Dictionary: Face
Synonyms: countenance, physiognomy, profile, features, expression, facial expression, look, appearance, air, manner, bearing, guise, cast, aspect, impression, grimace, scowl, wry face, wince, frown, glower, smirk, pout, moue, side, flank, vertical, surface, plane, facet, wall, elevation, dial, display, (outward) appearance, nature, image, front, show, act, false front, facade, exterior, mask, masquerade, pretence, charade, pose, illusion, smokescreen, veneer, camouflage, respect, honour, esteem, regard, admiration, approbation, acclaim, approval, favour, appreciation, popularity, estimation, veneration, awe, reverence, deference, recognition, prestige, standing, status, dignity, glory, kudos, cachet, effrontery, audacity, nerve, gall, brazenness, brashness, shamelessness, look out on, front on to, look towards, be facing, have/afford/command a view of, look over/across, open out over, look on to, overlook, give on to, give over, be opposite (to), accept, come to accept, become reconciled to, reconcile oneself to, reach an acceptance (of), get used to, become accustomed to, adjust to, accommodate oneself to, acclimatize oneself to, be confronted by, be faced with, encounter, experience, come into contact with, run into, come across, meet, come up against, be forced to contend with, beset, worry, distress, cause trouble to, trouble, bother, confront, burden, brave, face up to, meet head-on, dare, defy, oppose, resist, withstand, cover, clad, skin, overlay, dress, pave, put a facing on, laminate, inlay, plate, coat, line
Antonyms: dodge, fear, back, give way, back down, dodge, avoid, throw in the towel, withdraw, cave in, retreat, succumb to, lay down one's arms, throw in the sponge, defer, submit, escape, bashfulness, shun, evade, elude
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26. Worship and Proper Attire
1 Corinthians 11:2-16
Teach the Text
Preben Vang
... of outward appearances. Tell about the situation and the cultural traditions and assumptions behind it. Explain how you felt and how this situation affects the way you feel about appearances and clothing. Compare or contrast that with the truth taught in this passage. Visual: Dress drastically differently from how you usually do. If you are a robe wearer, wear blue jeans and a T-shirt or motorcycle jacket; if you are a suit-and-tie type, try coming in a mechanic’s uniform or running suit. If you usually ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... who we really are. Originally the “disguises” worn on “All Hallows Eve” were supposed to fool the demons and other dark forces roaming the planet on that fateful night. The idea was that good Christians would be left alone by evil spirits if they dressed to look like they themselves were part of Satan’s army. How times have changed. I don’t think too many demons were put-off by Barbie Princesses, High School Musical cheerleaders, or Star Wars soldiers. Many parents found that this Halloween the ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... to one person a day, and today is not your day. Tomorrow doesn’t look too good either.” The Rev. Thomas had a negative reaction to the man’s shirt. What was this man thinking? Thomas wondered. And why did his wife let him get out of the house dressed that way? Why would he receive Christ’s broken body with a message emblazoned across his chest that read, “I can only be nice to one person a day, and today is not your day. Tomorrow doesn’t look too good either”? The next day the couple was back ...
29. Propriety in Worship
1 Corinthians 11:2-16
Understanding Series
Marion L. Soards
... are still as God made them in creation, men and women. They have not and they will not supersede their sexuality in this life, and showy attempts to rise above the God-given conditions of creation by doing such things as altering normal patterns of dress are inappropriate. 11:13 This verse begins a final line of argumentation (vv. 13–16) that puts the issue with which Paul has been laboring before the Corinthians for a last time and from still another angle. Paul launches this last piece of ancient logic ...
Sermon Aid
William E. Keeney
... periodically from the Roman government. 2. "Little Flock." (v. 32) The image of the flock of sheep as God's people appears in the Old Testament for the people of God. Jesus also used it elsewhere. The early church transferred that image to itself. 3. "Be Dressed for Action." (v. 35) The usual garb for Palestinians was a long, flowing robe that reached to the ankles. When persons prepared for swift travel, strenuous work, or warfare, they tucked up the bottom of the robe into their belt so that they were not ...
31. Proper 23
Exodus 32:1-33:6, Isaiah 25:1-12, Matthew 22:1-14, Philippians 4:1-9
Sermon Aid
Russell F. Anderson
... hall was filled with good and bad people 2. The Church is also composed of good and bad people the good trust in Christ; the bad do not Christians are both saints and sinners 3. Let us invite other sinners to the feast of life. Sermon Title: Dressed For Salvation. Sermon Angle: The second parable is closely related to the first. The king comes into the banquet hall and spies a man who does not have on the proper wedding attire. He is not prepared to enter into the celebration. Some interpreters wonder how ...
Sermon
John R. Brokhoff
... His wet clothes clung to his body, water was dripping off his hair and beard, he was shivering in the early morning cold - what a spectacle of a man before Jesus! But why did he put on his clothes? Probably out of respect for Jesus, he wanted to be properly dressed. Also, it may have been that he felt guilty for denying Jesus. His clothes, like Adam and Eve's, were a cover-up. Jim Bakker tried to cover up his sin with Jessica Hawn with greenbacks! Fish and Bread (v. 9) - When the men came off the boat, they ...
Sermon
... breast pocket and promptly forgot about it. A week later, while putting the coat back on, I reached inside and discovered the envelope, remembering that I was supposed to have given it to him. Of course, by then, the bill collectors were knocking at our door. Christians dress up for Lord’s Day worship. This custom is linked to baptism and it is linked to Easter. It is a symbol for the Easter message that is as vivid as any other. Symbols, of course, stand for something. They are not the thing itself, but ...
34. Merry XMas
John 1:1-18
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... go out on the stage." Finally her parents instructed her, "You must wear this costume, because when you are on stage, the people need to think of you as Mary and they will be confused if you are not dressed right." "NO!" said the girl. "If I can't wear my new red dress, I am not going out there." Clearly, the adults were getting nowhere. An emergency conference was convened. It was already past time for the play to begin. The Director stepped out from behind the curtains and announced, "Due to circumstances ...
Sermon
Darrick Acre
... through the surface. What did I see? I saw me! I am the one who has heard the king’s gracious call, who has responded with eagerness and joy, who has come into the king’s hall only to discover with a shock of shame, that I’m not dressed right. Don’t have the right stuff. Not measuring up! An unsightly spectacle. An embarrassment to my friends, to myself, and to God! And when called to account, I am speechless! Several months ago I raced up the escalator at the Boise Airport and dashed into the men ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... , because people know you can be relied upon to tell the truth. I believe the worst thing that can ever be said about someone is this: "You can't believe anything he says." You think about it. Would you hire someone if they had great skill, if they dressed nice, if they had good personalities, if they worked well with the public, but you could not believe anything that they said? Of course you wouldn't for that type of person causes trouble and stays in trouble. I heard about a man who was driving a car ...
37. Choosing a Master
Matthew 6:16-24
Sermon
Charles L. Aaron
... can make us feel trapped? The youth group at a church in Virginia found a way to break the chains that clothes put on them. If any event in youth can become a burden, it is prom night. Every year the bar seems to be raised: the right dress, the right tux, the right limo. Everything becomes a contest. The youth at this church gathered up clothes, purses, shoes, and all of the other necessities for prom night. They shipped all of the gear to a community in Mississippi ravaged by the hurricanes. Prom became a ...
Understanding Series
Gordon D. Fee
... to follow Satan” (v. 15; cf. 2:14 and 4:2). His advice there is similar to what is given here. They should marry (ct. 4:3), have children (cf. 2:15), and take care of their homes (5:14). Within that context, both the instructions on modest dress and on neither teaching nor having authority over men, as well as the illustration of Eve, who was equally deceived by Satan, plus the final instruction in verse 15 on bearing children, can all be shown to make sense. Whether any of this is also related to the ...
39. Welcoming Christ
Romans 14:1--15:13
Sermon
Frank Luchsinger
... found an off-white sleeveless formal in the hard to find size two. Then off to the shoe department they went while her friends went in search of pantyhose. Surprisingly calm, Julia finally blitzed the cosmetics counter because the thieves, along with the dress, had taken even the bridal make-up kit. Arriving at the church for photos at ten, the bride told the pastor of her adventure. In the service the minister reminded the couple of obstacles already faced and overcome. "No matter what kind of obstacle ...
40. The real you
2 Corinthians 4:18
Children's Sermon
... . These are some possibilities.) You could wear a wig. You could put make-up on. When you look in the mirror with a mask or dress-up clothes or a wig or make-up, do you look like the same person? (Let them respond.) No, you look like someone else. How ... don't even look like that baby that was this big. (Demonstrate.) But you are still the same person whether you grow up or whether you dress up or whether you wear a mask. Those things only change you on the outside. Our lesson today has a big word in it. That ...
41. The Real You
2 Corinthians 4:18
Children's Sermon
... . These are some possibilities.) You could wear a wig. You could put make-up on. When you look in the mirror with a mask or dress-up clothes or a wig or make-up, do you look like the same person? (Let them respond.) No, you look like someone else. How ... don't even look like that baby that was this big. (Demonstrate.) But you are still the same person whether you grow up or whether you dress up or whether you wear a mask. Those things only change you on the outside. Our lesson today has a big word in it. That ...
42. Sister Act
Luke 10:38-42
Sermon
Eric Ritz
... only a phone call now and then. Then only holidays and birthdays. Soon, he joined a country club and golf became his passion after work. On his mother's 65th birthday, he went to a fashionable dress shop and purchased an expensive dress. He dropped it off and said, "Mother, happy birthday." She opened the package and looked at the dress. "Oh, Son, thank you. I appreciate so much what you've done." He said, "Mother, you don't like it." She said, "Oh, yes, I do. It's my color. Thank you." He said, "Mother, I ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... with emotion, "I long to tell you how deep my love for Wal-Mart is?" Can you imagine followers of Jesus Christ who do not come together on a regular basis to sing, "I long to tell you how deep my love for Jesus is?" Let's get real. Those dressed in white robes were not worshiping for the first time in Heaven. They were continuing a practice they had followed religiously when they were here. Where do we touch God? We touch God in the life of Jesus of Nazareth. We touch God when we are going through a great ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... Space Coast newspaper decided to find out, and ran a test on U. S. Route One with a twenty-two year old actress, Sally Mullins, who played the distressed driver in five different roles: Career woman: standing by the side of her broken down Pontiac, dressed in a double-breasted suit, holding up a "stop and please help sign" - sixty-two cars passed and a minute and a half before a man pulled over and offered assistance. Pregnant woman: disguised with about eight months of padding under her blouse, this time ...
45. Lazarus
Luke 16:19-31
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... Over Jerusalem (Zechariah 3) Clothed With the Garments of Salvation (Isaiah 61) Psalm 30: Clothed in God’s Favor The Conversion of Lydia (Acts 16) Luke’s Witness to Jesus’ Parable About “Lazarus” and a “Certain” Rich Man There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. “The time came ...
Children's Sermon
B. Kathleen Fannin
... Christian means following the example of Jesus and being just who God created you to be -- yourself! "Still," I wonder out loud, "how would I know you are a Christian if you were just being yourself? If it didn't depend on how you looked or how you were dressed, what would tell me?" As the children's puzzled silence grows, I continue. "Let me give you a hint. There's a song that ends with the words, 'And they'll know we are Christians by our love.' " Eyes light up with understanding. "They'll know by how we ...
47. Christmas 1
Isaiah 61:10–62:3, Luke 2:21-40, Galatians 3:23–4:7, Colossians 3:12-21
Sermon Aid
Russell F. Anderson
... offers us the promise of the race of life. In December the goal line of that race is just ahead. Whether we live in January or December, the Lord's faithful have great cause to rejoice. SERMON POSSIBILITIES Old Testament: Isaiah 61:10--62:3 1. Sermon Title: Dressing For Salvation. Sermon Angle: In verse 10 the prophet exalts that God has clothed him with the garments of salvation. We don't pick out the wardrobe. God has already done so. We are saved not by our efforts but God's grace. By the light of the ...
Sermon
Lee Griess
... this assurance, he is lifted up before them into the heavens until a cloud hid him from their sight. Deus Ascendit. God has gone up. In the first chapter of Acts, after Jesus had ascended into heaven, the disciples stood there gazing into the sky. Suddenly two men dressed in white appeared beside them and said, "Men of Galilee, why are you standing here looking up in the sky? This very Jesus who has been taken from you into heaven will come back just the same way as you have seen him go." And at this the ...
49. Jesus' New Job
Philippians 2:6
Children's Sermon
Wesley T. Runk
... to be that way. Let's check with our girls and see how they are doing. Oh, my, aren't they pretty. High heels, long dress, fur piece aroung their neck. I see they even have on long gloves, earrings, and a necklace. They put something on their lips, what do ... so that we could have our sins forgiven and have eternal life. Your mother is the prettiest woman in the whole world when she is dressed up, but she has a very important job to do being your mother and she will give up being the prettiest woman in the ...
Sermon
Steve Swanson
... . He had been playing that role from the beginning and he stayed in it all the way to the cross. Jesus was born a king, but a king who walked through his kingdom on foot as a suffering servant, just as the prophet Isaiah had predicted. Not only did Jesus dress like a slave, he acted like a slave and served like a slave. He took a basin of water and began to wash their feet. As Jesus went from disciple to disciple, it was almost as if he was baptizing their feet. Some of the disciples merely submitted. They ...
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