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626. Don't Be Afraid

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... Master needed some time alone. He sent the crowds home and the disciples out in a boat on the Sea of Galilee while he went to a mountain to pray. The Sea of Galilee is a large body of water, eight miles wide by thirteen miles long. Of the twelve disciples, Peter, Andrew, James and John were all fishermen. They knew the Sea of Galilee very well. They knew that, at this time of year (probably around mid-spring), the Sea of Galilee was subject to strong gusts of wind. The late afternoon and evening was not a ...

627. Officers of the Tribes

1 Chronicles 27:16-24

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

... & Overseers: 27:1–15 First Chronicles 27:1 seems to introduce the lists in 27:2–15 as well as 27:16–22, although the reference to month by month duty applies only to the first list. First Chronicles 27:2–15 presents the commanders of the twelve monthly army divisions who served the king. 27:16–22 First Chronicles 27:16–22 lists the officers over the tribes of Israel. Since the order of the tribes reflected in this list is not attested in any other biblical text, it remains uncertain whether it ...

628. The King's Overseers

1 Chronicles 27:25-34

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

629. Marketplace Christianity

John 2:13-22

Sermon

Lori Wagner

Do you employ a “market mentality” or a “relational mentality”? What does this mean? Put simply, a market mentality sees things in terms of transactions and commodities, resources, and dispensability. A relational mentality however sees things in terms of developing partnerships, relationships, long-term collaborations that benefit both parties and share a vision. The former can easily fluctuate. The latter, however, requires time and effort to develop and cultivates trust, loyalty, and commitment over ...

630. I Doubt It

John 20:19-31, Act 4:32-37

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... ." [22] When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. [23] If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." [24] But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. [25] So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his ...

631. Army Divisions

1 Chronicles 27:1-15

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

632. Here Is Where It Happens

1 Samuel 2:12-26

Sermon

Arthur H. Kolsti

... first three chapters of 1 Samuel it is not Mary and Joseph that we meet, but Hannah and Elkanah. Hannah, like Mary, receives a child from God. Hannah, like Mary, sings in exultation. Eli received Samuel in the shrine as Simeon did Jesus. Think of the twelve-year-old Jesus among the teachers in the Temple and Samuel under the tutelage of Eli. The similarities in the narratives are striking. And both narratives stand as prefaces to pivotal events. The story of Samuel's birth prefaces the history of the birth ...

633. Beyond Our Sight, Within Our Hearing

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

William G. Carter

... place to pray. As was his custom, Jesus climbed up high to speak to God. Once he went up a mountain and spent a whole night in prayer (Luke 6:12). Nobody told him to do it. It was something he wanted to do. While he was there, he named the twelve people whom he needed in his inner circle. Three of them, of course, were Peter, James, and John. The irony is not lost on us: those three disciples follow Jesus up the mountain. They slant up one side, then turn on the switchback. In that journey, as they go ...

634. Great Expectations

1 Peter 1:3-5

Sermon

James Merritt

... year? Because the resurrection of Jesus Christ showed that Jesus was indeed the Son of God, because only He could have come back from the dead. But that still raises the key question for this postmodern society in which we live—"Jesus is alive—so what?" One of the twelve disciples, the Apostle Peter, gives us the answer in 1 Peter 1:3 (NLT). "All honor to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for it is by His boundless mercy that God has given us the privilege of being born again. Now we live ...

635. Belling the Cat

John 6:60-71

Sermon

King Duncan

... tough. Jesus faced the same difficulty with those who followed him. Today’s lesson takes place in Capernaum. Jesus had been giving his followers some difficult teachings, too difficult in the eyes of some. They began to turn back from following him. Then Jesus turned to the twelve disciples who had been closest to him. “You do not want to leave too, do you?” he asked. It was a critical moment in the life of this small community of faith. It was Simon Peter who spoke up. “Lord, to whom shall we go ...

636. A Frightening Friday

John 18:1-19:42

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... the dominant apostle, regardless of whether he was doing good or ill. He ran the gamut of cowardly bum to sacrificial saint. Of course, we would only see the latter after the resurrection and the day of Pentecost. He was the most unlikely of the twelve — except Judas Iscariot — to provide leadership for the ancient church. How could someone be such a bumbling idiot? His Lord had called him close different times, giving his insight into the future. It is as though he heard a different drummer. He had the ...

637. Jesus and Beelzebub

Mark 3:20-30

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... Jesus and experiencing the costs of ministry with him (not even able to eat), and this is further evidence that Jesus is pointing to them as his new family in Mark 3:35. We should also remember that in 3:13–19 we have been presented with the Twelve as those who share in Jesus’ authority and ministry. The incidents in 3:20–35 are connected with the preceding passage in that those named in 3:13–19, with whom Mark’s Christian readers are to identify themselves, are shown as being given a relationship ...

638. What Does Jesus Expect of Us?

Mark 8:27-38

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... and, when they accepted it, they found, through him, the only way to live. 2. Jesus expects us to carry his lifestyle into our own calling. One of the unique characteristics of Jesus' lifestyle was the investing of his life into the training of the twelve disciples. The impact of his mission depended upon their catching his vision and kindling in them a similar enthusiasm. This was to be the seed of the church, namely, a person such as Peter catching the vision and confessing Jesus as Lord. Wherever this ...

639. The Apostles' Creed: I Believe

Mark 9:14-32

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... that has come down to us today. A word here on the title, "Apostles' Creed." It was first identified as such in 390 AD in a letter sent by a church Synod to the current Pope.(5) Legend had it that it was composed by the Twelve after the Ascension with each one contributing a clause. True? Of course not, but the legend was universally believed during Middle Ages. By the time of the Reformation, most scholars had rejected the story while still accepting the creed as genuine apostolic teaching based on ...

640. Jesus Questioned About Fasting

Mark 2:18-22

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... readers would see Jesus giving a justification for practices that they regarded as precedents for their own behavior. The gentile Christians for whom this Gospel was probably written, who no doubt did not observe Jewish fasts, would have seen that Jesus and the Twelve began the precedent—and for very good theological reasons, not simply as an indication of religious laxness. Additional Notes 2:18 Fasting: The practice is well attested in the OT as an expression of mourning and repentance (e.g., 2 Sam. 1 ...

641. Love And Money

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

William G. Carter

... . Usually the Lord is too busy, going immediately here and immediately there. He heals one sick person after another. He shouts at wind storms and screams at demons. He never slows down to love anybody, especially his disciples. In Mark's book, the twelve disciples appear as blockheads who stood around and scratched their heads whenever Jesus said or did anything significant. Mark never says Jesus loved Peter, James, John, or the others. But he insists Jesus loved this man. Maybe that's because (a) the ...

642. The Benefits of Christianity for Nonbelievers

2 Samuel 6:1-23

Sermon

Donald Zelle

... Christianity while being a nonbeliever. There are many others. Obed-edom is an example. Obed-edom is part of the story of King David's rise to the position of political and religious leader of Israel. In order to bring together these two concerns for the Twelve Tribes, David planned to bring the Ark of the Covenant into the city of Jerusalem, which he had just made the capital of the united nation. This was especially pleasing to the people of the north, who only recently accepted David as their king. They ...

643. I Cried All the Way Home

John 16:17-33

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... And this was the cause of sorrow at the Last Supper. The Disciples were saddened by Jesus' announcement of departure - "So you have sorrow now." For three years they lived, walked, ate, drank, slept, and worked together until they were a cohesive band. The Twelve, except for Judas, became attached to Jesus. They admired and respected him. They believed he was the Messiah. They marvelled at his teaching and were astonished at his power of healing and his power over nature. What would they do, what could they ...

644. A Desperate Question

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

George Bass

... to that perplexing problem and he had to have it soon; his fate depended on it, to some degree. Apparently, he was bothered by the reports that filtered down to him about the kind of ministry Jesus was engaged in. The training mission, on which Jesus had sent the twelve, seems to have precipitated a kind of personal crisis causing him to doubt that Jesus was the long-expected Messiah, and the matter had to be settled before it was too late. He must have wanted to die in peace; he had to have an answer to ...

645. Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

John 6:1-15

Sermon

Brett Blair

... , wanted to send the people away. Then Jesus surprised his disciples, asking them to feed the crowd. There were many occasions when the disciples responded as any of us would. We have here only five loaves of Bread and two fish. But Jesus offered opportunities for the twelve to see God at work, to see something other than the world they had come to know and understand. He asked for the food, blessed it, broke it, and broke it again, and again. The food went out like a peace of paper folded many times ...

646. Second Sight

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

David Belgum

... for some time and then breaks forth at the right time, or as Scripture says, "in the fullness of time." Do not be discouraged if such a second sight does not come to you. Remember, Daniel was a rare case of prophecy. Jesus took only three out of the twelve to be with him on the mountain. That's only 25 percent. But we should receive it gladly and obediently if it should be our fate to be thus transformed or to see some helpful vision. On the other hand, we should not be surprised if a vision should ...

647. The Two Washings

John 13:1-17

Sermon

Dean Lueking

... that he endured it all. In his cross there is an indictment of our sin. The Other Washing Christ himself took a towel and basin in another moment of the passion story. St. John tells us that on the night of his betrayal, when he had gathered the twelve in the Upper Room in Jerusalem for the passover meal, this took place: Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, rose from supper, laid aside his garments, and girded himself with ...

648. Are You in Labor?

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... disciples to prepare the way for his ministry. Some manuscripts say seventy-two were appointed. It really doesn’t matter which number is correct; the number is probably symbolic. Jesus obviously had a large number of followers. Certainly he had more than the twelve with which we are familiar. On this occasion he sent them out in pairs, undoubtedly for mutual encouragement and help. Jesus saw a tremendous need, a need so great that a great corps of witnesses was needed. “The harvest is plentiful,” he ...

649. Be Careful What You Ask For

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... ourselves for the same sins? The anger of the other ten disciples may not have been motivated by the injustice of James and John’s request but by their own jealousy. At this point, Jesus, in order to avert discord among the twelve, calls them together. He begins to reemphasize the meaning of real greatness. He contrasts greatness in this world--positions of power, elegant houses, expensive cars, fat bank accounts--with greatness in God’s kingdom. “Instead,” says Jesus, “whoever wants to become ...

650. Jesus Walks On the Water

Mark 6:45-56

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... earlier examples in 1:39; 3:7–12), only this summary makes no reference to Jesus teaching or exorcising demons but concentrates on his healings. The passage emphasizes that people came to Jesus, indeed, thronged him, so that again we get the impression that Jesus and the Twelve were harried and beset with need wherever they went (cf. 1:37, 45; 2:1–4; 3:7–11; 3:20; 6:30–32). The attitude of the people is an almost superstitious reverence for Jesus as a wonder-worker, including the idea that even his ...

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