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2926. Nothing but the Blood

1 John 1:7

Sermon

James Merritt

... people who began a dangerous descent of a peak in the Swiss Alps. The first man in line lost his foothold and slipped over an icy ledge. The next two men slid after him while the experienced climbers above braced themselves and stood firm to bear the shock. They thought, without any question, they would simply hold and all these men would be saved by the rope they were connected to. But when the rope ran its length, the cord snapped into. The climbers watched in horror as their friends scrambled hopelessly ...

2927. Good Christian Men Rejoice

2 Corinthians 8:9

Sermon

James Merritt

... than TNT, and greater than atomic energy. You have within you, as a Christian, a sin-killing, devil-defeating, soul-purifying, heavenly-charged power that nothing or no one can ever defeat. Let me tell you exactly what you own once Jesus owns you. "The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ…" (Rom. 8:16-17a) Do you know what a joint heir is? A joint heir is someone who shares and shares alike. That ...

2928. Fill'er up Lord

Ephesians 5:18-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... with a hand. That is why we must be filled with the Spirit in a committed lifestyle. III. The Spirit-filled Life Is a Commended Life There is something magnetic and attractive about a Spirit-filled Christian. When a Christian has the filling of the Spirit, he will bear the fruit of the Spirit, and his life will be as fresh as ocean's breeze. Paul tells us here that there will be a gladness about him; "speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to ...

2929. How to Handle the Mess of Stress

Exodus 18:23-27

Sermon

James Merritt

... , rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. And let them judge the people at all times. Then it will be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they themselves shall judge. So it will be easier for you, for they will bear the burden with you." (vv. 21-22) In other words get others involved so they can help share the load. When it comes to doing heavy work, two hands are better than one; but six hands are better than two. You see, the size of a work is never a ...

2930. Face the Music

Hebrews 9:27-28

Sermon

James Merritt

... grave they put a blank tombstone. Ever after people who would walk by that grave would look at it and say, "That's odd." You cannot escape the judgment of God. III. There Is a Practical Appeal before Death You Must Not Miss "So Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation." (v.28) Now the little word "so" connects this verse with the previous verse. In v.27 we see that man has three problems: sin, death, and ...

2931. The Pride Is Right

Jeremiah 9:23-24

Sermon

James Merritt

... name, Albert Einstein, is one of the most well-known names in all the world. Time magazine chose him as "Person of the Century." His influence is seen in every life around the world. The atomic bomb, the big bang, electronics, quantum physics all bear his influence. He will probably be considered for all time the standard by which all scientists measure themselves. But as tall as he was in scientific theory, he was equally as small in spiritual theology. Because even though Einstein believed in a being who ...

2932. The Only Guide You Need

John 16:12-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... "the Spirit of truth." When we learn about this aspect of the work of the Holy Spirit, we will understand that He is the only guide we need. I. The Holy Spirit Guides Us to Receive the Truth "I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now." (v.12) Don't miss the blessing of that verse. I have told you before that with God timing is more important than time. When God leads, He not only leads in the right way, and He not only leads to the right place, He always leads at ...

2933. Hazardous to Your Wealth: Myths about Money

Malachi 3:7-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... your walk with God; maybe even to lead you to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. God goes on to say in v.11, "And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, so that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field," says the Lord of hosts. What the Lord is simply saying is this: "You and I can do more with 90% of your money than you can do alone with 100%." Because what tithing does is make God your financial partner. I want you ...

2934. You Had Better Get It Right

Matthew 5:17-20

Sermon

James Merritt

... cleaning my room, $5.00. For washing the dishes, $3.00. For raking the leaves, $10.00. Total: $18.00. Mom, you owe me." The mother read the note while the boy was at school and put $18.00 on the table. With it she left this note: "For bearing you nine months in the womb, taking care of you when you threw up for three months, no charge. For cooking your breakfast everyday, no charge. For washing and ironing your clothes everyday, no charge. For staying up all night every time you were sick, no charge. For ...

2935. It's Time to Go to Work

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... savings account and put a $1000 a year in that account for ten years, and at the end of the ten years went to collect your money, and only received $10,000? When you inquire why, the banker tells you that they didn't put your money in an interest-bearing account; they just simply went out back and buried it. Well, you would be livid. Well, how do you think God feels when He invests in you gifts and abilities straight from His hand and you fail to use them for His glory? Elmer Bendiner in his book, The Fall ...

2936. Slaying the Green-Eyed Monster

Proverbs 27:4

Sermon

James Merritt

... Amber. She even tried unsuccessfully to get Amber disqualified from the cheerleading competition by invoking a technicality in the rules. One year she showed up at school the day students were voting for cheerleader candidates, and handed out rulers and pencils bearing the slogan, "Shanna Holloway—cheerleader." But as a result of her mother's actions, Shanna was disqualified. Finally, Shanna's mother could take it no longer. She allegedly tried to hire a hit man to kill both Amber and her mother. Trying ...

2937. His Way is the Right Way

Psalm 23:3

Sermon

James Merritt

... that that sheep be restored to the flock, because, first of all, sheep don’t even have a keen sense of smell, and left to themselves they’ll eat poisonous weeds or they’ll drink polluted water and they’ll die. Furthermore, sheep are defenseless. Tigers claw, bears crush, mules kick, snakes strike, but sheep are defenseless. So it becomes a matter of urgency for the shepherd to find the sheep. The last thing a shepherd does before he goes to sleep at night is he counts the sheep. He calls them all by ...

2938. No Fear

Psalm 23:4

Sermon

James Merritt

... arm. It was a symbol of his strength and his power. The purpose of the rod was to guard the sheep. That shepherd would take that rod and he would drive pieces of metal into the knob, and with that rod he could use it as a club to kill bears, and snakes, and to drive off wolves and all kinds of wild animals. Whenever the sheep would see the rod in that shepherd’s hand, there would be a calmness because they knew the shepherd could guard them. But the shepherd also had a staff. Now where the rod was ...

2939. Pulling Weeds

Matthew 13:24-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... . The weeds are all those “who do evil.” Oops. That’s a little disconcerting. All “who do evil.” Where does God draw the line? Murderers? Rapists? Adulterers? Thieves? Does fibbing on your tax returns count? How about gossiping, particularly if it borders on bearing false witness? How about the sins of omission? What about those who ignore their neighbors who are in need? How about those who give only a pittance to God after God has been so generous to them? Where is the line drawn? Could it ...

2940. Know Your Weeds

Matt 13:24-30, 36-43

Illustration

Todd Weir

... weeds becomes clearer when we look at the specific kind of weed he talks about. Tares are "bearded darnel, mentioned only in Matt. 13:25-30. It is the Lolium temulentum, a species of rye-grass, the seeds of which are a strong soporific poison. It bears the closest resemblance to wheat till the ear appears, and only then the difference is discovered. It grows plentifully in Syria and Palestine." The problem with taking our hoe to the evil weeds of the world is that good and evil sometimes look so much alike ...

2941. The True Feng Shui Life

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... moved” by the Spirit, or by the culture and by your peers? Are you just headed where others are headed, where you want to be headed? Are you being “moved” by the Zeitgeist, the spirit of the times? Or is it the Spirit of Jesus that “moves” you and “bears you along?” The winds of the Spirit, and the flow of the water of Life, take us to unexpected, unlooked for new places. We may flounder and even fall, but God will never fail us. There is no place the wind can blow us, or the waves can wash ...

2942. Fear - Sermon Starter

Matthew 14:22-36

Illustration

Brett Blair

... Red Sea and could see Pharaoh's chariots coming on the horizon, they cried out that they would all be slaughtered. Moses said to them: Stand still, fear not, and see the salvation of the Lord. When the angel of the Lord came to Mary and said that she would bear a child, she trembled with fear. What would become of her? Said the angel: Fear not Mary, for you have found favor with God. Fear not! Fear Not! It is how we would like to live. How do you do it? First, we must confront our fears. Second, we must ...

2943. Overcoming Fear

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... for today is designed to help us overcome those problems. I must first remind you that reasonable or normal fear is a good thing, a gift from God. Otherwise, when I'm visiting the zoo I might be tempted to crawl over the fence and pet the polar bear on the head. Fear holds me back. Most of us busy people might break the speeding laws more frequently if we didn't fear the man with the revolving blue light. That reminds me. Several weeks ago I was driving through Piperton, Tennessee, just on the other side ...

2944. Living By Faith In A Time of War

Judges 6:1-40

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... 11, 2001. We Christians should flee from no one, except the devil. As the Bible says, “God did not give us a spirit of fear, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.” (2 Tim. 1:7) Here is our third admonition: SUPPORT THOSE WHO BEAR THE BRUNT OF THE STRUGGLE. Notice in verse 8 of Judges 7 that when all of Israel’s troops went home except for the 300, the furloughed troops gave all of their provisions to the 300. We are blessed to be protected by the finest military on the planet ...

2945. Hope In A Hostile World

Matthew 1:1-17

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... statement is profane. We serve an unlimited God who declares in his word that “as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways.” (Isaiah 55:9) There is a tablet outside an ancient church building in England that bears these words: “In the year 1652 when throughout England all things sacred were either profaned or neglected, this church was built by Sir Robert Shirley.” Wouldn’t you have liked to have known Sir Robert Shirley?! Obviously he knew that God does his best ...

2946. Mary, Did You Know?

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... that is, original sin. God’s unique DNA overcame and purified the sin heritage in Mary. Therefore, Jesus was the only person since Adam and Eve born without sin. Gabriel told Mary that her son would be a “holy one.” That made him uniquely qualified to bear our sin. He was the sacrificial “lamb without blemish” who would die for the sins of the world. His virgin birth brought him into the world without our sin heritage. A THIRD THING MARY KNEW WAS THAT HER SON WOULD BE THE PROMISED MESSIAH. Gabriel ...

2947. Why Is Life So Unfair?

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... every pressure and tactic imaginable. But all his efforts just made Stanley more resolute. Later Jones wrote, “I actually grew under his lash. There I got hold of a principle and a power that was to be the driving force in my life. I wouldn’t just bear opposition and difficulties; I would use them! Just as an airplane always takes off, not with the wind but against it, I would make opposition send me up, not down. With the help of Christ, I let trouble lift me rather than destroy me.” (2) So, there ...

2948. I Believe In God The Father Almighty

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... in love and we would lose half of our love songs. Surely it strains our common sense to think that this world, with all its signs of design, is just an accident. Suppose you are driving through South Dakota and suddenly come upon a mountain bearing the unmistakable likenesses of four American presidents, looking just like the pictures in your history book. Surely you would not conclude that this is just an accidental work of wind, rain, and glaciers. No, you would say, “An artist has been at work here ...

2949. I Believe In Jesus Christ

Colossians 1:15-23

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... most like to spend a day with?” Two out of three named Jesus. Even among those with no church affiliation, 37 percent chose Jesus. (1) The next description of Jesus in the Creed is this: HIS (GOD’S) ONLY SON. The angel described to Mary the Son she would bear: “He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High.” (Luke 1:32) This affirmation sets us apart from all other religions. The very idea that God Almighty would take up residence on planet earth and take the form of a human being was ...

2950. A Defiant Response to a Dangerous Theology: Does God Desire to Wipe Us Out?

Gn 6:1-8. 9:6-17

Sermon

... story….our flood story….is far from the only flood story in the religions of the Middle East. And the events of our story (Genesis 6-9) directly parallel an earlier Babylonian story known as the Epic of Gilgamesh….in which the Noah hero bears the grand name Utnapishtim. The story in our Bible (Genesis 6-9) is not one story, but two….written in different eras by different authors….later stitched together by an editor with little concern for the internal consistency of detail. In one version of ...

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