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626. People With Power To Forgive

John 20:19-23

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Maurice A. Fetty

... had power to forgive sins. More than that, God forgave people only after they had done enough acts of penance to deserve forgiveness. Who did Jesus think he was, anyway? Was he presuming to be God? Jesus replied, "Well, would it be easier to say you are cured. Take up your bed and walk," which is precisely what the ex-paralytic did. The one who had been borne on the stretcher now was bearing it. The Son of Man does have power to forgive sins, and the cure is the proof of it, said Jesus. Forgiveness is real ...

627. Why A Cross?

John 19:17-27

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Robert Beringer

... the announcement of an event with which the world must reckon."3 The cross of Jesus demands a response from us. It is an event with which we must reckon. If God was in Christ reconciling the world, then we who follow Jesus Christ must take up that same ministry of reconciliation in our broken world. The radical love God displayed on Calvary's cross demands that we love and forgive one another in the same way God has forgiven and reconciled us. A moving illustration of this radical response occurred back ...

628. Proper 4

Matthew 7:15-23, Matthew 7:24-29

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William E. Keeney

... on the Mount is calling them to do is the proper foundation for life must also realize the admonitions have to become operational, not merely accepted as general principles to be believed. Context of the Gospel Lesson The parable is a short one, taking up only four verses in the gospel lesson for today. It leads to the conclusion which Matthew draws in reporting the astonishment of the crowd who heard it. His teaching is contrasted with that of the scribes who were legalistic and often pedantic. Jesus ...

629. Being A Good Doubter

John 20:24-31

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Glenn E. Ludwig

... , the group did a Bible study around Luke 9 where Jesus asked his disciples: "Who do people say that I am?" And later in the chapter where Jesus lays out the conditions for discipleship: "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will save it." When the pastor asked the group what that sounded like -- a commercial, a Sunday school lesson, a parent ...

630. The Lamb of God

John 1:29-34

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William B. Kincaid, III

... selfless acts look like, and it is his example that calls us to lose sight of our own lives so that we and all of God's children might know a greater life. We wouldn't expect the call from the Lamb of God to be about anything other than taking up crosses, even when we know that means the death of many things in our lives that we have learned to love. We wouldn't expect the call from the Lamb of God to be about anything other than a painstaking faithfulness that dismisses the popularity we have worked so ...

631. Who Do You say He Is?

Mark 8:27-30

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Erskine White

... a magician. They may not know or care whether You are the Son of God, but they believe You can heal the sick and the lame, and that's what they want You to do for them." "Some say You are our Liberator, the new Moses, the Man who will take up our sacred cause and drive the Romans out of our land. They say You are the Messiah who will incite our revolution and end our oppression. Jesus, some say You are here to lead us in battle, to lead us in bloody victory." Who is this Jesus? The whole world ...

632. Proper 7

1 Kings 19:9-18, Psalm 63:1-11, Zechariah 12:1-9, Luke 8:26-39, Galatians 3:23-29

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George Bass

... to charge them to keep his identity a secret, because he, the Son of Man, must suffer, be rejected, be executed, and be raised on the third day. He went on to tell them what it means to be a disciple of his. They, too, would have to deny themselves, take up their crosses daily, and follow him. That was the only way that they could be his disciples. And that precept remains in effect for all who call Jesus "The Christ of God" Self-denial and the way of the cross are the lot of those believers who would call ...

633. That's Our God For You!

Luke 19:28-44

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John M. Braaten

... most free. He did not condone violent action; he would not be party to it. He didn't ask for 100 legions of angels to come and deliver him from the situation because he came to that hour for that purpose. Nor did he allow the disciples to take up arms and fight for him. When Peter grabbed his sword and began to do battle, Jesus rebuked him saying, "Those who live by the sword will die by the sword." Once order was restored, Jesus quietly, and without protest, led the soldiers back into town where he would ...

634. Is Christianity An Escape?

Luke 21:5-38

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... the fight; and Yes, it’s an escape from the fear of Satan and his power. I First, is Christianity an escape? No, we’re in the thick of the fight. Our Lord took pains to make it clear on ever so many occasions that to follow him is to take up a cross; he never promised escape. In today’s Gospel we hear him saying: ... You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends, and some of you they will put to death; you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. We’re ...

635. The Stiller of Storms

Matthew 14:22-36

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Dennis Kastens

... He put a stop to it when he cried on the cross, "It is finished." Jesus broke the power of evil and its consequence - death - when he arose from the grave victorious on Easter. That victory he wants to impart personally to each of us as he takes up residence, by faith, within our lives. If Jesus had the power to go through thirty-three difficult years without committing a single sin; if he was able to endure the worst possible death ever engineered by man without losing his consciousness; if he was able to ...

636. He Is Not Here He Is Risen

Mark 16:1-20

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Maxie Dunnam

... ’s announcement of Easter is really understated. In Mark’s Gospel, the big day is Good Friday He builds up to that day for five chapters, beginning with Palm Sunday. I don’t know whether you’ve ever noted it or not, but the events of Holy Week take up one-third of the Gospel of Mark. He uses only 8 verses to describe the Resurrection — 8 verses compared with 5 chapters That’s an understatement, isn’t it? It was such an understatement that somebody felt they needed to add to it - so there is a ...

637. Lord of the Dance

Mark 2:13-22

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Mark Trotter

... other hand..." You aren't supposed to do that in sermons. You aren't supposed to say, "On the one hand...," and then say, "But on the other hand..." But there it is. "When I'm not with them, the Church will fast." Of course the Church did take up the fast after Jesus left, just like the disciples of John the Baptist, and the Pharisees. Why did they do that? I suppose they did it because they decided it would be something good and healthy for them in their spiritual life. Of course later, we know, fasting ...

638. Transfiguration

Exodus 24:1-18, Matthew 17:1-13, 2 Peter 1:12-21

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John R. Brokhoff

... context of the Transfiguration account. Preceding the Transfiguration, Jesus hears Peter's confession at Caesarea Philippi. Then Jesus announces his intention of going to Jerusalem to suffer, die, and rise again. Following this, Jesus urges his disciples to deny themselves, take up their cross and follow him. The Transfiguration is important to Jesus as he prepares for the Lenten pilgrimage. The climax of his revelation to the disciples was reached when Peter confessed him as the Christ. Before he goes to ...

639. Still in One Peace

Matthew 11:25-30

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Leonard Sweet

... to new disciples is that of rest - of a break from our old lives and of freedom from the burdens we tried to bear alone. Yet rest isn't all that discipleship is about. Jesus is offering here a vacation with a vocation. "Rest," Jesus says, by taking up "my yoke," a yoke that will enable followers to learn from Jesus, to hear and understand his words and mission with a clarity and confidence that not even the pious, educated Pharisees could match. Jesus offers us this morning a paradox. When we come to him ...

640. Advent 4

Psalm 80:1-19, Isaiah 7:1-25, Romans 1:1-17, Matthew 1:18-25

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... instructions of the angel to Joseph. Second, vv. 22-23 give a two-layered interpretation: Matthew explains the events in relation to Old Testament scripture and then provides a clarification of the Old Testament text (Isaiah 7:14). Third, Matthew takes up the story again and reports the outcome of Joseph's nocturnal visitation. Furthermore, within these three movements there is another four-part internal structure related to Matthew's sequence. First, there is the conception with attendant human doubt and ...

641. Putting God to Work in Your Life through Peas, Squash, Lettuce, Thyme

Mark 8:31--9:1

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Leonard Sweet

... God’s saving presence get in their way. Jesus had to teach his disciples that if they really wanted to find their lives saved and transformed, fulfilled and empowered, they needed to let God’s work get underway. The first lesson they had to learn was to take up their cross and follow Jesus. They needed to be willing to lose their life to find their life. This isn’t just some “let go and let God” philosophy. This is a buckle-down, put your back into it, hands-to-the-plow everyday divine employment ...

642. A Goodly Heritage

Psalm 16:1-11

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Maxie Dunnam

... of men like Nehemiah and Ezra who could rebuild the shattered morale as well as the cities and the temple of Israel after the return from the Exile. Looking on these clear evidences of the hand of God in the life of His people, the Psalmist is not afraid to take up the lines of responsibility that fall to him and his generation. For the God who has brought them thus far will continue to be with them - if they will but worship and seek to serve Him; this is the faith of the Psalmist. II Nail it down then, as ...

643. Realizing the True Nature of Jesus the Christ

Mark 8:27-30

Teach the Text

Grant R. Osborne

... embrace both aspects. Jesus’s atoning sacrifice for us provides the only means of salvation (Rom. 3:24–26), and to know Jesus means to choose “participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death” (Phil. 3:10). That is what it means to “take up his cross” in 8:34. We become Christians not to gain more of this world but rather to find eternal life in the heavenly realm. Vindication comes rarely and temporarily in this life; it comes fully and forever in the “better” world (Heb. 11 ...

644. The Commissioning of the Disciples

Luke 24:50-53, Luke 24:36-49

Teach the Text

R.T. France

... them as witnesses of his life, death, and resurrection. Then he leaves them and ascends to heaven. Understanding the Text This passage not only brings Luke’s Gospel narrative, and especially its developing resurrection motif, to a triumphant conclusion, but also prepares for the taking up of the story in Luke’s second volume, Acts. The summary of the gospel message in 24:46–48, the cryptic promise of “power from on high” in 24:49, Jesus’s ascension in 24:51 (more fully narrated in Acts 1:1–11 ...

645. Spiritual Gifts

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... in order that tongues might serve a missional purpose for the sake of others than the speaker. Noticeably, the speaker of tongues is not the one gifted with the interpretation of his or her own utterance. 12:11 This verse is a summary statement. It “takes up vv. 6–7 and rounds off the section” (Conzelmann, 1 Corinthians, p. 209). Paul again articulates his central conviction, which is the key issue he wishes to register with the Corinthians: All these are the work of one and the same Spirit. He states ...

646. Introducing Job

Job 1:1-5

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... . Relying on God and being firmly established on the “way” of obedience, Job was able to avoid those tempting side-paths that lead to sin and disorientation. Job, then, is like the “blessed” one in Psalm 1:1 who will not walk, stand, or take up residence with those persons who characterize the God-forsaking life of evil (the “wicked,” “sinners,” and “mockers”). 1:2–3 Job is not only righteous, but he is wealthy as well. He has seven sons and three daughters. Seven, made up of four (the ...

647. Invitation to the Thirsty

Isaiah 55:1-13

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... the servant passage, as happened after 49:1–6 and 50:4–11. There were hints there that Ms Jerusalem’s restoration was the correlate of Ms Babylon’s humiliation in chapter 47. Chapter 54 is the systematic exposition of that theme. The prophet takes up five images of Ms Jerusalem which once again resume the themes of the people’s prayers (we are like a childless and abandoned woman, the victim of angry abuse—literally, we are a battered and insecure city) before coming to a striking conclusion. 55 ...

648. All for Some Dumb Sheep

John 10:11-18

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King Duncan

... God.” (7) What a wonderful God we worship--to have mercy on such as you and me! What I hope you see is the divine absurdity of it all. The Lord of all the universe lay down His life for you and me. He lay aside his regal robes to take up the cross of degradation and death. He lay aside his crown of glory for a painful crown of thorns, and he did it for us. Can you get your mind around such an astounding truth? Are you worthy of such an act? I certainly am not. Are you? Somehow God ...

649. Truth and Consequences

Luke 16:19-31

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Lori Wagner

... man, Scrooge visits his nephew, brings food, and blesses everyone he meets. He has had an entire repentance and change not only of heart but of life and action. Now let’s get back to Jesus’ story about the rich man and Lazarus. Though Jesus’ story may take up only a few paragraphs in the gospel of Luke, it is rich with meaning and metaphor and just as chilling to the soul. We hear of a rich man who feasted sumptuously every day. He’s never lacking for anything. By his gate lies a poor man named ...

650. No Other Gods

Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25

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King Duncan & Angela Akers

... is our self. It is our own happiness, comfort, pride, security, and ego. That’s why it is so difficult to confront and conquer our idolatry. It is almost as if Jesus knew our dilemma when he said, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.” (Luke 9: 23) Joshua also knew that we needed to replace our lesser gods with the power of the One True God. So he tells the people in verse 23: “Now then, throw away the foreign gods that are among you and ...

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