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Sermon
King Duncan
... ran away, but God was actively seeking Jacob. In his dream God promised Jacob, "I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you." Notice that God spoke to Jacob in a dream but Jacob was wide awake when he responded. He exclaimed, "Surely the LORD is in this place and I did not know it." Jacob learned a very valuable lesson. While he could hide from his brother, he could not hide from God. "How awesome is this place!" Jacob exclaimed. "This is none other than the house of God, and this is the ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... dog, that you come to me with sticks?" Then Goliath cursed David. He told David that he could take care of him with very little effort. Then David told Goliath, "You come to me with sword and spear and shield; but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied." David knew that more was at stake here than a fight to the finish between David and Goliath, man against man. What was really at stake was a battle between the one True God and the false ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... Like Lyman Woodard standing on his head in that New England belfrey, David burst loose with a display of reckless exhuberance. It was truly a time of celebration. David's dancing was so wild and exuberant that he embarrassed his wife. But he was dancing for the Lord, and he was dancing because he had brought the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem according to his vision and according to God's will. This brings us to an intrinsic value of every vision: WHEN WE SEE A VISION BECOME REALITY, OUR HEARTS ARE FILLED ...
Sermon
Eric Ritz
... 't it? We want God. We want to know that God lives and that God cares and that God is with us. Immanuel! Mark Connelly in his classic play, GREEN PASTURES, has the angel Gabriel walk on the stage with his horn under his arm, and approach the Lord who is in deep thought. God is troubled about what is happening among his people on earth. God is troubled ” because he has sent prophets and messengers but the people refuse to listen to them. God is troubled about humanity's sinful ways. Gabriel offers to blow ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... to risk another person before I risk myself." (5) Jesus was not the first person, nor the last, to lay down his life in behalf of others. Our simple contention is that in Jesus we see the lengths to which God will go to save sinful humanity. Jesus is Lord. Jesus is more than God's representative; Jesus is God present with us. Jesus is God's heart exposed for all the world to see. And one thing more: JESUS CHRIST IS OUR ONLY HOPE OF SALVATION. An outstanding Bible teacher of the past century, C.I. Scofield ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... the usual cast of characters had gathered around the manger, and the choir sang a carol, a young woman wearing a white sari and a nurse's cap stepped onto the stage and knelt before the manger. The nurse told the audience how she enjoyed serving the Lord as a Christian nurse. She was followed by an Indian workman carrying a hoe, one of the maintenance staff, who mounted the platform. This man knelt before the manger, then announced to the startled audience that he had once had leprosy and had been doomed to ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... be washed all over. I think the disciples said to themselves that night, "If no one else is going to do it, I won't do it either." And thus they were willing to go to dinner with unwashed feet. In the midst of this conflict, it is the Lord Jesus Christ, who takes off all his garments, except for a loin cloth, and takes upon himself the lowly duties of a servant. Notice he first gives the example, then he teaches it. Max Lucado describes it so vividly: "As they argue, the basin sits in the corner, untouched ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... is ascribed to God. THE SECOND IS THAT ANYPLACE GOD DWELLS THERE IS GLORY. God dwells in the heavens, so they shine with God's glory. God dwells in the temple, so the temple shines with God's glory. The Psalmist sings, "I love the house where you live, O Lord, the place where your glory dwells." And if God dwells within us, then our lives will shine with God's glory. St. Paul writes, "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God?" When the ...
4884. Sister Act
Luke 10:38-42
Sermon
Eric Ritz
... s Last Supper. The man said to his wife, "That reminds me. I have an Administrative Board meeting tomorrow." Do you get it? The Lord's Supper was not a church meeting, but a fellowship meal. Church meetings are important, but only if they are connected to God. All ... to say is that I don't want your dress. I want you." (3) I know it is almost too good to believe, but what the Lord God of the universe actually wants is to spend some time with you and me. We need Marys who can learn from Marthas. We need Marthas ...
Sermon
Siegfried S. Johnson
... Jesus he loved. Three times. Once, as it were, for each year he walked with Jesus. Only a few days earlier he had proclaimed, "Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death!" Now, warming himself by the fire, he denies Jesus in rapid-fire ... third person able to pick Peter out of a lineup, "Man, I do not know what you are talking about!" The cock crowed. The Lord turned to look upon Peter. Eye contact. Peter's heart splintered under an awesome sense of unworthiness. It was more than he could stand. ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... church of India claims Thomas as their founder. There's nothing wrong with honest doubt, as long as it is a questing doubt which seeks answers. There's nothing wrong with honest doubt which ultimately sees the truth, acts upon it and then makes a claim like Thomas, "My Lord and My God." How much better it is to know Jesus, than to be stuck in neutral, as a cynical doubter who misses the simple joys of life. There are very few people whose lives are not improved when they move from a life of doubt to a life ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... and I want your help." Young people, that is God's call to every generation: "I'm getting ready to cause some excitement in this land and I want your help." And, if enough young people--and enough older people--answer as did Samuel, "Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening," then exciting things do happen. Suddenly extreme adventures as well as extreme fashions seem somewhat irrelevant. Suddenly you are in tune with the mind and the heart of the universe and every day throbs with the excitement of being ...
4888. Surprise!
Luke 4:14-30
Sermon
King Duncan
... was to suffer, to be held captive. They had waited hundreds of years for the fulfillment of this prophecy, and were prepared to wait hundreds more if necessary. And now a poor, no-name carpenter claims to be that Messiah who would “proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord." How would you react if you were in their shoes? Is it any wonder that later on in the chapter we discover that the men of the synagogue tried to kill Jesus? Of course, he got away. But we can't blame the Nazarene congregation for their ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... his authority: "Why, even the writings of Moses himself prove this," he said. "For when [Moses] describes how God appeared to him in the burning bush, he speaks of God as `the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' To say that the Lord is some person's God means that person is alive, not dead! So from God's point of view," Jesus concludes, "all men are living." Again, what a unique argument. The Old Testament actually says very little about life after death, but Jesus indicates that it is ...
4890. Held Hostage
John 18:28-40
Sermon
King Duncan
... of the Jews. That's a racial king. He is king of Israel. That's a national king. He's a king of righteousness. He's a king of the ages. He's the king of heaven. He is the king of glory. He's the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Now that's my king . . . He's enduringly strong, He's entirely sincere, He's eternally steadfast. He's immortally graceful. He's imperially powerful. He's impartially merciful. That's my king . . . He's the wellspring of wisdom, He's the doorway of deliverance, He's the pathway ...
Sermon
Angela Akers
... sin: discreetly, tastefully, at the proper time, and bring a Jell-O salad for dessert." (3) I love Garrison Keillor's sense of humor, but there is nothing discreet or tasteful about the description of repentance that we find in these verses. "Even now," declares the Lord, "return to Me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning. Rend your heart and not your garments." (vs. 12-13a) In Joel's day, it was common for people in mourning to tear their clothes and to weep loudly. In a time when ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and through you all families of the earth will be blessed." Scripture sums up Abraham's response like this: "So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him." No argument. No deals: "Now Lord if you will give me a bigger house in this new land, then I'll know you are with me . . . Lord, if you would just give me a sign. A new Mercedes would do." None of that. God spoke, Abraham obeyed. He took his family and all he owned and headed out toward a new ...
4893. Dark Shadows
Exodus 17:1-7
Sermon
King Duncan
... years. The joke is, of course, that Moses, being a man, refused to ask for directions. No wonder, though, that the people were dissatisfied with Moses' leadership. They were weary. They were thirsty. And they were afraid. The situation got so serious that Moses went to the Lord. "What shall I do with this people?" he asked. "They're almost ready to stone me." And we can understand. The people felt forsaken in the wilderness. You and I have been there, haven't we? We may not know what it is to wander in a ...
Sermon
Frank Lyman
... place where he said it. Caesarea Philippi is not just another Palestinian town. Caesarea Philippi is a city in northern Palestine on the southern slope of Mt. Hermon. It is one of the three sources for the River Jordan, and is it not appropriate that our Lord would go to the headwaters of his baptismal source to share his ultimate self-revelation? In antiquity Caesarea Philippi was a site for pagan Baal worship. When Greek culture came to the land it took the name Paneas as it became a cult center for the ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare . . . Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near." (Isaiah 55: 1-2, 6) Jesus is not offering the people food. He is offering himself. He is offering all the power and promises of God in the flesh. Amy Carmichael was a missionary to India for fifty ...
4896. I Am Unworthy
Jeremiah 1:1-19, Jeremiah 6:1-30
Sermon
King Duncan
... 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 saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!" For he and all who were with him were amazed at the catch of fish that they had taken . . ." In our lesson from I Corinthians, Paul is telling about the appearances of the risen Christ, and he says, "Then he appeared to James, then ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... , Peter expressed his judgment concerning the credentials of the new apostle. After some discussion two men were nominated: Joseph, called Barabbas, who was surnamed Justus; and Matthias. Then the whole company prayed about their decision. That is the second step. They prayed, "Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, show which of these two thou hast chosen to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside, to go to his place." Our minds may be valuable assets in discerning ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... they come from?' I said to him, "˜Sir, you are the one that knows.' Then he said to me, "˜These are they who have come out of the great ordeal; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.'" For many followers of our Lord, the "great ordeal" continues. And many are still willing to answer the call. It's true. There are still people willing to make the ultimate sacrifice. For a picture of people willing to lay down their lives for a higher good, you and I need only to go back ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... put in charge of Potiphar's whole household, and it prospered under Joseph's wise and discerning management. Soon, Joseph became his right-hand man. Gen. 39: 2-3 says, "The Lord was with Joseph and he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master. When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord gave him success in everything he did, Joseph found favor in his eyes, and became his attendant." Just as Joseph was starting to prosper, he encountered another test of faith. Potiphar ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... pray for deliverance, but the other man just sat there, watching the growing waves. His companions begged him to pray, but he hesitated. He said that it had been years since he had prayed or been to church. They insisted and he finally said this short prayer: "O Lord, I have not asked for anything for fifteen years. If you will deliver us safely from us this storm, I promise you that I will not bother you again for another fifteen years!" If many of us were honest about it, we would have to confess that our ...
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