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3751. Mom: The Heart of a Godly Family

Proverbs 31:10-31

Sermon

James Merritt

... keeps the household running smoothly. She runs a tight ship, she never falls asleep at her post. The husband can safely trust her with every facet of the home, even when he's out of town, knowing the wife can handle the business of the family and the household. Quite frankly, just reading that list wears me out! But it makes me all the more grateful for my mother, who took care of me when I was young; my dear wife and the mother of my children, who takes care of our family. Mothers, nobody knows just how ...

3752. Seeing the End from the Beginning

Numbers 13:1-2, 17-33

Sermon

James Merritt

... ." He said, "Coach, what does it say?" The boy was so lazy he didn't even like to read. The coach opened it up and it read, "Dear Son, your father is dead. Come home immediately." The coach swallowed hard and said, "Son, take the rest of the week off." Quite frankly, the coach didn't care if he never came back. Well, funny thing, when game time came on Friday, and the teams came rushing out on the field, the last kid out, dressed out in his uniform, was this goof-off. As soon as the gun sounded the kid ...

3753. God's Favorite Day

Psalm 118:24

Sermon

James Merritt

... good as ever. But now I have lost my memory. I forget everything—where I've been, what I've done, what I went after, just everything!" Well, the doctor examined him and he said: "This is the strangest thing that I have ever seen. I have never seen anything quite like it." He said: "Now I can give you a treatment that will restore your memory, but if I do you are going to lose your sight again. Now do you want the treatment?" The man said: "No sir! I'd rather see where I'm going than remember where ...

3754. Why Every Christian Should Be an Optimist

Psalm 121:1-8

Sermon

James Merritt

... is done by us. God promises that if we will follow Him, love Him, serve Him, and obey Him, He will not lead us into temptation, but He will deliver us from evil. I heard about a young man one time that was asked to go to a place where, quite frankly, a Christian had no business going. He said, "I would like to, but I have a friend who loves me and whom I love very much, and he would not want to go with me, and I will not go without him." His buddy said, "Well, let's go ...

3755. Just Know Him In His Visible Return

Revelation 1:7-8

Sermon

James Merritt

... obesity looks for larger test group" "Typhoon rips through cemetery: hundreds dead" Now those headlines are humorous, but there is one headline I wish would run across every newspaper in the world that would be both heavenly, holy, and, quite frankly, extremely helpful. The headline would simply say: Jesus is coming again! The second coming is the singular doctrine that makes Christianity so different from history or science or philosophy. History says, "Look Back." Science says, "Look around." Philosophy ...

3756. What to Remember When You're Having a Bad Hair Day

Romans 8:28

Sermon

James Merritt

... that happens to you is not good. But everything that happens to you will ultimately work together for your good. When I was a little boy I used to watch my mother bake cakes. Nobody in the world can make a better chocolate cake than my mother. Now quite frankly, you take any one of those individual ingredients and they are not really too tasty. Do you like to eat flour? Anybody here like to make a meal of baking powder? How about lard? How about raw eggs? Any of those things by themselves not only do ...

3757. The Greatest Place in the World

Romans 12:1-2

Sermon

James Merritt

... . I've got news for some of you. If you just believe in God, and that's all you do for God, you are both unreasonable and illogical. Sometimes as I witness to people they will cut me off by saying, "Oh, I believe in God." May I tell you quite frankly, if all you do with God is just believe in Him, God is not impressed. It is foolish to believe in God, and then not worship God, love God, serve God, trust God, and obey God. II. A Powerful Transformation "And do not be conformed to this world, but ...

3758. Science and the Bible

John 17:17, 1 Timothy 3:16

Sermon

James Merritt

... How can it be possible that the greatest anatomists of the 19th Century and contemporary authorities whom I venerated, could have made such a blunder. They had "documented" their erroneous statements with correct pictures, which when examined objectively, showed a structure quite different and exactly the reverse of what the text affirmed.6 For more than a hundred years a majority scientific opinion was wrong. There is a dogmatic assertion in the world of scientific academia that declares the earth to be at ...

3759. What to Wear to the War

Ephesians 6:13-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... room for faith. Don't ever be ashamed if you've had doubts in your heart. Let me be honest with you. I have doubted. I have doubted my salvation at times. I know some Christians who claim they've never doubted their salvation, and I don't understand it quite frankly. I heard about a woman who came up to Dwight L. Moody and said, "Mr. Moody, I've been saved for 25 years and I've never had a single doubt." Dwight L. Moody said, "Madam, I doubt you've been saved. That would be like somebody saying, ‘We ...

3760. The Prosecutor Perry Mason Can't Beat

John 16:7-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... tried was murder cases? Did he ever probate a will or try a divorce?) he batted a 1.000. He never lost a case.1 Well, I have news for Perry Mason. There is one prosecutor even Perry Mason cannot beat, and that is the Holy Spirit of God. Now, quite frankly, that is good news. Jesus said in John 16:7, "Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you ...

3761. Hazardous to Your Wealth: Myths about Money

Malachi 3:7-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... me neither poverty nor riches—feed me with the food You prescribe for me." (Prov. 30:7-8) C. S. Lewis, one of the greatest Christian thinkers of all time, once taught this principle: "One of the dangers of having a lot of money is that you may be quite satisfied with the kinds of happiness money can give, and so feel to realize your need for God. If everything seems to come simply by signing checks, you may forget that you are at every moment totally dependent upon God."3 If you don't believe you can have ...

3762. What Excites God

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... where He was. And when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying." (v.4) By the time these friends had arrived the house was full. People jammed the doorways, kids were sitting in the windows, outsiders were peeking over shoulders, and, quite frankly, they had a choice to make. Do we go in or give up? But they didn't give up for this reason; they had faith. Amazingly, they climb up to the top of the house, cut through the roof, and lower the friend down by a blanket ...

3763. You Had Better Get It Right

Matthew 5:17-20

Sermon

James Merritt

... he handed the man the two heavy suitcases he had been carrying and said, "Don't forget the batteries." May I tell you something? That's exactly what it's like when you try to establish a relationship with God through the baggage of legalistic religion. Quite frankly, life is heavy enough without carrying around any extra baggage. You see, here's what you need to understand about what God's word says about salvation and being right with God. When the roll is called up yonder the grade on your report card ...

3764. For His Eyes Only

Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

James Merritt

... 's all you're going to get. That's the only reward you're going to have. If you don't give just because you love Jesus, and because you want to see the work of God supported, and you want to see people saved and reached for Christ, then quite frankly, no matter what the IRS puts down you gave, God writes down zero. You see, it is so easy to fake Christianity. You can spit-polish your image on the outside, but if it does not correspond into integrity on the inside, to God it means nothing. Several years ...

3765. It's Time to Go to Work

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... know what day it is?" He said, "Of course, I do. This is our 25th Wedding Anniversary." She said, "Did you buy me a present?" He said, "Yes, I did." She said, "What is it?" He said, "Well, something that took a lot of thought; something that is quite useful and something I think you will like." She said, "Well, what could it be?" He said, "Well, I bought you a burial plot in Highland Memorial Park. The cemetery is beautiful, the bronze markers are placed even with the surface of the earth. They always keep ...

3766. The Most Exciting Moment of Your Life

1 Cor 5:1-13, Rev 21:1-27, Rev 6:1-17, Heb 12:14-29, Rev 22:7-21, Phil 1:12-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... Pain. One of the most negative aspects of being alive is the problem of pain. Have you ever been in so much pain, or have you ever been so sick that you just wanted to die? I wonder how many of you have ever been seasick? I have never been quite seasick, but I have been told by others, including my Mother, that is absolutely one of the worst sicknesses you can have. I read about a poor man who was on a boat and he became dreadfully seasick. Well, a cheerful person, who always seems to show up at times ...

3767. O Holy Night

Philippians 2:5-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... a sacrificial death, the just for the unjust that we might be saved. But He died a criminal death so that even His own Heavenly Father turned his back on Him, and that was the ultimate humiliation. III. Christmas Is the Exaltation of a Sovereign Now quite frankly the celebration of His birth would turn to mourning, and the commemoration of his death would be just a bad memory, if there were not exaltation. You see, an ordinary baby is no cause for celebration. A dead Savior is not worth commemoration, but a ...

3768. Why You Should Trust In God

Proverbs 3:5-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... ? Why you should study the Bible? Why you should manage your time? Why you should come clean with God? Why you should be afraid of sin? Today I want to deal with the question, Why you should trust God? Or, I really should say, Why we should trust God? Because, quite frankly, it is always easier to tell somebody else to trust God than it is for you to trust God yourself. I heard about a little boy who was envying his older brother's new bicycle. Since he wanted a new bicycle also, he went to his big brother ...

3769. Me, Myself and God

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... flies. Sometimes you will see a sheep banging its head against a rock because he’s going crazy from the flies. He will run, he will bleat, but nothing works. Now if the sheep gets no relief, he becomes so bothered and irritated by the flies, that he will quit eating. He then begins to lose weight, he then stops growing, and eventually he will die. So what does the shepherd do? The shepherd anoints the head of that sheep with a mixture of olive oil and sulfur. Now that oil does two things. First of all, it ...

3770. Why You Should Spend Time with God

Psalm 37:4-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... other people. The number one reason I believe why the average Christian is really below average is because they neglect spending time with God. Vance Havner once said, “The average Christian is so sub-normal that if he ever got normal he would be considered abnormal.” Quite frankly, there is a radiance and a joy and a zeal for God that is missing in most Christians. I was reading about a famous composer that had a rebellious son. He used to come in late at night after his father and mother had gone to ...

3771. Are You Lonesome Tonight?

Psalm 102:6-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... out. In a home that is quiet because all of the kids have moved out, and your spouse has recently died. In a mailbox that is empty because no one writes anymore. In a phone that never rings because no one calls anymore. There’s no feeling quite like it. We all want to be at least noticed by someone else. Sigmund Freud once told the story of a schoolboy who was expelled from school for misbehavior. He stood outside the classroom and threw pebbles against the windows. Finally, the principal went outside and ...

3772. No Place Like Home

Psalm 128:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... home. That’s why broken homes are such a tragedy. As a matter of fact, I don’t even like the term “broken home.” I heard about a mother who took her little boy outside one time and said, “Listen, I don’t care if our basement wall is cracking, quit telling everybody that you come from a broken home.” God wants the home to be whole, but He also wants the home to be happy. The word is very plain on how to have a happy home. First of all, happiness comes to the home when that home finds the ...

3773. Do You See the Light?

Romans 1:16-20

Sermon

James Merritt

... to share the Gospel with this man who amazingly had really never been in church in his life to speak of. When I finished sharing the Gospel I said to him, “Do you understand everything I’ve shared with you?” He said, “Well, I do now. But quite frankly I’ve never heard it before.” Well, that amazed me enough. Then I asked him the question, “Can you think of any reason that you could give God that God would accept why you should not ask Jesus to come into your heart?” Well, to my amazement ...

3774. Pulling Weeds

Matthew 13:24-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... entire lower half of the tree was covered by the vine’s creepers. The mass of tiny feelers was so thick that the tree looked as though it had hundreds of birds’ nests in it. The result was that the tree was in danger. This huge, solid oak was quite literally being taken over; the life was being squeezed from it. But the gardeners in that park had seen the danger. They had taken a saw and severed the trunk of the vine one neat cut across the middle. The tangled mass of the vine’s branches still clung ...

3775. The Near Edge of God

Jn 1:1-3, 14

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... ) in more ways than we previously expected, and that we are connected to the God of the universe in more ways than we previously believed. Let me try and explain, knowing that in doing so, I am skating at the naked edge of my knowledge zone, and (quite possibly) your comfort zone. It all has to do with what the scientists call "Chaos Theory" ... .which is anything but what the name would seem to suggest. So work with me, here. Until very recently, we believed in a world that could be understood and managed ...

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