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326. Proper 23

Job 23:1-9, 16-17, Mark 10:17-31, Hebrews 4:12-16

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Russell F. Anderson

... held that Yahweh was cruel and unfair. There is a right way to fear the Lord; to hold him in respect and honor. If we want only to disobey God, we should fear his chastening presence, but if we honor him we have no reason to be in dread of God' ... the fee was too great. It would cost his life as he knew it. Outline: 1. The rich man had inherited earthly treasure and now wanted to make sure he received the treasure of the kingdom. "What must I do to inherit eternal life?" 2. Estate planning is wise and good. ...

327. Christ the King The King On His Cross

Luke 23:26-43

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Alvin Rueter

... so it is with everything else we like to do in this life. There’s always a boundary to the fun. Let’s say your hobby is redoing furniture. You might be an expert, but there’ll be some frustration somewhere in the project. You won’t achieve all you want. It could even turn out pretty well so that you could take a lot of satisfaction from it. But perfection? When you reach for it, it pops. That’s the thirst for paradise. It’s like the thirst for justice. We feel it in our bones that it must exist ...

328. Count Me In!

Isaiah 56:1-8

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John R. Brokhoff

... time. But there is a "but" to it! Just because we are human, are we in God’s Kingdom? Indeed, he loves every person and wants each to be his child. Though all peoples are welcome and are invited, people need to be qualified. In other words, we are not ... them to level with him and tell him why they did not like the globe. They explained, "Grandfather, you gave us a dark world; we want a light world." The next day he took the globe back and bought one that had a light inside. When he brought it home, they ...

329. The Cross Way of Life

Matthew 10:1-42

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John R. Brokhoff

... on this road, we can expect the same. This leads us to the cost of discipleship. Can we afford to be a true Christian? Do we want to pay the price of walking on the cross road of life? In our text Jesus calls us to follow him on this cross road. What ... spear. The cross calls for a sense of forsakenness and loneliness and agony and pain. The cross sheds drops of one’s own blood. But who wants to take that road of life? The other day I saw a bumper sticker which said, "Easy does it." That may be true in some ...

330. Chapter X

Exodus 20:1-21

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Frank H. Seilhamer

... have them."1 Much of what Redhead says is true, of course. There are more things for the 20th-century man to run his eyes over, then desire. But, in one great essential Redhead is wrong. Covetousness is not based on how many different things there are to want. Covetousness is wanting what someone else has, and it doesn’t matter whether he has one thing, or a thousand, that you lack. And the thing that makes us burn to acquire what the other fellow has is the belief that if we get it, we then can be happy ...

331. Deformed, Disfigured, and Despised: A Marred but Magnificent Messiah

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... The new Messiah would become a perfect physical representation of our lowest and basest condition as humanity. He would also become the epitome of a perfect spiritual representation of our highest humanity. He is at once the man we never want to be seen with, never want to be around, never want in our company, but also the man we long for, the man whose company we seek, the one whose presence and power uplifts and enhances our reality as human persons. He was deformed, says Eisler, due to a spinal kyphosis ...

332. When The Risen Christ Comes Looking For Us

John 21:15-25

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James W. Moore

... Shreveport police pulled us over. The patrolman walked up to the car, leaned over and looked in, and said, “Aw shucks, D. L. It’s just you. Go on… I didn’t recognize your new car.” The very first time I went anywhere with him in his car, he wanted to stop at the print shop in downtown Shreveport. When we got there, D.L. went around the block once and there were no parking places near the print shop… so he just jumped the curb, pulled up and parked on the sidewalk in front of the print shop’s ...

333. Last Words

Luke 24:36-49

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King Duncan

... some things differently? Most people's lives have a secret here or there. Most of us have some part of our lives we wouldn't particularly want to share with our children or our spouse or our parents. Most of us can look at our lives and say, "Gee, I didn't ... things differently? Most people's lives have a secret here or there. Most of us have some part of our lives we wouldn't particularly want to share with our children or our spouse or our parents. Most of us can look at our lives and say, "Gee, I didn't ...

334. What Would You Have Him Do For You?

Mark 10:46-52

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King Duncan

... a drug addict since he was thirteen. His mother was a drug addict, too, as were his uncles. His brothers were all in prison. Lupe spent most of his life in gangs because, as he says, "that's where the love was." But he felt trapped in that life. He wanted out, but he didn't know how to get out. Lupe expected to die of a drug overdose. But then he met some people who told him about Jesus. They witnessed their faith to him, telling him how Jesus changed their lives. At one time they were drug addicts like ...

335. A Place Of Honor

Mark 10:35-45

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King Duncan

... a special button, and when you push it, you get an immediate round of applause. This is not tepid applause, says Brown, but concert-hall size applause. So you can play anything, press the button, and get a virtual standing ovation. (1) What a great idea. Nobody wants to perform without some form of reward some form of recognition. Some of you are in jobs where recognition is hard to come by. Your boss is so wrapped up in himself or herself that your hard work hardly seems to matter. Perhaps you've seen that ...

336. The God Who Must Be Pursued

Matthew 7:7-12

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Phil Thrailkill

... have as much of God as we will. Christ puts the key of the treasure-chamber into our hand, and bids us take all that we want. If a man is admitted into the... vault of a bank, and told to help himself, and comes out with one cent, whose fault is ... is not too busy with the big stuff to tend to your little stuff, your daily worries and cares. The God who made all of life wants to be invited back into every part. C.H. Spurgeon used the image of a church bell to encourage boldness in prayer: “Prayer pulls the ...

337. Are You Trying to Prove Something?

Genesis 12:1-9

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Mark Trotter

... find it by keeping the Law, although we do look for rules to follow. We look for steps that will take us to the goal that we want to achieve. We don't have a Holiness Code, as the Jews did in the Old Testament, telling us what is kosher and what is unclean. ... his hands, into the hands of the receiver for a touchdown. Now it is Monday morning. Olson goes to school. He hears the coach wants to see him. He enters the office. There is the picture from the newspaper on the desk. The coach says, "What do you have ...

338. Trash Cans or Treasure Chests

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

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Leonard Sweet

... . There's a realm of difference from believing in God, to believing God. If you believe God you can never be the same. We have a God who can turn trash cans into treasure chests. Closing Words: Well, if you didn't accidentally eat your coffee bean already, you might want to save it and put it somewhere where you will see it a lot and remember that, just like with that coffee bean, God dips down deep into the trash can and pulls each one of us out, and he says "Hey, I think I can use that!" Miracles happen ...

339. What Christmas Gives to Us

Luke 2:1-7

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James W. Moore

... no one was looking, he reached over and picked up the figurine of Mary, took it upstairs to his room and hid Mary in his closet. He then went over to his bed, dropped down on his knees and said: “Lord, I hate to get tough… but if you ever want to see your mother again… be sure that Santa brings me a red sled for Christmas!” Now, I know there is a sermon there somewhere! I’m not certain what it is, but maybe it is this: Even though the little boy was obviously confused about the real meaning of ...

340. To Be a Christian

Acts 11:19-30

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James McCormick

... now! The good news of the gospel is not just about what God has done for the world through Jesus. It is also about what God wants to do for the world through us, the body of Christ. That’s costly! But, we believe that by following Jesus, by doing what he ... ’re an admirer of Jesus, not a follower. So, why don’t you go back to that church you belong to and tell them that you want to be an admirer of Jesus, not a follower.” That’s strong stuff. It makes me take a hard look at my commitment. But it’s ...

341. Honor To Whom Honor Is Due

Exodus 20:12

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James Merritt

... . The owner said you could buy it for me for only $15,000." The father said, "Son, I find myself absolutely unable and unwilling to accede to your persuasiveness for such a bobble of extravagance." The son said, "I don't get it." The father said, "That's right!" I want to tell you now, as a grownup son, I don't remember very many of the things that my mother and dad gave to me; but what I do remember and appreciate is the discipline that they gave me. I appreciate having a mother and a father who loved me ...

342. When God's Rule is Taken Out of the School

Job 21:22

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James Merritt

... school. It was full of filthy words, immorality, and blasphemy. He took that book down to the principal's office; stood there and said, "I want to tell you two things: 1) My son is not going to read this book; and 2) he's not going to be marked ... and help them, and support them. One thing I have learned is that no one can ever fight the prayers of God's people. But I want to close with a quote from a dear lady named Nadiia Hunder. In 1989 she wrote a letter to the publication, Soviet Ukraine. Hunder's message ...

343. With Jesus No Mission Is Impossible

John 6:1-14

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James Merritt

... is a clue to the deeper meaning in this story, and it is found in v.11. "And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted." Now the Greek word for giving thanks is the word we get our word "eucharist" from which is a term for the Lord's Supper. Interestingly enough it is the same word Jesus used when He blessed the bread at the Lord's Supper. Furthermore, v.14 says, "Then ...

344. Bridging the Generation Gap

Ephesians 6:1-4

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James Merritt

... to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey. Now if you are a discouraged, or even a defeated parent, and you think you can never close that generation gap, that you just don't have the strength, ability, or power to build a bridge that will last, I want you to think about this. The greatest gap in the history of man is not the generation gap between parent and child, it was the degeneration gap between sinful man and holy God. If the Lord Jesus Christ can build a bridge between a sinful man and a holy God ...

345. If the Confession Doesn't Fit You Cannot Acquit

Proverbs 28:13

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James Merritt

... we have all struggled at one time or another with what to do with dead rabbits. This week an entire nation watched as Bill Clinton gave his "Monica message" to the country. What Bill Clinton did was to demonstrate exactly the way you do not deal with sin. Now I want to share with you from the Word of God exactly how sin is to be dealt with. This is a very important matter for this simple reason. The way you deal with sin determines the way God deals with you. God says: "He who covers his sins will not ...

346. Nothing but the Blood

1 John 1:7

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James Merritt

... are going to study today: "The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin." (1 Jn. 1:7) The only spiritual detergent that can remove the stain of sin from the human soul, is the blood of Jesus Christ. Whether you are a Christian or not, I want you to understand why this is true. I. The Blood Comes From a Supernatural Person This verse tells us that we speak of "the blood of Jesus Christ His Son." This is not ordinary blood. There is no other blood like it. The blood that flowed in the veins of ...

347. The Battle of New Orleans

2 Timothy 3:1-4:8

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James Merritt

... war had ended two weeks earlier when the treaty of Ghent was signed in Europe. Now we are known to many on the outside as those "battling Baptists." That does not concern me. What does concern me is that we make sure we fight the right battles. I want to talk to you today about battles that are worth fighting. There are battles raging outside of this arena, and we need to be on the frontlines. There is a battle for the security of the family. The institution of marriage is being attacked on all sides, and ...

348. Just a Closer Walk With Thee

James 4:8

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James Merritt

... said, "Chase, how did you like school today?" The little boy thought for a moment and said, "It was fine, but it's not something you'd want to do every day." Well, I hope to motivate all of us to take one step higher, and go one step closer in our walk with ... have your quiet time with God, you are presenting yourself for duty, ready to take orders for the day; to find out what it is that God wants you to do. That's why you must take time for that quiet time so that you can talk to God and that God can talk ...

349. Pulling Weeds

Matthew 13:24-30

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King Duncan

... do wrong. However, if you read this parable to say that God is a vengeful judge, you miss an important truth. The last thing God wants to do is destroy us. God makes us mindful of the weeds growing in our lives that God might deliver us from them. In a ... used, without having their hearts and their lives broken because of the actions of others or by their own weaknesses. This is the world God wants for all of us. To be sure, we live in a broken world. And we cannot expect things to be perfect in this world ever ...

350. Finishing Strong

Philippians 3:12-14

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Bill Bouknight

... produce coal for an embattled nation. Someday you and I will meet the Lord Jesus face to face and we will render a personal accounting to him. He may ask us if we, during this critical period, were faithful to his body, the church. Each of us wants to be able to answer truthfully. “I did my very best!” (1) From an Associated Press article printed in the Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, May 13, 2006. (2) Rotella, Bob, The Golfer’s Mind, (Free Press: New York, 2004), p. 53. (3) Penick, Harvey, The Wisdom ...

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