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751. The Death That Ends All Death

1 Peter 3:18

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James Merritt

... himself against God, and puts himself where only God deserves to be; God sacrifices Himself for man and puts Himself where only man deserves to be. Man claims prerogatives, which belong to God alone; God accepts penalties which belong to man.3 The great evangelist, Dwight L. Moody, was talking to someone who was trying to deny the substitutionary atonement of Jesus Christ, and he said: "Do not suppose God has made a law without a penalty. What an absurd thing it would be! The penalty for sin is death ...

752. The Thrill of Victory

2 Corinthians 2:14-15

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James Merritt

... when you carry about you the fragrance of the Lord Jesus Christ, when you have about you the sweet smell of victory, the perfume of purity, the cologne of commitment, the fragrance of faith, not everyone is going to like the smell. It is said the evangelist, Billy Sunday wore, what in his day was the equivalent of deodorant, a form of perfume. One day, a little lady came up to him, offended by the fact that he was wearing this perfume, leaned up to him, sniffed, and said, rather piously, "You smell." Quick ...

753. The Sword of the Lord

Hebrews 4:12-13

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James Merritt

... discern, it is also able to deliver. There is not a heart so hard that the sword of the Spirit cannot pierce that heart and penetrate that heart, and bring that heart to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. George Whitfield, the great Eighteenth-Century evangelist, was hounded by a group of detractors who called themselves the "Hellfire Club." They mocked him, they laughed at him, they derided his work, they made fun of his preaching. On one occasion, one of their ring leaders, a young man named Thorpe, was ...

754. Heaven: The Home of a Godly Family

John 14:1-6

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James Merritt

... word "prepare" I Cor. 2:9 came to my mind, and I discovered the same Greek word is used there. "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him." Billy Sunday, the great evangelist, once said, "If we could get a real appreciation of what heaven is, we would all be so homesick for heaven the devil wouldn't have a friend left on earth."5 d. Heaven Is a Spiritual Place "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will ...

755. The Fountain of Truth

2 Peter 1:12-21

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James Merritt

... universal in our country."1 General Robert E. Lee said, "The Bible is a book in comparison with which all others in my eyes are of minor importance, and which in all my perplexities and distresses has never failed to give me life and strength." But I believe the great evangelist, Billy Sunday, put it best when he said, "If you take the best out of all of the books of all of the ages ever written in the world, you still would not produce a book that would touch the hem of the garment of the Bible."2 But what ...

756. Saving Private Ryan

Acts 1:8

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James Merritt

... reach a lost world for Jesus Christ, go home and look in the mirror. There is no Plan B. It is up to us to be His witnesses. Not everyone in the church is called to preach. Not everyone is called to teach. Not everyone is called to be an evangelist, a pastor, a seminary professor. But everyone is called and commanded to be a witness. The key to the explosive growth of the early church is found in Acts. 2:32, "This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses." I really believe that when a person ...

757. I Believe in Easter

Acts 9:1-29

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James Merritt

... encourages her readers if they want more information to read the gospel of Luke. William Murray did, and by the time he finished the gospel of Luke, he got on his knees and gave his heart to a resurrected Lord Jesus Christ. Today, he is a powerful evangelist and an advocate of allowing God back into the public schools. How did he come out of darkness? By the light of the Scripture.2 II. The Lord That I Serve Immediately Paul asked two questions, which are the greatest questions you will ever ask in this ...

758. Have You Heard the News?

Ephesians 2:1-7

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James Merritt

... preacher out in California, with a worldwide TV ministry, has said, "I don't think anything has been done in the name of Christ, and under the banner of Christianity, that has proven more destructive to human personality, and hence counterproductive to the evangelistic enterprise, than the un-Christian, uncouth strategy of attempting to make people aware of their lost and sinful condition."1 Well, if that is true, then the Apostle Paul was one of the most un-Christian, uncouth individuals in history. For he ...

759. Doing Right When You Have Been Done Wrong

Ephesians 4:31-32

Sermon

James Merritt

... male pallbearers. They wouldn't take me out when I was alive and I don't want them to take me out when I'm dead." Well, even though that is a humorous story, I want to remind you of the seriousness of this subject. Dwight L. Moody, the great evangelist, once said, "The one sin that is keeping revival from coming to the church, more lost people from being saved, and more of the blessings of God from coming upon his people, is the sin of an unforgiving spirit." In Ephesians 4:31-32 Paul speaks both about the ...

760. Gentle On My Mind (Fruit of the Spirit: Gentleness)

Galatians 5:23

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James Merritt

... v.22, "But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves." Now let me tell you why meekness is so important. God can do anything with a man who is meek, but He can't do anything with a man who is not. Henry Moorhead was an evangelist who lived over a hundred years ago. He was a contemporary of Dwight L. Moody. He became famous not so much for his sermons, but for his text because the only text usually he would ever preach on was John 3:16. Henry Moorhead was preaching in a Welsh mining ...

761. The Love of the Harvest

John 4:34-38

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James Merritt

... the gospel to more people than any person in human history. He is easily one of the most recognizable and famous people on the face of planet earth. If anybody knows anything about the harvest, it is Billy Graham. Billy Graham said this: The evangelistic harvest is always urgent. The destiny of men, and of nations, is always being decided. Every generation is strategic. We are not responsible for the past generation, and we cannot bear the full responsibility for the next one; but we do have our generation ...

762. The Thrill of Victory Beats the Agony of Defeat

Judges 7:1-17

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James Merritt

... visit right there. I said, "Excuse me, I'm in the wrong house." She said, "Why do you say that?" I said, "Because we are about to start a new building program." She never came back. I want to give you fair warning. A soul-winning, evangelistic, faith-walking, devil-fighting, strong preaching, fast growing church, is not for the fainthearted. Do you know what I believe God said when these 22,000 men left? "Good riddance." You see, the fearful are good at fleeing, but they are no good for fighting. Cowards ...

763. Who's In Charge Here

Judges 21:24-25

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James Merritt

... he was living in a long-term relationship with another man. They then reject the man of God. Pastors today are under constant attack. They preach too long, they preach too hard, they preach too straight, they are too aggressive, they are too evangelistic, they are growing the church too quickly. So many pastors today are under siege. Such are the fruits are the resistance to authority. III. The Reception of Authority When we get under God-ordained authority, the results will be nothing short of magnificent ...

764. Don't Forget to Forgive

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

James Merritt

... The man who owed nine million dollars was not willing to forgive the man that owed fifteen dollars. You know, when you compare our sin debt to God, to someone else's sin debt to us, it's like comparing a mountain to a molehill. The old evangelist, Sam Jones, once said: "I haven't anything in this world to forgive. I will never get mad with any man unless he treats me worse than I have treated Jesus Christ." Did you know that there is a difference between enjoying forgiveness and experiencing forgiveness? We ...

765. The Greatest Place in the World

Romans 12:1-2

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James Merritt

... see, our Heavenly Father loves us so much he doesn't want what is good for us; He even wants more than what is best for us; He wants what is perfect for us; and what is perfect is His plan for our lives. I read the story of an evangelist whose wife had died, leaving him with two little boys to rear. He hired a woman to stay with them while he was going to his crusades. Whenever he traveled he would nearly always return with presents for his little boys. Well, coming back on one particular flight, he forgot ...

766. In Defense of the Offense

1 Corinthians 1:18-25

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James Merritt

... . There was very little response to his message. As he was leaving the platform a dear old saint came up to him, put his arm around him and said, "Billy, you didn't preach the cross tonight. Your message was good, but you didn't preach the cross." That great evangelist went back to his room and wept and made a resolve. He said, "Oh God, so help me, there will never be a sermon that I preach again unless the cross is central." That should be the heart and soul of every Christian; never to be ashamed of the ...

767. How to Rub People the Right Way

Acts 4:36-37

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James Merritt

... what was going on. Well Barnabas encouraged these men and women to grow in the faith, and to share the Lord. Because of that we read in Acts 11:24, "a great many people were added to the Lord." Now Barnabas could have become in effect the Evangelist-in-Chief, and he could have kept this situation all to himself and been the top dog. But because he was such an encourager he realized he couldn't handle the situation at Antioch by himself; he needed someone with greater gifts than he had. He remembered that ...

768. Saved to Share

Acts 26

Sermon

James Merritt

... it when I read the words of Robert Schuller who said: "I don't think anything has been done in the name of Christ, and under the banner of Christianity, that has proven more destructive to human personality, and is counterproductive to the evangelistic enterprise, than the un-Christian, uncouth strategy of attempting to make people aware of their lost and sinful condition.7 With all due respect to Dr. Schuller, nothing could be further from biblical truth. Rather, Martin Luther was right when he said, "The ...

769. The Prosecutor Perry Mason Can't Beat

John 16:7-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... ; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." A courtroom can convict you of crime, your conscience can convict you of guilt, but only the Holy Spirit can convict you of sin. The great evangelist, Dwight L. Moody, once said, "If a man is troubled about his sin, it must be the work of the Holy Spirit. For Satan never told him he was a sinner." You see, refusing to believe in Jesus Christ is not only the parent sin of all sins, it ...

770. On Running Afoul of the Dress Code

Mt 22:11-14

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... -easy life (if you know what I mean). One night he got talking about the annual revival that took place in Amery. Same format every year. Instead of a tent, everybody went down to the football field. Somewhere out around the 50 yard line stood the evangelist and the choir. When it came time for the altar call, people streamed down from the bleachers and out onto the field. Said my friend: The thing I remember most about the revival was that every night my girlfriend and I would come down from the bleachers ...

771. The Blessing Of A Godly Mentality

Genesis 18:16-33

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... police may help protect little children from the gunfire of drug dealers in Memphis. But the final solution is to render illegal drugs unnecessary. How? By offering people Christ who alone can fill that aching void inside them that drives them to drugs. The most powerful evangelistic statement you can make sounds something like this—“Since I began to follow Jesus Christ, he has been doing some wonderful things in my life. I still have a long way to go, but thanks be to God, I’m not what I used to be ...

772. Is There Hope For World Peace?

Matthew 24:1-35

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... disease and poverty there, while spreading the gospel of Jesus. We are digging wells to provide safe drinking water while we are spreading the “living water” of faith in Jesus Christ. The third mandate is given in Matthew 28, verse 19. It is an EVANGELISTIC one. “Go into all the world and make disciples.” Jesus warned us that our three-fold assignment here on earth would be tough. He said, “If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you.” (John 15:20) In fact, a constant theme in the ...

773. I Believe In Jesus Christ

Colossians 1:15-23

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Bill Bouknight

... the Creed that Jesus is Lord! You are saying that Jesus is your towering truth, your dominating desire, your pre-eminent purpose, and your core conviction. You are saying with St. Paul, “For me to live is Christ.” (Phil. 1:21) The late evangelist Wallace Chappell used to say, “In some people’s lives, Christ is present. In some people’s lives, Christ is prominent. But in the life of a Christian, Christ should be preeminent.” Shortly after American astronaut Neil Armstrong made his historic trip ...

774. The Shepherd's Song

Psalm 23:1-6

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John E. Harnish

... of justice and truth. Ask our youth who try to hold their convictions about drugs, alcohol and sexual promiscuity against the power of media and peer pressure. Ask anyone who tries to speak a word of peace in a world where even so-called Christian evangelists call for violence and political assassinations. Ask businessmen and women who try to live by a high ethical standard when the "bottom line" is the only "bottom line" that seems to matter. Walking in the paths of righteousness can be tough, but that's ...

775. A Life to Die For

Acts 6:8-15; Acts 7:54-8:1

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... was entitled "Does God Want You To Be Rich?", the debate over the so-called gospel of wealth. It featured some of the biggest preachers of the day: - Joel Osteen, pastor of the largest church in America - Joyce Meyer, one of the most popular TV evangelists - Kirby John Caldwell, pastor of the largest United Methodist church in America …all espousing something of the "gospel of prosperity." And I would say there is an element of truth to the word they proclaim. God does want us to do our best, to be ...

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