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851. God's Prescription for a Healthy Christian

Jude 1:17-21

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James Merritt

... will play on people's feelings. They will use buzz words like "tolerance, open mindedness, mutual respect..." The type of things that it's hard in one way to be against. They will lie, they will speak half-truths, they won't take a stand against popular opinion. Generally, they will be nice and they will act nice. They will engage in theological double talk. Their favorite song is "Love the one you're with." They know what to say; they know how to say it. Their greatest weapon is words. If you listen the ...

852. Don't Believe the Lie about the Truth

John 8:32

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James Merritt

... all of this so dangerous? When you take away the God of the word, and you take away the word of God, you take away the only objective basis of morality, purity, and holiness. Because without God and the Bible, right and wrong becomes just a matter of personal opinion. I heard about two men who got into an argument, and they could not settle the matter between themselves, so they both agreed they would go to a very wise man who lived in that town and let him settle the dispute for them. The next day one of ...

853. Have You Seen the Light?

John 9:1-41

Sermon

James Merritt

... Jesus is not only a good man, he is a great man. You couldn't pay a person a higher compliment in that day than to call them a prophet. Because a prophet was considered a spokesman for God. But after further questioning by the Pharisees, and further reflection, his opinion goes even higher. "We know that God spoke to Moses; as for this fellow, we do not know where He is from. The man answered and said to them, ‘Why, this is a marvelous thing, that you do not know where He is from, and yet He has opened my ...

854. The Ministry of the Holy Spirit

John 16:7-11

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James Merritt

... job to get anyone to accept anything I preach. When you get right down to it, I couldn't do that if I wanted to. You really cannot convince and persuade people to believe in spiritual truth. A man convinced against his will, is of the same opinion still. The truth of the matter is, anything that I could talk you into, eventually somebody else can come along and talk you out of. A natural man cannot receive spiritual truth without supernatural help. If you are a soul-winner, and every Christian ought to be ...

855. Who's In Charge Here

Judges 21:24-25

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James Merritt

... 8:12) A stranger was not at home in Israel. He had no permanent dwelling place there. He was allowed to live there, but he had no voice in the land. Being a stranger, he had no "say so" in the affairs of Israel. He possessed no vote. Whatever opinion he might have about important decisions was totally ignored. God said, "You have treated my word as a stranger." It has no voice in daily affairs; it cast no vote; when important decisions are made the Word of God is ignored.[4] That was the problem then and it ...

856. The Key That Unlocks the Door to Spiritual Power

Mark 14:36

Sermon

James Merritt

One of my heroes is Winston Churchill. In my opinion, he was one of the two or three greatest men of the Twentieth Century. When he arose on June 18, 1940, to speak to the House of Commons, he must have felt as if the weight of the whole world was upon his shoulders. It looked as if Britain was ...

857. Thou Shalt Not Judge - True or False?

Matthew 7:1-6

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James Merritt

... judge why a person does it. Judgment is wrong when you judge by the wrong standard, and in the wrong spirit. You see, there is only one standard we are to use to judge other people, and that is the Word of God. When you judge others based on your opinions, your feelings, your standards, then you are wrong. But you are wrong not to judge others when your standard is the Word of God. It is never wrong to call wrong wrong when God calls it wrong. But judgment can still be wrong even if you use the right ...

858. Don't Forget to Forgive

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

James Merritt

... and I was hoping you could help me." Dr. Peale said he thought immediately that perhaps her itching did not have a physical cause, but a mental or even spiritual cause. Dr. Peale, with her permission, called her doctor. The doctor told Dr. Peale that, in his opinion, there was nothing physically or organically wrong with this patient, but there was some kind of a neurosis or obsession that he described as a kind of inner mental eczema, a scratching on the inside that in her mind was really on the skin." Dr ...

859. Put Up and Shut Up

Proverbs 18:21

Sermon

James Merritt

... mouth shut and let people think you are a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt. I have learned, the hard way, that one minute of keeping your mouth shut is worth an hour of explanation. One of the most underrated Presidents of all time, in my opinion, was Calvin Coolidge. He was known as "Silent Cal" because he spoke very little. He said one of the wisest things, without saying anything, that I've heard anybody say about anything. He said, "I have never been hurt by anything I didn't say." b. Use Your ...

860. Tastes Great, Less Filling - Sounds Good, Not True

Proverbs 23:29-35

Sermon

James Merritt

... , as far as we know from Scripture, Solomon never had any problem with alcohol. But he obviously had seen its great danger and was warning his children just as we need to warn ours. II. The Biblical Definition of Alcohol Contrary to popular opinion, there is little ambiguity in the Scripture concerning alcohol and its consumption. Much confusion stems from the equating of alcoholic beverages described in the Bible with those bought, sold, and consumed today. Notice that Solomon refers in Prov. 20:1 to "wine ...

861. God, Elvis, and O.J. Simpson

Psalm 139

Sermon

James Merritt

... has one last run to make. In that last run he will get a fair trial. How do I know these two things are true? Because of what I know about God, and what we learn about God in this tremendous Psalm. I. God Is Omniscient Now everybody has an opinion as to whether or not O. J. Simpson is guilty. The fact is, I may think he is guilty, you may think he's innocent. But there are only four beings in the universe that know the truth: O. J., Nicole, Ron Goldman, and God. God is all-knowing, God ...

862. The Greatest Place in the World

Romans 12:1-2

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James Merritt

... unborn baby as a sacrifice for her living body. The expression "living sacrifice" is rather strange. It's an oxymoron, a figure of speech where you find two words together that are mutually contradictory. For example, "Tech football" is an oxymoron. In my opinion, a short sermon is an oxymoron. Normally, if you sacrifice something it's dead. If it's not dead you haven't sacrificed it. To understand it, substitute the words "sacrificial living." That is, give your bodies to God in sacrificial living. You ...

863. God's Will: Don't Leave Home Without It

Romans 12:1-2

Sermon

James Merritt

... as a sacrifice for her living body. The very expression "living sacrifice" is really strange. It is an oxymoron. An oxymoron is a figure of speech where you find two words together that are mutually contradictory. For example: Tech Football is an oxymoron. In my opinion a short sermon is an oxymoron. Normally, if you sacrifice something it's dead. If it's not dead you haven't sacrificed it. We are told here to give a "living sacrifice." Now to understand that, simply substitute the words "sacrificial living ...

864. The Sin of Silence

1 John 1:9-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... or common law, but it was simply a product of the Supreme Court's fertile imagination. But be that as it may, it is the law and it's a law that says you have the right to remain silent. Ironically, one of the victims of the Miranda opinion was Ernesto Miranda himself. This rapist, whose conviction was overturned by that famous Supreme Court case, was stabbed to death in 1976 in a Phoenix bar, and the cops arrested a suspect in the killing. He wanted to confess, but after being read his Miranda rights, he ...

865. The Battle of New Orleans

2 Timothy 3:1-4:8

Sermon

James Merritt

... next book over, Paul said to Titus in Titus 2:1, "But as for you, speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine." Now we need to understand that when we do speak those things which are "proper for sound doctrine," we will go against the tide of personal opinion and political correctness. But that's all right because we are twice-born men in a once-born world, and we should never stoop to go with the flow. Now I don't believe we ought to be heresy hunters. But I do believe we ought to be heresy ...

866. Science and the Bible

John 17:17, 1 Timothy 3:16

Sermon

James Merritt

... have made such a blunder. They had "documented" their erroneous statements with correct pictures, which when examined objectively, showed a structure quite different and exactly the reverse of what the text affirmed.6 For more than a hundred years a majority scientific opinion was wrong. There is a dogmatic assertion in the world of scientific academia that declares the earth to be at least 4.5 billion years of age. These scientists confidently announced that landing man on the moon would confirm the age of ...

867. What Is A Christian?

Acts 11:26

Sermon

James Merritt

... gospel. So I turned to the man next to me and I said, "Sir, I am a minister working on a message and you can help me if you would." He said, "I will be glad to, what can I do for you?" I said, "Just simply answer a personal opinion poll." I said, "What is your definition of a Christian?" He gave me a great answer. He said, "A Christian is one who learns and follows the teachings of Jesus Christ." Well, I thought that was a great answer, which allowed me to ask him the second question. "Are you ...

868. How to Handle the Mess of Stress

Exodus 18:23-27

Sermon

James Merritt

... much television. Add financial setbacks, failure at school, unanswered letters, obesity, loneliness, a ringing telephone, un-planned pregnancies, fear of cancer, misunderstanding, materialism, alcoholism, drugs, and an occasional death; then subtract the support of the family unit, divide by dozens of opinions, multiply by 365 days a year, and you have the makings of madness! Stress has become a way of life; it is the rule rather than the exception.1 There is no question that we are living in the mess of ...

869. It Ain't Over Til It's Over

Matthew 5:31-32

Sermon

James Merritt

... Bennett, former Secretary of Education, has said in his newest book entitled, The Broken Hearth, "Nothing has done more to undermine family life today than the ‘divorce revolution,' which began roughly 35 years ago, and is now a prominent, and, in the opinion of some, a permanent feature of the American landscape."1 Armand M. Nicholi, Jr., Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard University, writes: The divorce rate rose 700% in the 20th Century and continues to rise. There is now one divorce ...

870. Are You Lonesome Tonight?

Psalm 102:6-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... kind of people. We call them “loners.” They are alone; they are lonely because they choose to be lonely. Now let’s be honest. Some people are lonely because of their own fault. They are so self-centered, so wrapped up in who they are, so self-opinionated, so in love with themselves, that people can’t stand to be around them. There was a man who was extremely unpopular at work, and nobody liked him, and he was very lonely. Two men were talking about him one time and one man said, “You know, John ...

871. No Place Like Home

Psalm 128:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... , I said to myself at least a hundred times, “There’s no place like home.” In fact, the title of that song that he wrote was “Home, Sweet Home.” Everybody hungers for a sweet home. Reader’s Digest commissioned the Roper Center for public opinion research to ask 1,022 American teenagers, ages 16 to 18, several questions. The first, and the most important question they asked, was, “What would bring you more satisfaction, and is more important to you as you look to the future than anything else ...

872. Great Is Your Faith - Sermon Starter

Matthew 15:21-28

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Brett Blair

... write this epitaph an enemy or a loved one. It might also depend, you might say, on how well this person knew and understood you. If a newspaper critic wrote of a concert pianist the four words: "He was a failure," you could always say: That was his opinion. But if one of the world's great musicians wrote, "He was a genius," then you are apt to take the remark more seriously. There was a character in the Gospel who Jesus once described with four immortal words: Great is your faith. She was a Canaanite woman ...

873. An Excellent Epitaph

2 Timothy 4:6-8

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... these words: “Here lies Ezekiel Aikle, age 102, the good die young.” (1) I wonder who wrote that epitaph, hopefully not his wife. A far better epitaph is on the tombstone of James Lewis Pettigru in Charleston, South Carolina. It reads: “Unawed by opinion, unseduced by flattery, undismayed by disaster, he confronted life with antique courage and death with Christian hope.” The most famous epitaph in the Bible is in our text for today. St. Paul’s 16-word statement has to rank as one of the great ...

874. Why Is Life So Unfair?

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... camps were comforted by the story of Job. St. Paul declared that “in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” (Rom. 8:28) The most outstanding Methodist of the Twentieth Century was, in my opinion, the great missionary to India, E. Stanley Jones. He was converted as a young man. At that time he was working in the law library in a Baltimore courthouse. He lost no time in announcing to his boss that he was a Christian. The boss reacted with ...

875. I Believe In The Holy Spirit

John 16:5-16

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... burning the candle at both ends. You are demanding more from yourself than you should. Your body and mind are complaining.” Then he said something that hurt my feelings. He said, “You need to find a source bigger than you are.” Well, I thanked him for his opinion but left his office in a huff. The nerve of that guy, preaching to a preacher!” But by the time I arrived at home, I knew I had heard the truth, even though I didn’t like it. Not long thereafter, we were transferred to a new assignment ...

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