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901. The Church Is Alive and Well

Matthew 16:13-18

Sermon

James Merritt

... of the church is the Lord Jesus Christ. Because of this the church has a sure, safe, solid, enduring, endless, eternal foundation. If you want a church to last, don't build it on a man, a movement, a method, or a monument. Build it on the Master, the ... place, The church is a people.4 Now because the church is His church, we ought to love the church because we love Him. Do you want to know how much you love Jesus, you tell me how much you love His church. You can gage your love for Jesus by how much ...

902. How To Get Better When You're Bitter

Exodus 15:22-27

Sermon

James Merritt

... , "Don't you talk about my mother that way, I make these sandwiches myself." It is often true that we are sometimes in a problem of our own making. Sometimes the water we drink are from wells that we ourselves have dug. But that was not the case here. I want you to see that the reason why they were in the wilderness was because God had led them there. In v.13 we read, "You in Your mercy have led forth the people whom You have redeemed; You have guided them in Your strength to Your holy habitation." You see ...

903. When in Joy, Enjoy (Fruit of the Spirit: Joy)

Galatians 5:22

Sermon

James Merritt

... in sanctification of the Spirit." That is, there is not only a joy in being saved, there is a joy in living like it. Now I want to teach you something about salvation, and how it is related to sanctification. There is no one and nothing that can rob you of your ... know why that fish can never have joy on the beach? Because he wasn't made for the beach, he was made for the ocean.3 I want to tell you you cannot have joy on this earth unless you know Jesus Christ as your Lord and as your Savior. You were made to ...

904. Mom: The Heart of a Godly Family

Proverbs 31:10-31

Sermon

James Merritt

... a genie appeared. The genie said, "I'm going to grant you your fondest wish." The man thought for a moment and then said, "I want a spectacular job a job that no man has ever succeeded at, or has ever attempted to do." The genie said, "Poof! You're a ... passes and fades away. But the beauty of godliness and graciousness never fades away. Every woman can be beautiful in the Lord Jesus Christ. I want to say to every wife and mother here, no matter what else is true about you, if you do not fear the Lord, if you ...

905. Just Know Him In His Visible Return

Revelation 1:7-8

Sermon

James Merritt

... , headed for a cliff with no engineer at the wheel. All of the world seems to be asking, "is there any hope?" Well, Paul said we are to be looking "for the blessed hope and the glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ." (Titus 2: 13) i want to tell you today the second coming is not only the blessed hope of the Christian, it is the only hope for this world. When the curtains of time have been drawn, and the last page of the last volume of history has been written, there will be the final ...

906. In Defense of the Offense

1 Corinthians 1:18-25

Sermon

James Merritt

... cross is the great divide. People don't mind religion. They don't mind the church. They don't really mind the Bible. But if you want to divide a group of people, you lay down the cross and you will watch people run to one side or the other. Paul speaks here ... , Christ is on the throne. The key to having power over sin in your life is to die to self. I have heard people say, "I want to be a Christian but it is too difficult to live the Christian life." Well, let me give you some good news. It is not difficult ...

907. Love: The Happiness of a Godly Family

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... said, "Ma'am, if that is all you're going to give me if I come to live with you, I'd rather stay here." I want to ask you fathers especially this question. Are you seeing to it that your family feels loved? Let me tell you three things that must be ... the beacon of faith. Faith is the beacon that reflects the power of God. God is the power that creates the miracle of love. If you want to have the happiest home you can possibly have, you put the love of God in it, preach the love of God to it, and practice ...

908. Faithful Fathers Fortify Families

Deuteronomy 6:1-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... great part of that problem must be laid at the feet of fathers who have abdicated their place of responsibility to be the spiritual leader in that home. There was a little boy whose father was away on a business trip, and he said to his mother at dinner, "I want to be in charge tonight Mom." She said, "Okay, you sit at the head of the table where your dad usually sits." Well, the boy's sister thought her brother was too young to be in charge so she decided to challenge him. She said, "Okay, if you're the ...

909. Are You In the Know

Job 19:23-27

Sermon

James Merritt

... was in the summertime when all Baptist churches go into summer slumps. His attendance was going down because the weather was so pretty, and he wanted to do something to get the crowds back. So he got up on Sunday morning and told his people that God had revealed to ... of that mother lying in that casket. That little child didn't understand death, and when it came time to leave, he did not want to leave. He said, "Daddy, let's get mother to come back home with us." Well, the father tried to explain to the son ...

910. Star Witness

John 1:35-51

Sermon

James Merritt

... way I live. They didn't just witness with their lives, they witnessed with their lips. Now we ought to witness by our lives. But I want to remind you that people are not saved by your life, they are saved by His death, and they will not know what they need ... many people as we possibly can for Jesus Christ. Please hear this next statement. You may not totally understand all that we are doing, but I want you to hear why we are doing it—we're going to give our best shot, and do our best to be a star witness to ...

911. Why You Should Manage Your Time

Psalm 118:24

Sermon

James Merritt

... life. God’s will for your life is to do the work that He’s called you to do. God has a way in which He wants His will to be done, and His work to be accomplished, and God has promised ahead of time He will give you all the time you need ... .” Well, all time really is short though it may seem long. But we need to make the most of the time that we have. So I want to close with this thought. Have you ever considered the fact that if you’re not a Christian; if you have never trusted Jesus Christ; if you ...

912. The Passion of the Servant Leader

Isaiah 50:4-9a

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... heaven!" (Mark 11:9-10). When we see the servant king we see our own destiny. We see what we ought to be. We have intimations of eternity. We see our leader and our teacher. When we see what our leader and teacher has done for us, we want to serve him. We want to be like him. We can ignore the cheers or boos of the crowd and seek only to please Jesus, the servant leader. A teenage virtuoso pianist played his heart out to a large audience. At the end, as he walked off the stage, the audience stood and ...

913. No Green Without Red

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the seat between them. When he put his hand into the package, extracted a cookie, and ate it, she couldn't believe her eyes. She was so shocked to see a total stranger nonchalantly eating her cookies she didn't know what to do - she didn't want to create a scene, but she wanted her cookies. So she reached over and removed a cookie from the package and ate it. "No way is he going to eat all my cookies! I'll show him." Whereupon the man reached out for a second cookie, and ate it. "I'll really show him ...

914. Epiphany 6

2 Kings 5:1-27, 1 Corinthians 9:1-27, Mark 1:40-45

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... and able to help and heal people with their needs, even as dreadful as leprosy was. Since God is love, he desires our welfare. He wants us to be healthy and happy. It is not God's reluctance to help us; it is our unwillingness to cooperate with him. Naaman almost ... ' washing of feet to teach service. Epistle: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 1. You can be a winner! (9:24-27). Need: Everybody wants to be a winner, every athlete and every team. For most, winning is not everything. It is the only thing. Paul agrees, "In a ...

915. John the Baptist, Sanctified Indifference, & the King of Pop

Mark 6:14-29

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... she asked my mother why my brothers and I didn’t come over more to visit them and play? I chimed in, “I know the answer to that . . . Because my mother says your house is dirty.” [If you need to prime the pump of memories, you might want to use one of these: *When asked by some funny-smelling “old lady” (that is someone older than our mother!) if we didn’t just love her strange green casserole . . . *When asked by your neighbor if you wouldn’t like some more of their freshly baked but noxious ...

916. Marriage 101

Ephesians 5:22-23

Sermon

James Merritt

... You need to ask yourself before you marry a man this question: "Am I willing to submit to the spiritual leadership of this man?" As a matter of fact, it is not a bad idea for any woman to ask herself before she gets married this question: "Why do I want to marry this man?" I heard about a man that was getting the cold shoulder from his wife for a few weeks, and finally he confronted her and said, "Admit it Linda, the only reason you married me is because my grandfather left me $10 million. She said, "Don't ...

917. It’s All About Him

John 4:19-24

Sermon

James Merritt

... not a matter of where you are; it is a matter of who you know." There was a time that the Jews felt that if you wanted to worship you had to go to Jerusalem, and you had to worship in the temple. But Jesus is pointing out there is now a radical ... the kind of music "I like?" Is everyone dressing the way "I like?" Does the building look the way "I like?" Now please hear me. I want you to be blessed by the worship you experience at Cross Pointe. But worship is not primarily for what you can get out of it; worship ...

918. Don’t Be a Hypocrite

Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

James Merritt

... or it came time to pray or it came time to fast, it was "prime-time". They had a "strut your stuff" spiritually. Jesus said about the Pharisees in John 12:43, "For they loved the approval of men rather than the approval of God." (John 12:43, NASB) I want you to understand there are certain things we are to do publicly with our religion. We are to share our faith in Jesus Christ with other people. We are to share the Gospel with those who do not know how to be saved. There is nothing wrong with bowing your ...

919. What’s the Big Deal about Baptism?

Mark 1:9-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... he took them the same hour of the night and washed their strips. And immediately he and all his family were baptized. Acts 16:30-33 Now, do you sense a pattern emerging here? People were presented the Gospel. They responded to the Gospel and they were baptized. Now, I want to hasten to add that the Bible is also very plain that you do not have to be baptized in order to be saved. Water doesn't save anyone regardless of whether it is a spoon full or a tank full. The only liquid in the Bible that saves is ...

920. The King and His Castle

Matthew 16:13-18

Sermon

James Merritt

... involved in their church. The Lord Jesus Christ gave his life for the church so that we could give our life to the church. I want to share with you how to be rightly related to the church of Jesus Christ. I. Exalt The Founder Of The Church Now in order ... about it. We are to express the faith of the church. We are to be telling other people about the Lord Jesus Christ. But I want you to learn a principle here that Jesus teaches us that takes all the pressure off of us when it comes to bringing people to ...

921. The Dark Side Arrives

Sermon

James Merritt

... sex when if you wait, you can drink the clean water that comes from the well of the devoted spouse? God has a well He has especially dug and prepared for you. Don't drink any water until you find that well and then you drink all that you want. God created the gift of sex for a specific period – during marriage. A specific place – the marriage bed with a specific person – the marriage mate. This past week, I was in the home of a brother and a sister. She is allowing me to share this with you today ...

922. Pro-Choice is No-Choice

Proverbs 24:11-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... or beating that is done in public. So the right to privacy falls morally. Now someone else brings up the health of the mother. I want to make it very plain that the health of the mother must always come first. There are times when a pregnancy can cost the life ... womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; and I ordained you a prophet to the nations." (Jere.1:5) Now I want to say something before I close. If you've had an abortion it is not the unpardonable sin. If you will confess any sin to ...

923. Being What We Are

1 Samuel 8:4-20

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... the elders insist, "We are determined to have a king over us, so that we might be like other nations." God tells Samuel to do as they say, and in the next chapter, a man named Saul is chosen to be Israel's first king. The point we do not want to miss from this incident is that from the beginning of the Hebrew people, God's intention was for them to be a unique nation, one that was under his direct governance. That's why when human organizers were needed, God called people be leaders of moment, but not kings ...

924. A Pair of Ducks and Abundant Life

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... just like stocks or bonds; it is not a work of art for that person. A work of art would need to be shared; we would want to say to our neighbors, “Come see what I have!” We would like visitors in our home to admire this beautiful object. Anything that we ... like stocks or bonds; it is not a work of art for that person. A work of art would need to be shared; we would want to say to our neighbors, “Come see what I have!” We would like visitors in our home to admire this beautiful object. Anything that we ...

925. Think on these Things

Philippians 4:4-9

Sermon

Donna Schaper

... -you note. The rest, to their own great peril, forget. Secondly, the one who remembers is the leper of the lepers. He is a Samaritan. The nine are Jews. He was in all likelihood part of the great pack of lepers who stood at the city gate. No one wanted them because they were contagious. If the lepers stood outside the gate, this leper stood outside the group that stood at the gate. His return to Jesus is amazing, then, on two counts: He is the outsider of the outsiders and yet is the only one who knows what ...

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