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726. John 12:20-33

John 12:20-33

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Leonard Sweet

... the lifted-up (i.e., crucified) Christ as other Christian writings use to describe the exaltation of Jesus by God. (See Acts 2:33; 5:31; Philippians 2:9 and compare with John 3:14; 8:28 and 12:32.) Jesus' ignominious death is not a sign of humiliation and surrender for John it is the symbol of Christ's glorification and a "lifting up" to the Father. It is this lifted-up Christ who has the power to call all people Jew and Gentile to see and serve him.

727. About Sex

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... fool that ever walked. That proving bit is one of the rottenest lines ever invented. Does he love you? It doesn’t sound like it. Someone who loves you wants whatever is best for you. Figure it out; he wants you to commit an immoral act, surrender your virtue, throw away your self‑respect, risk the loss of your reputation, risk getting pregnant, getting diseased or getting into trouble. That’s the biggest laugh of the century. He wants what’s best for him! He wants a thrill he can brag about at ...

728. Two Kinds of Belief

John 1:43-51

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Roger Lovette

... talked about another kind of faith. Not only do we believe in God, but we begin to put our trust in him. We bet our lives on the truth that there is a God. We even begin to give him our money because we really do believe this business. We surrender to him. We follow him. We believe that he is with us, and nothing can separate us from his love.

729. From Cynicism to Faith

John 1:43-51

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G. Curtis Jones

Malcolm Muggeridge, with a Fabian Socialist upbringing, once an atheist, a career journalist, at one time hearty drinker and womanizer, at age seventy-nine surrendered his will to the Lord. This gadfly of British letters, an eloquent peddler of words, gathered up his contradictions and beliefs in November 1982, marched down to a small chapel in Hurst Green, Sussex, and, with his wife, became a member of the Catholic Church. His decision to convert was ...

730. The Most Stubborn Man in the Bible

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... something amazing occurred. “The people of Nineveh believed God.” They proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth all of them, from the greatest to the least. Even the king of Nineveh repented. He dressed in sackcloth and issued a decree of total surrender to the will of God. That’s impressive. Anytime you can get a politician to repent, you’ve accomplished something. Jonah’s revival was an astounding success. Every sinner had repented. Every heart was changed. You would think that a preacher would ...

731. Etched in Stone

Exodus 20:1-21

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King Duncan

... , God loves you with an everlasting love regardless. We are God’s children, not through our perfection but by means of His grace. You’ll never satisfy all the laws, but thanks be to God, you don’t have to. All you need do is to surrender your life to Christ. 1. Bernice Kanner, Are You Normal? (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1995), p. 24. 2. Nov. 2003, “The Lord’s Laughter,” Cross Trails Church. Contributed by Dr. John Bardsley. 3. Kirk Kirkpatric, “Tested Humor and How to Use It,” “The ...

732. The Heart of the Matter

Psalm 51:1-19

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King Duncan

... waiting to erupt perhaps since early childhood. In verse 5 he declares, “Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me . . .” And that’s true. Our emotions, positive or negative, are deeply rooted. They will not surrender willingly. Soren Kierkegaard was one of the most deeply intellectual men who ever lived. If you could be saved by your thoughts, surely Kierkegaard could have accomplished it. He was one of the towering philosophers of the nineteenth century, and his ...

733. Jesus Radical Prescription

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

Mike Ripski

... to be with his anger, how to live with himself when he is angry, how to live with others with whom he is angry, and how to live with others who are angry at him. He offers this discipline as a way to deal with anger, as a way of surrendering it to the Holy Spirit so that it won’t become an unholy spirit: 1. Be with it. Listen to it. Shut up. Whatever you say, you’ll likely regret it. 2. Wait before acting on it. Give it time to detoxify and cool off. Give the Holy Spirit time ...

734. Love that Kneels

Luke 15:11-32

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Mike Ripski

... . As we noted last Sunday, each suffers from the darkness of his own creating. Its origin is different, but it has the same deadly affect. The father’s love can dispel the darkness with holy light and help each son find his way home, only if each surrenders to it. Each must let go of the way he has been seeking the life that truly satisfies, in order to receive the Way, Truth, and Life that does. III. Divine Love Isn’t “Either-Or” The father’s love isn’t reasonable, because it defies “either ...

735. Memories of Home: The Prodigal Son

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Mike Ripski

... is following isn’t working. The Elder Son isn’t obtaining it by earning it, by being obedient enough, or good enough. The Younger Son isn’t obtaining it with a kind of freedom that is really just another form of bondage. What each needs is to surrender to the love of their father. Love that is grace. Gift. Life in relationship that blesses, because it is based on self-giving, not self-absorption. IV. A “Me too” church What each son needs is to receive the Light that enables each to see that he ...

736. The Call to Downward Mobility

Isaiah 49:1-7

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Mike Ripski

... think that way. Our heritage holds that we have free will and that the decisions we make are real decisions. What I believe Isaiah was describing was how God’s call felt to him. He so felt God’s hand on him that to try to do anything other than surrender to it would be futile. He wouldn’t be able to shake free of it. The “Hound of Heaven,” as one poet put it, would yap at his heels under he yielded. My own call wasn’t so overwhelming. It wasn’t a loud voice. It was a whisper that ...

737. Thin Spaces

Matthew 17:1-13

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Mike Ripski

... kind shatters all our wrong assumptions, beliefs, lies, delusions, prejudices…all our idols. It sets us free to live, truly live. What makes this latter fear sometimes indistinguishable from the former is that it makes us feel threatened. Who we are is in danger. To surrender to it will have implications that will entail change in our familiar and comfortable habits. To submit our will to God’s will means going where we’ve not been before. It means relying on what we can’t know exists until we trust ...

738. You Must Start Over!

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Mike Ripski

... In Luke’s gospel, Jesus teaches his disciples about the cost of discipleship. He concludes, “None of you can become my disciples, if you do not give up all your possessions” (Luke 14:33). To receive, we must let go. To win, we must surrender. To live, we must die. It’s the paradox of grace. All our possessions: including our religion, our understandings about God and how God works, our assumptions about church and worship. Nicodemus is bewildered: “How can these things be?” Jesus replies, “Are ...

739. Theology 101

Psalm 111:1-10

Sermon

Mike Ripski

... over a tight-wire over Niagara Falls asks a bystander if she believes he can do it. The woman says yes. The man responds, “Then get in the wheelbarrow.” Knowledge can be distance learning. Faith goes down to the very core of our being. It entails surrender. The first lecture in Theology 101 is this: “God can be trusted to keep God’s promise never to abandon, desert, or forsake us. God can be trusted to redeem, reclaim, recover, restore, and re-create all that God loves.” A little girl was flying ...

740. I Am No Longer My Own

Mark 8:31-38; Rom 7:7-25

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Philip W. McLarty

... , let me have nothing; I freely and heartily yield all things to thy pleasure and disposal." As disciples of Jesus Christ, we'd do well to pray with Wesley and be reminded that we're not free to follow the dictates of our own sinful nature; we're free to surrender our wills to the will of God and to submit ourselves to the authority of Jesus Christ.

741. From Me to We

1 Corinthians 9:1-27

Sermon

Mike Ripski

... answer Yes would mean that I’d given my life to the wrong “way.” Could there be a better “Way”? Though I was blind, I began to see what I could not see before. Like Jonah, who spent 3 days in the belly of the big fish, in order to surrender to God, I spent 3 days in the darkness and solitude of my blindness. In those 3 days I came to see that Jesus’ way is The Way. A follower of The Way, Ananias was told by Jesus to come to Damascus and lay hands on me, so I would ...

742. Proper 12

Ephesians 3:14-21, John 6:16-24, John 6:1-15, 2 Samuel 11:1-27

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John R. Brokhoff

... have a message of assurance and encouragement for the smallest and the poorest in the congregation. Christ can take a kid's lunch, not a dinner, and feed 5,000 with it. We need to see that the same miracle is repeated when we give our all to Christ in surrender and dedication. Outline: Jesus can make much out of little – a. You may be small only a lad, only a lunch v. 9. b. Give your all to Christ v. 11. c. Rejoice in what Christ can accomplish v. 12. Old Testament: 2 Samuel 11:1-15 1. The story ...

743. Proper 26

Mark 12:28-34, Hebrews 9:11-28, Ruth 1:1-22

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... mile is covered. You are not home until you enter the door. Unless this final step is taken, all that preceded it is lost and wasted. Knowledge does not go far enough to enter the kingdom. Morality is not enough. The ultimate is faith which issues in surrender and commitment to Christ. Old Testament: Ruth 1:1-18 1. Bethlehem (v. 2). Bethlehem is a very important city. It was the birthplace of David and the Son of David, Jesus. At the time Elimelech and Naomi left Bethlehem for Moab because of a famine in ...

744. Easter

Psalm 118:1-29, Luke 24:1-12, John 20:1-18, Acts 10:34-43, 1 Corinthians 15:19-26

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

... that may prevent our communicating the Good News of the resurrection of our dying, rising, living Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Declaration of Pardon Pastor: Friends, hear the Good News! The Lord’s love endures forever. People: The Lord chastens us but does not surrender us to death. He is our deliverer. Pastor: Friends, believe the Good News! People: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Exhortation Like Mary Magdalene, go to tell the family of Jesus that he is risen and ascends to his God and ours. PRAYER ...

745. Proper 27

Psalm 98:1-9; 145:1-5, 17-21, Haggai 1:15b-2:9, Luke 20:27-40, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17

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B. David Hostetter

... you have prepared for your children beyond death; for the sake of your Son Jesus, who is alive from the dead. Amen. Declaration of Pardon Pastor: Friends, hear the Good News! The Lord’s love endures forever. People: The Lord chastens us but does not surrender us to death. God is our deliverer. Pastor: Friends, believe the Good News! People: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Exhortation May the Lord direct your hearts toward God’s love and the steadfastness of Christ! PRAYER OF THE DAY God of the burning ...

746. Proper 13

Matthew 14:13-21, Psalm 17:1-15, Genesis 32:22-32, Romans 9:1-29

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

... in the bond of peace. Deliver the innocent from temptations too hard for them to bear, and support those on the verge of losing faith and giving up the good fight. Have mercy on hardened sinners and those enslaved by grievous addictions. May these surrender to your higher power. Send true comforters to those who are suffering from the malice of others or by the mistreatment of the careless; any who have been misjudged and misunderstood; and those who are victims of injustice and oppression because of their ...

747. Be Careful How You Live - Sermon Starter

Eph 5:15-20; John 6:63

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Brett Blair

... , demanding obedience to every detail as the requisite to the good life, but St. Paul discovered that a set of rules could never provide salvation nor solve the deadly problem of sin and moral failure. Jesus, however, came with a new key to true life: accept his spirit, surrender to the claim of his will, allow him to enter the stream of everyday living; and, in this commitment, all we say and do will reflect the influence of his life within us. What does this do for and with those who resolve to do it? How ...

748. Eternity 101: The Final Exam

1 Corinthians 3:5-15

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James Merritt

... what we could have done for God. One of the greatest Christians who ever walked the face of this earth was Dwight L. Moody. Dwight L. Moody made this statement, "The world has yet to see what God can do with one man or one woman totally committed and surrendered to Him." Rest assured of one thing. Any work you do, great or small that God deems worthy will receive a reward. It is very simple, "If the work survives the fire, that builder will receive a reward." (I Corinthians 3:14, NLT) That is why you ought ...

749. The Message That WILL Save Your Life

1 Corinthians 15:1-4

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James Merritt

... did say, "It is by the Gospel that we are saved" and went on to say that you must, "Call upon the name of the Lord to be saved" and when you call upon the name of the Lord, however you do it, if you do it in sincerity and surrender to Jesus Christ, you are doing it as a sinner, praying to a Holy God. "A man went to see Zig Ziglar to hear him at a motivational conference and he got to meet him afterwards. After he met him he went to his friends and said, "I think Zig ...

750. Did You Know...That You Can Know God?

1 John 2:3-5

Sermon

James Merritt

... , the way God wants you to do it. The point is – actions speak louder than words. I've heard people say, "Talk is cheap." It is worse than that. When it comes to knowing God, talk is worthless. You can show that you know God by living a life of surrendered obedience. III. You Can Grow In How You Do Know God One of the things you ought to pray for is that you would grow in your knowledge of God. Paul said in Ephesians 1:17 that we ought to be, "Asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus ...

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