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4576. A New Command on Mother's Day

2 Timothy 1:5

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... day when we're trying to show our loving appreciation for all that love we've received from the special person called "Mom," it is so fitting that we hear Jesus say what he said here in our text: "A new command I give you: Love one another." Actually, Jesus' command to love one another is appropriate for any day of the year, but it does take on special meaning on a day like today since included in that command to love, are those special ladies who brought us into this world and loved us in a way that only a ...

4577. What's Holding You Together?

Matthew 7:21-23

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... show how we are “fearfully and wonderfully made.” I want to use laminin to challenge you this morning with a fearful and wonderful choice. It’s a choice that determines how you go through life: trying to hold yourself together, or being held in the hands of a loving God. Are you trying to hold the whole word in your hands? Or have you let God hold the whole world in God’s hands? Every year or so a flurry of activity on eBay indicates the discovery of a new “relic.” In the first thousand years of ...

4578. Those Romans 7 Moments

Romans 7:7-25

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Leonard Sweet

... For our Romans 7 Moments, we have a Romans 8 God: And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him . . . What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? (32) He who did not spare ... for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? . . . . (35) Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? (36) As it is written: "For your sake we ...

4579. The Scarlet Letter

Exodus 20:14

Sermon

James Merritt

... as your Lord. You should be totally sold out to Christ, and totally committed to your spouse. It is said that Adam and Eve were walking in the Garden of Eden the first day they got to know each other. She looked at him and said, "Adam, do you really love me?" He thought for a moment, looked around, and then said, "Eve, as far as I am concerned, you are the only girl in the world." Well, that ought to be the attitude we have toward our spouses. There is no other man and no other woman for us; that ...

4580. God Really Cares

Matthew 27:46

Sermon

James Merritt

... take. He withstood the beatings and said not a word; He remained strong at the mock trial; He watched in silence as those he loved ran away; He did not retaliate when the insults were hurled; He did not scream when the nails pierced his wrists. But when God ... was angry with the sin that befouled the Son. When you look at this statement you should see two things: 1) How much God loves the sinner; but 2) How much God hates the sin. When you see that you'll understand one other beautiful truth. III. The Majesty ...

4581. Food For Thought

1 Peter 1:13-21

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James Merritt

... that raises at least two questions you have to answer. First of all, has this God revealed Himself? You see, the greatest question of all is not: Is there a God? But if there is a God, has that God spoken? Because if I am going to know God, love God, find God, and serve God, He must reveal Himself to me. But if He has that raises a second question. How has God revealed Himself, and the Bible says that God has especially revealed Himself in two ways: through the Scriptures and through the Savior. Heb. 1:1 ...

4582. Bridging the Generation Gap

Ephesians 6:1-4

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James Merritt

... made it through the maze in ninety seconds, and his attitude was a whole lot better. When I was a kid growing up I used to love to read Aesop's fables. There is an Aesop's fable in which the wind and sun argued over who was the stronger. The wind said ... deny them the privileges I know could do them harm. Make me fair, just and kind, and fit me, O Lord, to be loved, respected, and imitated by my children, and help me always remember that better parents raise better children. No parent can ever guarantee how ...

4583. No Excuses

Luke 9:57-62

Sermon

James Merritt

... me?" His dad said, "Son, I do forgive you." He said, "Dad, may I please come home?" The dad said, "Yes son, I would love to have you come home. But before you sit down, put some wood on the fire." You see, Jesus wants prompt obedience, but he ... a father to my children. So I want to speak to you now not as a pastor, but as a family man. Nobody in this world loves their family more than I do. But not even your family is to come before Jesus. Anybody that chooses their earthly family over their Heavenly Father ...

4584. Whatever It Takes

1 Corinthians 9:19-23

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James Merritt

... a young man named Timothy, who was Paul's son in the gospel. His father was a Gentile, therefore he was considered a Gentile. He loved God and he wanted to reach people for Christ. But v.3 tells us, "Paul wanted to have him go on with him. And he ... any superstitions; but when he was with the Gentiles he would not eat meat sacrificed to idols. Again Paul understood that liberty is limited by love. If you're going to win people to Jesus Christ you can't always do what you want to do; you must always do what ...

4585. The Marks Of A Spiritual Counterfeit

Jude 1:12-13

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James Merritt

... were meant to unite the church, and use these as occasions to divide the church. Never forget that the apostate and the devil have one thing in common. They want to destroy the faith, the fruitfulness, and the fellowship of the church. These apostates were turning love feasts into hate fests. The word spots literally means “hidden reefs.” It refers to rocks that lurk beneath the surface of the sea, ready to sink any ship that sails over them. The church was in danger of running aground on the rocks of ...

4586. Romans 8:26-30

Romans 8:18-27

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Leonard Sweet

... :15: “always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.” for Paul it is Romans 8:27: “all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.” These may be two of the greatest single statements on hope in all of New Testament outside of the red-letters. Although Paul is describing the hope that he finds unique to Jesus’ disciples, he contextualizes this new ...

4587. The True Olympians

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... are called to present your bodies as dedicated beings. Like the Olympic athletes, like Michael Phelps, you are called to “will one thing:” you are to be the Body of Christ for this world. We are to dedicate our bodies to showing the world how much God loves it. Like each Olympian athlete who represents their country and wants to do their best for their country, we represent God. We are God’s ambassadors. As I look out on you this morning, I don’t see very many of you who have written best-selling ...

4588. How To Be An Easter Person

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... locked doors. There is a great promise in the Old Testament book of Jeremiah about those who search for God. “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you, declares the Lord.” (Jer. 29:13) Folks, I love our huge Easter crowds. We all know that many folks are in churches today who do not usually attend. I welcome these folks. To them I offer this gentle admonition -there is a big difference between the way we treat a dead hero and a living Lord. We honor the ...

4589. I Believe That Jesus Was Conceived By The Holy Spirit

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... to be fed regularly. Now with all that care and attention, you would think that the fish would adore the owner. But they don’t. Anytime he comes around, they dart away in fear. The owner is like a god to those fish, too big to comprehend, too frightening to love. The only way to change that would be for the owner to somehow become a fish and communicate the truth to the other fish. Similarly, God had to become a person to communicate with us. Because God wanted to send his very best to us, he made a visit ...

4590. A Peculiar People

1 Peter 2:1-10

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... to believe in the role of the ordained—I've spent 35 years of my life doing this—but Peter's letter is addressed to all the church. You are all "a royal priesthood." All are called to go between God and the world. All are called to carry the love of Christ to others. All are called to be the servant people of God. All are called to be priests to one another. In contrast to the priests of the pagan temples around them who were venerated, pampered and out of touch with the common people, Peter calls the ...

4591. Only Matthew…Only Joseph

Matthew 1:1-13

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John E. Harnish

... to experience our pain, going with us all the way to our death, in order to make known God's unending, unfathomable, undeserved, unlimited love. I came across a column I clipped from the Ann Arbor News a few years ago by columnist Jo Mathis, entitled "Crazy World ... my raiment was new when he rose. This clothing I wear with a difference— It's flesh that the King entered in! He put there his love and his almighty law And it never can be what it's been. I'm nothing, nobody, no one, I'm someone in Christ who's ...

4592. The Twenty-Ninth Chapter of Acts

2 Timothy 4:1-22

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... saints in the life of the church. It is Paul's last word, the final summary of his life and work: "I have fought the good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith." Because, quite honestly, some have not. Paul says Demas, in love with the world, deserted him. Crescens departed the mission and went to Galatia. Titus has gone off to Dalmatia. Alexander, the coppersmith, did him great harm. When he went before the courts, no one stood by him. He warns Timothy that the time is coming when people ...

4593. Keeping Shut About the Good News

Acts 3:1-10; Acts 4:13-20

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John E. Harnish

... wonder just what it was that he saw in them. Maybe it was their demeanor. Maybe it was their warmth. Maybe you could see the love of Jesus just flowing from them. Or maybe they just looked gullible—a couple of country bumpkins, just common fishermen in the city for the ... drum." You can't share if you don't care. You can't give what you don't have. But once you have experienced the love of Christ, you can't keep shut about the Good News. Here comes the post script: Some years ago, my brother and I were ...

4594. Taking the Long View

2 Peter 3:8-15a

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Donald Charles Lacy

... to the promises of the one who called himself the Son of Man, and abiding truth emerges. It has a way of explaining both our Lord's first and his second coming. In all cases it has to do with "holiness and godliness." Our hope is encompassed in an eternal love that can give us untold joy, as generations pass. No one is above this view and in one way or another all are ultimately subjected to it. There is a call for celebration not because we emerge as people of hope but as the Holy One reveals himself both ...

4595. Training for a Purpose

Titus 2:11-14

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Donald Charles Lacy

... Bethlehem is elevated for all to see how beautiful it is! Now it can be said and felt that those Christians have something I don't have and I want it! The stars in the heavens sing out in perfect harmony that Jesus Christ is born, and that everlasting love, as practiced in human relations, is possible because we witness it in action. 4. A wholesome sense of service is among those few essentials of the faith. The long and short of it is we are intended to be useful to and for others in the highest and best ...

4596. Being Single-minded

1 Corinthians 7:29-31

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Donald Charles Lacy

... . Our call to radical living under the banner of Christ does not close the door to intelligent and dutiful dialogue. Who has to have the greatest influence in our lives? Friends, this is a no-brainer! We are to be immersed in the healing waters of his love. It is a love that knows no bounds. It reasonably follows that such a style of living will rub off on others. In the Christian context, not to be fishers of men and women is a sad commentary and contradiction. To be sure, idealism is much at work here and ...

4597. Strength through Diversity

James 2:1-17

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... we did not ignore each other, except for the occasional sniff or handshake at church or greeting during a holiday? "Just think how many broken hearts would be mended, how many tears dried if we cared enough to notice and to share a bit of genuine love. It's too bad that more love can be generated by a puppy wagging its tail to cheer one up than what we do. But I guess that's the way it is with dogs! What about us?" James provides us with a significant challenge — to actualize the second half of the Golden ...

4598. Dots on a Screen

Hebrews 9:24-28

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Lee Ann Dunlap

... his promised return, a survivor of death itself. Like the crowd of Hebrew worshipers outside the holy of holies, we await the moment when our high priest Jesus shall reappear and we shall sing and shout for joy with his pronouncement of God's eternal love and continuing presence. In the meantime, we are called to "get real" in our own faith journey. Our response to the "reality television fad": "Get a real life!" Rather than peering in as others exorcise their fears and passions in a half-scripted "reality ...

4599. Christ’s Twin

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... others, even giving up his life in our behalf. He knew that he was God’s child. The reason so many people are so mean-spirited and so uncharitable to others is that they have no idea who they really are. You are a child of Almighty God. You were loved from the foundation of the universe. You don’t have to tear down, to bring others down to your level. Your job is to lift others up to the level Christ has brought you. After all, Christ has called you brother or sister. Don’t you understand that? Don ...

4600. Don’t Fear the Wait

Mark 13:1-8

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Richard Gribble

... as much for you as you did for me so many years ago. You can wait and not fear, for at the end of the road you will find love and welcome awaiting you, and you will be safe in God's care. I will watch and pray for you until you are out of my sight. I ... , let us find the time to wait with joy and wonder. Let us take the time to wait for God, who created us, has loved us, and stands ready to greet us with his words of encouragement, "Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for ...

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