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Antonyms: bad feeling, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, enmity, friction, grievances, grudges, hatred, hostility, loathing, malevolence, malice
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2826. The Power of Bread
John 6:25-59
Illustration
Brett Blair
Bread has power but in the end its power will fail. Bread can buy you land but not love; it can buy you bonds but not brotherhood; gold but not gladness; silver but not sincerity; hospitals but not health; 3 karats but not character; houses but not homes. You can trade bread for commodities but not comfort, real-estate but not righteousness, hotels but not heaven. To satisfy your hunger for heaven you cannot eat the bread of earth, you must eat the bread of God. That bread is He who comes down from ...
Sermon
King Duncan
One day, Marlene Nance’s little daughter, Emma, was playing with her paper dolls. These were special paper dolls. They were all Bible characters. Suddenly Emma realized that the Jesus paper doll was missing. Marlene and Emma looked all over the house, but they couldn’t find Jesus anywhere. Later that afternoon, Emma came running to her mother with some good news. She had found Jesus! He was in one of her Daddy’s ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... a simpler, purer form of healing — a “tincture of time.” In layman’s terms, “let time heal the wound.” In today’s Ephesians text the Body of Christ is being gently dosed (not hosed) with some healing tinctures — infusions of character, attitude, practice, and patience that will work together and synergize to create a stronger, healthier “body.” All the qualities, the “virtues” today’s text advocates, require the “tincture of time.” If you’ve ever tried out for a sports team ...
2829. Ziggy Against the World
John 6:51-58
Illustration
Ben Witherington
There is a wonderful little character named Ziggy who appears in the comic strip of some newspapers. He is lovable in part because, like Charlie Brown, he is a loser, and we identify with him. There is one Ziggy strip in particular that sort of epitomizes this loser mentality. He and his even smaller dog are standing at the window in their second floor apartment looking out on the busy city streets below. Ziggy says, "Well, it's you and me against the world, and I think we're gonna get creamed!"
2830. Where Does God Start?
1 Chronicles 29:1-9
Sermon
James Merritt
... the next statement may surprise you. Leadership is not a matter of position, prestige, or personality. A leader is someone with a passion to get in on a God-given vision and to use his influence to make it a reality. Every one of you can exhibit the character of a leader. When God wants to do something God starts with – I. Leaders Who Model A Love For God Remember David is about to give his money to build something he would gain no personal benefit from. He would never experience it, he would never enter ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... above good solid constructive criticism, given to the right person, at the right place, in the right, time in the right way. To be honest, most criticism is said at the wrong time at the wrong place, to the wrong person, in the wrong way. There are five character traits I ask God to give me every day. One of those five is loyalty. Loyalty is something that is very hard to find in our society today. In fact, I want you to listen to this statement. Church attendance is infected with a malaise of conditional ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... forgive us." (I John 1:9, NLT) Now we come to the secret of why we can be forgiven of sin. It is not because sin is not serious. It is because God is so gracious. God is "faithful and just." Why did John remind us of those two specific character qualities of God? That is - He is faithful and He is Just? First of all, God is faithful to His word. Isaiah 55:7 says, "Let the sinful turn from his way and the one who does not know God turn from his thoughts. Let him turn to the Lord ...
2833. Backsliding - Sermon Starter
John 6:56-69 
Illustration
Brett Blair
... it is mentioned, the concept, I think, is still valid. It is backsliding. The term backsliding, I discovered in my research, was popularized in the 1600's by John Bunyan in his very famous allegory Pilgrim's Progress. In the story, you may recall, the character of Christian and Hopeful are on their religious pilgrimage. While on the journey they begin to discuss an individual by the name of Temporary. He had started the pilgrimage, but along the way he fell by the wayside, or, as Bunyan worded it, backslid ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... never forgotten the day he beat me. Now, quite frankly, he is a better player than I am and I can't beat him. What he didn't understand at the time was - I wasn't trying to teach him about ping-pong, I was trying to teach him about character, about life, about not quitting, about using failure as a stepping stone to success. You see one of the lessons God teaches us through failure is humility. If you think about it, if you never failed in life, if everything you touched turned to gold, if every game you ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... up my mind to do a thing I act.'" You know that is exactly what God deserves; to do what we know at any given situation He would want us to do, to receive others rather than reject them. III. Do What God Demands Now we come to the main character in this story. Naaman was a leper. It is interesting to note that the Bible never speaks of leprosy being cured or healed. It is always cleansed. That is because leprosy is the biblical picture of sin. You see you don't need to be cured of sin or healed ...
2836. Multiplying Men Of God
Malachi 2:5-7, 2 Timothy 2:2
Sermon
James Merritt
... what we do. They are not looking at us with a telescope; they are looking at us with a microscope. I was reading about the philosopher, Plato, and he was informed on one occasion that a certain enemy of his was making very slanderous remarks about him and about his character. When he was asked what he was going to do about it, Plato said, "I will live in such a way that no one will believe what he says." When you invest in other men, you make sure you are investing in men who show every sign that they are ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... Him, and on the third day He will be raised up." (Matthew 20:18-19, NASB) "But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you to Galilee." (Matthew 26:32, NASB) The word of Jesus Christ, therefore His integrity, His believability, and His character is on the line. Dr. Luke evidently was also very interested in the law and in legally defending the resurrection, because he says in Acts 1:3, "To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many convincing proofs…" (Acts 1:3, NASB) There ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... to happen or causes to happen in this world, even if it is bad it is according to a purpose that is higher than ours. Too often, we focus on what makes us comfortable; God wants us to focus on what makes us conformed to His will and His character. Too often, we want to focus on temporary pleasures on this earth while God wants to focus on eternal purposes that are going to last for ever and ever. What God is interested in more than anything else in your relationship to Him is your faith and your trust ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... who He is - He tells us. God has His own naming rights. In fact, His name comes before all other names and His name is above all other names and He takes His name deadly seriously. In the Bible a name is more than just a label, it represents the character of a person. I don't know about you, but I take my name very seriously. I am concerned about the reputation that my name carries and that is why we have laws against people who slander, who would call our good name into question, because when they slander ...
2840. Here Today Gone Tomorrow
Genesis 5:21-24, Hebrews 11:5
Sermon
James Merritt
... walked with God. I don't know all that that means, but you have to admit that is an exciting thought to think that we can literally walk with God. II. We Can Exercise Intense Faith With God Hebrews 11: 5 is the New Testament commentary on this Old Testament character and here is what we read. "By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death; AND HE WAS NOT FOUND BECAUSE GOD TOOK HIM; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God." (Hebrews 11:5, NASB) Above ...
2841. Bring It On
Hebrews 4:15-16
Sermon
James Merritt
... 't know what size she wears." The clerk said, "Well, is she tall or short, fat or skinny, big or small?" The little boy thought for a moment and then with a big grin said, "She's just perfect." You can sum up the Lord Jesus in His character, in His conduct, in thought, word, or deed, as absolutely perfect. Think about the fact that in the course of human history, not one witness has stepped forward to ever bring any charge of sin against the Lord Jesus Christ. Now you may be sitting there saying, "For good ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... ." (Hebrews 12:11, NASB) The word "train" in the Greek Language is the word that gives us our English word "gymnasium." A gymnasium is a place of training. When God confronts you in the dark side, He is trying to teach you some lessons; lessons about character, lessons about making the right choices, lessons about making the right decisions to keep you from doing harm to yourself. IV. God Continues to Love Us After The Dark Side There are some great things that happen to us even if we enter into the dark ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... the method of repetition. When you mentioned something three times in succession, it was to elevate it to a superlative degree and give it the greatest importance. Only once in all the Bible is an attribute of God elevated to the third degree. Only once is a character trait of God mentioned three times in succession. The Bible does not say that God is love, love, love; or mercy, mercy, mercy; or justice, justice, justice. It says He is holy, holy, holy. You will never know God as God is to be known, or see ...
2844. One Year to Live
Jeremiah 28:10-17
Sermon
James Merritt
... Christ Himself will be watching. He will be observing to see what you give and why you give it. Do you know why Jesus is so interested in that part of your life? He knows that our attitude towards our money is the acid test of our character. Someone has described money as simply the extension of one's life and that is really true. My money represents me. It represents who I am. It represents my priorities. It represents what I really believe is important. Let's be very honest, there were many Christians ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... A little four year old boy shouted out, "To infinity and beyond!" That really is good theology. Did you know that even people who are in hell today, because they rejected the love of God are still loved by God? That is because God's love is based on His character and God is love. Human love may have its limits, but God will never stop loving you. Every Christmas that rolls around, I want to remind you that you are in God's continual love. You cannot go where God does not love you. You cannot act in such a ...
2846. The Climb
Joshua 14:6-15
Sermon
James Merritt
... at him grinning and said "Well I figured with all this manure there has got to be a pony in this room somewhere." Now that is the spirit of "the climb". That is the Caleb spirit. Incidentally, can I tell you why Caleb is one of my favorite characters in the Bible? Do you know what the name "Caleb" means? It means "dog". Do you know what I believe the people said when old Caleb claimed that mountain, climbed that mountain, conquered that mountain, whipped those giants, and planted his flag on the top of that ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... is why so many people cut out on God. We want to take the easy way out. We want to slide through life. We want to take the course of least resistance. Do you know why God sometimes does it the harder way? Because God is more interested in your character than He is your comfort. God wants to mature you. He wants to grow you. He wants to teach you to trust His promise to the point - that you decide to believe His Word and you determine to do His Will. That is the only place where God can bless ...
2848. Hell under Fire
Matthew 5:22; 28-30
Sermon
James Merritt
... even being the Son of God, because He lied. So, which world view do you accept? The world view that Jesus gives us in the Word of God or the world view of a post-modernist who says, "Hell is a myth. It's just not real."? II. The Character Of God Demands The Necessity Of Hell I want to tackle the burning question that many people have about this whole subject with the favorite statement people make. "A Loving God Would Never Send People To Hell." Believe it or not, that statement (as is) is absolutely true ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... your testimony could be that of the 2nd President of the United States, who said this about all the girls he dated before he got married. "This I will say [of the girls I went with] they were all modest and virtuous girls and always maintained that character through life. No virgin or matron ever had cause to blush at the sight of me, or to regret her acquaintance with me. No father, brother, son, or friend ever had cause of grief or resentment for any intercourse between me and any daughter, sister, mother ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... thugs roamed the countryside like packs of wild dogs attacking innocent victims, beating them and robbing them. So here was a man who had been victimized by some thieves, and not only robbed but beaten and left for dead. Now Jesus introduces in his story three characters: the thieves, the priest and the Levite, and the Good Samaritan. These people tell us what kind of neighbor we really are to other people, and what kind of attitude dictates how we see others and how we treat others. I. Lust: What Is Yours ...
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