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101. Rejoice: Hints Of Heaven Are Here On Earth!

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... it? Oh it seems like a nice place. What could be better than to live in the presence of God? But on the whole, it seems like it could get a little boring there — not much happening. There is not much to do. Everything, it would seem, is so perfect in heaven, that it’s not very challenging or exciting to be there. Did you ever feel that way? The culprit is that we have been too immersed in the philosophy of ancient Greece (the ideas of Socrates and Plato), and not enough immersed in the Bible. Our second ...

102. Good News Or Bad News?

Sermon

Rolf E. Aaseng

... two ways. When we believe, we are born anew. Our old nature, dead in sin, is sloughed off and we are given a new nature in Christ. Yet on earth this new nature must coexist with our sinful nature - in the same person. This prevents us from being the perfect being God wants. Finally we die - proof that sin is still with us. But again the Creator works a miracle of life - one might say for a second time, or in another, more complete way. Christ at his coming raises us from death. But although the being who is ...

103. Loving

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Larry Powell

... the other two. Someone once complained about the thorns on a rosebush. Someone else remarked, "Yes, but isn't it wonderful that thorn bushes have roses." It is a shame that twenty-twenty vision is often distorted by a sorry attitude. Such a waste of perfect vision. Love not only looks beyond the thorns to see the roses, but - rejoices at the fragrance. Love bears all things, believes all things, endures all things. (verse 7) Notice that the words "all things" comprise most of the words in this sentence, as ...

104. Becoming What You Are

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Carl Jech

... that life is a process of moving toward goals. Ethical standards and utopian visions help us to move in the right direction, but if we take them too seriously and too literally they can do more harm than good. Our goal is not some static and abstract notion of perfection or peace. That is the kind of peace that the world may give, but it is not the kind of peace offered by Jesus. Our goal is to continue the process of living. The peace offered by Jesus has to do with life, with the never-ending process of ...

105. Motorcycles, Marriage And A Word From God

Mark 10:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... Where you go, I will go . . . your people will be my people and your God my God . . ." And they are a promise Ruth made not to her husband but to her mother-in-law. Is it important to say to Bear and his bride that there are no perfect marriages? Maybe so. Half of new marriages today do not last. Why is that? Maybe we haven't helped our young people understand that marriage takes work. It is not an easy task for two independent, strong-minded persons to become one flesh. Here are two people from differing ...

106. Proper 22

Job 1:1-5, Job 2:1-10, Hebrews 1:1-14, Hebrews 2:5-18, Mark 10:1-12, Mark 10:13-16

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John R. Brokhoff

... " is the completion and fulfillment of a goal, destiny or purpose. It was Jesus' mission to take away the sins of the world through his atoning death. He fulfilled the mission and accomplished the goal through suffering death on a cross. Thus, Jesus was perfect fulfilled, completed his destiny as Savior. 3. Brethren (v. 11). A Christian can dare to call Jesus his "brother." It is because of the sacrifice of Christ that people are reconciled to God and become members of God's family. The Son and the children ...

107. Proper 28

1 Samuel 1:1-20, Hebrews 10:1-18, Hebrews 10:19-39, Mark 13:1-31

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John R. Brokhoff

... or sit? (10:11-14). Need: In this passage there is a contrast between the priest who stands and the priest who sits. The former is the human priest who repeatedly offers sacrifice and the latter is Christ. He sits because he has offered the one perfect sacrifice for the sins of the world. His work is done. The sacrifice could not and needed not be repeated. If our people understood this, there would be no vain attempts to satisfy God with prayers, gifts and good works. For this supreme sacrifice, Christians ...

108. Cleaning House

Mark 1:1-12

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... didn't notice it, they did but there were so many other things to do to get ready for their first Christmas gathering in their new home. The hustle and bustle just seemed to never end. Decorating, cooking, cleaning, buying and wrapping the perfect gifts for everyone so that this could be the most perfect Christmas ever. It seemed like there was always one more thing to do, one more thing to clean up, put away or put together. And after awhile, Tom and Linda were so busy that they didn't feel any of the joy ...

109. Discover The Joy Of Christmas

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

110. Melchizedek the Priest

Hebrews 7:1-10, Hebrews 7:11-28

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

... to God has overtones of the temple worship (cf. 11:6). 7:26 The verb “it was fitting” (prepō) occurs also in 2:10. What is “right” and “appropriate” comes very close to, and may imply, “what God wills”—that is, the working out of his perfect providence. Jesus as high priest is of course a central motif in Hebrews (cf. note on 2:17). Only here in Hebrews is Jesus called holy (hosios, cf. Acts 2:27; 13:35; Rev. 15:4; 16:5). The words blameless (akakos) and pure (amiantos, lit., “undefiled ...

111. The Legitimacy and Superiority of Christ’s Priesthood

Hebrews 7:11-28, Hebrews 7:1-10

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

112. Good Guys And Bad Guys Alike

Genesis 37:1-11, 12-36

Sermon

Steve Burt

... we see that good guys and bad guys are terms that depend on where we are standing? Can we see that loving our enemies means loving those who don't agree with us? That the enemy isn't necessarily bad -- just opposite or opposed? To be perfect as our heavenly Father is perfect means to love everyone, for God doesn't see enemies among us, just different people with different ideas. To paraphrase Jesus' words: "Love the good guys and the bad guys as I have loved you, so that you may be sons and daughters of the ...

113. Easter 6

Psalm 66:1-20, Acts 17:16-34, 1 Peter 3:8-22, John 14:15-31

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... We do our best to live according to his commandments, not to win God's love, but to reflect our gratitude for the loving grace of Father and Son, who died to save us from our sins. Disobedience is the sign of self-love, of something that is less than perfect love. 3. The comforter is the mediator of the presence of Christ. The Holy Spirit brings the presence of Christ to us, assuring us that he is alive and, as the ascended Lord, still loves us. The Holy Spirit moves us to love the Lord and helps us to obey ...

114. Practicing Righteousness

Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

Richard A. Jensen

... be seen by them." That is the way the text begins. The word piety is used in the Revised Standard Version to translate the Greek word for righteousness. "Beware of practicing your righteousness before others." That is what Jesus says. Such a practice does not make perfect at all. The opening words of our text find Jesus saying a NO word to the public practice of righteousness. That NO word is repeated several times in the text. But there is a YES word as well. Jesus says YES to the practice of righteousness ...

115. Take a Close Look (At the Widow)!

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" And, she did not withhold from the "temple treasury" her weekly offering. "It’s hard sometimes to pray, to praise, and to give," she once confessed. "I can do it only because of my faith." It is perfectly plain that the widow with the two coins stood at the temple treasury because she, like Rhonda, had not abandoned her faith. The promises of God - we may correctly assume - helped see her through the valley of the shadow of death. They told her that she ...

116. The Peace Of Christ In A Chaotic World

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Brett Blair

... lame to walk, if we should make straight the crooked, chase away demons, give sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, speech to the dumb, and, what is even a far greater work, if we should raise the dead after four days, write that this would not be perfect joy. After proceeding a few steps farther, and still bitterly cold, he cried out again with a loud voice: O Brother Leo, thou little lamb of God! if we monks could speak with the tongues of angels; if we could explain the course of the stars; if we knew ...

117. On Being Picked For The "Rework"

Jeremiah 18:1--19:15

Sermon

King Duncan

... process of the Rework is evidence that God is yet working with us God is not finished. We were sent to the Rework and His sovereign and merciful hands scooped us up and placed us back on the upper wheel to make of us His own workmanship. He wanted us perfect, and would settle for nothing less. He wanted to conform us to the image of His Son Jesus Christ! Since we could not attain that standard on our own, He will start all over and do it in us. When Paul borrowed Jeremiah's image, he anticipated that some ...

118. Soul Deep Not Skin Deep

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... injections, and the numbers rose even higher in 2003. (For more such statistics see Virginia L. Blum, Flesh Wounds: The Culture of Cosmetic Surgery [California University Press, 2004]). We're a culture committed to going only skin deep - a culture of skin-deep perfection and skin-deep holiness. Twentieth century novelist James Joyce declared "modern man has an epidermis rather than a soul." Post-modern culture goes Joyce even one step further. The skin we long for isn't even our own; it's cut and stitched ...

119. With Malice toward None, With Charity for All

Matthew 5:43-48

Sermon

James Merritt

... : When it comes to the enemies you make in life—grow up! Have a love that is so mature and so strong in the Lord Jesus Christ, that through Him you can love even your most bitter of enemies. For you see, Jesus was not speaking of being perfect in our life, but being perfect in our love. Now I know that there are many who look at a statement like this and say, "That is impossible," but I know it is not. Because whatever God demands from us, God delivers to us. You see, I have told you before, the only ...

120. Is It Time Yet?

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

Tony Everett

... among us (John 1:14). That Word, God's own Word of peace, suffered and died on a cross for you, for us, for all nations, in Jerusalem. God's Word rose again in Jerusalem. Through the Holy Spirit, God's Word reaches all nations. This is perfection ... God's perfect plan of salvation for us and for all people. Is it time yet? We still yearn for a time and space that is free from the stress and anxiety of daily living. During this season of the year, family tensions, economic stress, and every day worries seem ...

121. The Living Stone and a Chosen People

1 Peter 2:4-12

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... :17), benevolence (Rom. 15:27; Heb. 13:16), and giving (2 Cor. 9:12; Phil. 4:18). Such sacrifices are acceptable to God, not on account of any merit in the one who offers them, but because they are made through Jesus Christ, that is, on the grounds of his perfect sacrifice and in response to the prompting of his Spirit, i.e., “in his name.” 2:6 Peter buttresses his argument with a series of OT quotations from Isaiah 28:16 (v. 6), Psalm 118:22 (v. 7), and Isaiah 8:14 (v. 8), all of which were widely used ...

122. Walking in the Light

1 John 1:5--2:14, 1 John 2:15-17

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

... opening Greek particle, kai. But, like the kai which begins 1:5 (which the NIV also does not translate), it marks the beginning of a new section. The rest of the verse literally says, “By this we know (present tense) that we have come to know (perfect tense) him, if we keep his commands.” The If-clause explains the expression “by this”: “this” is obeying God’s/Christ’s commandments. The Greek text’s “By this” (en toutō) does not occur in the NIV. The issue in vv. 3–5 is knowing God ...

123. Love for Enemies

Matthew 5:43-48

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... are intended not to drive people to despair so they will then cast themselves upon the mercy of God, but to guide and direct those who desire to please him. It is true that the demands are stated in absolute terms (“Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect,” 5:48), but that is the nature of all great ethical teaching. Although we may not reach the stars, they still serve us well as reliable navigational aids. 5:43–48 The final illustration of how Jesus’ teaching “brings the law to ...

124. Walking in the Light and the Problem of Sin

1 John 2:15-17, 1 John 1:5--2:14

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

125. We Haven’t Got To Them Yet

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... and people with God, it became obvious that there was much of life that people had not gotten to and lots of life ahead that people had to get to in order to plunge the depths of right relationship with God. Since our forebears discovered the difficulty of devising perfectly pure religion how do you and I manage? How do we know that we are right with God so that we can move ahead with a working self-esteem and a goodly sense of being justified in the faith? how do we feel Jesus in our salvation so that ...

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