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James 1:19-27, James 1:1-18

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

... Mount (e.g., Matt. 5:17). Paul and James both agree that the teaching of Jesus is binding on the Christian and that no other way marks out the path of blessing and salvation. Freedom is not license but the ability to live and to fulfill “the law of Christ” (Gal. 6: ... (e.g., Ps. 1). Its opposite is “woe.” The idea of persevering (hypomenō) is very important in the New Testament (Matt. 10:22; 24:13; Mark 13:13; Rom. 12:12; 1 Cor. 13:7; 2 Tim. 2:12, etc., use the verb; Luke 21:19; Rom. 2:7; 8:25; 2 ...

352. Immersed

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... which they will have life in abundance and the promise of a future dwelling in the “house of the Lord.” The way they were to do this was to kill a lamb and smear its blood all over the doorposts of their homes. This is not a simple mark, but an entire washing of the doorposts and lintel of the house….so that all within the house will be protected and immersed in covenant with God. They are in a sense “painting themselves in.” The symbolism is clear. The doorposts and lintel in those days were made ...

353. Divine Divestment

Mark 10:17-27

Sermon

Will Willimon

... has just shocked the disciples by pulling a child out of the crowd and putting the child in the midst of them.As fate would have it, this episode is followed by another in which anything but a little, weak, needy, dependent, and small child comes forth to Jesus. Mark says that the person who came to Jesus was ''a rich man." Matthew, when he tells the story says that he was ''young." Luke says that he was a ''ruler." But all three Gospels agree that, whether he is young, a ruler, or what, he is rich. This ...

354. Anybody Listening?

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

William G. Carter

... . He said, "I'm going to give you the power to do what I've been doing. I want you to heal and confront evil wherever you find it. I give you authority to preach, although when you speak some people won't give you a hearing" (Mark 6:11). Isn't that striking? As Jesus sent his disciples with power and authority, he reminded them of the sure resistance to the words and deeds of God. Anybody listening? Maybe not. Many people resist the opportunity to hear the good news. John Duckworth describes this preaching ...

355. The Parables About Response

Mark 4:30-34, Mark 4:26-29

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... twentieth century America. God alone produces the growth. "Night and day, whether he (the farmer) sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he doesn't know how. All by itself the soil produces grain -- first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head" (Mark 4:27-28). It is not our job to make disciples. Only God can do that. It is our job to scatter the seeds of faith, see to it that the plants get water and sun, and tend to the weeds that grow which try to choke out the growing ...

356. Love And Money

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

William G. Carter

... who do. Either way, the gospel calls our priorities into question. Jesus loved a rich man as he loved nobody else. When he invited him to follow as a disciple, the man turned and walked away. Jesus said, "You lack something." What was he talking about? The man had money. Mark doesn't say how much, but we can assume he had a lot of things that others enjoy. He had a nice house with a sturdy roof over his head. He had somebody to dust the furniture and someone to mow the lawn. He put food on the table every ...

357. Advent 1

1 Corinthians 1:1-9, Isaiah 63:7--64:12, Mark 13:32-37, Mark 13:1-31

Sermon Aid

E. Carver McGriff

... your kid, but one thing was sure -- that boy knew his dad was serious (actually, they had a great relationship and both were smiling). But sometimes we resort to such imagery to emphasize a point. So what was Jesus really saying by these words (or at least by Mark's version of what Peter must have reported to him)? We don't know how long the universe will last, but logic tells us it won't last forever. Jesus may have been predicting the destruction of the Jewish Temple and of Jerusalem itself. Also, each of ...

358. A Taste Of Life

Mark 14:12-26

Sermon

William G. Carter

... life for all of you." Then he adds, "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many." According to Mark, Jesus gives his blood to pay the ransom (Mark 10:45), to purchase us back from the forces in the world that would hurt and destroy. Jesus gives his blood to ... . Price sat alone in a chair in his bedroom. He listened as the pastor read the words of institution from the Gospel of Mark -- "This is my body, this is my blood, do this in memory of me." Then he ate the bread and drank the cup ...

359. Lent 1

1 Peter 3:8-22, Genesis 9:1-17, Mark 1:9-13

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... God called the people of Israel to be his own people, to live by his laws and to love him. They too fell far short of the mark. Finally God sent his Son to die for our sins, once for all (v. 18). Christ is God's final solution for the problem of sin, which ... have done in dealing with a cloudy conscience. 3. Reveal God's remedy for a troubled conscience God's baptismal grace. Gospel: Mark 1:9-15 1. Sermon Title: Wilderness Survival Training. Sermon Angle: If you are going to survive in the wilderness there are ...

360. The Baptism Of Our Lord

Mk 1:4-11 · Act 19:1-7 · Acts 10:34-38 · Isa 42:1-9 · Gen 1:1-5 · Ps 29

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... people in order to bring all people into God's family (v. 6). 2. God declared his covenant of love with his Son through his baptism (Mark 1:11). 3. The Lord established his covenant with us in our baptism. 4. Live out Christ's covenant of love, that all people might ... of God ballooned from a tribal deity to the universal God. Is your faith narrow and tribal or global and catholic? Gospel: Mark 1:4-11 Sermon Title: The ABC's Of Our Lord's Baptism. Sermon Angle: We can summarize the fundamentals of our ...

361. An Eraser Means Forgiving

Hebrews 9:13-14

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... that you have committed a terrible sin, and you hope that he will forgive you. Jesus says that he forgives you and he tells you to go and ask your sister for forgiveness. (Take the eraser out and erase the onion skin, the mark should almost completely disappear.) Do you see any difference? You do. The mark on the second sheet is completely gone. That is the way it is with Jesus. A long time ago people had only the law of God and some kind of animal sacrifice to try and rid themselves of their sin. That didn ...

362. Ascension

Acts 1:1-11, Mark 16:1-20, Luke 24:50-53, Luke 24:36-49

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... (v. 1)." Prayer of the Day "Almighty God, your only Son was taken up into heaven and in power intercedes for us. May we also come into your presence and live forever in your glory." Hymn of the Day "A Hymn Of Glory Let Us Sing" EXPLANATION Mark 16:19-20 Up (v. 19). Where is "up?" How high is "up?" Heaven is considered to be up above us. It reflects the biblical three-story universe. Heaven is above the earth and Hades (Sheol) is under the earth. It is metaphorical language. We instinctively consider ...

363. Competition In The Kingdom?

Matthew 20:17-19

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... lesson. God promises to raise us up on the third day. The suggestion is a pointer to Easter where God makes us new (Hosea 6:1). We do not need to achieve or to compete with our neighbors at their expense. God has set us free and given us the marks of greatness. He has made you and me his people. Referring back to an earlier comment he had made to James, John, and their mother about his passion (the cup he would have to drink all again to the cross. "... whoever would be great among you must be your servant ...

364. Why Did Jesus Do That?

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... that sermon, in the hope that they might help SOMEBODY, because they sure didn’t do anything for me! Even those Bible scholars who wrote commentaries had to admit that it was a bit of a puzzle, and that it was by no means a new issue. When Mark wrote his gospel, he simply reported the event of Jesus’ baptism with no elaboration, almost like, "Oh, before I forget about it, Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist in the Jordan River one day. It was a nice service, and everyone went home happy." By the time ...

365. Take a Close Look (At the Widow)!

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... ."[4] It is not that people are unsympathetic. They simply cannot find the right words to say. They dare not bring up the subject of death, not realizing that the bereaved find it therapeutic to talk about the departed. At any rate, we may well imagine that Mark’s widow would have felt utterly forsaken and forlorn if she had not experienced the abiding, personal presence of God. As did a young man who lost his mother when he was still in his teens. A mere handful of neighors and friends dropped in to help ...

366. A Dreadful Declaration

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

George Bass

... Msgr. Burke’s picture of what the church should be. But this is not only Msgr. Burke’s church. I believe it is our church. Fight for it. Tell him that you and I will not accept his decision. We have to show him what Mark has shown me - that you and I and Mark must be allowed to shape the thing that has shaped us." After a dramatic pause, Father Farley confesses, "This is the first time I haven’t tried to win your love. Only now is love possible." And, after another pause, he concludes the sermon, "Oh ...

367. Only a Carpenter

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... family; then His friends, then His race and nation. John 1:11 says: “He came to his own home, and his own people received him not.” In chapters 9-11 of Romans, Paul wrestles with the thorny problem of Jesus’ rejection by His own people, the Jews. In Mark 6 there is the same theme. But in this passage, Jesus’ own people are not the Jews as a whole but His own friends and relatives...people in His hometown - even His own family. The passage read this morning sort of wraps up what we found earlier: the ...

368. Hope Is Medicinal

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... second chapter, the story of the healing of the paralytic, who is lowered down to Jesus through the roof of a house. Jesus heals him, and then declares that he was healed because of the faith of his friends. It is a remarkable story. So it is obvious. Mark, especially Mark, wants us to know that Jesus has come in order to heal. And that is brought home to us in this first chapter, back to back stories of healing. In this fourth story of healing, the leper says, "If you will, you can make me clean." That is ...

369. 2 Samuel 7:1-17

2 Samuel 7:1-17

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... 's rendition emphasizes the utterness of the prophet's rejection. Verse 5 adds a uniquely Marcan conclusion to this story. Because of the pervasive attitude of disbelief and suspicion, Jesus finds his healing powers restricted. Mark's observation of this limitation is found more clearly articulated in the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas. In it Jesus adds to his own insight about prophets by following it with the statement, "No physician works cures on those who know him." We are both physical and spiritual beings ...

370. Led by the Spirit, Tempted by the Devil

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Jesus is being driven irresistibly by the knowledge that there was something which had to be done, a battle that had to be fought. We’ll deal with this battle to be fought in a moment when we talk about Jesus being tempted by Satan, but let’s mark down two or three important truths about being driven by the Spirit into the wilderness. First, the wilderness is as much a part of the landscape of the Christian life as is the river Jordan. At the Jordan, we’re affirmed, the heavens are opened, and we hear ...

371. Jesus at Home

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

Robert J. Elder

... been occupied for many centuries but has been thoroughly excavated in modern times. There you would see ruins of a home which has many indications that it was once the home of Peter and Andrew, and very likely the house where Jesus healed Peter's mother-in-law (Mark 1:29-31), located very near the shores of the Sea of Galilee. The house is just a few hundred yards from the town synagogue, which is also in ruins that are visible today. In those earliest days of Jesus' ministry, Peter's house was coming to be ...

372. Time for the Offering

2 Corinthians 8:7-15

Sermon

Gibson “Nibs” Stroupe

... , casting nets, selling fish — and go with him to be "fishers of men and women." What Jesus wants requires fellowship, not a retreat into the wilderness. His message, which could be summed up as "The time is fulfilled, the kingdom of God is near" (Mark 1:15), needs people who can be inspired by him and who already want to live with him in this dawning kingdom. This is no miracle which rains down on the people from above. Learning, traveling around together, becoming disciples, pupils, are conditions which ...

373. Will You Be an April Fool for Christ?

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... to be naked. To be on parade. To be different. To be a follower of the One who never flinched when it came to being a fool for God, is to be an April Fool for Christ. Will you be just that? An April Fool for Christ? COMMENTARY Mark’s version of Jesus’ arrival and entrance into Jerusalem celebrates the drama and pageantry of the event and yet is far more understated than the other gospel accounts. All the common elements of the story are found: the borrowed colt, the cheering crowd, the garments on the ...

374. The Loser

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

James Merritt

... is. Now, this young man is at a crossroads. What is he going to do? What happens in the end is why he is the biggest loser. III. Decide To Pay the Price For Eternal Life “Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.” (Mark 10:22, ESV) At first that verse is hard to understand. Why did he go away disheartened? This guy is rich. You don’t go away sad because you are rich. You go away sad, because you are driving a 17 year old, 3 cylinder Kia! Why would walking away ...

375. Jesus Taken Up into Heaven

Acts 1:1-11

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... been Jesus’ theme from the beginning, as it would be theirs (see 8:12; 14:22; 19:8; 20:25; 28:23, 31), though they would preach it from a different perspective. For the kingdom had “come with power” only in the saving events of Jesus’ death and its sequel (Mark 9:1). Even so, what they preached was not their own construction on those events, but was given to them now in Jesus’ teaching about his death (see Luke 24:25f., 45ff.) and in the years to come by the Spirit of Jesus (see, e.g., 1 Cor. 2:10 ...

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