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26. The Response God Expects of Us

Deuteronomy 10:12-22

Bulletin Aid

Carl Hoefler

... love, that we may be enabled to give you the devotion and obedience which you require. We pray in Jesus' name. Amen. Prayer of Confession We want to be remembered in your kingdom, Father, but it is difficult for us to remember our responsibility in preparing for your kingdom. You have directed us, and then undergirded us in that direction with your love. Yet we assume independence until we find ourselves in a crisis situation. Forgive us for our disobedience and irreverence. Renew us in faithfulness, that ...

27. Shirking Responsibility

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L. Robert Keck

... Leaving It to the Snake. Cox suggests that the major sin of humankind is not pride; it is not trying to become more than we were created for, but sloth, the unwillingness to face up to all that we are capable of. Cox suggests that the greatest sin in shirking responsibility for full actualization of human potential.

28. Responses to Divorce

Mark 10:1-12

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William G. Carter

Jesus' teaching about divorce provokes a variety of responses. Some people hear the text snarl at them like a wild animal. Others grow angry when they simply hear the words, and vow to cross their fingers the next time they encounter that piece of scripture. Still others wish their preacher would stand up and swing this text like a ...

29. Passive Dependency vs. Responsible Involvement

Luke 21:5-38

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Gary L. Carver

... is to turn to our sense of total powerlessness. People can feel that things are in such a mess that only the intervention of God himself is capable of undoing what has been done. The role of passive dependency is always easier than a stance of responsible involvement. Who has not, like a little child, wanted to gather up all the broken things and take them to Daddy to fix? The impulse to let someone else come in and solve all our difficulties is very strong; in fact, it is the classic infantile reaction ...

30. Forgiveness Should Be the First Response

Matthew 5:38-42

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James Merritt

... laughing at him. He returned fifteen minutes later, walked up behind him, cracked him over the head and said, "That's crowbar from Sears." Sometimes self defense is not only warranted and necessary, but it's good for the other person. But forgiveness, and not revenge, should be our first response.

31. Wrong Message, Right Response

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Michael P. Green

A young mother, feeling sorry for herself because of her many responsibilities as a parent, saw this sign on a local day-care center: “Attention all mothers—Let me love your children, while you work.” After seeing this, the mother went away grateful for the opportunity she had to love her children herself.

32. Dedicating the Temple – Yahweh’s Response to Solomon

2 Chron 7:1-22

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

In response to Solomon’s request for God’s manifest presence at the end of his prayer in 6:41–42, in 7:1–2 Yahweh fills the temple as he did in 2 Chronicles 5:13–14, again making impossible the ministry of the priests. The manifest presence of Yahweh triggers ...

33. Accepting Responsibility

Ezekiel 33:1-20, Ezekiel 33:21-33

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

Restoration and Renewal (33:1–39:29): The first part of chapter 33 takes up verses 1–20. With its emphasis on Ezekiel as a watchman, the importance of one’s present situation rather than the past, and individual responsibility, there are reverberations of Ezekiel 3:17–19 and 18:1–32. In 33:2 God tells Ezekiel to speak to his countrymen, indicating that what follows is an object lesson about the usefulness of a sentry to the townspeople. Those who hear the sound of the trumpet but choose ...

34. Jonah’s Second Commission and Nineveh’s Response

Jonah 3:1-10

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... :18; 34:28; Num. 13:25; Deut. 9:9–10; 1 Sam. 17:16; 1 Kings 19:8; Ezek. 4:6). The threat of judgment is not implausible in light of a military threat against Assyria from an enemy to the north. 3:5–9 · Nineveh’s response to the Lord’s message: Significantly, the peasants, believing the oracle from God, take the initiative and begin fasting as a result of Jonah’s pronouncement (3:5). The practice of fasting as well as the donning of sackcloth, a fabric constructed from goat’s hair and extremely ...

35. Parables of Responsibility

Matthew 21:28-32, Matthew 21:33-46, Matthew 22:1-14

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... , though the ending is not specific to them as at 21:31–32, 45. God’s kingdom is likened to a wedding banquet held by a king for his son. Those invited refuse to come, even killing the king’s servants who bring the invitation. In response, the king sends his army to destroy these murderers and burn their city (with a possible reference to the fall of Jerusalem in AD 70; see “Author, Date, and Audience” in the introduction). Since the original guests refuse the king’s invitation, he opens the ...

36. An Appeal for Full Response to the Collection

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... Christ, who though he was rich yet agreed willingly to become poor “so that you through his poverty might become rich” (8:9; cf. Phil. 2:5–11). Paul is unwilling, however, to conclude his appeal apart from the provision of some specific advice with respect to response. As this is now the third time an appeal is being made to the church (1 Cor. 16:1–4; 2 Cor. 8:6), Paul’s primary counsel to the church is to “finish the work,” so that the “willingness” to respond, which has been commendably ...

37. Responsive Reading for Palm Sunday

Matthew 21:1-11

Bulletin Aid

Craig M. Sweet

Reader 1: When Jesus and the disciples drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethany, to the Mount of Olives, he sent two disciples on ahead, saying to them, Reader 2: "Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with it, untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord has need of them' and they will be sent immediately." Reader 1: This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, People: "Tell the daughter of ...

38. We Are Responsible for the Dead Church

Luke 22:54-62

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Robert Beringer

Some years ago, a new pastor was called to a spiritually dead church in a small Oklahoma town. The pastor spent the first week calling on as many members as possible, inviting them to the first Sunday service. But the effort failed. In spite of many calls, not a single member showed up for worship! So the pastor placed a notice in the local paper stating that since the church was dead, the pastor was going to give it a decent, Christian burial. The funeral for the church would be held at 2 p.m. on the ...

39. Responsive Reading for Transfiguration

Matthew 17:1-13

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Pastor: We praise and glorify you, O God, that you have come to us and revealed to us your holiness, righteousness, and love. Assistant: When seeing your glory, people have often fallen down in fear and trembling; People: But again and again you have declared that we need not fear you, and are to rejoice in your glorious presence. Assistant: At times we cannot quite fathom. the power of your presence; People: But you implore us to be patient, and to trust that we will understand all things in your good ...

40. Communion Is Response to an Invitation

John 6:25-59

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Jesus said, "I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh." I want to begin this morning by reading an important letter to you (Note: Please amend this letter so it is appropriate for your congregation): Dear ...

41. Responsive Reading

Luke 15:1-7

Bulletin Aid

Pastor: The people who walk in darkness shall see a great light. Congregation: Those who dwell in a land of suffering shall be freed. Pastor: On that day, the Lord God shall wipe every tear from their eyes, and death and mourning shall never be again. Congregation: Come, Lord Jesus. Pastor: Let us pray for all whose lives are touched by fear and grief: Savior of all people, may your blessing again light the way of your people that we may walk in safety. Congregation: Give us your love to cast away the ...

42. A Response to the Beatitudes

Matt 5:1-12; Luke 6:17-26

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Brett Blair & James Garrett

If the disciples were students and Jesus was professor the beatitudes would have come off a bit different. Jesus takes his disciples up the mountain and gathers them around, and says, Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are the meek. Blessed are they that mourn. Blessed are the merciful. Blessed are they who thirst for justice. Blessed are you when persecuted. Blessed are you when you suffer. Be glad and rejoice for your reward is great in heaven. Then Simon Peter ...

43. Response To The Resurrection: Christian People In A Pluralistic Society

Acts 17:16-34

Sermon

King Duncan

The Reverend Pat Robertson was being interviewed on the television program "Cross Fire" by Mark Greene, representing the political left, and Robert Novak, representing the right. They asked Robertson some very pointed questions. One of these concerned a fundraising letter that was mailed out by the Robertson Organization following his victory in the Michigan state caucus in which he said to his supporters, "The Christians are winning." Mark Greene wanted to know how nonChristians were to feel about ...

44. Saintly Citizenship - Earthly Responsibilities

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

I have shared with some of you in this congregation and some of my closest friends in the ministry that the writings of Dr. R. Maurice Boyd and C. S. Lewis have been a tremendous source of insight and inspiration for me these past years in my spiritual journey. Those insights are especially helpful in reaching an understanding of what Paul was sharing in this passage of scripture we are looking at today from the Philippian Letter. Dr. Boyd writes in a printed sermon, "Permit Me Voyage:" "Walking through ...

45. Response To An Atheist

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Michael P. Green

The best reply to an atheist is to give him a good dinner and ask him if he believes there is a chef who prepared it.

At the sight of this last conflict, I felt a sensation never known to me before: a confusion of passions, an awful stillness of sorrow, a gloomy terror without a name.”

Samuel Johnson

47. Responsibility

Isaiah 59:1-21

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

The postexilic experience was marked by disillusionment; God’s promises pertaining to the new era were not completely fulfilled. The early church also had to adjust to delay (see 2 Pet. 3:3–10). Isaiah explains that the delay is not because God cannot deliver. Instead of charging God with injustice or unfairness, the community of believers must look at its own sins and shortcomings (59:1–8). It is guilty of murder, untruth, and injustice, and is buried in all kinds of evil. Israel looks like the nations ...

48. God’s Response

Isaiah 65:1-16, Isaiah 65:17-25

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

The Lord is ready to respond in a most self-giving way (65:1–7). But the people are still too engrossed in sin. They show themselves to be idolaters and have little concern for spiritual purity, as they keep vigils among the graves and eat pork—against God’s explicit commandment. They are like Gentiles. They respond with a self-made holiness. The Lord in turn will respond in judgment. Even as the Lord has promised not to be silent until he has accomplished the redemption of his people, so he will not be ...

49. Social Responsibility

Exodus 22:16-31

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

Covenant Laws III: Property Rights, Capital Offenses, Using Power, Relationship to God: Exodus 22 deals with eleven casuistic laws of the book of the covenant. These case laws protected property in cases of theft or negligent damage and established civility between neighbors by setting limits of liability for another’s property. They continue through verse 17, after which the legal form changes to commandments (apodictic law). The commandments address three more capital offenses, limitation of the use of ...

50. Conclusion: Response of the Believers

Jude 1:17-23

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

The final section of the letter counsels the readers what to do about this situation. It is here that Jude surprises the modern reader the most, for he does not instruct them to throw the others out. First, the “dear friends” are not to be surprised but rather to remember apostolic predictions (which were not passed down beyond that age, for they are not found elsewhere in the New Testament or church tradition) that this rejection of Jesus’s morality is precisely what would happen in “the last times” (or “ ...

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26. The Response God Expects of Us

Deuteronomy 10:12-22

Bulletin Aid

Carl Hoefler

27. Shirking Responsibility

Illustration

L. Robert Keck

28. Responses to Divorce

Mark 10:1-12

Illustration

William G. Carter

29. Passive Dependency vs. Responsible Involvement

Luke 21:5-38

Illustration

Gary L. Carver

30. Forgiveness Should Be the First Response

Matthew 5:38-42

Illustration

James Merritt

31. Wrong Message, Right Response

Illustration

Michael P. Green

32. Dedicating the Temple – Yahweh’s Response to Solomon

2 Chron 7:1-22

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

33. Accepting Responsibility

Ezekiel 33:1-20, Ezekiel 33:21-33

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

34. Jonah’s Second Commission and Nineveh’s Response

Jonah 3:1-10

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

35. Parables of Responsibility

Matthew 21:28-32, Matthew 21:33-46, Matthew 22:1-14

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

36. An Appeal for Full Response to the Collection

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

37. Responsive Reading for Palm Sunday

Matthew 21:1-11

Bulletin Aid

Craig M. Sweet

38. We Are Responsible for the Dead Church

Luke 22:54-62

Illustration

Robert Beringer

39. Responsive Reading for Transfiguration

Matthew 17:1-13

Bulletin Aid

40. Communion Is Response to an Invitation

John 6:25-59

Sermon

41. Responsive Reading

Luke 15:1-7

Bulletin Aid

42. A Response to the Beatitudes

Matt 5:1-12; Luke 6:17-26

Illustration

Brett Blair & James Garrett

43. Response To The Resurrection: Christian People In A Pluralistic Society

Acts 17:16-34

Sermon

King Duncan

44. Saintly Citizenship - Earthly Responsibilities

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

45. Response To An Atheist

Illustration

Michael P. Green

The best reply to an atheist is to give him a good dinner and ask him if he believes there is a chef who prepared it.

At the sight of this last conflict, I felt a sensation never known to me before: a confusion of passions, an awful stillness of sorrow, a gloomy terror without a name.”

Samuel Johnson

47. Responsibility

Isaiah 59:1-21

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

48. God’s Response

Isaiah 65:1-16, Isaiah 65:17-25

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

49. Social Responsibility

Exodus 22:16-31

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

50. Conclusion: Response of the Believers

Jude 1:17-23

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

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