (that is) we want to live in the Spirit of Christ. Now, let’s be more specific. Let’s bring this closer to home as we look directly ... the mud. Some years ago, a minister friend of mine was talking to a man about joining the church when the man said: “I want to join the church because I want to be fed.” My friend answered: “Well, that’s fine, but we would all be better off if you would take off your ...

2602. What's So Great about Going to Church

Isaiah 6:1-8

Sermon

James W. Moore

... opinionated, closed-minded and even insulting towards anyone who disagrees with him. Now, let me hurry to say that he can do that if he wants to,… it is a free country, but I have to tell you that I liked him better when he was just funny. Usually, I ... new believers do. I quietly considered how seriously I intended to take my new-found faith. I realized that Jesus had died for me and I wanted to show my gratitude by trying to walk with Him. But to what extent? I knew I should read my Bible a little bit. I ...

2603. The Gift of Newness

2 Corinthians 5:17-20

Sermon

James McCormick

... now: the good news of the gospel is not just about what God has done for the world through Christ. It is also about what God wants to do for the world through us, His church. We are to be on mission in the name of Christ, and that must not be a ... to be renewal of the Church in our time. Listen! You can’t do what Christ calls you to do, unless you first become who Christ wants you to be. And we become the new creation when we receive Christ as Savior and Lord. There is a poem that says it: “O little black ...

2604. Wide Enough for All (Mother's Day)

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... ?” He asked. “And I tell you, with children they will make you even more crazy with each passing year. You will make fools of yourselves in public and private.” When the third woman heard this story she went back to the medicine man and said she too now wanted to have a baby, but he told her it was too late. Her fear of what others might say about her, her unwillingness to risk the unexpected had prevented her from her deepest‑most desire. (3) I laughed when I first read this story. A small baby can ...

2605. The Power of Testimony

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Mark R. Smith

... He was working in the woman at the well’s life. If we are thankful, then we recognize that God is at work in our lives and our testimony is a natural outgrowth of our gratitude. In fact, when we are thankful, we can’t help but want to tell others. Secondly, a main function of good testimony is that it elicits action from the hearer. This is the part that keen businesses use to their advantage. Satisfied customers are far better advertisement than even the slickest of New York marketing firms can produce ...

2606. What's Your Hospitality Quotient?

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... at Brother Johnson, leader of the other faction. Brother Johnson showed no sign that he was done with his prayer, so Brother Miller dove back down for some more prayer, too. No one would come up for air, because it might look as if they wanted to eat more than they wanted to pray. It was becoming the longest table grace in history. It ground on and on and on. Then without waiting for the men to finish their contest, good, practical Aunt Flo slid her chair back, rose, went to the kitchen, and brought out the ...

2607. Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments

1 Peter 3:15

Sermon

James Merritt

... black man has no right which the white man is bound to expect." That did not make slavery right. Just because in 1973, nine evil men said that a woman ought to have the right to abortion, may have made it legal, but it doesn't make it right. I want to deal now with three specific "hard cases" and give answers to each one of them. 6. What About Abortion When The Mother's Life Is At Stake? a. This case is extremely rare. When the United States Surgeon General, Dr. C. Everett Coop, stated publicly that in his ...

2608. The Death That Ends All Death

1 Peter 3:18

Sermon

James Merritt

... ." He died voluntarily for our sins. That's why I call it a sacrificial death. A chaplain was going around speaking to soldiers who had been wounded in battle. He came upon a soldier who was missing his right arm. Trying to comfort the man, he said, "Son, I just want you to know that you lost your arm fighting for a great cause." The soldier said, "Chaplain, you're wrong. I didn't lose my arm—I gave it." Likewise, Jesus did not lose His life—He gave it. He died a sacrificial death for sin. II. It Was A ...

2609. If I Only Had One Wish

2 Chronicles 1:1-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... you your gettings. Tell me what you seek, and I will tell you what you are...I do not wish to know your possessions...only your wants. I do not care to know what you have, only what you have not and desire to have; not your attainments, but what you have ... right paths." (Pr. 4:10-11) Dad, don't miss what Solomon is saying here. He has taken the wisdom baton from his father and now wants to pass it on to his children. What Solomon did you can do, for you have the manual of wisdom in Proverbs. The fact that God ...

2610. The Thrill of Victory

2 Corinthians 2:14-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... Yes. Will there be, as the Apostle Paul said in Rom. 8:35, "tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, peril, sword?" Yes, there will be, but Paul went on to say in v.37, "Yet, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us." I want you to understand that the exact moment you give your heart to Jesus Christ and surrender to Him as your Lord, from then on always in every place, you are on the winning side. Back in the middle of the last century, there was a black man by ...

2611. The Only One Who Is Number One

Exodus 20:1-3

Sermon

James Merritt

... for the 1990s. These are real commandments, the rules that many people actually live by (they list the following "commandments" and then the percent of people in America who agree with the statement). I don't see the point in observing the Sabbath (77%). I will steal from those who want really miss it (74%). I will lie when it suits me, so long as it doesn't cause any real damage (64%). I will drink and drive if I feel that I can handle it. I know my limit (56%).I will cheat on my spouse after all, given ...

2612. The Church: The Health of a Godly Family

Hebrews 10:22-25

Sermon

James Merritt

... do two?" The leader of the second group said, "I know they did twelve, but you should see how much they left sticking out of the ground." Well, you’re going to drive your family right into the ground if you don't take your family to church. I want to give you three things the church does for an individual, and for a family, and ultimately for a nation. I. The Church Promotes Physical Enrichment I know most people think the best thing you can do for your health is to go to a gym, but empirical research ...

2613. Heaven: The Home of a Godly Family

John 14:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... us a mountain of reasons why heaven is so delightful, so precious, so magnificent, and why any person in his right mind not only wants to go there, but had better be making plans to get there. a. Heaven Is a Specific Place Jesus said, "I go to prepare ... be 400 square miles per family.4 The point is, there is room at the cross for you. There is room in heaven for you. Everybody that wants to go to heaven can go to heaven if they're willing to go through the Lord Jesus Christ. c. Heaven Is a Special Place It ...

2614. Love Them Before You Leave Them

John 19:25-26

Sermon

James Merritt

... Another said, "I've learned that if you spread the peas out on your plate, it looks like you ate more." Another one said, "I've learned that the tooth fairy doesn't always come, some-times he's broke." Still another child said, "I've learned that if you want to get even with someone at camp you rub their underwear in poison ivy." Finally, another child said, "I've learned that my best friend is my teddy bear; he never tells my secrets." I'm sure there are a lot of things that Jesus learned as a child, but ...

2615. Getting Rid of Grudges

Luke 23:34

Sermon

James Merritt

... money.' The Board said to me that if I was right and you did agree to pay, that I could negotiate you with any sum I wanted to, and Joe, the Board agreed to cut the debt in half to $500,000! Not only did Joe Reynolds come out $500,000 to the ... A little boy came to the Washington Monument and noticed a guard standing by it. He looked up at the guard and said: "Mister, I want to buy the Washington Monument." The guard stooped down and said: "Son, how much do you have?" The boy reached into his pocket and pulled ...

2616. Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments

Proverbs 24:11-12

Sermon

James Merritt

2617. Is Your Conscience Clear?

1 Timothy 1:18-19

Sermon

James Merritt

... in a war, and we are in that same war today. That war will never be over until our Commander in Chief, the Lord Jesus Christ comes back and wins the final battle. So every day we face three enemies: the world, the flesh, and the devil. Now if you want to fight the faithful fight and wage a winning war, you must have a good conscience. Otherwise, like some Paul spoke of in verse 19, you will shipwreck on the shores of sin. Now what is the conscience? Well, the conscience is the compass of the soul. It is the ...

2618. Confronting a Christless Culture

2 Timothy 3:1-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... just shrugs her shoulders and says, "Who cares?" Well, God cares, and His church should care, and His people should care, and Southern Baptists should care. As we celebrate our heritage and contemplate our future, I believe we must go backward before we dare go forward. I want us to hear from a divinely inspired man who was an expert at confronting a Christless culture. His name was Paul. He was a Four-star General in God's army who never left the front lines of battle. He gives us three helps on how to ...

2619. It Is Right To Fight When You Fight For Right

Jude 1:3-4

Sermon

James Merritt

... for the burglar who puts a jimmy under my window and steals my wife's wedding ring, than I have for any Ph.D. college professor who, wielding the cutlass of criticism against the Bible, breaks into the home of faith of my boys and girls. I want to tell you that a faith-stealing liberal is lower than a rattlesnake. Because at least a rattlesnake will give you warning before it strikes, but a liberal never does. Keep in mind that Jude is not talking about false teachers, he's talking about apostates. What ...

2620. God's Prescription for a Healthy Christian

Jude 1:17-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... again, "They walk according to their own ungodly lusts." Do you know the real reason apostates deny the Word of God? They don't want God telling them how to live. Mark Twain was an atheist, but he said something one time that has the great ring of truth. ... you are strengthening the foundation of your faith? Bible study is spiritual weightlifting, and the more you read it the stronger you become. I want you to remember that the devil is not afraid of a Bible that has dust on it. A person who won't read his ...

2621. Who's In Charge Here

Judges 21:24-25

Sermon

James Merritt

... . For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. For he is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God's ...

2622. Away In a Manger

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... can just envision what was going on in heaven as the Lord Jesus was being born on earth. They are two prophets, they've been in heaven for many years. One is named Micah, one is named Isaiah. An angel is sent to them and says, "Come with me. I want to show you something that you deserve to see." He pulls back the curtain of eternity, and he shows these two prophets the very first Christmas. They watch in awe and amazement, as a little baby burst forth out of the womb of a teenage girl named Mary, and is ...

2623. Joy to the World

Luke 2:8-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... great joy." The word for good tidings is the Greek word that gives us the word evangelism, which means, "to bring good news." We have a clue as to what this good news is all about in v.11. There is something unique in v.11 that you do not want to miss. Nowhere else in all of the Bible will you find the three words Savior, Christ, and Lord together in one verse. This is the only time in all of Scripture where these three words are brought together. Those words, along with the word "Babe" in v.12, reveal ...

2624. Why Every Christian Should Be an Optimist

Psalm 121:1-8

Sermon

James Merritt

... face in life at one time or another. So if you're feeling helpless and need help, or you are feeling hopeless and need hope, I want to give you three pillars upon which you can build the foundation of your life that will stand against any storm. I. The Lord Is ... was going to be faithful to the end." The friend said, "Well, what's wrong with that?" He said, "I'm the quarterback." Well, I want to tell you that our God will not only be faithful to the end, He will be faithful beyond the end. When you feel that ...

2625. What to Wear to the War

Ephesians 6:13-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... name of Paul Revere made an eternal mark in history by a single horse ride. He knew that war was on the horizon, and he did not want his nation to be caught unaware. He knew the enemy was coming, he just didn't know whether it would be by land or by sea. But ... and you have the peace of God in your heart, you can handle anything the devil can throw at you. I have said this before, and I want to say it again. It is not what happens to you in life that is important, it is how you react to what happens to you that ...

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