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101. The Sin of Silence

1 John 1:9-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... by the company as a "Volume-related production-schedule adjustment." A recent publication claimed that jumping off a tall building could lead to "sudden deceleration trauma."1 If you're going to deal with sin, you've got to call it what it is. If it's lust, call it lust; if it's jealousy, call it jealousy; if it's bitterness, call it bitterness; but call it what it is. Then secondly, confess it when it occurs. We love to sin retail and confess wholesale. Many of us wait until we go to bed at night and ...

102. 1 Kings 19:9-14

1 Kings 19:1-18

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , "A Gentle Breeze or a Roaring Thunderous Sound," Vetus Testamentum 25 [1975]: 111-15, where the author argues, without a great deal of strength, that we have been mistaken in reading v.12 as anything quiet. Lust contends that the Hebrew suggests that the final noise made by God is as loud and raucous as the three preceding natural phenomena.) The NRSV translation which records only silence, however, seems to miss the significance of God's presence being made known through a voice, even an interior voice ...

103. 1 Corinthians 10:1-13

1 Corinthians 10:1-13

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Leonard Sweet

... textual connections Paul has made between the experiences of baptism and Eucharist, Paul warns those Corinthians who feel unassailable in a special relationship with the divine to think again. Just as the Hebrews were capable of raising the ire of God through lusting after evil, so, too, may they incur the wrath of God if they slide into sinful behavior. Some particularly colorful examples (Greek typos type) of Israelites behaving badly are then cited in verses 7-10. First is their idolatry of the golden ...

104. Proper 12

Ephesians 3:14-21, John 6:16-24, John 6:1-15, 2 Samuel 11:1-27

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John R. Brokhoff

... indicates that the Bible is a book of truth written by inspired authors, for if it were a work of "man," a disastrous story would have been censored or excised from the royal records of history. 3. Saw (v. 2). Sin usually begins with the lust of the eyes. Jesus taught that to lust after a woman is to already commit adultery in the heart. If David had kept his eyes on his other wives and children, or on the governmental reports of his reign, he would not have been tempted to commit adultery. And what did he ...

105. Did You Know...You Can Be Forgiven For Anything?

1 John 1:8-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... what that sin is? You still must meet the third condition. III. Accept The Forgiveness Of Your Sin If you do your part and you properly confess your sin God will do his part and forgive you but again you must come totally and fully clean. If it is lust, you call it lust. If it is bitterness, you call it bitterness. If it is looking at pornography, you call it looking at pornography. If it is stealing, you call it stealing. If it is lying, you call it lying. You not only call it what it is, you hate it for ...

106. Shame On Who?

John 8:1-11

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James Merritt

... of the sins of which these men were guilty. For example, where they would write "adultery", Jesus would write "lust". Remember what He said in the Sermon on the Mount? "You have heard that it was said, 'YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY'; but I say to you that ... everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. (Matthew 5:27-28, NASB) Where they would write "murder", Jesus would have ...

107. The Power to Resist Temptation

I Corinthians 10:13-17

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... people particularly the tax collector that sits next to me in the synagogue." Paul says, “No temptation has seized you except what is common to all humankind" (I Corinthians 10:13). When it comes to temptation, we are not special. There are no exceptions to the rule. Lust is the same on the street or in the stateroom. Pride is a problem on campus and in culture. Addictions know no social class. Abuse of children by clergy is no less a crime than by perverts. Unless there is within us that which is above ...

108. From Hunger to Satisfaction

Mark 6:30-44

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J. Howard Olds

... problem in the world? Well, you would think so, wouldn't you? Is there any grace for us gluttons? We've been talking about the Seven Deadly Sins during this Lenten season, among them: laziness, pride, greed, envy, lust. Gluttony is the sin that shows. Society considers greed to be good. Lust is embraced in smoky clubs and secret cyberspace. But gluttony, the need to swallow or gulp down excessive amount of food, drink, or intoxicants to the point of waste, is a public problem. It just hangs out there ...

109. From Laziness to Passion

Psalm 51:1-12

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J. Howard Olds

... sinned, but I have several excellent excuses." I plan to focus our attention this Lenten Season to something the Church calls "The Seven Deadly Sins" - Pride, Envy, Anger, Sloth, Greed, Gluttony, and Lust. Even a casual listener will likely react by asking, what's so deadly about these seven? Compared to murder, rape, and theft, anger, lust, and greed seem rather tame. Tell me one war that has been pursued out of sloth! The seven deadly sins are not listed for rogues; they are warnings for the righteous ...

110. Sexual Ethics for the 21st Century

John 8:1-11

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J. Howard Olds

... Jesus and the woman are left to settle the matter. What is happening here? 1. Even the Law of Moses required the man to appear, so the case is contaminated from the start. 2. Sin is no respecter of persons. That is why Jesus said we need to deal with lust as surely as with adultery. 3. If the inner thoughts of a man were written on his forehead, he would never take his hat off. Sexual sins are as forgivable as any other failures in our moral Lives. “Neither do I condemn you, go and sin no more." The Bible ...

111. Heart Religion

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... been defined as “the spirit which snatches at that which is not right to take,” or “the baneful appetite for that which belongs to others.” It’s not the desire for money and things alone, it includes the desire for power, the insatiable lust of the flesh. . . it’s lust for having which is in the heart of the man who see happiness in things instead of God. Closely akin to coveting is another one of the defilements of the heart that Paul mentions: pride. This has been labeled “the peak of all ...

112. A Many-Headed Monster

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James Packer

... a rampage of gluttony, drunkenness, and ritual prostitution. For us there are still the great gods Sex, Shekels, and Stomach (an unholy trinity constituting one god: self), and the other enslaving trio, Pleasure, Possessions, and Position, whose worship is described as "The lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life" (1 John 2:16). Football, the Firm, and Family are also gods for some. Indeed the list of other gods is endless, for anything that anyone allows to run his life becomes his ...

113. The Ways of the World

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Dave Roper

The Bible defines worldliness by centering morality where we intuitively know it should be. Worldliness is the lust of the flesh (a passion for sensual satisfaction), the lust of the eyes (an inordinate desire for the finer things of life), and the pride of life (self-satisfaction in who we are, what we have, and what we have done). Worldliness, then, is a preoccupation with ease and affluence. It elevates creature comfort to the point of idolatry; large ...

114. How Odd of God

Acts 3:11-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... it. You can go out of this room a new person. But you have to choose it. You must be willing to hand over to God even the smallest of sins, for they are seeds of deep destruction if they are not eliminated from our hearts. Envy, anger, greed, lust, sloth, pride, gluttony, or any other sin turn them over to God and feel a burden lifted from your soul. Dr. Jacob Chamberlain, an early missionary to India, tells of preaching to a group of people who had come to bathe in the “sacred stream” of the Ganges ...

115. Killing What Is Already Dead

Colossians 3:1-11

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... time with a counselor can be the greatest gift some people can give to their families. Many of the things that can hurt us — our lust, anger, self-destructive ways — can be hard to overcome. That is why this passage talks the way it does. It tells us to put ... to tell us to show love and to let peace reign in our hearts (vv. 14-15). The reason to strip off the old clothes of lust and anger is to make room for things like compassion. That is the new self God can create us to be. We should not despair if we ...

116. This Is a King?

Matthew 5:40, 43-44, Colossians 1:15, 16-19, Matthew 5:3, 6, 11

Sermon

Scott Suskovic

... it is the same as murder. And you know that you should not commit adultery. But I tell you even looking at another person and having lustful fantasies, you are as guilty as the one who crawls into bed with him or her. — Matthew 5:21, 27-28 (paraphrased) Can you hear ... impossible for anyone to follow and then demands us to keep it? If I am angry with someone, I'm a murderer? If I have a lustful thought, I'm an adulterer? Give away all that I have to the poor? If my hand causes me to sin, cut it off? Do not ...

117. The Broken

John 8:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... because time and time again they lied about Jesus and they even lied about what God’s word really taught. Maybe since this woman had been caught in adultery he wrote down the word “lust” reminding them of what He had already taught in the Sermon on the Mount that God says if you look at a woman with lust in your heart you’ve committed adultery. This is what I love about Jesus. While they are building their case against the woman, Jesus is building His case against them. Instead of passing judgment ...

118. Planting Your Feet

Psalm 32:1-11

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James Merritt

... Bible calls “sin” we now call a disease, or a disability, or a disorder. People are no longer “alcoholics”, but are “chemically dependent.” People are no longer guilty of gluttony. They simply have an “eating disorder.” People no longer have a problem with lust. They are just “sex addicts.” David finally realized you will never get clean until you come clean. David was not put on the freeway of forgiveness until he finally recognized his sin and did it fully. Let me tell you what I mean ...

119. The Challenge to Forgive

Luke 7:36--8:3

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Maurice A. Fetty

... -keeping often caused them to overlook the sins in the depths of their heart and soul. Sins like greed and avarice, lust and censoriousness, snobbishness and a moral unctuousness, which made them repulsive. Since the Pharisee in Luke's story seems to display ... our easy acquiescence to evil. If the truth be known, many of us, like Simon the Pharisee, have a secret fascination and lust for the prostitute at Jesus' feet. In his famous parable, Jesus asks Simon which of the debtors would love the Master most. ...

120. Made Alive in Christ

Ephesians 2:1-10

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... world. In other words, it is a pattern of life characterized by the world, which, in this context, means what is contrary to and apart from God. First John 2:15–17 aptly comments on this concept by defining “world” as “the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does.” Paul admonishes believers not to “conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind” (Rom. 12:2). Second, it is obedience to the ruler of ...

121. Rules for Holy Living

Colossians 3:1-17

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... . 4:3; 1 Tim. 1:9, 10) such as prostitution and fornication. Impurity (akatharsia) is almost synonymous with porneia and is used in the NT to describe immoral intent as well as the practice of sexual vices. Lust (pathos), in this context, probably implies some kind of sexual passion, that is, passion or lust that leads to sexual sin. Its counterpart, evil desires (epithymian kakēn), is used for the desire of something that is forbidden but is pursued in order to satisfy one’s desires. Galatians 5:16, for ...

122. Living for God

1 Peter 4:1-11

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... biblical term when non-Jews are meant. Living is peporeumenous, from poreuesthai, to go along. Pagans travel a road in life which is filled with all kinds of immoral engagements. Debauchery (aselgeiai): sexual excesses, resulting in grossly indecent behavior. Lust (epithymiai): translated “evil human desires” in v. 2. The word also occurs in 1:14; 2:11. Drunkenness: The Greek oinophlygiai implies habitual intoxication (from oinos, wine; phlyein, to bubble up, overflow). Orgies (kōmoi): the result of ...

123. Ruth and Boaz on the Threshing Floor

Ruth 3:1-18

Understanding Series

Michael S. Moore

... plans (parable) and Ruth implements (praxis). Naomi wants Boaz to make a decision about Ruth (parable) so she can help him make a decision about Elimelech’s heritage (praxis). That Ruth is willing to participate is no sign of desperation, anxiety, codependency, or lust. Nor is she driven simply by what Gunkel calls “the heroism of faith” (Ruth, p. 76). Naomi and Ruth are enacting time-honored roles, and they know exactly what they are doing. Boaz’s Leadership 3:7 Harvest is a joyful time, especially ...

124. Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed

Genesis 19:30-38, Genesis 19:1-29

Understanding Series

John E. Hartley

... Lot’s offer of hospitality when he was only a resident alien, these men had come to embarrass Lot and to satisfy their lust at the expense of these strangers. Brazenly they ordered Lot to bring . . . out the visitors that they might satisfy their sexual desires. ... as to how to divert the aggression of this unruly crowd, Lot offered them his two virgin daughters to satisfy their lust. That his daughters were betrothed and still virgins offers further testimony to the fact that Lot lived by a higher moral ...

125. Testing in the Wilderness

Luke 4:1-13

Teach the Text

R.T. France

... in which our own relationship with God is put under strain—and if so, how the Old Testament precepts quoted by Jesus can apply to us as well. Some interpreters have compared Jesus’s three temptations to those named in 1 John 2:16: the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. We need to be careful here, since the present passage is primarily christological and Luke’s primary purpose is not to teach us how to resist temptation but rather to demonstrate that Jesus is indeed the ...

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