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301. Mother Teresa and the Dying Poor

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... mask of pretention we often wear. She teaches us that a deeper spiritual relationship with God is possible in all our lives, and that it often comes from helping others in his name. We do recall that Jesus promised, if we give a cup of cold water to a thirsty person, we are actually giving it to our Lord. My own life is so inconsistent in this area. I’ll bet yours is, too. We live "high on the hog" here in the United States, compared with others around the world. And, it does not bring the satisfaction to ...

302. Practicing Righteousness

Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

Richard A. Jensen

... s gospel. It is present in the judgment parable in Matthew 25. Jesus tells us that God will separate the sheep from the goats. The sheep inherit the kingdom prepared for them from the foundation of the world. They receive it because they saw Jesus hungry, thirsty, a stranger, and so on, and they helped him. Do you remember how the righteous ones responded to Jesus in this parable? They asked him when they had done these fine deeds. They didn’t know. They couldn’t remember. Their left hand had obviously ...

303. OUR LORD TORMENTED

Sermon

E. Jerry Walker

... and out to the archways that overlooked the wide paving of the Gabbatha parade ground. There he took his place on an improvised judgment seat. It was a vicious crowd. About this there could be no doubt. The very sound of it was blood-thirsty. A quick glance showed him that his centurion had placed guards strategically. He nodded and the guards brought the accused before him, prodding the man with the ends of short clubs. Before Pilate, the man stood passively, his hands bound, almost unmindful, it seemed ...

304. The Sheep And The Goats

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Brett Blair

... to Christ Jesus.” III Third, this parable suggests that in the end we are judged not on the bad that we do, but the good that we do not do. Those on the left hand of the King were denied entrance into the Kingdom. Why? Because he said, I was thirsty and you gave me no water, I was in prison and you never came to see me, I was without clothes and you never gave me any. We think of divine judgment as opposite of this. We think that the thing that will get us into heaven is by refraining ...

305. A Prayer for the Faithful

John 17:6-19

Sermon

George Bass

... danger from brigands, in danger from my own people and in danger from pagans; in danger in the towns, in danger in the open country, danger at sea and danger from so-called brothers. I have worked and labored, often without sleep; I have been hungry and thirsty and often starving; I have been in the cold without clothes. And, to leave out much more, there is my daily preoccupation: my anxiety for all the churches. (2 Corinthians 11:23-28) Perhaps if we had stood with the faithful at the tomb of Saint Paul ...

306. In Quest of Fire

2 Chronicles 36:15-23

Sermon

Larry Powell

... their consciousness. They could deal with the desert. There was one desert phenomenon, however, regarded as a cruel mockery of their relationship: the mirage. From a distance, the desert traveler would see a cool oasis, encircled by palm trees, inviting the stumbling, thirsty pilgrim to "come and drink." Even as God was being thanked for his mercy, the vision slowly receded. Ever reaching for an oasis which was not there, parting their lips to drink of water which did not exist, the disillusioned seeker ...

307. What God Wants Us To Do

John 6:25-59

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Richard Patt

... Communion. It is the forgiving, merciful, empowering Lord, Jesus Christ. What God wants us to do now is to eat and drink freely. For again, Jesus says, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never be hungry; he who believes in me will never be thirsty!" I do not know everything that God wants us to do - of course! But I do know that the closer we come to Jesus, to the one sent by the Father, the closer we will come to doing what God wants us to do. Come closer to him now, and ...

308. It’s not what you know, but who you know!

John 1:19-28

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Daniel G. Mueller

... to know Jesus. John’s interrogators did not know him. We all need to know Jesus. It is horrible not to know him. Not knowing him keeps us from getting to what really counts in life. We can be close to it and yet far away. In Samaria one day, thirsty, Jesus sat down by a well and waited to get a drink. Presently a woman of the region came by. She knew all about the details of drawing water. She knew what a hassle it was to go to the well every day to replenish her supply. She knew how ...

309. Jesus Knows Everything! Jesus Is God!

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... ; he was in the Temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. Saint Luke tells us that "all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers" (Luke 2:47). Jesus knows everything. Jesus is God. One day Jesus was in Samaria. He was thirsty so he sat down by a well and waited to get a drink. He didn’t have anything with which to draw water so he had to wait for somebody who could help him to come by. Presently a woman of the area came to the well. She was the ...

310. Bread of Life

John 6:25-59

Bulletin Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

Call to Worship Jesus is the bread of life. Whoever comes to Jesus will no longer be hungry. Whoever believes in Christ will no longer be thirsty. Let us renew our faith in Christ, that the belly of the soul might be filled. Come, let us approach God with hopeful hearts. Collect Great Sustainer, who gives life to this world, who sees that we have food for the body, who opens the way to nourishing the spirit, ...

311. The Communion of Saints

Hebrews 12:1-13

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T. A. Kantonen

... but upon our willingness to accept what God offers. It is our weakness, our failure, our helplessness, that entitle us to his grace. As Tertullian says, "Saints are beggars who live by the wealth of God." Or as Luther says, "The saints are the hungry, the thirsty, the naked and poor, who have wives and children and suffer shame." They are ordinary struggling Christians who put their trust in God and rely not on their own holiness but on the "alien holiness" of Christ. Such are the saints, but they are to be ...

312. Why Prophets Get Under Our Skin

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... our skin is because they ask us to share our wealth. Oh, I know John's advice for a person with two tunics to share one of them with him who had none is simplistic. To be sure, even Jesus' advice to share a cup of cold water with the thirsty and some food and clothing with the needy sounds too easy in view of the crunching, grinding poverty so prevalent in much of today's world. However, both John and Jesus had something greater in mind than cleaning our closets of old clothes for the poor to make room for ...

313. Someone Greater Than a Prophet

Luke 1:26-38

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Maurice A. Fetty

... and apostles are inspired by the Holy Spirit of God, and at the end of the Bible, at the very end of all history, John the Revelator says, "The Spirit and the Bride say, 'Come.' And let him who hears say, 'Come.' And let him who is thirsty come, let him who desires take the water of life without price" (Revelation 22:17). There it is from beginning to end, the Biblical idea of the Spirit of God as power and presence and refreshment. And it was precisely this Spirit of power and presence and refreshment ...

314. Light of the World

John 1:1-18

Sermon

William G. Carter

... he is and what he has come to do. You can put him in the desert surrounded by people who are chronically unsatisfied, and Jesus says, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty” (John 6:35). You can put him in the midst of people who are confused, people who ask, “Who are you, Jesus? What makes you different from all the other gurus, rabbis, and religious leaders?” And Jesus says, “I am the gate for the sheep. Whoever enters ...

315. And On the Third Day...

John 2:1-11

Sermon

William G. Carter

... which misinterpretation I like the best. I recall hearing a sermon based on this text. The preacher said, “In Cana, everybody was having a good time at the wedding banquet. There was a lot of music and dancing. It was a hot day. People got thirsty. They ran out of wine. Everybody began to get sad. But Jesus didn’t want that to happen. Rather, he wanted a celebration. So voila! Jesus turned water into wine, and the party continued.” “After all,” claimed the preacher, “Jesus loves a good party ...

316. When God Does A New Thing

Isaiah 43:14-28

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... a new thing all around us. God is breaking down strongholds, transforming dark places into light places, and making hardened hearts into soft and compassionate hearts. God is giving wealth to the impoverished, bread to the hungry, water to the thirsty, hope to the hopeless, and faith to the faithless. God is doing a new thing everywhere. Tremendous advances in science and medicine have cured or halted many diseases that for years plagued and destroyed human communities. Walls that separate human communities ...

317. Unexpected Evangelists

John 4:1-26

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... " is not good enough? So she questions, and he confuses her even more - he begins talking about eternal life. She was not sure what was happening, but she was finding herself more and more fascinated. "Sir, give me this water so that I won't get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water." The conversation continues. The reference to her love life and current living arrangements. So this spunky lady does what we all do when Jesus wants to talk with us about our personal affairs - she changes the ...

318. Remembering 9/11

Exodus 12:1-30

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... about how respond to attacks: • We are Christians who remember the word of the Lord that says "Vengeance is mine, I will repay."(6) • We are Christians who remember the word of the Lord that says, "If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink."(7) • We are Christians who remember the word of the Lord that says, "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good."(8) • We are Christians who remember the word of the Lord that says, "Love your enemies and ...

319. Hope for Hurting Hearts

Isaiah 35:1-10

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... an eruption. "The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, it will burst into bloom...Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert. The burning sand will become a pool, the thirsty ground bubbling springs." LIFE EVERYWHERE! And in the midst of it, there is singing. The sound is distant at first. But it swells and grows. Then a mighty parade comes into view. The ransomed of the Lord - those who had languished in exile - return to ...

320. The Apostles' Creed: "Suffered, Dead, and Buried..."

Mark 15:1-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... selfless sacrificial act of redemption on Calvary: Jesus paid it all; All to him I owe, Sin had left a crimson stain, He washed it white as snow.(3) Have you ever wondered about that? I would not be surprised if you answered NO. After all, this is pretty blood-thirsty stuff. If it were not for the fact that it has been part and parcel of our faith tradition from the time we were old enough to understand anything, we would be horrified. If this story were not so familiar to us, if we were hearing it for the ...

321. How To Stay Young Forever

Revelation 22:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... is always "Come." Jesus said to his disciples, "Come, follow me." Now we are in the last chapter of the last book of the New Testament and we read, "The Spirit and the Bride say, Come.' And let him who hears say, Come.' And let him who is thirsty come . . . ." That is the eternal word we receive from Christ, "Come." Ross Damper was once a guest in a home where the husband had recently retired from many years with the Secret Service where he was assigned to guard the President of the United States. This man ...

322. The Most Vexing Question In The Bible

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... ” the poor and the maimed and the blind and the lame. Are they the last of whom Jesus is speaking? In the parable of the sheep and the goats in Matthew 25, the King says to the goats, "I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink . . . sick and in prison and you did not visit me." Then he speaks those devastating words, "When ye did it not to the least of these, ye did it not to me." The goats are going to hell because they ignored the least ...

323. Driven To Serve

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... ." Children. Those are our first customers. But Christ has other customers equally as important. WE ARE ALSO HERE TO SERVE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED. Those are our customers, too ” anyone who is in need. Jesus said, "I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me . . ." (Mt. 25:35) Now, you and I probably do not know many starving or thirsting people. They are around, but we are not likely to encounter them. We know there are people desperate for ...

324. A Pre-christmas Faith

Jeremiah 33:1-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... not good enough. Or the goats at the last judgment. The hell of fire was prepared not for those who had broken the laws of adultery, stealing and killing. Rather it was prepared for those who had a chance to give a cup of water to a man who was thirsty or a piece of bread to a man who was hungry; or clothing to the naked, or to make a simple visit to the sick or imprisoned. Chances came time after time to these folks and they let them get away unfilled. How about you? Are you willing to go ...

325. It's A Wonderful Life

Isaiah 35:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy. Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert. The burning sand will become a pool, the thirsty ground bubbling springs." What a magnificent picture of healing and new life. It is the very thing that many people long for more than anything else, either for themselves or someone they love. Mark Cruikshank is a big, burly man who owns two transmission repair shops ...

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