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551. Will It Last?

1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... as Christians as some of them thought; indeed some were still babes in the faith. Then Paul spoke of the believers as a garden, a field that was able to grow not because of some inherent merit on their part, but because of the work of various apostles and, primarily, the mercy of God: "I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth" (1 Corinthians 2:6). Now another metaphor: that of a building. Paul says that he laid the foundation. Indeed, according to Acts 18:11, he labored at this great seaport city ...

552. How Beautiful the Feet

Romans 10:5-15

Sermon

Larry Lange

... less God's people. The laws of Moses and various kinds of religious rules and customs based upon them kept the people of Israel apart from the rest of the world, and they often viewed anyone who did not observe such laws as barbaric at best. Not long after the apostle Paul's letter to the Romans was written, this point of view had hardened so much among some of the people of Israel that it drove them to attempt to revolt against Roman rule, a revolt to which Rome responded by obliterating Jerusalem. The ...

553. 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13

2 Thessalonians 3:6-15

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Leonard Sweet

... as an example for the Thessalonians to imitate, the instructions given in this section are issued as a “command” (“parangellomen”). The authority standing behind this command is no less than “the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” It is as Christ’s own apostle that these words are issued and that they are expected to be obeyed. The first “command” issued here is directed at the entire community of faith. They are ordered to keep their distance from any who claim to be followers of Jesus yet ...

554. K.I.S.S.

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... teacher of sign language in a deaf school. He went to the top of the building and by using sign language, talked the boy out of jumping. How was he able to reach him when the other policemen failed? He knew how to speak his language. This is what the apostle Paul meant says author Kent Crockett when he said, “To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.” (1 Cor. 9:22). “He wasn’t talking about compromising his beliefs ...

555. 2 Corinthians 13:11-13

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Leonard Sweet

... to a newly restored relationship. Throughout the course of Paul’s letter he has offered specific behaviors that he has “encouraged” or “exhorted” this community to embrace (see 2 Corinthians 2:8; 5:20; 6:1, 13-14; 8:24). Now the apostle’s final encouragement is for the Corinthians to actually DO these things. Perhaps the most challenging of Paul’s final imperatives for the Corinthians is his fourth, “to auto phroneo,” “to be of one mind” or “agree with one another.” Certainly this ...

556. Romans 13:8-14

Romans 13:8-14

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Leonard Sweet

... battle against those “works of darkness,” against the power of evil in this present world. The behavioral differences between “night” and “day” is depicted here by Paul as the difference between those “works of darkness” and living “honorably” or “decently” (“enschemenos”). Although the apostle does not present an itemized list of “decent” behavior, behavior that is acted out in broad daylight in plain view of all, the call to “love your neighbor as yourself” is still the ...

557. 1 Thessalonians 1:1-8

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

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Leonard Sweet

... for personal gain. Nor did he ever go fishing for “praise,” for any human adulation, as a response to the gospel he preached. This is not to say that Paul doesn’t think his mission and message weren’t praiseworthy. On the contrary, as “apostles of Christ” Paul notes that he and his companions certainly could have “demanded” some special treatment. The Greek here literally translate as “we could have been with weight” (v.7), that is, they could have called in the clout of being Christ’s ...

558. Resurrection Order of Events

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Merril F. Unger

... -10 To Peter later in the day Lk 24:34; 1 Cor 15:5 To the disciples going to Emmaus in the evening Lk 24:13-31 To the apostles (except Thomas) Lk 24:36-45; Jn 20-19-24 To the apostles a week later (Thomas present) Jn 20:24-29 In Galilee to the seven by the Lake of Tiberias Jn 21:1-23 In Galilee on a mountain to the apostles and 500 believers 1 Cor 15:6 At Jerusalem and Bethany again to James 1 Cor 15:7 At Olivet and the ascension Acts 1:3-12 To Paul ...

559. The Sound of a Mighty Wind

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... of suffering. He was the first of the Twelve killed for his faith. Herod Agrippa I had him beheaded (Acts 12:1-3). Philip was martyred by stoning at Heliopolis (Asia Minor) 8 years after the death of James. Stephen, of course, was stoned to death as the apostle Paul, then known as Saul, looked on. There is no reliable record of how the disciple Nathanael died; one report said he was tied in a sack and thrown in the sea; another says he was crucified. There is no doubt he was martyred. Early traditions say ...

560. Where Is Your Pebble?

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... for me and helped me hold on.” (4) That’s good—“they tied a knot in it for me and helped me hold on.” The work of the church is important work. Indeed, it is critical work. If you do not understand that, you cannot appreciate the words of the Apostle Paul to the church at Ephesus. Paul is in prison. He knows his time is limited. And so he writes to the church at Ephesus with a real sense of urgency about the meaning of the gospel and about their mission as the people who are to convey the gospel ...

561. Going For the Gold

Philippians 3:4-14

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... , indeed, the whole world), then there is no reason to be content with the silver or the bronze or anything less than excellence and the prize of the heavenward call of God in Christ Jesus, the Christian gold medal! We can get some direction from the apostle Paul in the lesson. To begin with, he started with a genuine desire for a relationship with God, something I will assume you have or else you would not be reading this. The difference between Paul and the average Christian, though, is that from the very ...

562. Love - The Basic Christian Call

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... - never to injure, but always to demonstrate love. This does not mean, at times, that hard words are not necessary. Tough love may demand words that others do not want to hear; to act in any other way would not be a demonstration of love. The apostle then speaks of the power of love over prophecy. We may have been given the gift to understand great mysteries and the opportunity to proclaim them to others, but without love we are not utilizing the gift in an appropriate manner. Knowledge is given to aid ...

563. Raised to New Life Today

1 Corinthians 15:12-20

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... , "Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!" But Jesus told him that in the future he would be fishing for men (Luke 5:1-11). Saint Paul as well was given a second chance. Indeed, he claimed that he should never be called an apostle as he had been so fervent and zealous in his earlier persecution of Christians (1 Corinthians 15:9-10). Yet, God transformed him into the most famous evangelist and missionary of all time. Paul's efforts transformed Christianity from a sect of Judaism into the major world ...

564. Thicker Than Blood

Galatians 3:23-29

Sermon

April Yamasaki

... other behaviors contrary to our unity. If being one in Christ Jesus were a new law, clearly we have failed — and the law is unable to save us. Instead, if we are to live out this vision of unity, we need to turn to Jesus himself. In Romans 7, the apostle Paul describes his personal struggle to do what is right — the good that he wanted to do, he could not do; and the wrong he wanted to avoid, he ended up doing in spite of himself. "Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death ...

565. On Not Giving Up

Galatians 6: 7-16

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April Yamasaki

... for those of the family of faith" (v. 10). The churches of Galatia had been disrupted by conflict between those who insisted the Jewish religious law must still be followed and those who did not; between those who recognized Paul's role as an apostle and those who criticized his leadership. Perhaps that's why Paul adds the special note about "the family of faith" — to heal their divisions, they especially needed to work for the good of their own community. Paul interrupts himself at this point with verse ...

566. The Place of Prayer

Acts 16:16-34

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... way who would concur. I had a good friend in another parish who embodied that attitude. He cheerfully cooked out on his grill in every season and in any weather. He would agree with the billboard: Any day is a perfect day for grilling. I imagine that the apostle Paul could have carried around with him a sign that he could have stuck in the ground wherever he was: a sign that read, "Another perfect place for prayer." He proved it in Philippi. If he was in the sacred space of a synagogue; or if he was in ...

567. 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

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Leonard Sweet

... in Exodus 34:27-25. The salvation of Christ, his cross and resurrection, has so transformed the world that Paul sees Moses’ actions in a completely different light. Although he acknowledges that Moses’ face shone with “glory” in 2 Corinthians 3:7, the apostle now focuses on the “veil” that Moses used to cloak that radiance from the people. In the Exodus text Moses veils himself after he speaks the Lord’s words to the Israelites “because they were afraid to come near him” (Exodus 34:30 ...

568. Face to Face

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

569. Coincidence or Providence?

Acts 16:11-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... was a God-Fearer. Lydia also was a God-Fearer. She was a Gentile but she was a worshipper of God. She was seeking after God. So it was no accident that she was down at the river engaged in a prayer meeting when she encountered the Apostle Paul. Lydia was hungry for God. I’ve belabored this point for this reason our land is filled with people like Lydia and Cornelius. There are fine, decent people, particularly young people, in our society today who are seeking God. They have little or no church background ...

570. Wake Up Call

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... The ranch house had new appliances and was furnished with new furniture as well. Some of the workers even bought the woman Christmas presents. “It was the smallest home I’d ever built,” Kregg says, “but it gave me the biggest feeling I’d ever had.”[2] The apostle Paul asks us if we know what time it is. Our response is that today and every day is God’s time — it is the time for us to get our act together, living in the light, transcending the darkness all around us to celebrate a Savior who ...

571. The Total Gift

Romans 1:1-17

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Timothy J. Smith

... visited. In the opening verses, wanting to make a good impression, Paul identifies himself as “a servant of Jesus Christ.” Paul was clear about his position: a servant serves the master. He was a humble servant of the Lord Jesus. He was “called to be an apostle,” through his conversion experience on the Damascus Road where he met the Lord Jesus. It was then that he was, “set apart for the gospel of God.” From that moment on Paul would spend the rest of his life laboring for the Lord Jesus. More ...

572. Framed, Changed, Challenged

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

Tony Everett

... of what Christ was challenging them to be and to do. Second, living in close and daily fellowship with other Christians was essential. It was within this fellowship that many astonishing “wonders and signs were being done by the apostles” (Acts 2:43). It was within this fellowship that encouragement was given, faith matured, friendships grew, and even material needs were addressed with generosity (Acts 2:44, 35). Something unusual, substantial, and unique was happening within this new community. Third ...

573. Breaking News: God and Government

Romans 13:1-7

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James Merritt

... Lord and Master is “What does God say about the government?” More specifically, “What does God say about how the people should relate to the government and how should the government relate to the people?” Fortunately, we don’t have to wonder, because the Apostle Paul writing to the church in Rome, from the City of Corinth, gives what would have been in that day a rather shocking instruction on how they were to relate and to see the Roman government. Keep in mind, Paul was writing to Jews and ...

574. Ignite: Fire Extinguishers

Acts 15:1-21

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James Merritt

... (Acts 15:3-5, ESV) Paul and Barnabas realizing this is a hill worth dying on get involved into (let’s say) a very heated debate and discussion with these circumcisers. They decide to take the whole question to the spiritual leadership in Jerusalem where the apostles and the elders are. I call it the “Jerusalem show down.” On the one side, you’ve got legalism and rules. On the other side, you’ve got grace and faith. One side is represented by the Pharisees. If you read much of the New Testament ...

575. A Watery Grave

Mark 1:9-13

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David J. Kalas

... subject of children’s puzzles and plush toys. While we wouldn’t think of depicting the story of Sodom and Gomorrah in nursery wallpaper, the story of Noah has been tamed into a kind of ancient Dr. Doolittle with his boatful of happy pets. The apostle Peter, however, has a different take on the familiar story. And so he provides the link between our Old Testament and gospel lessons, as we explore baptism together this week. Genesis 9:8-17 The old rule of thumb for preachers and other public speakers ...

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