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1176. John Was not like Gene

Luke 3:1-20

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... doing in the present in his coming as Jesus Christ. And, like John, we live in a transition period. We live in the time between the first coming of Christ and his second coming. And, as members of his Church, we too are called to "Prepare the way of the Lord." We’re called to point out how what God has done in the past (at the first coming) is connected with what God is doing in the present in bringing his Kingdom into being. It’s a process that will be complete at the Second Coming. And, like John, we ...

1177. The Promising Child

1 Samuel 2:12-26

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Harry N. Huxhold

... meant for service in the temple and designated the wearer of it as a servant for the worship ceremonies. No doubt, she took pride in her handiwork but was all the more proud of her son Samuel as he performed his duties and functions in the house of the Lord. By the same token, Samuel must have been equally proud and grateful as he wore the ephod as a symbol of the presence of his mother’s love and care as well as her devotion to God. In addition to the mutually rewarding experiences Mother Hannah and her ...

1178. In The Kingdom Now

Philippians 3:12-4:1

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Maxie Dunnam

... that kingdom is yet to come. So that’s the theme of the message today – In The Kingdom Now. Because we’re in the kingdom now, Paul says two things are possible. One, we can live in great expectation, and two, we can stand fast in the Lord. Let’s look at those. First, we can live in great expectation. Paul says in verse 20, we eager await the Savior. The Greek word translated wait for denotes a waiting that is eager and intense. It really means, “expect anxiously.” It was the favorite word used ...

1179. Growing with God

1 Samuel 2:12-26

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Elizabeth Achtemeier

... parents had abandoned him. Every year when his mother Hannah and his father Elkanah made a pilgrimage to Shiloh to worship the Lord, Hannah took along a new robe that she had made to give to the growing boy. Always Samuel was in her thoughts, ... above it. Thus, God was present in the midst of his people, and every year, the Israelites assembled at Shiloh to worship the Lord and to renew their covenant with him. Eli and his sons served as Levitical priests at the sanctuary, while the leadership of the ...

1180. Oh Taste and See

Psalm 30:1-12

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Maxie Dunnam

... talked about the healing that had come only recently and she focused on verses 11 and 12 of Psalm. Listen to it: You have turned my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness, that my soul may praise You and not be silent. Oh Lord my God, I will give thanks to Thee forever. Her face was aglow as she shared and you knew that she was speaking confidently of a word of grace in her life. This young woman’s testimony caused me to go back and live again with this, one of my ...

1181. Those Parentheses

Acts 10:34-43

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Bill Mosley

... won't get a wild heroic ride to heaven on pretty little sounds." Peter says, "You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ." Sure, who hasn't heard that? But look what's in the parenthetical phrase. He is Lord of all. The parentheses amplify. The fact of the message is made more powerful by the parentheses. These are not pretty little sounds -- not in tune with the times, not even what people want to hear -- they want to hear about themselves, not somebody else. But ...

1182. Preaching to a Stone

Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25

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Charles L. Aaron

... He doesn't want the community of Israel to break up or forget its mission. So, in one sermon he wants to bring the tribes together as a unit, to impress upon them their role in God's plan for creation, and to motivate them to exclusive worship of the Lord and an understanding of their identity. Now that the long journey is over and the battles have been won, the passion might fade out. Joshua knows he won't be around to provide leadership, so he has to preach the sermon of his life to try to mold the tribes ...

1183. What Time Is It?

Matthew 24:36-51

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Mark Trotter

... history, we are on a mountain, looking to the east, and the first rays of the new day are beginning to break through the darkness. Behind us is the night. Paul says that those who do not know what is coming live in the darkness. But those who know the Lord, who know the Kingdom is coming, live in the light, in the new day. So he says, live accordingly, live as those who have seen the light. So live with hope. Live as those who know that the Kingdom of God is coming. So live lives that become the Kingdom ...

1184. Proper 23

Exodus 32:1-33:6, Isaiah 25:1-12, Philippians 4:2-9, Philippians 4:10-20, Matthew 22:1-14

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John R. Brokhoff

... makes us content with our lot - v. 12. b. Chist makes us adequate for anything - v. 13. c. God supplies our every need - v. 19. WORSHIP RESOURCES Psalm of the Day: Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23 - "O give thanks to the Lord" (v. 1); Psalm 23 - "I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever" (v. 6b). Prayer of the Day: "Almighty God, source of every blessing, your generous goodness comes to us anew every day. By the work of your Spirit, lead us to acknowledge your goodness, give thanks for your benefits, and serve ...

1185. How to Love God

Matthew 22:34-46

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Stephen M. Crotts

... he was good to her. He had given her a husband, a family, wealth, and health. But when all that was gone, so was her love for God. She told her husband, "Curse God and die!" Agape. Unconditional love. This is what God asks of us. "You shall love the Lord your God." Interestingly, John 3:16 says that God's love for us is agape. "For God so loved (agape!) the world that he gave...." God, you see, is asking us to love him as he already loves us. All that! Now this! What practical expression does our love for ...

1186. Advent 3

Psalm 146:1-10, Isaiah 35:1-10, James 5:7-12, Matthew 11:1-19

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... to the approach of God (see Judges 5:4-5). Although Isaiah 35:1-10 is a relatively late text—often assigned to second Isaiah or third Isaiah—note how it still follows this pattern of providing a response of nature to the appearance of "the glory of the Lord" (vv. 1-2), which is present for the purpose of bringing about a new salvation. The theophany of God in Isaiah 35:1-10 must be read in the larger context of Isaiah 34, which also describes the presence of God, but for the purpose of judgment rather ...

1187. Easter 5

John 14:5-14, John 14:1-4, 1 Peter 2:4-12, Acts 7:54--8:1a, Psalm 31:1-24

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... the psalmist turns to God as the source of security. How can we understand the move toward God when one merely suspects there may be problems ahead? The third metaphor in v. 5 tells us, saying, "Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O LORD, faithful God." The psalmist entrusts his or her whole being or life to God, because God has already redeemed him or her. The psalmist's unflinching trust of God as redeemer comes about because God is known as such. This is no blind leap of faith but an ...

1188. Nobody's Perfect--Except Jesus

Hebrews 4:15-16

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James Merritt

... no salvation. If there is no salvation, I am still a sinner. If I am still a sinner, I have no hope for heaven, for there is no mercy and grace available to me. That is what the word "therefore" is there for! It is because we have in the Lord Jesus a sinless, substitutionary Savior that we have mercy and grace. What is the difference between mercy and grace? Mercy is when you do not get what you deserve; grace is when you get what you do not deserve. Because we have a sinless Savior, God does not give us ...

1189. The Surety of Security

Jude 1:1-2

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James Merritt

... I could only have one wish I would wish for inner security." I think that is what everybody wants ultimately is security. It will only come when you realize that Jesus Christ has paid for all of your sins and once you put your faith and trust in Him as Lord and Savior, you can be sure that you are secure. 1 R. Kirby Godsey, When We Talk About God, Let's Be Honest (Macon, Georgia: Smyth & Helwys Publishing Inc., 1996) pp. 118, 133. 2 Ibid., pp. 50, 53. 3 Ibid., pp. 30-31. 4 C. H. Spurgeon's Autobiography, 4 ...

1190. Have You Seen the Light?

John 9:1-41

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James Merritt

... wandered so aimless, life filled with sin; I wouldn't let my dear Savior in. Then Jesus came like a stranger in the night; Praise the Lord, I saw the light! Even though Hank Williams wrote those words almost a half a century ago, it could have been written and sung two ... as the God-man. "And Jesus said to him, ‘You have both seen Him and it is He who is talking with you.' Then he said, ‘Lord, I believe!' And he worshiped Him. (vv.37-38) If Jesus is not the God-man, He is not a good man, much less a ...

1191. The Thrill of Victory Beats the Agony of Defeat

Judges 7:1-17

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James Merritt

... be, that of whom I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,' the same shall go with you; and of whomever I say to you, ‘This one shall not go with you,' the same shall not go." "So he brought the people down to the water. And the Lord said to Gideon, ‘Everyone who laps from the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set apart by himself; likewise everyone who gets down on his knees to drink.' And the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but ...

1192. There's God In Them There Hills

Psalm 19:1-14

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James Merritt

... planet. He loved all the billions of people on it, and He loved me! I realized at that moment that my relationship with Jesus Christ was the most precious thing I had.11 There is a God in the heavens who created the heavens, and because of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, the God we can see above us, and the God we can see around us, is the God we can have within us. 1. C. S. Lewis, Reflections on the Psalms (New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1958) 63. 2. Hugh Ross, The Creator and the Cosmos, p. 132 ...

1193. Why You Should Trust In God

Proverbs 3:5-6

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James Merritt

... of guidance. While the world stumbles around in the dark we are promised we can be walking in the light. Isa. 58:11 says, "The Lord will guide continually." Ps. 32:8 tells us, "I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you ... Now he gave several reasons, all good ones, but he finally ended up by saying this: "Ultimately it is because we felt this is where the Lord was leading us, and we just want to be submissive to His will." Now that is the level God wants all of us to live ...

1194. No Place Like Home

Psalm 128:1-6

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James Merritt

... you. IV. Finish The Legacy Of The Home If you don’t think the home is important, and if you don’t think fathers are important to the home, listen to what the psalmist says: He says the only hope for the Capital of a nation is the home. “The Lord bless you out of Zion.” (v.5a) In the psalm Zion stands for the political heart of Jerusalem. It was to Israel what Washington, D.C. is to America. Now I know some people think you shouldn’t mix religion in politics, but some people are just wrong. One of ...

1195. Proper 4

2 Corinthians 4:1-18, 1 Samuel 3:1--4:1, Mark 2:23-3:6

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John R. Brokhoff

... was old and soon to die, for he was so old that he was about to lose his eyesight. In a metaphorical sense the lamp represented Eli's soul. 3. Temple (v. 3). The temple of Solomon was not yet built. "Temple" here is the tabernacle, the house of the Lord, or the tent of meeting. In this temple was the ark of the covenant, the symbol of God's presence. Since Eli and Samuel slept in the temple, perhaps the temple was a part of a larger building. 4. Son (v. 6). Eli calls Samuel "my son." Eli had two ...

1196. The Man in the Mirror

2 Samuel 12:1-31

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James Merritt

... lose a friendship. You may still acquire a life-threatening illness such as AIDS. I will never forget a few years ago, sitting in the bedroom of a young man with AIDS. He had come to our church and we had baptized him. He had given his heart to the Lord, but because of his lifestyle he had acquired this terrible disease. He had found the love of God. He was full of the grace of God, but he had to suffer the physical consequences for his sin. I know this sounds harsh, but there has to be consequences to sin ...

1197. A New Beginning for Everyone

Exodus 35:4-29

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James Merritt

... excuse for anyone not participating. If you're going to the North work there is no excuse for you either not to participate. Everyone should give. Let me remind you—you don't give to this church; you don't even give to a vision, you really give to the Lord. That's why the Bible says if you don't tithe you don't rob the church you rob God. Quite frankly, there is no excuse for robbing God. So let those who say they love this church and believe this church should stay here and not only survive but ...

1198. Use It or Lose It

Matthew 25:14-30

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James Merritt

... not on the faithful servant, but on the unfaithful servant. Notice how he responds: "Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed. And I ... , "Well done, you good and faithful servant." This all leads me to ask every one of you who claim to know Christ as your Lord and Savior this question: Did Jesus make a good investment when He saved you? How would you feel if you went to a bank, ...

1199. The Opportunity of a Lifetime

Matthew 25:14-30

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James Merritt

... on the faithful servant, but on the unfaithful servant. Notice how he responds: "Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed. And ... say, "Well done, you good and faithful servant." This all leads me to ask every one of you who claim to know Christ as your Lord and Savior this question: Did Jesus make a good investment when He saved you? How would you feel if you went to a bank, ...

1200. Angels and Shepherds: Heaven Came Down and Glory Filled My Soul

Luke 2:1-7

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Maxie Dunnam

... a young man, established in his vocation who is leaving the call of God to a more specific Christian ministry. I know a housewife married to a non-Christian, upon whom the glory of God comes almost daily at her kitchen table as she waits obediently upon the Lord to provide her the strength and determination to stay Christian and to persevere in a difficult situation. I know a young man who slips off regularly during the day from a profane office crowd to pray in the Men’s Room. I know a fellow, who a few ...

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