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3726. God Is a Mystery

Luke 19:1-10

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... , Thomas. One of the zealots in the crowd even suggested that Jesus was encouraged when he saw Zacchaeus because he recognized in him the same strength that he had seen in his disciples, James and John. Still others continued to believe that Jesus was totally confused and had acted irrationally. Conversations followed many different courses of logic, but nobody seemed to be able to put it all together. They talked about it for weeks and months. It was an experience so etched upon ...

3727. PARABLE OF THE BEST CHURCH

John 15:9-17

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... Some honor Him as a great Teacher, as a perfect Example, as the Son of God, and as a personal Saviour. We all may honor Him in remembrance of the Words He spoke, "In this shall ye know my disciples, that ye love one another," and "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath." Each disciple saw Christ from his own point of experience and belief, but all sought to follow as best he knew how. Yet they quarreled among themselves. Through our faith in God, Human hatreds are to be overcome by Godly Love ...

3728. Beasts, Saints and Chaos

Daniel 7:1-14

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... he was betrayed by violence into violence which ruthlessly violated him and the world he had created; in that night of betrayal when we could have expected him to do anything but what he did do, he took bread and blessed it and broke it and gave it to his disciples and said, "This is my body broken for you. Do this in remembrance of me." Then after supper when he had given thanks, he took the cup and said, "This is the new covenant in my blood. Drink of it; all of you. Do this as often as you drink ...

3729. The Sixth Sunday of Easter

John 14:15-31

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Kendall McCabe

... . So if we assume that having made a Christian profession will protect us from times of doubt, loneliness, unhappiness, we have a naive view of the way God works in the lives of women and men. Jesus is quite forthright in today's Gospel as he speaks to the disciples at the Last Supper. He tells them he is to die, he has to leave them. He does not deny the hard facts of the case. But even as he describes their condition without him, he is assuring them it is only temporary. "I will not leave you desolate ...

3730. The Seventh Sunday of Easter

John 17:1-5

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Kendall McCabe

... God's purpose. That purpose is the perfection of creation, including you and me. God's greatest power is the power of love revealed through Jesus Christ. That is why, at the Last Supper when Jesus prayed about being glorified, he also spoke to the disciples his new commandment to love one another. The more we act on that direction, the more progress we make. All great persons of the Christian community have been great lovers. "Little children, love one another." More change has been brought by that than by ...

3731. God's Passion

Acts 2:42-47

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... spring fever was felt the year of the resurrection. Today's Scripture presents an eye-popping description of the transformation. First, John's Gospel describes the winter which lingered that first Easter night - disciples huddling together, living in fear, locking their doors; disciples, knowing deep down Christ's body was stolen and wondering whose boldness concocted the resurrection rumor. Then, the transformation: Jesus appearing; Thomas confronted; everyone believing. And the result of the Son/Sun's ...

3732. God in a Glimpse

Acts 17:16-34

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... , and we wonder if anyone up there is in control. Is there a Divine plan? Is there even a Divine Power? Well, the Bible says there is. And Christ says there is. And the church throughout history says there is. Just because we can't see Jesus the way the disciples did, or hear a voice from God the Father as did Adam and Moses and the prophets, doesn't mean God isn't real. It simply means we haven't looked in the right places. Like Thomas, we were out the last time Christ passed by. Let me suggest, this ...

3733. The Friday We Call Good

John 18:1-11

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Dean Lueking

... working out his purposes of saving love through everything that seems to oppose it. At Each Critical Point At the Last Supper in the upper room, Judas prepares for the act of betrayal. Our Lord says, in the presence of the betrayer and the other eleven disciples, "See, my betrayer is at hand," and puts the whole shameful deed in the context of the fulfillment of what was prophesied a millennium before in Psalm 41: "he who ate my bread lifted up his heel against me." At his arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane ...

3734. Believing Is Seeing

John 20:24-31

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Dean Lueking

... see nothing more because they believed nothing more, Jesus cried out with a holy passion, "O faithless generation, how long must I be with you? O perverse people, how long must I bear with you?" Then he brought the healing that restored the tortured life to wholeness. His disciples asked Jesus why they could not do anything for the lad. Jesus told them that if they had faith as a grain of mustard seed they would say to a mountain - move over there! and it would. The image of the mustard seed as an image of ...

3735. The Miracle Of an Opened Mind

Luke 24:36-49

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Dean Lueking

... great joy, and were continually in the temple blessing God. (Luke 24:44-53) Ascension on Our Minds The miracle of Christ’s Ascension keeps on unfolding. Not only is our Lord risen. Not only in his risen form did he appear in the presence of the disciples and eat some broiled fish with them - thus assuring them that he was not a mirage. But also this, "... he opened their minds ..." That is no small part of the miracle of the ascended Lord’s power, that minds once closed to Christ are opened. That is ...

3736. Bits and Pieces

John 6:1-15

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... don't know who they belong to. What good is one shoe or one sock? That reminds me of a story about Jesus and his disciples. One day when they were out they walked a long way and the people followed them because they enjoyed being with Jesus and listening to ... boy was willing to give his lunch to Jesus to be used to feed the people. Now after everyone had eaten, Jesus told the disciples to go out and collect what was left over, and there was still enough to fill twelve baskets. No one except God knows how Jesus ...

3737. Jesus Knows

John 14:15-31

Children's Sermon

... field and on the next pitch he hit a home run right where he said he would. It really is great when we do the things that we say we can do. Jesus was like that. He told the disciples a lot of things that were going to happen and they all came true. When they happened the disciples remembered that Jesus had told them about these things days before or even months before, and they believed that Jesus knew everything. When Babe Ruth hit that home run everyone thought he was wonderful, but even Babe Ruth could ...

3738. Easter 4

Acts 13:13-52, Revelation 7:9-17, John 10:22-42

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... and in heaven. Three Lessons: Acts 13:15-16, 26-33; Revelation 7:9-17; John 10:22-30 Getting to Know the Risen Jesus. Need: The problem some had with the resurrected Jesus was their recognition of him. This was the problem of Mary Magdalene, the two Disciples on the road to Emmaus, and to Thomas. The resurrected Jesus may be difficult for us to recognize because now he is more that a peasant of Galilee. In the Lessons, we learn who he is in his resurrected state. Outline: The resurrected Jesus is - a. Your ...

3739. Proper 16

Lk 13:22-30 · Heb 12:5-7, 11-13, 18-29 · Jer 28:1-9 · Isa 66:18-23

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John R. Brokhoff

... with angels and saints. How much more then should Christians fall down in awe as they approach God in prayer and worship? Lesson 1: Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13 How Tough is Tough Enough? Need: We live in an age of "instant everything" and easy answers. Disciples need to toughen themselves for the long haul when the going gets rough and God will need resilient followers. 1. Tough enough to make us tough a. You can't serve effectively if you have no stamina b. Stamina comes from endurance c. God supplies the ...

3740. Reformation Sunday

Jn 8:31-36 · Rom 3:19-28 · Jer 31:31-34

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John R. Brokhoff

... 8:31-36 1. Truth (v. 32). When Pilate asked Jesus what truth was, he gave no answer. In this passage Jesus defines the truth. It is in his word, for he spoke God's Word. As long as we hold to the word of Jesus, we will be his disciples and will know the truth. It is not a truth of science, politics, nor economics. It is religious truth personified and spoken by Christ. It is the truth of God and life. 2. If (v. 31). Though it has only two letters, it is a big word. Jesus says we ...

3741. Christ the King

Lk 23:35-43 · Jn 12:9-19 · Col 1:11-20 · Jer 23:2-6 · 2 Sam 5:1-5

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John R. Brokhoff

... or a riot. Jesus' coming to Jerusalem and being hailed as a king by the populace was a threat to the establishment. 3. Understand (v. 16). John repeats that the Disciples did not understand the events of Palm Sunday. Only later did the significance of Jesus' triumphal entry get into their thick skulls. Throughout Jesus' ministry the Disciples did not understand the meaning of Jesus' coming to Jerusalem and the events that took place there. If they did not understand, how could the people understand? Yes, he ...

3742. Epiphany 7

Lk 6:27-38 · 1 Cor 15:45-49 · 1 Sam 26:1-25 · Gen 45:3-11, 15

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John R. Brokhoff

... therefore at the resurrection we are given a fit body for a spiritual realm. A flesh and blood body cannot exist in God's spiritual Kingdom. Luke 6:27-38 Jesus continues to describe the moral life of disciples. The Sermon on the Plain continues with a further description of the ethical life of disciples. He explains what kind of people God expects us to be. When we suffer abuse, we are not to retaliate - vv. 27-31. Christians are to do more and be better people than non-Christians - vv. 32-36. Furthermore ...

3743. A Faith To Live By John D. Mauney, Jr.

Deuteronomy 4:32-40

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... Moses commands God’s people, of that time and of ours, "You shall keep His Law ... His Statutes ... His Commandments." Today we have a more explicit imperative from the Gospel that is appointed for this Trinity Sunday. It is the command of our Lord, "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age." (Matthew 28:19, 20 ...

3744. God's Push

Matthew 15:21-28

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... one of us," we think, even if we don't say it. This stranger came crying to Jesus for help for her crazy daughter. Crazy, yes, because that is how anybody "possessed by a demon" looked to normal folks. She came pleading, begging for help, and what does she find? Disciples who do their best to get rid of her. "What a nuisance she is," they were thinking. And Jesus? Even he seems cold as he responds, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." That's like saying, "Helping you is not my job ...

3745. The Choice

Matthew 16:13-20

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... business as to which god they choose to worship. It is as if we are making a quiet confession that one god is the same as another. "You pays your money and you takes your choice." In this kind of world, you'd think Jesus would simply have asked his disciples. "Are you for me or against me?" Not this time. Instead he asked, "Who do you say I am?" Who? I propose that is still the question: Who do you say Jesus is? All sorts of people were "for" Jesus. The crowds were for him. He was their miracle-worker ...

3746. Fifth Sunday of Easter

John 14:1-14, Acts 7:55-60, 1 Peter 2:2-10

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... , through whom we pray. Amen. Hymns "Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation" "Lord, I Want to Be a Christian' "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling" "O Jesus, I Have Promised" Gospel: John 14:1-14 Theme: Jesus prepares the disciples for his departure Call to Worship Pastor: It was a sad experience for the disciples when Jesus spoke of leaving them. People: They could not understand why Jesus had to leave, or how they could find their way to God. Pastor: They soon learned that Jesus had to leave so he could return ...

3747. Ascension

Luke 24:46-53, Acts 1:1-11, Ephesians 1:15-23

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First Lesson: Acts 1:1-11 Theme: The ascension of Jesus Call to Worship Pastor: Jesus, whom God raised from the dead, was taken into heaven as his disciples watched. People: The ascension of Jesus was the crowning event in his ministry. Pastor: It was also the beginning of a new ministry for the church. The whole world became a mission ... and overseas, that we may do the work our Lord has sent us to do. In his name we pray. Amen. Hymns "Christ for the World We Sing" "Go, Make of All Disciples" "O Zion, Haste"

3748. Seventh Sunday of Easter

John 17:1-11, Acts 1:6-14, 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11

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... ridiculed, to bear witness to your love. In our Savior's name we pray. Amen. Hymns "Am I a Soldier of the Cross" "Be Not Dismayed" "He Who Would Valiant Be" Gospel: John 17:1-11 Theme: Jesus prays for his disciples Call to Worship Pastor: As Jesus approached his hour, he prayed for his disciples to be faithful. People: They believed in Jesus, but needed God's help to carry out their work of convincing others about Jesus. Pastor: The church is in the world, but not of the world, to show that Christ is the ...

3749. Communion Is Remedial

Matthew 9:1-8

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... called Matthew sitting at the tax office; and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him. And as he sat at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples. And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" But when he heard it, he said, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick." One day three doctors were in a conversation about what ...

3750. The Freedom of Necessity

John 8:31-41

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... had been encountered by the truth and that truth impelled them to speak, to write, to act, to love. Their freedom was not a state of independence but one of obligation and responsibility to continue in the Word of Christ, that is, to be disciples. The witness of a black pastor in South Africa comes to mind. He had been "detained" by the authorities on numerous occasions, arrested, jailed, and interrogated without any charges being filed. One of the detentions had lasted several months, during which time he ...

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