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901. An Unexpected Evangelist

John 4:1-26, 39-42

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David E. Leininger

... evangelist, is revered in many cultures. In southern Mexico, La Samaritana is remembered on the fourth Friday in Lent, when specially-flavored water is given to commemorate her gift of water to Jesus. The Orthodox know her as St. Photini, or Svetlana in Russian. Her name means "equal to the apostles," and she is honored as apostle and martyr on the Feast of the Samaritan Woman. Can you do what she did? Invite friends and neighbors? Of course, you can.

902. Thanksgiving All Year Round -delete

Ephesians 1:15-23

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... States he declared that every year Americans should celebrate Thanksgiving and remember how God had blessed them. And that's why each year at the end of November we have a Day of Thanksgiving. Application: Hold up the picture of Paul. In the Bible, the Apostle Paul wrote a letter to some Christians. In that letter he told them that he gave thanks to God every day for them and their faith. Paul reminds us that as Christians, every single day is to be a day of...? (thanksgiving), yes, thanksgiving. Every ...

903. Jesus Wuvs Me and Dat's Dat

John 15:1-5

Sermon

James W. Moore

... a few days before the crucifixion and resurrection, Jesus said to His disciples, “I am the vine, you are the branches.” In other words, “Stay connected to me and you will live and thrive and bear fruit. Apart from me, you will wither and die.” The Apostle Paul spoke about that in his writings. Let me paraphrase him like this: “I gave you a good foundation, Jesus Christ. You build on Jesus Christ. If you build with gold and silver or straw, it will fade. You must build your life on Jesus Christ ...

904. Don't Look Back, Remember Lot's Wife

Genesis 19:24-26

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James W. Moore

... lesson for life is found here! Don’t you let past hurts immobilize you! Don’t you let past hurts fester within you! Don’t you let past hurts make you sick! Or, turn you into a pillar of salt. Go fix that! Go get reconciled. The Apostle Paul is saying: “Forget about your hurts.” “Don’t nurse grievances!”” “Don’t give in to self-pity!” “Put them behind you… and go on with life!” Move forward. Don’t look back on your past successes and on your past hurts. III. THIRD AND FINALLY ...

905. John 20:19-31

John 20:19-23

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Leonard Sweet

... I sent you” (v.21). The number of those gathered in this closed room is never revealed in John’s text. But there is no reason to assume this group is only the ten apostles (Judas and Thomas being absent). In fact, since John refers specifically to “The Twelve” in v.24 to describe Jesus’ apostles, the implication is that these undifferentiated “disciples” are a larger group. It is to all those present, therefore, that Jesus gives his commission: “So send I you.” The focus and scope of this ...

906. Regret & Comfort

John 14:1-14; 1 Cor 15:8-9

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J. Ellsworth Kalas

... . His regret was so strong that it surfaced in the midst of a wondrous recital about the resurrection of Christ. As he listed those who had seen the resurrected Christ, he continued, "last of all…he appeared also to me. For I am the least of the apostles, unfit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God." Note: This illustration assumes that Jesus in John 14 is attempting to comfort the disciples for the opportunities they will soon squander by denying their relationship to Jesus.

907. The Spirit of My Mother's Church

John 7:25-44

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... and create the ideal picnic. But whether you eat what you bring in or what you take out, the Spirit celebrated by Romeria is the Spirit of Wonder, the Spirit of Beauty, the Spirit of Surprise. No one was more surprised than the apostles on that first Pentecost. They were surprised by divine power. They were surprised by holy presence. They were surprised by their own speech. They were surprised to be understood. They were surprised by eloquence and coherence and comprehension. When the Spirit “rested on ...

908. The Death That Ends All Death

1 Peter 3:18

Sermon

James Merritt

... to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us." (1 Thess. 5:9-10) We already see that Peter believed in it. He went on to say, "Jesus Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree." (1 Pet. 2:24) The Apostle John believed in it. He said, "By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us." (1 Jn. 3:16) The prophet Isaiah believed in it. He said, "But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was ...

909. The Sword of the Lord

Hebrews 4:12-13

Sermon

James Merritt

... had received an A+! The class could not believe it. They gathered around this football player to see what he had written, and here was his answer: "Who am I to criticize the Sermon on the Mount? What I would like to do is discuss the missionary journeys of the Apostle Paul."6 Well, I raise the same question. Who am I to "criticize" the Bible? All I am to do is to study it, believe it, and preach it as the inerrant word of God. f. It Exposes the Sinner "And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but ...

910. The Truth about Truth

John 8:31-32

Sermon

James Merritt

... not even attend church.3 Steve Turner, a noted British journalist, wrote a tongue-in-cheek view of what might be called, "The Apostle's Creed" of the humanist. He has captured the spirit of our age perfectly: We today believe in Marx, Freud, and Darwin (the ... Jesus is the only way to heaven. When Jesus said, "You must be born again," He said it to a Jew. It was a Jew, the Apostle Peter, who said, "There is no other name given under heaven whereby we must be saved." It was the greatest Jew of all, who said to ...

911. You Can Take It to the Bank

2 Peter 3:1-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... again. So he says: "Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder), that you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior." (vv.1-2) There is a truth that we tend to forget as we live our hustle and bustle, climbing the ladder, making a living, kind of life; and that is, we are always living under the shadow of the second coming of Jesus Christ ...

912. I Believe in Easter

Acts 9:1-29

Sermon

James Merritt

... to this man that not only changed his mind, but changed his heart and changed his life. In fact, the two greatest spiritual events that have happened since the resurrection of Jesus Christ, is the coming of the Holy Spirit, and the conversion of the Apostle Paul. Paul was, at the time of his salvation, the least likely person on earth to be converted. He was Jewish by birth, a Pharisee, a Hebrew blueblood. He was Greek by learning, steeped in the world's philosophy having studied in the finest university ...

913. Just Know Him In His Visible Return

Revelation 1:7-8

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James Merritt

... not disagree over the dynamic of the second coming. We need to be looking for the second coming. We need to be longing for the second coming. We need to be living for the second coming. We need to be learning about the second coming of Jesus Christ. The Apostle John, in two brief verses in the last book of the bible ever written, gives us all we really need to know about the second coming of Jesus Christ. If you want to know him in his visible return, you must take three attitudes toward his second coming ...

914. Easter and a Lost World

Acts 17:16-34

Sermon

James Merritt

... of Easter into the darkness of a lost city that is so much like the lost world we live in today, and you're going to see that in this message. As we think about Easter and a lost world, we can learn some very important Easter lessons from the Apostle Paul. 1. Because Of Easter Our Passion Should Be Stirred "Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him when he saw that the city was given over to idols." (v.16) Now remember the setting. Athens was no ordinary city. First of all ...

915. Focus on the Finish

Galatians 6:7-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... be far down the road to success in life if you will look at life as a race. The Apostle Paul compared his life to a race. As he came to the end of his journey on earth, he said ... that he had thrown the ball down at the one yard line, and the other team recovered. His problem was very simple. He did not focus on the finish. That is exactly what the Apostle Paul is telling us to do in this passage of Scripture. If you're going to run your race and win your race, you've got to focus on the finish. If every day ...

916. Just a Closer Walk With Thee

James 4:8

Sermon

James Merritt

... use a fax machine to get His message out? Did the disciples carry beepers as they went out and about? Did Jesus use a modem at the Sermon on the Mount? Did the apostle use a laptop with lots of RAM and ROM? Did he use an e-mail address such as Paul@Rome.com? Did the man from Macedonia post an e-mail saying, "Come?" Did the apostle use a laptop with lots of RAM and ROM? Did Moses use a joystick at the parting of the sea? And a Satellite Guidance Tracking System to show him where to be? Did ...

917. The Empire Strikes Back

Jude 1:14-15

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James Merritt

... . Because after warning the world, never to add to nor take away from the Word of God, Jesus said, “Surely, I am coming quickly.” (v.20) You see, the second coming of Jesus not only means joy for the saint, it means judgment for the sinner. The Apostle Paul said the time is coming “when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. These shall be punished ...

918. Deal with It, Get over it, and Get Help

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor power, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord” (vv.38-39). The Apostle puts the “Get Help” most simply in Romans 8:31: “If God is for us, who is against us?” Paul’s good news is more than just a “hang in there,” atta-boy pep talk. For those who genuinely seek to live “in Christ,” the finish line is ...

919. I Believe In Jesus Christ

Colossians 1:15-23

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... day it was to be ready. When she saw it, she was horrified. She said to the artist, “I’m not going to pay you for that painting. It does not do me justice.” He replied, “What you need, madam, is not justice but mercy.” St. Paul and the Apostles Creed tell us that in Jesus we see an exact picture of God the Father. Jesus is as much of God as we are capable of receiving. The great English scholar Maltby expressed it this way: “When the disciples said their prayers to God at night, there was a face ...

920. I Believe That Jesus Was Conceived By The Holy Spirit

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... it, he would reply, “That nail reminds me of the stakes that pierced my Savior’s flesh when he died for me on a cross. It reminds me of the price Jesus paid for my salvation and what I owe him in return.” So, when we declare in the Apostles’ Creed that we believe that Jesus “was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, “ we are affirming these truths at the very heart of the gospel: • God cared enough to send the very best. • Mary’s virginal status is an indictment of our ...

921. I Believe That Jesus Suffered Under Pontius Pilate

John 1:29-34

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... ." (I John 4:10) We sing the great truth of Atonement with the words of that wonderful old Robert Lowry hymn: "What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus. What can make me whole again? Nothing but the blood of Jesus." The Apostles’ Creed declares that Jesus “suffered under Pontius Pilate.” Did anyone ever suffer like Jesus? So many kinds of suffering! There was the pain of ridicule. Because he claimed the title of “King of the Jews,” a crown of thorns was thrust down upon his head ...

922. Strong in Faith: A Little Dab'll Do Ya

1 Corinthians 16:13

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... . It is not just intellectual conclusions about the nature of the universe. Transforming faith does not mean "agreement with," it means "commitment to;" not just belief "about," but belief "in" the living Christ. The Apostles' Creed is one of the oldest expressions of the Christian faith. Not literally written by the apostles, it grew out of the early days of the church and has been in its present form since about the 14th century. It evolved during times of persecution and against the backdrop of pagan ...

923. Barnabas Found the Way

Acts 4:35-5:16

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John E. Harnish

... think? Here, in this first incident, it's Barnabas who models Christian generosity, modeling the life of the community where Luke says "…they were of one heart, and one soul…they had everything in common; they sold everything they had and brought it to the Apostles and there was not a needy person among them." (Acts 4:32) (A parentheses here: It's interesting that the folks who want to take the Bible "literally" never seem to want to take this passage literally. I am not suggesting we should. But I am ...

924. The Church of Your Dreams

Acts 2:1-21

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John E. Harnish

... sermon of the Christian era, you discover a profound statement of the faith. No dumbing down of the message, no soft-pedaling the witness of Jesus Christ. It is a call to grow deeply in the faith. Luke says the disciples committed themselves to the apostles' teaching, breaking of bread and prayer. And that is still the source of the church's strength today. One of the great challenges of a multi-cultural and multi-religious day is the ability to proclaim our faith in clarity, yet with grace and openness ...

925. Thanksgiving and Thanksliving

1 Corinthians 1:3-9

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... he can't stop giving thanks, especially for what he has found in Jesus the Christ. He overflows with expressions that inspire us, as well as other readers for centuries. He does so, even though clouds of imprisonment and shipwreck hang over him. He is the "Apostle of Gratitude" par excellence. The source is found in the Lord Jesus Christ. There is nothing fabricated or questionable about all of this. It is just there and he wants others to know. If you are like I am, sometimes I get impatient with those who ...

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