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3601. A World Without Easter

1 Corinthians 15:12-20

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James Merritt

... of history, and the biggest religious charlatan in the existence of the world, is Jesus Christ Himself. If Jesus Christ is not alive He does not deserve our empathy or our sympathy; He deserves our anger. Because He said Himself in Mt. 17:22-23, "Now while they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, ‘The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill Him, and the third day He will be raised up…' But not only is Jesus a liar, but that means Matthew, Mark, Luke, John ...

3602. Sleep With the Lions Without Being Eaten

Daniel 6:1-28

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James Merritt

... of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of adversity, negotiate at the table of the enemy, ponder at the pool of popularity, or meander in the maze of mediocrity. I won't give up, back up, let up, or shut up, until I've preached up, prayed up, stored up, and stayed up for the cause of Christ. I am a disciple of Jesus Christ. I must go until heaven returns, give until I drop, preach until all know, and work until He comes; and when He comes to get his own, He will have no problem recognizing me; my colors ...

3603. To Tell The Truth

Exodus 20:16

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James Merritt

... than a whole lie. It is possible to say that something is true, and yet to insinuate that something is false. For example, you can lie by saying something that is true, without saying something else that is equally true. I heard about a man that went fishing, and he stayed out all day and came back without one fish. On his way home he stopped off at the local fish market. When he walked in the door, the merchant asked him what he wanted? He said, "I want you to go to the other side of the store and throw ...

3604. Honor To Whom Honor Is Due

Exodus 20:12

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James Merritt

... if they called you from Los Angeles before you had left from Atlanta, they could give you a lot of great advice. They could say, "Don't take this route, it's under construction. Take this highway, it's quicker and more scenic. When you get to this city, stay at this motel, it's much cheaper. Eat at this restaurant because they have the best food at the cheapest price." There is all kind of advice they could give you that you could learn with great profit. Why? Because they've been down the road ahead of you ...

3605. The Scarlet Letter

Exodus 20:14

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James Merritt

... who would not fall down should not walk in slippery places." The Bible says "flee fornication." Adultery, fornication, sexual immorality are not sins you should fight, they are sins you should flee. The best way to keep from being burned is to stay away from the fire. Pornography, salacious movies, suggestive music, compromising situations, all must go if you're going to practice discipline and self control. e. Steadfast Conviction You must have a conviction that there will be no sex before marriage, no sex ...

3606. With Jesus No Mission Is Impossible

John 6:1-14

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James Merritt

... pay?" When you are witnessing to someone, do you pray and listen to Jesus, or do you say, what am I going to say?" If your home were to burn down, would you pray and leave it to Jesus, or would you immediately think, "Well, where am I going to stay?" I am convinced that Jesus was far more grieved over the lack of faith than He was the lack of food. A lack of food never stops God, but a lack of faith can stop him dead in his tracks. I believe Jesus was especially grieved because He had given ...

3607. The Door Is Always Open

Luke 15:11-32

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James Merritt

... ? The father wired back: "Make some new friends." The only friends this boy had now were a herd of pigs. I know the son did not have all of this in mind, but sin will take you farther than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay, and cost you more than you want to pay. d. He Left His Rebellion Verse 17 tells us that the boy "came to himself." In other words, he was not in his right mind. Have you ever thought about the fact that sin is a form of insanity? Eccl. 9 ...

3608. Getting Rid of Grudges

Luke 23:34

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James Merritt

... Wesley responded: "Then Sir, I hope you never sin." If the perfect Savior did not hold a grudge, how much less should an imperfect sinner hold one. The great Methodist preacher, Sam Jones, said: "I haven't anything in this world to forgive. I will never get mad nor stay mad with any man unless he treats me worse than I have treated Jesus Christ."[5] Now at this point, I want to raise a question. What if someone does us wrong, and they refuse to make it right? What if a person needs to be forgiven, but they ...

3609. Just the Right Touch

Mark 5:25-34

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James Merritt

... if you do not get saved. There is one thing the sin of man and the grace of God have in common. They are both free, but they are not cheap. Sin will take You farther than you want to go; it will keep you longer than you want to stay; and it will cost you more than you want to pay. Notice that this woman was not getting any better, she was getting worse. Sin never gets any better, it only gets worse. Now if this woman had waited until she got better before she came to Jesus, she would ...

3610. God Really Cares

Matthew 27:46

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James Merritt

... Father did not hear. The heavens had turned to brass, the door to heaven was locked, the back of God was turned, the ears of God were closed. Why? II. The Misery of Sin We're told in v.45 that it got dark at twelve o'clock noon and stayed dark for three hours. At twelve o'clock when the sun normally would have been burning at its brightest, the world was enveloped in a shroud of darkness. Earth's sun had turned its back on heaven's Son. As the songwriter put it: Well might the sun in darkness ...

3611. What to Do When Life Is the Pits

1 Peter 5:5-11

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James Merritt

... was nothing better to do, so he put on his robe and slippers and strolled down the hall, went into the chapel, found a seat in the back and began to listen. The words of that hymn found a nest in the aching heart of James Cash. He didn't stay for the sermon. One verse of one hymn was all he needed. Because the words of that hymn had managed a quiet miracle. James Cash went back to that room, changed his clothes, packed his bags, went to the desk, checked himself out, at 56, when most men think only ...

3612. Is Your Conscience Clear?

1 Timothy 1:18-19

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James Merritt

... of your sin is washed away from your heart by the blood of Jesus, your soul is eternally clean before God. Because when God moves in, guilt moves out. It is through the Savior that the conscience gets cleansed. But it is through the Scripture that it stays cleansed. Martin Luther said, "My conscience is captive to the word of God." You see, the conscience is no better than the standard to which it is held. Therefore it can be sharpened in accordance with the highest standard of all, which is the word of God ...

3613. Preach the World and Reach the World

2 Timothy 4:1-5

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James Merritt

... to go to church thinking no one else would go. Then he thought to himself he was a deacon, and if the deacons didn't go, who would. So he put on his boots, hat, and coat, and walked six miles to his Methodist church. Most of the members did stay home. As a matter of fact, only thirteen people were present, twelve members and one visitor, a thirteen-year-old boy. Somebody suggested that they go home since they didn't have a preacher. But Robert Eaglan would hear none of that. They had walked this far in the ...

3614. Confronting a Christless Culture

2 Timothy 3:1-17

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James Merritt

... ." That is, it will tell you what is right; profitable for reproof, it will tell you what is not right; it is profitable for correction, it will tell you how to get right; it is profitable for instruction in righteousness, it will tell you how to stay right. When it comes to the great moral, ethical, and social issues of our day, or any day, the trumpet of the Lord gives no uncertain sound, whether it be abortion, euthanasia, gambling, homosexuality, or cloning, this book gives a clarion call to what is ...

3615. Saving Private Ryan

Acts 1:8

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James Merritt

... four sons. As each son died, the Campagnones, aided by Representative Thomas J. Lane, asked the Army to keep their remaining sons off the battlefield. But the couple's requests were turned down by Army Brass, because military policy provided that a soldier would stay in the U.S. only if he was his family's sole surviving son. Only after the third son was killed, did the Army devote its resources to returning Private Anthony Campagnone to his parents. Our church is adopting a brand new Mission Statement ...

3616. Better To Be a Loner than a Loser

Daniel 1:1-21

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James Merritt

... tube. d. They Were Politically Enthroned Verse 19 says, "they served before the king." Verse 21 says, "Thus Daniel continued until the first year of King Cyrus." Not only did Daniel go to the top, but through the reigns of four rulers and three different kingdoms he stayed at the top. Cassie Bernall went out on top. She knew if she said yes she would die. But on the night of her death, Cassie's younger brother, Chris, found a poem she had written the previous Sunday. Listen to it: Now I have given up on ...

3617. Doing Right When You Have Been Done Wrong

Ephesians 4:31-32

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James Merritt

... this island." The rescuer pointed to the building several hundred yards down on the right of the island and said, "Well, what is that building?" The businessman replied, "That's where I used to go to church until I got mad and moved my letter." If you stay in the ministry long enough, you will have plenty of opportunities either to get bitter or to have other people get bitter toward you. In fact, if you just simply live long enough, regardless of what you do, you will have an opportunity to get bitter. I ...

3618. The Danger of American Express

Exodus 20:17

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James Merritt

... because the church asks for money. You remember this: When a man complains about a church asking for money, his problem is not the church, his problem is his money. There are people whose god is gold, whose creed is greed, whose honey is money, and they will stay away from the church and go to hell because they covet their money so much. 3. The Sure Remedy For Covetousness Now having learned that covetousness is a sin of the heart, that tells me the only way to overcome it is to get a new heart. The ...

3619. How to Keep Your Head When Others Are Losing Theirs (Fruit of the Spirit: Peace)

Galatians 5:22

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James Merritt

... Lord, unless your focus is on the Lord. When your focus is on the Lord, you will rejoice in the Lord, and when you rejoice in the Lord, you will have the peace of the Lord. Isa. 26:3 says: "You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You." You remember when Jesus came walking on those stormy waves to the disciples in that boat. Peter wanted to come to Him, and Jesus invited him to step out of the boat into that water. You remember that as long as Peter kept ...

3620. Never Let Them See You Sweat (Fruit of the Spirit: Self-Control)

Galatians 5:23

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James Merritt

... with you my definition of self-control. Self-control is when you are so filled with, and led by, the Holy Spirit that the way you act, or re-act in any given situation, glorifies God and edifies others. Someone has said, "God mightily uses Christians who stay cool in a hot place, sweet in a sour place, and little in a big place." Frederick the Great of Prussia, was walking on the outskirts of Berlin when he encountered a very old man proceeding in the opposite direction. Frederick said, "Old man, who are ...

3621. Don't Forget to Remember

Jude 1:5-7

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James Merritt

... we may know them carnally.'" God had mercifully sent two angels to Sodom and Gomorrah to warn them of the coming judgment if they did not repent of their sin. Well, the men of that city came to Lot's house where the angels were staying, and demanded them to come out so they could perform homosexual rape on them. In other words, instead of choosing spiritual prosperity, they chose sexual perversity. They chose adultery, fornication, and homo-sexuality over God's way, which is no sex before marriage, any sex ...

3622. Glory Guaranteed

Jude 1:24-25

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James Merritt

... is an able God. He is able to do anything. That means that God has not failed, God cannot fail, and God will not fail. Now knowing that God is able, tells me something about salvation. It is our responsibility to be saved, but it is not our responsibility to stay saved. Now if that confuses you let me put it to you this way: Once you are saved, getting to heaven is not your responsibility. It is your response to His ability. If I am able to keep my son from walking off of a cliff, and I just stand ...

3623. The Loss of the Harvest

Jeremiah 8:20

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James Merritt

... they first missed him. They realized that they had misplaced him in thousands of acres. They realized that before long the coldness of that Canadian night would be settling in. Their little boy who was not heavily dressed would probably freeze to death. So while the wife stayed there, the husband hurried back to the village and called the people and said, "Would you please come help us? We've got to find our son." So as many of the people as could came there to that wheat field to help them look for that ...

3624. Once Save - Always Saved

John 10:27-29

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James Merritt

... bad. I mean the same way that you are saved is the same way you are safe. How were you saved? You were saved by grace. How were you safe? You are safe by grace. The same way you get into the family of God is the same way you stay in the family of God, and it is all by the grace of God. But notice that eternal life is something given now. Jesus did not say "and I will give them eternal life," He said, "I give them eternal life." Eternal life is not something you get when you ...

3625. The Right Connection

John 15:1-8

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James Merritt

... , "does not abide in Me." That is the telling sign. You see, a person is not saved because he abides in Christ. He abides in Christ because he is saved. If a person does not abide in the Lord Jesus, remain with the Lord Jesus, stick with the Lord Jesus, stay with the Lord Jesus, he's never been saved. John said, "They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were ...

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