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326. From 12 to 1 Billion

Matthew 9:35-38

Illustration

Dennis Kastens

From the twelve, the group grew to 120 by Ascension Day. A little over a week later, on Pentecost, it increased to over 3,000. By the time the last of the twelve died, there were an estimated half-million followers of Jesus Christ. That was the end of the first century. By the end of the second century, this number had increased to almost ten million. By the end of the third century, all heathen temples were destroyed or converted into church sanctuaries. By the close of ...

327. A New Social Order

Matt 10:24-39

Illustration

Jay M. Terbush

By the fourth century, the churches in Rome were feeding an estimated 20,000 poor people each week. The church at that time presented to the world a visible alternative to the prevailing social order. As Georges Florovsky has written in "Empire and Desert: Antinomies of Christian History": Christianity entered human history as a new social order or, rather, a new social ...

328. To Tell The Truth

Exodus 20:16

Sermon

James Merritt

... are an abomination to the Lord." (Pr. 12:22a) One of the reasons I believe God hates lying is because to lie treats God like a fool, as if he doesn't know when you're not telling the truth. We'll call certain untruths "little white lies." It is estimated that adults admit to telling thirteen white lies every week. That in itself is probably a white lie. But it is technicolor in the eyes of God.[xi] c. God Dooms Lying The second half of Pr. 19:9 says, "And he who speaks lies shall perish." Rev. 21:8 ...

329. God Is Pro-Life

Exodus 20:13

Sermon

James Merritt

... for you." Neither does this commandment prohibit capital punishment. After God gave Moses this commandment, he gave him another commandment in Ex. 21:12, "He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death." In my estimation, capital punishment is one function of government. In fact, any government which does not punish its criminals, particularly its murderers, is simply the lamb defending the lion's right to eat it. Neither does this commandment prohibit self defense; defending yourself ...

330. Heaven: The Home of a Godly Family

John 14:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... ft. in height, but 15 ft. in height, it would have 528,000 stories. On each of these stories there would be 2, 250,000 square miles. So the city would have a grand total of 1 trillion 188 billion square miles! The Department of Eugenics has estimated that since man first began living on planet earth until today, approximately 32 billion people have lived. One mathematician did a little figuring and came up with the fact that if every single one of these people who ever lived went to heaven, there would be ...

331. The Lord of the Harvest

Matthew 9:35-38

Sermon

James Merritt

... two hundred cities and villages in the region of Galilee, which was an area about forty miles wide and seventy miles long. Because the land was so fertile it was a booming area for farmers, which was the number one occupation of that day. He estimated that the smallest villages and cities contained at least 15,000 people. So based on that assessment, Galilee probably contained at least three million people. Jesus went about village to village, city to city, trying to minister to as many of them as He could ...

332. The Church Is Alive and Well

Matthew 16:13-18

Sermon

James Merritt

... started with Himself as the Chief Cornerstone. Then He chose twelve more, and then 70. By the time He ascended around 33 A.D. He left 120. He then added 3,000 in one day from three continents and fifteen nations. In A.D. 45 it is estimated there were 100,000 Christians; by the Second Century two million Christians; by the Third Century four million Christians; by the Fourth Century ten million Christians. Today close to one billion people call Him Lord and Savior. To put it in perspective, in A.D. 100, .02 ...

333. When Satan Comes Out of the Closet

2 Thessalonians 2:1-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... are some people today who say that prophecy is unimportant, irrelevant, and we don't need to dwell on the future, we just need to take care of the present. But if prophecy is unimportant, then you must ask why God included prophecy in his word. It has been estimated that as much as one-third of the Bible was prophecy at the time it was written.[3] The last book of the Bible is devoted exclusively to prophecy. As we see here in this chapter, prophecy was a great concern of the early church. In the church at ...

334. Confronting a Christless Culture

2 Timothy 3:1-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... and a war."7 No less than 30% of all American couples experience some form of domestic violence in their lifetimes. That may explain why 20% of all police officers killed in the line of duty, are killed while answering calls involving family fights, and why it is estimated that anywhere from six to fifteen million women are battered in our nation each year.8 He then sums it all up in v.5 by speaking of those who "have a form of godliness but deny its power." What does that mean? I think it means putting ...

335. Bridging the Generation Gap

Ephesians 6:1-4

Sermon

James Merritt

... God, and secondly, we must get them into the Word of God. We are to teach them the Bible on our own, and then we are to teach them to study the Bible on their own. I cannot impress upon parents the importance of those two things. Someone has estimated that a child has 108,000 waking hours between infancy and maturity. They broke it down like this: In the average church-going child, 1,000 hours were spent in church, 7,000 hours were spent in public school, and 100,000 hours are spent under the supervision of ...

336. Don't Forget to Remember

Jude 1:5-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... only takes out fresh water. So the solemnity and the mineral content of the water are constantly increasing. The water is 27% mineral, and because of that it is impossible to sink in its waters, which are not only salty but bitter. It is estimated these waters contain about 45 billion tons of valuable chemicals such as sodium, chlorine, sulfur, potassium, magnesium, and bromine. At the southern tip of the Dead Sea there is a massive processing plant which extracts these minerals from the Dead Sea to be used ...

337. Dad: The Head of a Godly Family

Joshua 24:15

Sermon

James Merritt

... , a rape every 5 minutes, a robbery every 47 seconds, and a violent crime of some kind committed every 22 seconds. Five million Americans are victims of violent crime every year, while 19 million are targets of property crime such as larceny, burglary or theft. The FBI estimates that 83% of all Americans more than 4 out of 5 will be victims of crime at some point in their life times.6 there are 4 times as many inmates in prison today as 20 years ago. Yet during that same period, law enforcement expenditures ...

338. Don't Get Too Big For Your Spiritual Britches

Judges 16:20

Sermon

James Merritt

... . When he was born they named him Samson. In the Hebrew language the name Samson literally means "shining like the sun" or "little bit of sunshine." He was to be a ray of hope for a nation that was living in the darkness of slavery. In my estimation, next to salvation itself, Samson received the greatest gift a person can ever receive the gift of godly parents. I have said before, and I will say again, the greatest crisis America faces is the crisis of a family, and that crisis has been precipitated by the ...

339. Like a Good Neighbor, Jesus Is There

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

James Merritt

... side. From Jerusalem to Jericho is a drop of 3,500 feet. That is why Jesus talks about the man who "went down from Jerusalem to Jericho." This road was so dangerous in those days, it was called "the way of blood." Some Bible scholars estimate there were at least 12,000 "thieves" in that Judean wilderness surrounding Jerusalem. These thugs roamed the countryside like packs of wild dogs attacking innocent victims. So here was a man who had been victimized by some thieves, not only robbed, but beaten and left ...

340. Put Up and Shut Up

Proverbs 18:21

Sermon

James Merritt

... an age where saying the wrong thing can either get you sued or get you shot! You will be hard-pressed to find a greater life lesson to teach your children than how to control their tongues. I. Guard Your Lips From Wrong Words In my estimation there is one verse that encapsulates Solomon's overarching philosophy concerning human speech, and the central lesson he wants his children to learn. "He who guards his mouth preserves his life, but he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction." (Prov. 13:3) Put ...

341. Fiscal Fitness

Proverbs 3:9-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... 2.9% of their income to charity; while households with incomes of less than $10,000 gave 5.5%.8 What is even worse is as America becomes more prosperous, she's also becoming more stingy. In 1933 at the depth of the great depression, church members gave an estimated 3.3% of their disposable income to the church. If this trend continues, by the year 2000 church members will be giving a scant 1.94% of their disposable income to the church.9 I read a story recently of a man named Dan Gangaram Mahes. He is a ...

342. Mom: The Heart of a Godly Family

Proverbs 31:10-31

Sermon

James Merritt

... wife. You ought to make yourself as attractive as if you were going to go work in an office downtown. Don't ever let yourself get in the shape of Phyllis Diller, who said she once spent seven hours in a beauty parlor, and that was just for an estimate!3 m. Deference "Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land." (v.23) The gates of a city were the place of commerce and business. Here is a woman whose husband was successful because his wife made him successful. Men, remember ...

343. God, Elvis, and O.J. Simpson

Psalm 139

Sermon

James Merritt

... . I can still remember one commercial where a little old lady is screaming at him, "Go, O. J. go." He became known as "The Superstar of Rent a Car." O. J., up until his arrest, and subsequent trial, had been running with the big dogs. He was worth an estimated $10 million; he lived in a multi-million dollar mansion; his last year's income was almost $1 million. In some ways O. J. was running faster and farther than he had ever run before. But all was not well. He ran away from his first marriage; broke up ...

344. The Greatest Place in the World

Romans 12:1-2

Sermon

James Merritt

... ; in v.2 he says we are to sanctify our minds. Doctors now know that our bodies inevitably become what our minds harbor. In fact, the connection between the "state of the mind" and "physical condition of the body" is so strong, it is now estimated that 70% of all Americans go to doctors for treatment when there is nothing physically wrong.[3] Reports now indicate that 52% of American men and women are seeing psychologists or psychiatrists, or going to great expense at a vast assortment of mental health ...

345. God's Will: Don't Leave Home Without It

Romans 12:1-2

Sermon

James Merritt

... verse two he says we are to sanctify our minds. Doctors now know that our bodies inevitably become what our minds harbor. In fact, the connection between the state of the mind and the physical condition of the body is so strong it is now estimated that 70% of all Americans go to doctors for treatment when there is nothing wrong.2 Reports now indicate that 52% of American men and women are seeing psychologists or psychiatrists, are going to great expense at a vast assortment of mental health clinics—when ...

346. The Client

Zechariah 3:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... to him. I get amused at these so-called super saints who talk about the devil as if he is some type of wimpish pushover. Now I want to make something very plain. We should never overestimate the power of the devil, but we should never under-estimate the power of the devil. Theodore Roosevelt had a little dog that was always getting into fights and always getting beaten up. Someone finally said, "Mr. President, that little dog you have is not much of a fighter is he?" President Roosevelt said, "Oh yes, he is ...

347. Love: The Happiness of a Godly Family

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... women need eight to ten meaningful touches every day.9 Now I don't mean just a little pat. These researchers define meaningful touching as a stroke, a kiss, or a hug given by significant people in our lives (especially family members). The study estimated that if some "Type-A-driven" men would hug their wives several times each day it would increase their life span by almost two years!10 Promiscuous men and women, women who work as prostitutes, and women who repeatedly have unwanted pregnancies, have told ...

348. Good Christian Men Rejoice

2 Corinthians 8:9

Sermon

James Merritt

... her own blood. She even had white kid-leather toilet seat covers. She brought along her own hair dresser, two valets, and a host of other attendants. She had bodyguards, a trumpet fanfare everywhere she went; flashing jewelry, the finest clothes money can buy. The estimation was her trip cost $20 million. Contrast that with how God visited earth. Born to a country girl in an animal shelter, with no attendants present, and nowhere to lay the newborn King but a feeding trough for cows. When he was born the ...

349. Science and the Bible

John 17:17, 1 Timothy 3:16

Sermon

James Merritt

... and for all. They said that the moon, being an airless planetoid, would have been collecting cosmic dust since it formed shortly after the universe began to cool, so all the lunar explorers had to do was stick a long pole down into the dust and measure it. They estimated that the minimum death of moon dust, based on a four billion year old universe, should have been at least several feet. But when they took the measurement it turned out to be 1/8 of an inch.7 Just think about the word science. It comes from ...

350. Put Your Best Foot Forward

Isaiah 52:7

Sermon

James Merritt

... world, God's method is still man. Our feet are still up-to-date. To see where feet have gone over the last 100 years is unbelievable. More Muslims have come to Christ in Iran during the last 15 years than the previous 1000 years. Conservative estimates put the number of Christians in China at 60 million—a sixty-fold increase over the number of "Christians" in China in 1950. In 1900 Korea had no protestant church whatsoever. Today, over 30% of Korea is Christian, with something like 7,000 churches in Seoul ...

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