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501. Suffering

John 19:28-37

Sermon

Burton F. Blair

... and keep awake" (Mark 14:34). Alone and separated from those with him in Gethsemane, Jesus pleaded with God: "Abba, Father, for you all things are possible; remove this cup from me; yet not what I want, but what you want" (v. 36). Jesus ends this prayer with words of surrender. Jesus desired more than anything to do the Father’s will. Jesus did not want his needs or fears to get in the way of God working out his plan. If drinking the cup was the only way, then he was willing to take the cup and drink it ...

502. Victory

John 19:28-37

Sermon

Burton F. Blair

... knew, now, that whatever followed from this hour, she would not return to her old life, before Jesus had spoken to her, or his love had touched her. She was now Mary of Magdala and he lived in her heart. Because he lived in her heart, she would never surrender again to the world. What happened in the life of Mary of Magdala can break forth in our lives also. Because Jesus said, "It is finished," we can never say, "I am finished." Nor can we think, "I have no hope." We cannot believe that our "sin is just ...

503. The Outcome of Easter Faith

Isaiah 25:1-12

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... outcome of our Easter faith depends upon how genuine is our commitment to the Risen Christ. To grant the fact that Christ is risen, we said, is a comparatively easy thing, but Christ realized is far more difficult because the quality and integrity of our surrender to him are involved. In the New Testament the central message of the preaching of the apostles was "this Jesus whom God raised up whereof we are witnesses" (Acts 2:32 RSV). And the amazing success of their preaching came from an experience of the ...

504. Passing the Easter Miracle On

Acts 3:11-26

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... Jesus Christ, God’s Son, Savior." "Jesus" (his humanity); "Christ" (the climax of revelation); "God’s Son" (his divinity); "Savior" - all these together signified our salvation through his name. And all through succeeding ages, whenever and wherever ordinary people surrendered to him and put their faith in his saving power, miracles occurred: sinful persons found new freedom from their ugly pasts; unbelieving wanderers were re-born into new life; and weak and fearful mortals received a strange new power ...

505. One’s Proper Service

Isaiah 58:1-14

Illustration

Larry Powell

... silent in church. However, the state supreme court overturned the conviction, sympathetic to Linkhaw’s claim that singing was a part of his service to God. I was interested in this particular item because I well remember when an old fellow in my home church was asked to surrender his choir robe on the same grounds. As a boy, it struck me as rather ridiculous that those of us in the choir, many of whom could not carry a tune in a wheelbarrow, should presume to single out Mr. X. After all, he was an affable ...

506. What Kind of Cross?

Mark 8:31--9:1

Illustration

Larry Powell

... lived. Indeed, he died for all men." The girl asked, "Did he die for you?" Stenberg had never really made such a personal application of his explanation. He was led to search the Scriptures, and in a few short weeks, he discovered the answer and surrendered himself to Christ. Returning to his painting of the "Crucifixion," he added these words beneath the likeness of Christ on the cross: "This I did for thee; what hast thou done for me?" There is more. A young aristocratic count, Zinzendorf by name, chanced ...

507. Song of an Historian

Psalm 78:1-72

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... And ingrate that she is, she has gorged herself upon them (Psalm 78:21-29) without changing her attitude. But the Almighty has not dropped the matter there. He will not allow insolence and insubordination to go unchecked. For he has no intention of surrendering his sovereignty over his people. Consequently, ... before they had sated their craving while the food was still in their mouths, the anger of the Lord rose against them and he slew the strongest of them, and laid low the picked men of Israel. (Psalm ...

508. God's Love Calling for Repentance

Matthew 21:33-46

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... receive Your forgiveness and not pass forgiveness on to others; or that we may receive Your blessings and not share them with the world. Forgive us, Lord, and mold us into the channels of mercy and grace You would have us to be. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "I Surrender All" "Alas, And Did My Savior Die" "His Way With Thee"

509. Discipleship - Path to Fulfillment

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... could not be shaken by adverse criticism. His persistence was rewarded. Reluctantly, his superiors released him to the Navy. For a time, Scott served with the fleet, flying by helicopter from ship to ship, conducting services of worship. But he never surrendered his goal to serve with his "youth fellowship" who were fighting in Vietnam, even though it became increasingly clear that a bitter cup of suffering and a fierce baptism by fire might await him there. Finally, the orders Stan sought came through ...

510. What Do We Do Now That We’re Happy?

Isaiah 62:1-12

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... , in the birth of Jesus, who was in himself the Good News of God. Reconciliation and redemption had come to the people. They are saved at last. They are happy. What then? The same tasks faced the followers of Jesus that faced the early Jews. They were to surrender their wills to his and follow him. The disciples had to come to terms with the real ministry of Jesus and the part they played in it by their everyday faithful obedience. The new covenant had come to be in the world, and those who knew it were ...

511. Who Knows?

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... . "Who knows?" is an affirmation of the limits by which we must live and the forever new limits which God’s Word provides us out of our faithfulness. In "Who knows?" we stay gladly where we are, glorifying and praising God for his marvelous works toward us. We surrender ourselves gladly to living against the wall in the Word so that, in his time, walls may fall away and his current can pick us up and lift us high in his grace, then move us on in new and joyous directions, still glorifying and praising him ...

512. "But, Lord, I Didn’t Want To Be Saved in That Way"

2 Kings 5:1-27

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... the healing, would be free from any responsibility to the forces that healed him. Elisha knew that, for healing to take place, Naaman would need to be captive to Yahweh, not alone in the healing but in time to come. There was no other way to healing than a surrender of the self. Naaman could not say "Thanks, God, now we’re even." There was no even-steven with God; only a one-way street of power from God to Naaman and a one-way street of faithfulness from Naamen to God. Naaman’s request for "two mules ...

513. Feed My Sheep

John 21:15-25

Sermon

Ewart E. Turner

... in my crown?" Jesus sang "we" hymns. And encouragingly taught the prayer, "Give us this day our daily bread." Obedience to the Master’s compassionate command, "Feed my lambs," takes Christians of sterner stuff than those who would settle for the overwhelming experience of surrender at the altar. "That ought ye to have done." Thus empowered, the Christian is then to go out into the needy and richly endowed world, responsive to the command "Feed my sheep" - and "thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven ...

514. Unwavering Light

1 Corinthians 7:1-40

Sermon

William F. Dunkle

... Christian commitment - patriotism, vocational occupation, military orders, economic profit, social conventions, established traditions, or anything else in a nearly endless list. When we give our lives to Christ, Saint Paul is convinced, we give all of it. No half-way surrenders are acceptable. Finally, the Apostle Paul emphasizes that his motive in writing to the Christians at Corinth is not solely to offer counsel about marriage but "to promote good order and to secure undivided devotion to the Lord." In ...

515. THE RECONCILED LIFE

Hebrews 9:11-28

Sermon Aid

John W. Rilling

... two cherubim that are upon the ark of the testimony I will speak with you." All this was but a shadow of good things to come. For on Good Friday our Lord entered, once for all, into the Holy Place, taking not the imperfect, unwillingly surrendered blood of an animal substitute, but his own precious blood. That perfect, willing sacrifice avails for the purging of the conscience from dead works to serve the living God. There is a fountain filled with blood Drawn from IMMANUEL’S VEINS: And sinners, plunged ...

516. Blessed With Peace

John 14:15-31

Sermon

O. Garfield Beckstrand, II

... total commitment. He still refused to plunge into a life of faith. Again he returned to his sinful ways, but this time experienced a total lack of peace which tormented his soul beyond his ability to endure. Finally he came back to God and deeply, sincerely, and resolutely surrendered his life to Christ praying, "O God, forgive me for all my sins and do it now. Amen." With these words a new peace and a new joy flowed into his heart and mind. He knew as never before the words of the Lord: "Peace I leave with ...

517. Do All Things for Christ

1 Corinthians 9:1-27

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... been unwilling to simply serve You to the best of our ability and allow You to work through our lives to witness to the world. Forgive us, Lord, and call us anew to do all that we do for You. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "All To Jesus I Surrender" "Take My Life, And Let It Be" "Just As I Am, Without One Plea"

518. Confrontation in the Temple

John 2:12-25

Sermon

George Bass

... wasn’t taken away from him; it was his decision to lay it down in the belief that, through the power of the Father, he would be able to get it back again. Few of us travel that road in life that demands literal self-sacrifice and the deliberate surrender of our lives for the sake of the gospel and Christ’s mission in the world. We’re more like the other man, whose story was printed after and under a headline that read, "A terminal patient turns test subject in fight to survive." Carl R. Proffer, the ...

519. Blow The Trumpet In Zion

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Larry Powell

... gravesite of Daniel Defoe, across the street from Wesley’s Chapel in London. It was Defoe who, in 1719, after 25 years of writing for newspapers, wrote Robinson Crusoe. And it was Defoe who had something to say about repentance. As a boy, he had surrendered himself to the wanderlust of youth, run away from his home at York and gone to sea. The first time out, he was shipwrecked off Yarmouth, narrowly escaping death. He was turned "outside-in," repented of his wickedness, and set his mind upon the higher ...

520. The Technicolor Sign

Genesis 9:1-17

Sermon

Larry Powell

... still in the clouds, and the Cross yet hangs above the altar as God’s signature upon his irrevocable covenant. If only we could gather it in, discern the signs as a balm to our souls, and apply our own signature to the matter by surrendering what we so stubbornly hold in reserve. A rich young ruler approached Jesus and inquired as to what he must do to inherit eternal life. Apparently motivated more by curiosity than repentance, he addressed Jesus as "Teacher," not "Lord." Jesus replied to his question by ...

521. In Quest of Fire

2 Chronicles 36:15-23

Sermon

Larry Powell

... your soul; and have we said, "I do not wish to hear that"? The spark is flickering low in the coals and have we scoffed at the gospel for desperately attempting to inspire that spark to come to flame? Let us not think that the Spirit will surrender itself easily for, like the wind, it blows where it will. The chronicler reminds us, "The Lord, the God of their fathers sent persistently to them by his messengers." But he reminded also that the spark can be quenched. The "rich man" described in Luke 16 pleaded ...

522. On His Way

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Larry Powell

... was resolved to obey these instructions and declined the king’s offer. Later, however, he encountered an old prophet in Bethel who lured him into eating bread and drinking water. The result? The prophet from Judah, who had dared to stand in condemnation of a king, surrendered his resolve, and was mutilated by a lion. Sad it is that, almost until the end of the chapter (1 Kings 31), the prophet had remained steadfast and faithful, but is recalled now as a man of broken resolve. Jesus had set his face like ...

523. King of Atlanta

Romans 8:28-39

Drama

Michael L. Sherer

... This is a serious blow to the city’s transportation system. Although segregation is illegal in the United States, it is common in many Southern cities, such as Montgomery, to require blacks to use separate facilities or to sit in the back of buses and surrender their seats to whites if seats run short. On Thursday of last week, a black woman, Mrs. Rosa Parks, tired after a long day at work and running errands, remained seated when a standing white demanded her seat. The driver stopped the bus, called the ...

524. The Wisdom of God

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... may even have known the foolishness of our choices yet we still turned away from You. Forgive us, Lord, and give us the courage to stand alone if need be, in order to be faithful and true to Your will for our lives. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "I Surrender All" "How Firm A Foundation" "Jesus Is All The World To Me"

525. When A Grain Of Wheat Falls

John 12:20-36

Sermon

Brett Blair

... opus. Not on paper but in the lives of his students, a brilliant symphony composed of the individual lives that he encouraged and nurtured through his teaching. Is this not what Jesus was getting at? “When a grain of wheat falls to the earth and dies, it surrenders to new life and bears much fruit.” III And who is this grain of wheat? The grain of wheat that dies and bears much fruit is Jesus himself. This is our third point and it is the most critical. Is Jesus simply extolling the virtues of service ...

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