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4101. Explore the Evidence

Acts 1:1-3

Sermon

James Merritt

... I know that God accepted His sacrifice? How do I know the check didn't bounce? How do I know He really was the Son of God, who could pull that off? The empty tomb is proof that God accepted that payment. Romans 1:4 says, "And Jesus Christ our Lord was shown to be the Son of God when God powerfully raised Him from the dead by means of the Holy Spirit." (Romans 1:4, NLT) b. So I Can Live A Life Of Purpose The vast majority of people in this world, including the vast majority of people that ...

4102. What Do I Do When My Prayers Go Unanswered?

Deuteronomy 3:1-11, 23-26

Sermon

James Merritt

... a wall." Let me assure you that if you have a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ and you are walking with the Lord, you are never talking to a wall, though it may seem like it. Actually, I purposely gave my message a title that is ... , just before he is going to die and he makes one last attempt and this is his prayer. "I also pleaded with the LORD at that time, saying, 'O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your servant Your greatness and Your strong hand; for what god is there in heaven or on ...

4103. A Blast from the Past

Deuteronomy 6:20-25

Sermon

James Merritt

... Back At God's Providence Over Your Life "...then you shall say to your son: ‘We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand;'..." (v.21) Israel was poised to cross the Jordan because of God's providence in ... we were protected from death and didn't even know it. Ps. 68:20 says, "Our God is the God of salvation; and to God the Lord belong escapes from death." I can remember the closest I ever came to dying, I was 20 years old; I was barreling down Interstate 285 ...

4104. Bring It On

Hebrews 4:15-16

Sermon

James Merritt

... down from here. For it is written: ‘He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you, In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.'" And Jesus answered and said to him, ‘It has been said, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'" (Lk. 4:9-12) Here was the classic temptation to look out for number one. What Satan was trying to do was perform by-pass surgery on Jesus, saying "Why don't you just by-pass the cross and go straight for the crown?" You see Satan was ...

4105. Focus on the Finish

Hebrews 12:1-2

Sermon

James Merritt

... that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it." Now the Lord is not just looking for runners in this race, He is looking for winners. Everyday He wants you to strap on your running shoes; put ... He is measuring you with a yardstick. It's really not how fast you run, it's how far you run that really counts with the Lord. You must run with determination. But the secret to winning the race is to focus on the finish. That's why we continue to read, "... ...

4106. Dead Man Walking

John 11:38-44, John 11:17-37, John 11:1-16

Sermon

James Merritt

... the room. Of course, Bobby Jones has been dead for many years and Tiger Woods said, "I would ask how he came back, because when I go out what I want to know is how can I come back?" I've got the answer to Tiger Woods – believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will find out that death does not have the final say – Jesus does. He has conquered the fear of death and He is the only hope because Easter Sunday tells us that Jesus paid it all. [1] www.massmoments.org; Ben Patterson, The Grand Essentials (Waco ...

4107. My Mission from God

John 17:18

Sermon

James Merritt

... . It is so important that if you fail to fulfill this mission, you will have wasted a big part of the life that God gave you. The Apostle Paul put it this way, "My life is worth nothing unless I use it for doing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus - the work of telling others the Good News about God's wonderful kindness and love." (Acts 20:24, NLT) There are primarily two ways that this purpose is accomplished. One is through what we call - missions and one is through what we call evangelism. Here is the ...

4108. No Doubt about It

John 20:24-29

Sermon

James Merritt

... courage to ask a question and he had the courage to demand an answer. "So the other disciples were saying to him, 'We have seen the Lord!' But he said to them, 'Unless I see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the ... where I am going." (John 14:1-4, NASB) Jesus had hardly finished these great words, before Thomas blurts out and says, "Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?" (John 20:5, NASB) Do you want to know the truth? ...

4109. Mary: The Promise Conceived

Luke 1:26-55

Sermon

James Merritt

... is because she decided to believe God's Word. Mary's cousin, Elizabeth, understood that. She said, "You are blessed because you believed that the Lord would do what He said." (Luke 1:45, NLT) I want to tell every one of you here this morning if you are not experiencing ... can not help but prioritize God's Worship which is why we read in verse 46 and 47, "And Mary said: 'My soul exalts the Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.'" (Luke 1:46-47, NASB) The rest of what you read down through verse 55 is ...

4110. When I Am Tempted

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... , throw Yourself down; for it is written, 'HE WILL COMMAND HIS ANGELS CONCERNING YOU'; and 'ON their HANDS THEY WILL BEAR YOU UP, SO THAT YOU WILL NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.' Jesus said to him, 'On the other hand, it is written, 'YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.'" Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory; and he said to Him, "All these things I will give You, if You fall down and worship me." Then Jesus said to ...

4111. Who Wants To Be a Millionaire

Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

James Merritt

... your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!" (vv.22-23) It's interesting here that the Lord Jesus talks about the eye being the "lamp of the body." When you are reading, to transmit a page of print to your brain, light waves must pass through the cornea at the front of the eye, to the fluid-filled outer chamber, the aqueous humor, and then through the ...

4112. The King and His Kingdom

Matthew 6:33

Sermon

James Merritt

... We just saw where we are to pray "Your kingdom come." (Luke 11:2) Jesus said in Mt. 7:21, "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of God." On the other hand, it is also clear that the kingdom of God is here even now. On one occasion ... life ought to be to seek the King of the kingdom. But it is not enough just to say "All right, I will seek the Lord." You must seek Him first. King Jesus is not interested in being the first runner-up in your beauty contest. He is not interested in ...

4113. God and the Minimum Wage

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

James Merritt

... is undeserved, think about this—you didn't even deserve to be born! That raises a key question. Do you serve God for what He will give to you? Or do you serve God for what you can give to Him, and trust Him to do what is right? The Lord rewarded these last workers not for their time, but for their trust; not for their labor but for their love. It was not what they did, but why they did it that got them a full reward. I know Unions and the Labor Relations Board would say, "It's only ...

4114. Law and Order

Nehemiah 7:73b--8:18

Sermon

James Merritt

... people who had gathered on that street corner and they were asking that I preach to them God's Word. I preached for seven minutes on being born again and I saw seventy-three people standing in a foot of snow praying out loud and receiving Jesus Christ as their Lord and as their Savior. I couldn't help but think that afternoon of how we complain when the buildings are too warm or too cold, or the weather is rainy and yet these people stood in a blizzard just to hear the Word of God. II. We Must Personally ...

4115. Counting the Cost of Discipleship

Luke 14:25-33

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... battle for Christ. That's a high cost. Soren Kierkegaard said that there are a lot of parade-ground Christians who wear the uniforms of Christianity, but few who are willing to do battle for Christ and his kingdom. When it comes to doing battle for the Lord, too many church members are just sitting on the premises instead of leaning on the promises of God. On Easter, in the days of Communist domination in Russia, a Communist leader made a scathing speech to a large crowd against God and faith. Then he ended ...

4116. A Puzzling Parable with a Sharp Point

Luke 16:1-13

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... Gleb was one of the poorest of the poor, but she was one of the top givers in the congregation. When her pastor asked her about her giving, she humbly said that as a little girl she had learned to tithe, to give ten percent of her income to the Lord through the church off the top, before bills were paid. She didn't have much income now, she said, mostly Social Security money, but she was glad to share it with her church. Her pastor, who had a very small salary, decided that if Ada could tithe on her little ...

4117. Faithquakes

Luke 17:5-10

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... forgiveness is compounded when we hear Peter's question in Matthew 18:21-22: "... Peter came and said to him (Jesus) ‘Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times'? Jesus said to ... law tells us that there are consequences to our sins. A murderer told a pastor, "I have been converted. I have accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. I have repented for my terrible sins and I hope that God will forgive me and that someday I can go to heaven. But ...

4118. Building God’s Kingdom: The Christian Challenge

Romans 10:8-13

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... through our united efforts. But we, as Paul suggests to the Romans, and Jesus states directly at the end of his Sermon on the Mount, we must build that kingdom, our spiritual house, on Christ, the foundation of life. With Jesus as the foundation, we are the Lord's coworkers. Saint Teresa of Avila, the great sixteenth-century Carmelite nun and church reformer put it this way in a famous prayer: "Christ has no body on earth but yours, no hands no feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes with which Christ ...

4119. Sharing God’s Love

Hebrews 10:16-25

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... as the story of the king and his sons indicates, and our reading from the letter to the Hebrews says, Jesus' action has changed everything. Through his act of love the world has been washed clean. It is a new day as Jesus reigns supreme as Lord and King from the wood of the cross. Writing most probably after the destruction of Jerusalem and the Diaspora, the author of the letter to the Hebrews had time and perspective to reflect on what Jesus' death meant to the nascent, but burgeoning Christian community ...

4120. New Creations in Christ

Revelation 21:1-6

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... s people. The former world, with all its repulsive characteristics that gave it the appearance of a creation enslaved to sin, will disappear. No longer will there be tears, death, pain, or mourning. Then, in the only passage in Revelation where God speaks, we hear the Lord say, "See, I am making all things new ... I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end" (21:5b, 6b). God is saying that all that was declared earlier in this passage will take place. All will be accomplished. The message of the ...

4121. Gateway to Grace

Joshua 5:9-12

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... the things that encumber us, the attachments to this earth that may be attractive, but which bind us fast to the earth. The idolatry of racism, the illusion of nationalism, the temptation of materialism — get rid of them. Recognize who is the captain of the army of the Lord. It's a little scary. As the scripture text tells us (5:12), it means no more manna! The manna fed the children of Israel in the wilderness, but evidently it could be pretty tiresome fare. It was free for the taking, and it was a sign ...

4122. New Covenant, New Testament

Jeremiah 31:27-34

Sermon

John Wayne Clarke

... by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt — a covenant that they broke, though I was their husband says the Lord" (31:32). You see, do you not, that the people broke the covenant, not God? And one of the main reasons the covenant was ... people had lived with. In our reading we hear, "But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people ...

4123. Building the Temple of God

Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31

Sermon

John Wayne Clarke

... ," is used three times in these verses. The use of that word is reminiscent of God's admonition of other crucial situations of the past. Joshua was encouraged with similar words, "I hereby command you; be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go." Joshua was never told that he was bound to fail and would never live up to the reputation of Moses. On the contrary, he was encouraged, and as a result he was the one who led the Israelites into ...

4124. 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13

1 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... these Christians so that they my increase also in “holiness.” Paul’s prayer looks to the future and he offers all the help he can in order to prepare the Thessalonians for that final day of judgment when they will stand before God. Only faith in the “Lord Jesus” and the superabundance of a life lived in love will enable all the faithful to stand “blameless” at that moment. Again, Paul’s prayer teaches as he prays, for it emphasizes that these events will be ushered in “at the coming of our ...

4125. Every Day God Enriches

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... and our brother Sosthenes, [2] To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, together with all those who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours: [3] Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. [4] I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that has been given you in Christ Jesus, [5] for in every way you have been enriched in him, in speech and knowledge ...

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