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4026. Wedding, Wine, And Wonderment

Mark 2:18-22

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... our lesson today, we see a conflict brewing. Actually there are two conflicts. Let's label them "the fast" and "the past." Let's deal first of all with the fast. When our lesson opens, the Pharisees and even the disciples of John the Baptist are fasting. Jesus and his disciples are not. To the casual spectator it might appear that Jesus is not paying proper tribute to his faith. Other religious people are fasting. He refuses. What gives with him anyway? We need to know that Jesus practiced fasting. However ...

4027. Do You Know This Man?

John 6:25-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... could never again think of God in the same way. God wasn't the God they had been taught about as little children. Having been with Jesus, God now had a human face for the disciples--and it was Jesus' face. Some of you remember the movie Erin Brockovich. The movie told the true story of one woman's battle for justice for a small community that had been poisoned by a corrupt industrial plant. In the movie, Julia Roberts plays the strong-willed title character. ...

4028. Clean Hearts And Dirty Hands

Mark 7:1-23

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... were eating in the market place without washing their hands. Their law was to wash in a certain way to cleanse themselves before they ate. They thought it was a sin to not do this. They were trying to get the disciples in trouble with Jesus. Jesus said, "There is nothing outside the man which going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are what defile the man." By this he meant that if a person eats with dirty hands and gets a little dirt ...

4029. Something To Die For

Mark 10:35-45

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... , James and John, and this very same type of problem. They came to Jesus and asked if they could sit in a place of honor in heaven. They wanted to sit next to Jesus, one on the right and one on the left. How do you think the other disciples felt about that? That's right, they were quite upset. Jesus told them that whoever wanted to be great must be a servant. By that he meant that they should be more concerned with helping others than having the best place to sit. This lesson is still true for us ...

4030. When Life Tumbles In

Mark 13:1-31

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... anxious and wanted to know exactly when. Jesus just told them to watch and wait and be ready. Now that is a hard assignment, isn't it? Do your parents ever tell you to just be patient and "trust me?" That is what Jesus was telling his disciples. He was telling them that even though they didn't understand, just wait, watch and trust Him. He has everything in control. (If you have a calendar or date book, pass them out now and say, "When you write something in your calendar/date book, remember that sometimes ...

4031. I Am Unworthy

Jeremiah 1:1-19, Jeremiah 6:1-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... . That's grace. That's the Gospel. We're not worthy, but no problem. God has made us worthy through the gift of God's Son. It's interesting--the theme of unworthiness runs through our lessons for today. In Luke's Gospel, Simon Peter and some other disciples were out fishing. They had toiled all night and caught nothing. Jesus told them to let down their nets one more time. This time they caught so many fish that it nearly sank the boat. What is Simon's response to this? Luke tells us, "But when Simon Peter ...

4032. Eavesdropping On Eternity

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... mountain after spending time with God, his face glowed so much that he needed to wear a veil. (Exodus 34) There's a really good reason why we don't have any record of the conversation between Jesus, Moses, and Elijah. It's because Jesus' three closest disciples slept through it. Can you believe it? We read that Peter and the others only woke in time to catch a brief, glorious glimpse of Israel's greatest Lawgiver and its greatest Prophet before they faded from the scene. What an awful time to fall asleep ...

4033. The Forward Look

Luke 9:57-62

Sermon

King Duncan

... time to time to help motivate us to do the things we know we ought to do? Jesus had that difficulty with his disciples. There are books on Jesus' leadership principles because he was a master leader and motivator. In our lesson from Luke's gospel for today ... said to him, "No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God." Jesus expected his disciples to be totally committed. They could not straddle the fence. They could not hold on to the past at the expense of the present. He ...

4034. He Was Afflicted

Isaiah 63:7-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... pats her on the back, “Honey, I know, I know, but when the Messiah comes, no violence.' . . . "And then Jesus came, and they said, "He's the Messiah." And look what happened. There was misery and there was misery and there was misery. And those 12 disciples had to make a majestic flip-flop. Wherever the Messiah is there is no misery, and now they have to believe that wherever there is misery, there's the Messiah. That's called conversion. That's called coming to faith in Jesus Christ." (6) Did you catch ...

4035. Money Matters

Amos 5:18-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... cannot only corrupt, it can also be a hindrance in our relationship with God. And, indeed, Jesus saw that clearly as well. A young man came to him, who has come to be known to us as the rich young ruler. This young man could have become one of Jesus' disciples if it hadn't been for his money. Look at the record. Jesus is teaching and suddenly a young man comes running up to him and kneels down before him in the dust and asks, "Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?" There is no ...

4036. Frustrated By Their Lack Of Faith

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... faith in Christ demands. Many who witnessed Jesus' miracles believed, but only a few entrusted their lives to him. So it is today. We believe, but our belief has very little impact on our lives. We believe enough to keep us relatively decent, but not enough to make us disciples. If someone asked, we would say that Jesus is the savior of the world, but the truth of the matter is that we are not even certain that he has the power to save us. He must be deeply frustrated by our lack of faith! St. Paul writes ...

4037. Strategy For Greatness

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... motorists with the sign: "This is the center of the universe." That sounds so very human, doesn't it? "This is the center of the universe." "Conceit," someone said, "is what makes a little squirt think he is a fountain of knowledge." No wonder the disciples were embarrassed when Jesus asked them what they were discussing. They were discussing who among them was the greatest. They had fallen prey to the most natural but also the most deadly human passions--the desire to be number one. It is interesting that ...

4038. Bearing Fruit

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... for the fields. For as the season passed and the grain continued to grow, these bright green letters rose above all the rest of the field to announce to everyone who looked that "This has been plastered." "By your fruits shall all men know that you are my disciples." But how do we obtain such fruits? How can we live such winning lives? You grow good fruit by having good roots. As Jesus said on another occasion: "For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit; for each tree is ...

4039. Dare To Dream

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... of intensity of purpose. We often ask whether it was necessary for Christ to die on the cross. Yet when great dreams are realized, you will always discover that there was someone who was willing to pay a price. Certainly Peter and Stephen and the other disciples at that first Pentecost were willing to pay the price. And God used their devotion in a great and glorious way. Some years ago a full-page picture appeared in Life magazine of the devastation wrought by a tornado in the mid-west. In the center ...

4040. A Father Pleased With His Son

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... be humble himself like that. Jesus was secure enough in his relationship with his Father to humble himself to wash his disciples' feet. He had no need to say to the world, "Look at me! I'm somebody great!" He had all of the approval he needed. It ... made him more humble and it made him more accepting of others. Jesus embarrassed his disciples on more than one occasion by his acceptance of the least and lowly. "Don't you know what kind of woman she is?" they ...

4041. Don't Forget The Batteries

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues. Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem from every nation on earth. And when this sound occurred, a large multitude of them came together, and they were bewildered because they were each one hearing the disciples speak in his own language. "Are not all these who are speaking Galileans?" they asked. "How is it that we each hear them in our own language? We hear them in our own tongues speaking of the mighty deeds of God." Obviously the church on the ...

4042. A Lightning Rod Instead of a Cross

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... want to try new things. And what invariably happens? The elders are resistant to change. So has it ever been. Where there is no vision the people perish. Power, vision--but one thing more. Presence. Jesus had ascended to be with the Father. What would his disciples do now? He was the Way, the Truth, the Life for them. What would happen to the sheep without the shepherd? They were not to worry, Jesus told them. “I will give you another Counselor, to be with you forever . . .” (John 14: 16) That Counselor ...

4043. The Competitor

Genesis 25:19-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... ." But at least Jacob had some drive, some ambition, some desire. What do you do with the person who, for whatever reason, simply shrugs their shoulders and walks away. It is interesting. Jesus did not criticize his disciples for their ambition--for wanting to be great. Remember that place in Mark's Gospel where the disciples are arguing about who was the greatest. Jesus did not scold them. Instead he said to them, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all." (Mark 9:34 ...

4044. Excellence In Living

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... was excellence personified, and he is the direction that we must move toward. But having the image of Christ to aspire to and working hard to reach that goal is not enough. WE MUST ALSO HAVE MADE AN IMPORTANT DECISION. Are you in or out? Jesus said to his disciples, "For whosoever will save his life shall lose it! and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" (vs 25, 26a). There was once a man named Count ...

4045. MONEY MATTERS

Amos 5:18-27

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... story well, and there is one sad fact to be learned from it. It is that this young man could have become one of Jesus'' disciples if it hadn''t been for his money. Look at the record. Jesus is teaching and suddenly a young man comes running up to him ... proved correct. In the next verse we read that the young man sadly went away, for he had great possessions. He could have become a disciple of Jesus Christ except for one thing--his money. I do not believe that Jesus was telling all of us to give away all of ...

4046. Proving Your Love

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... LEVEL OF GIVING IS THE GREATEST OF ALL--THE LEVEL OF SACRIFICE. We all know this story so well. Jesus and his disciples sat down close to the collection boxes in the temple. They watched as people put in their offerings. Evidently everyone could see ... her two pennies. This was the least that the law allowed, but it was all this poor widow had. Jesus was watching, and he told his disciples she had put in more than all the others. They had given out of abundance, but she had given out of need. There’s only ...

4047. What on Earth Is the Trinity?

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... of millions? Christians believe in a God who has revealed His nature and purpose to the world in and through Jesus Christ. We also believe that God continues to reveal Himself, continues to act on the stage of human history. When Jesus was no longer with the disciples, they did not feel that God had left them. And, at Pentecost, the presence of God became richer and deeper than ever before, as the Holy Spirit came upon them. This God who continues to reveal Himself in the world and in the hearts of persons ...

4048. Let the Son Shine In

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... is the great question about Christ. Is he an accident or a revelation? Fosdick left no doubt as to where he stood. He said, To call him an accident in the universe seems to me preposterous. At any rate, I personally must range myself with those first disciples who looked at him until they looked through him and saw in him “the light of the knowledge of the glory of God!” (Riverside Sermons, New York: Harper and Brothers, 1958, p. 269) Jesus said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will ...

4049. The Devil Is a Liar

John 8:42-47

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... . As I said, one of the most dangerous lies which the devil has foisted upon us is the notion that he is really in control of this world. According to Jesus, he is not. In the 10th chapter of Luke’s Gospel we have the strange story of the seventy disciples whom Jesus sent forth to preach the Good News of the Gospel, returning with joy, and saying, “Lord, in your name even the demons submit to us!” (Luke 10:17) Then it was that Jesus said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of ...

4050. The Shy Member of the Trinity

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... become overwhelmed again, thrilled again, excited again by the wonder and majesty and relevance of Jesus Christ. He said, “The Holy Spirit does not mind being Cinderella outside the ballroom, if the Prince is honored inside His kingdom!” Jesus’ parting words to His disciples were, “... you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” (Acts 1:8) Not witnesses to the Holy Spirit, but ...

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