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26. If We Had Known It Was You

Matthew 25:31-46

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James McCormick

... troubling line – “If we had known it was you.” If we had known it was you we would have acted differently. I. I think I know now what was bothering me. Implied both in the spiritual and in the line from “Godspell” is that it’s okay to have one set of behavioral standards for one group of people and another set of standards for another group. For special people, like Jesus, we are to be on our best behavior. But, for ordinary, run-of-the-mill people, we can act any old way. That idea bothers me ...

27. Put Up and Shut Up

Proverbs 18:21

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James Merritt

... The ear craves gossip like a hungry stomach craves good food. That's why Solomon goes on to give this warning: "He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with one who flatters with his lips." (Prov. 20:19) Your kids will have one of two tendencies: either to have gossipy lips or gossipy ears. If they have gossipy lips teach them not to share gossip. If they have gossipy ears teach them not to receive it. b. The Flapping Tongue "In the multitude of words sin is not lacking ...

28. If You Had But One Request

1 Kings 3:1-15

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John R. Brokhoff

... be like a young man who was invited to a party. The host filled his pool with sharks. In the middle of the party, he called his guests to the pool and announced, "If any young man would jump into the pool and swim to the other side, he can have one of three things: my ranch, a million dollars, or my daughter in marriage." At the other end of the pool, there was a commotion; a young man was in the pool and he frantically swam to the other side while sighting off the sharks. The rich host asked him which ...

29. The Spirit - For Me Too?

Joel 2:28-32

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John R. Brokhoff

... Jesus as your Savior? If you do, the Spirit is in you. Further evidence of the Spirit is found in the gifts provided by the Spirit. In 1 Corinthians, Paul lists nine gifts of the Spirit. It is improbable that a Christian has all nine gifts. But we may have one or two or even three. We may not have the gift of healing or performing miracles or speaking in and interpreting tongues. But none of us Christians is devoid of all gifts, for we may have the gift of knowledge or wisdom or faith. Because we are gifted ...

30. Houston We Have a Problem

Nehemiah 1:1-11

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James Merritt

... in on it. I look around and see walls in my own community crumbling and falling apart. I know people whose marriages are disintegrating and here is a church that is wanting to help heal the hurting, give hope to the hopeless, a spiritual home to people who don't have one. How can I help?" You can look at society in one of two ways. You can stand on the side-line and say, "Things really ought to be different" or you can get into the game and say, "How can I help make a difference?" The truth of the matter ...

31. Use It or Lose It

Matthew 25:14-30

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Johnny Dean

... us at least one talent, one gift that is to be used in the work of the Kingdom. Not everyone has more than one gift, but we all have at least one gift to be used for the glory of God. Now some folks feel that since they don’t have one of those major, dramatic gifts that someone else might have, it’s okay for them to sit back and do nothing but guard their gift. We point at the five-talent person and say, "Well, if I had as much money as she has..." or "If I had as much ...

32. With The End In Mind

Philippians 3:7-11

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James Merritt

... can do that in their own power. Coach Lou Holtz tells the story of a guy in Iowa whose car fell into a ditch. He called on a farmer to help him, but the farmer said, "You need a team of young stallions to pull up that car. I only have one horse, Dusty. He is blind and he is old. We will bring him over to the ditch though and see what he can do, but don't expect too much." The farmer hitched Dusty to the car, snapped a whip in the air and said, "Pull Jimmy pull!" Dusty never ...

33. Proper 21

Exodus 17:1-7, Ezekiel 18:1-32, Philippians 2:1-11, Philippians 2:12-18, Matthew 21:23-27, Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... verse to express the need for unity in the congregation. Like all congregations there is division among the members, cliques, and a party spirit. One of the dreads of the ministry is a divided or split congregation. What is the solution? It is for the members to have one mind and one spirit. They are to think alike and feel alike. What shall that one mind and one spirit be? It is the mind and spirit of Christ. Thus, the closer church members live to Christ, the closer they will be to each other in harmony ...

34. Divorce-Proofing Your Marriage

Genesis 2:4-25

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R. E. Lybrand

... correct. Can you think of any time that one plus one does not equal two? (Give them time to think and respond.) No? Let me show you something. (On the piece of cardboard, put one drop of water, and then add another at the appropriate time.) What about when you have one drop of water and you add another drop of water to it? How many drops of water do you have? (Let them respond.) One larger drop, that's right! In this example, one plus one equals one, doesn't it? The Bible tells us that there is another time ...

35. Good Old What’s-His-Name

John 14:15-31

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Donald B. Strobe

... used by all Christians, everywhere in the world, to baptize their children, marry their spouses, bury their dead, and celebrate their faith. The late Episcopal Bishop James Pike liked to say shocking things to get people’s attention. Once he said, “Muslims have one God and three wives; Christians have three gods and one wife.” In this case, Pike was off the mark. According to the Koran, Muslims may have four wives...and no responsible Christian has ever understood the Trinity to be three gods. The ...

36. I’m Movin’ On

Philippians 3:12-14

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James Merritt

... word for goal is skopos which means "to look at." We get our word telescope from that word. It means a mark on which the eye is fixed. The word "prize" is a word that means a reward for finishing a race. Now what is the point? Paul said, "I have one goal, and I'm fixing my focus on that goal. I have built my life around reaching that goal." Paul had a one-track mind, and his mind was on the right track. I am convinced that with so many Christians the reason why they're so ineffective in their ...

37. The Messed Up

John 4:1-26

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James Merritt

... in effect, “Are you blind? First of all, I am a woman and we know what the average man thinks of the average woman, but I am also a Samaritan.” But that is just the point. It is amazing that Jesus choose this time, this place and this woman to have one of the greatest conversations He would ever have. She was the last person you would think you would ever talk to at the last place He would ever talk to anyone. You are going to see in a moment this woman had a lot more baggage than just being a ...

38. Hark, The Herald... What?

John 1:6-8, 19-28

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David E. Leininger

... big men in shining garments with drawn swords in their hands. They seemed to circle the mission station so that the natives were afraid to attack. God’s angels? The chief agreed that there was no other explanation. Do you have one? I will say this: I do have a problem with some stories. In my files I have one of a woman who says she was prevented from going into a certain building at a certain moment because she was held back by an unseen hand on her shoulder. She looked around but saw no one nearby. She ...

39. Proper 25

Psalm 65:1-13, Luke 18:9-14, Joel 2:28-32, 2 Timothy 4:9-18, 2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... down to daily work where one could again be contaminated. Jesus affirms that God offers forgiveness to the person who is truly repentant and acknowledges the sin. CONTEMPLATION Issues and Insights 1. Two Men. The parable has several contrasts between the two men. You have one praying with pride in his accomplishments; the other is humbled by his sin. In German this appears more stark: Hochmut is pride; Demut is humility. In the two men you have two sinners: one who is conscious of his sin; the other who ...

40. Equipping the Whole People of God: Penultimate Questions

1 Peter 2:4-12

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Maxie Dunnam

... Jesus Christ, he or she is not immediately brought into membership of the church. A training period is required, sometimes as much as six months. So baptism and reception into the church occurs only two or three times a year. The bishop decided to have one of these mass baptisms while we were there. The government gave him permission to do that publicly, either on the beach or at a river. But the day before the baptism was to take place, the government withdrew that permission. Very creatively, the bishop ...

41. Achieving Peak Performance

Matthew 28:16-20

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Mark Trotter

... that is not on there, let us know, and we will find other people to join with you so we can start a new task force, and then you, too, can be in mission. Go over to Linder Hall and sign up. All commitments are for one year. We all have one-year contracts around here. Then we will re-group at the end of the year, and this time next year we will ask what God is calling us to do in the year ahead, and organize ourselves to accomplish that mission. Having a mission bigger than you are is the ...

42. Gifts of Prophecy and Tongues

1 Corinthians 14:1-25

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... to explain the presence of these words by suggesting that “lying behind the word ‘convicted’ is the OT view that one is exposed before the living God through the prophetic word; inherent in such ‘exposure’ is the call to repentance, the summons to have one’s exposed sins forgiven by a merciful God” (Epistle, p. 696). Be that as it may, one can see that Paul’s statement is judged by all implies some diagnosis and prescription. Even so, the addition of whole interpretive phrases is not precise ...

43. Not For Sale at Any Price

Matthew 13:44-46

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John R. Brokhoff

... love. According to Paul, Christian love is the greatest thing in the world, the summum bonum. Here is the pearl of great value. Without love nothing else really counts or matters. A million dollar mansion without love is worth less than a lean-to. Nothing can match the value of having one say to you, "I could not live without you" or "I’d die for you." Do you have any one who says that to you? If you do, you have a taste of the kingdom of heaven. It is a kingdom of love, a love that paid the full price ...

44. The Road To Capernaum

Mark 1:21-28

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Thomas A. Pilgrim

... a very good job on Sunday morning. But I do not ever remember any person ever coming out the door and saying to me, "Well, preacher today you were lousy." I have gone home feeling that way at times, but no one has ever said that to me. I did have one member who used to say, "Preacher, that was a warm sermon you preached today." I would always thank him for that. It made me feel good. But, one day he told me, "A warm sermon is one that is not so hot!" When Jesus left Nazareth where he had not ...

45. Personal Accountability

Ezekiel 18:1-32, Ezekiel 19:1-14

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... but from the Lord. As is the case throughout this book, God’s point of view is predominate—even the words of Ezekiel’s fellow exiles are filtered through the divine perspective. While the wording may seem odd (what does it mean to have one’s teeth “set on edge”?), the proverb is based on a familiar experience: surely everyone knows the unpleasant oral sensation that comes from eating something sour. Though the saying is literally nonsensical (someone else eating sour fruit can’t make my mouth ...

46. Family Re:Union - For the Love

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

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James Merritt

... and it doesn’t have to (and shouldn’t be) very long at all. You can do everything from taking a Bible story to one single verse, take a few minutes to teach a central lesson about that verse and then have each family member pray or even have one family member pray. The point is one of the ways we love God is by taking our clock and carving time out for Him where He gets our complete focus, our complete attention, and our unreserved affection. II. Love God In Your Conversation Do you remember what Moses ...

47. Learning to Live Like Jesus

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... ’s protecting makes much more. (4) I wish it always paid that well to have someone else’s back. Unfortunately, it does not but it is one way to lay up treasure in Heaven. The testimony of Scripture is that God always has our back and we are to have one another’s back. Or, as in the Simon and Garfunkel analogy, God is our bridge over troubled water and we are to seek to be bridges for one another. This is the meaning of Christian community and this is how God judges churches. Our church may not be the ...

48. Exactly How Wide Is It?

Luke 13:22-30

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King Duncan

... , his love. Nevertheless, the narrow door is a powerful concept in life. Most of the worthwhile endeavors in life require struggle, they require commitment. And there comes a time in most of the endeavors in life when the door will finally be shut. You just have one shot at being a good parent, a good spouse, a good person. And you really have just one shot at being a responsible follower of Jesus. Of course, there is repentance, and forgiveness, and starting over. Still, it would be better to get it right ...

49. Right-Handed Sinners!

Mark 9:42-50

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Robert Leslie Holmes

... eye causes you to sin, pluck it out"(Mark 9:43-47). What does he mean? Let it be remembered that Jesus Christ, who never sinned, is nevertheless no stranger to temptation for "We do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are — yet was without sin" (Hebrews 4:15). Jesus Christ is not unaware of and insensitive to what it is to be tempted to the hilt for he is "tempted in every way, just as we are." Walking on ...

50. Friends

Proverbs 27:6, 9, 17

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James Merritt

... of his friend." Now you don't sharpen an axe on a pound of butter, and a real friend will have a sharpening correcting influence on your life. I will be forever convinced that Richard Nixon lost his presidency because he didn't have one true friend around him. He did not have one person who early on could have said, would have said, and should have said, "Mr. President, this is wrong. You cannot do this. You must do what is right and uphold the law and the Constitution no matter what." One friend could have ...

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