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76. Trinity Sunday

Jn 3:1-17 · Mt 28:16-21 · Rom 8:12-17 · Isa 6:1-8 · Ps 29

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... . Lesson 2: Romans 8:12-17 Which spirit moves you? There are two spirits that can move us. The spirit of slavery to sin (v. 15) and the Spirit of God. God's Spirit empowers us to put to death our sinful human nature. This Spirit is the Spirit of adoption into God's family (v. 15), which frees us from fear. The witness within (v. 16). God's Spirit witnesses to our spirit that we are children of God. If a voice within us convinces us that we are no good, it comes from Satan. The Christian's internal witness ...

77. Feeling Loved and Special

Ephesians 1:5

Children's Sermon

VSS

... by another mommy and daddy. When the baby gets older the mommy and daddy tell the baby how special that baby was and that the mommy and daddy picked that baby to be theirs. Our verse today says that God picks us specially to love. It says God adopts us. Now if we already have parents, we have more than enough love to share with others. How can we help these people in the pictures feel like they are loved? (Let them respond.) We collect cans of food sometimes at church. We save used clothing and give it ...

78. Repent Your Way To A Merry Christmas

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Brett Blair

... old baby boy. On a chair beside it was a brown paper bag containing a change of clothes and two letters. One of these, addressed to the new parents, thanked them for providing a home for her baby and acknowledged that under the terms of the adoption each would never know the other's identity. Then the young mother added one request. Would they allow her little son to read the other letter on his eighteenth birthday? She assured them that she had not included any information about her identity. The couple ...

79. What Shall We Do With This Baby?

Drama

... doomed to be members of the 5-H club? The hungry, the homeless, the healthless, the hugless and the hopeless? Or does God have another plan for these? Narrator: Of course God does. They are called foster mothers, foster fathers, step-mothers, step-fathers, adoptive mothers, adoptive fathers, or maybe aunt or uncle, grandma or grandpa, brother or sister. The title does not matter. They have the true heart of a mother or father and the ability to care for, protect and love any child placed in their care. Q1 ...

80. Repent Your Way To A Merry Christmas

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

Brett Blair

81. The Post Launch Slump

2 Cor 8:10-11

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... , politically, religiously, biologically and ecclesiastically. "You made a good beginning last year both in the work you did and in your willingness to undertake it. Now I want you to go on and finish it: be as eager to complete the scheme as you were to adopt it ..." (2 Corinthians 8:10-11, NEB) Why does our zeal often flag after the hoopla is over? Sometimes it flags because we lose our nerve. Bombastic beginnings have a way of insulating us from realities. All looked good to Peter, didn’t it, at the ...

82. What Do You Mean 'Born Again?'

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... have the gift of parenting, all centering on Christ. One of our members recently told me the story of a friend who put in for adoption and got twins. Within five to six months the adoption agency contacted the parents and asked if they would like to adopt another set of twins. They talked it over and decided that they would do it. After the second adoption, she got pregnant. What did she have? No, not twins. Triplets. Seven children under eighteen months. She started her own little church! Good parenting ...

83. What Makes A Family?

Mark 3:31-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... can produce a child; it takes a person of deep commitment to truly parent a child. YOUR FAMILY CONSISTS OF THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE COMMITTED THEMSELVES TO BE THERE FOR YOU. Maybe these are persons who were responsible for bringing you into the world, maybe not. Adoptive parents can be your true parents in every sense of the word. For that matter, you can be living with your biological parents and find that they are not committed to you at all. One of the saddest occurrences of this past year was the murder ...

84. He Touched Me

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... her to give that gift a second time. Ruth knew what she would do. It wasn’t easy to gather her children around and tell them that they had a half-sister they never knew. It wasn’t easy to relive the story of giving away her baby for adoption. But when she was finished, Ruth’s children rallied around her. They would support her all the way. Ruth went through with the donation, which extended her life 20 years and allowed her to marry and have her own daughter. In a time of physical and emotional crisis ...

85. Destined For Greatness

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

King Duncan

... thing for all of us to remember is that when we stand before the God's throne, our lives will be measured not by what we have gained, but by what we have given. "He chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world . . . He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ . . ." It's a dangerous doctrine, but to a certain extent it is true. God has blessed us, but only for one reason-- that we might be a blessing to others. Unto whom much is given, much is required. 1. Sen. Sam Ervin, HUMOR ...

86. Speaking of the Spirit

Romans 8:12-17

Sermon

William G. Carter

... children of God. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, "Abba! Father!" it is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children ... the first and most appropriate answer is, "I am a child of God." We do not belong to ourselves. We belong to God. We are adopted into God's family. God willing, we will be continually haunted by the Holy Ghost, so that we might be who we were baptized to ...

87. Families in Christ

Romans 9:1-5

Sermon

Jeff Wedge

... only knew all the details, have both heroes and knaves among their members, both among the current generations and the ancestors. Paul recognizes this issue in the conclusion of this lesson. In two brief verses he recounts the highlights the history of Judaism, "the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises." And then he points out the event that should be the high point of that history, the coming of the long-awaited Messiah, who is born a Jew and comes first ...

88. Proper 10

Genesis 25:19-34, Isaiah 55:1-13, Romans 8:1-17, Romans 8:18-27, Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... life. It is the life of the flesh which results in sin and death. There is possibly another life. It is the one with God lived in faith. This life is the product of the Spirit received at baptism. Through baptism a person is born again in the Spirit, adopted as a child of God and now lives in the Spirit of righteousness. The new person knows he is related to God, because the Spirit witnesses to our spirits that we are God's offspring. 2. Spirit (v. 9). In this short Lesson, Paul mentions the Spirit eight ...

89. Love Them Before You Leave Them

John 19:25-26

Sermon

James Merritt

... he had had an affair with, and had several children with her. Through the years he fell ill with cancer, and he knew that his new wife would not take care of his children. Knowing the deep compassion of his first wife, he asked her if she would adopt his children from this second marriage and rear them as her own. Incredibly, she said yes. When someone asked her how she could rear the children of her adulterous husband, she said there are two reasons: "First of all, God's love gave me the grace to forgive ...

90. He's Everything I Need

Psalm 23:1

Sermon

James Merritt

... He is God; it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people and the sheep of His pasture.” (Ps. 100:3) Empires and countries throughout the centuries have adopted various animals to symbolize their national spirit. The United States adopted the eagle. Russia adopted the bear. Great Britain adopted the lion. Each one of those animals symbolizes strength and power and independence. But God chose to represent His people as sheep who need a shepherd. Sheep are mentioned over 500 times in the ...

91. Repent Your Way to a Merry Christmas - Sermon Starter

Matthew 3:1-12

Illustration

Brett Blair

92. Romans 8:12-17

Romans 8:1-17

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... for this transformation is the “Spirit of God” — God’s Spirit is truly present in all of God’s people. This Spirit transforms believers from slaves to sin (the “spirit of slavery”) to sons and daughters of God (the “spirit of adoption”). For Paul there is no better evidence for this new familial status than the believers cry, which echoes Jesus’ own, of “Abba, Father.” Unfortunately the influence of one translator, Joachim Jeremias (b.1900-d.1979) has led to a diminuation of ...

93. Outpouring and Indwelling

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... No one is “born” a disciple. We are all only “born again” disciples. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are sons of God. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you received a spirit of adoption in which we call out, ‘Abba, Father.’ The Spirit himself testifies together with our spirit that we are God's children. And if children, then also heirs, heirs of God and coheirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with him in order also to be glorified with him ...

94. Daddy, I'm Afraid

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... an adult? St. Paul writes in our lesson from Romans, “For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in ...

95. Still Surprised After Christmas

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... and eschatological passages, Moffatt sees the matter not so much as the time being right but rather as the time being up. The expressed purpose of God’s carefully timed action was to “redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children.” If we were to separate the two phrases in this sentence and ask Paul’s original audience to whom each referred, we might get two different answers. “Those who were under the law,” of course, is clearly a reference to the Jews ...

96. The Law and the Promise

Galatians 3:15-25, Galatians 3:1-14

Understanding Series

L. Ann Jervis

... in the letter Paul does not deign to name his opponent(s). The central and determining feature of the gospel for Paul is Jesus Christ … crucified. This is Paul’s shorthand for reminding his readers of the gospel and that there is no need for Gentiles to adopt the law. As he said in the previous verse, “if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!” For Paul, the death of Christ proves his point: the death of Christ means that the law is no longer the means by which to ...

97. The Birth of Moses

Exodus 2:1-10

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

... pay her. This arrangement not only saved the child from death and ensured his protection and continued life, but it also reunited him with his mother. She would actually be paid to nurse her own son by the one who had ordered his death. When she adopted him as her son, the daughter of Pharaoh also insured Moses’ education in the ways of Egypt. God’s deliverer grew up in the very court from which he would deliver his people. Only this environment could sufficiently equip him to speak to the next pharaoh ...

98. God’s Covenant with Abram

Genesis 15:1-18

Understanding Series

John E. Hartley

... a son in order to have someone to care for them in their old age, ensure that they would receive a proper burial, and attend the family grave. The adopted son became their major heir. Adoption contracts contained a clause that stated if a natural son was born, he became the principal heir. Thus Abram had either adopted Eliezer or anticipated having to do so in order that he might have an heir. He reiterated his complaint, lamenting that God had not given him “seed,” which NIV renders children (15 ...

99. Future Glory

Romans 8:18-27

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... speaking of pain and joy (Canto 6, lines 97ff.). For a discussion of redemptive suffering in Paul, see J. Beker, Suffering and Hope. The Biblical Vision and the Human Predicament (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1987), pp. 57–79. On a textual note, there is some doubt whether “adoption as sons” stood in the original text. See Metzger, TCGNT, p. 517. 8:24 Two helpful discussions of the meaning of For in this hope we were saved can be found in Michel, Der Brief an die Römer, p. 206, and Käsemann, Romans ...

100. Faith or Observance of the Law

Galatians 3:1-14, Galatians 3:15-25

Understanding Series

L. Ann Jervis

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