Synonyms: renounce, relinquish, dispense with, forswear, disclaim, disown, disavow, discard, wash one's hands of, give up, stop, cease, drop, forgo, desist from, have done with, abjure, abstain from, discontinue, break off, refrain from, set/lay aside, desert, leave, leave high and dry, turn one's back on, cast aside, break (up) with, vacate, quit, evacuate, withdraw from, surrender, cede, yield, indulge in, give way to, give oneself up to, yield to, lose oneself to/in, uninhibitedness, recklessness, lack of restraint, lack of inhibition, unruliness, wildness, impulsiveness, impetuosity, immoderation, wantonness
Antonyms: keep, claim, continue, stick by, self-control, power through, achieve, defend, bear, hope, acquire, quick visit, adopt, continue along, adhere, remain, pursue, support, take up, keep up, reuse, advocate, stay, persevere, cherish, keep going, carry on
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Paul Hegele
... center of the garden, Adam knew he had a choice. He made the wrong choice and he discovered sin, suffering, and shame. The choice didn't stop with Adam. It keeps popping up in history, in every generation and in every life. The choice confronted Christ. "Renounce your sonship to God and worship me" said the devil, "and I will give you the world." The difference between what Christ chose and what Adam chose is explained by St. Paul in today's Epistle. Because of Adam "death reigned through that one man." But ...
102. L’Chaim!
John 10:1-21
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Dean Lueking
... that seems! Jesus performed the miracle on the Sabbath day. In their eyes that made him an enemy of God and the religious establishment over which they held sway. And so they opposed him outright and put every pressure at their disposal on the man to renounce Jesus who had given him his eyesight! With the grievous conflict in mind, then, Jesus points to the blind man who had received the gift of sight as an example of the healing and redeeming work God accomplishes through his Son - who came that they might ...
103. Proper 7
Lk 9:18-24 · Gal 3:23-29 · 1 Ki 19:9-14 · Zech 12:7-10
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John R. Brokhoff
... ways of knowing Jesus. a. Know about Jesus - vv. 18-19 b. Know Jesus - v. 20 3. The Daily Life of a Christian (Luke 9:23). Need: The common view of the price of discipleship is that it is paid once when one becomes a Christian - forsakes the past, renounces sin, repudiates a former way of life. Luke adds the significant word, "daily." Every day is a Good Friday for a Christian. Paul put it, "I die daily." Outline: The daily price of following Jesus. a. Daily denial of self b. Daily carrying a cross c. Daily ...
104. The Nativity of Our Lord
Luke 2:1-20 · Isa 9:2-7 · Tit 2:11-14
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John R. Brokhoff
... after Christmas? How was it possible for an official of a Nazi concentration camp where thousands were killed to go home to be with his family on Christmas Eve and sing "Silent Night"? Outline: Consider the moral equivalent of Christmas. A. Negative: renounce irreligion, worldly passions - v. 12. B. Positive: live sober, upright, and godly lives - v. 12. WORSHIP RESOURCES Prayer of the Day: "Almighty God, you have made yourself known in your Son, Jesus, redeemer of the world. We pray that his birth as ...
105. Epiphany 8
Lk 6:39-49 · 1 Cor 15:51-58 · Jer 7:1-7 · Isa 55:10-13
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John R. Brokhoff
... injustices that occur come from a heart that is not right with God. In this text Jesus goes to the fountain of all human behavior. Good and evil acts come from the condition of the heart. Outline: To have a Good Heart A. Know the love of God B. Repent - renounce evil desires C. Accept the Holy Spirit - be filled with God's Spirit Lesson 1: Isaiah 55:10-13 1. Let the Word Do It! 55:10-11. Need: The Word has the power of God, What on the surface is as weak as a spoken or written word? The ...
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Brett Blair
... 70 years...........100% When put in these terms we see how little a priority spiritual matters occupy in our lives. But Jesus is a demanding leader. A thousand times more demanding then any you will ever know. Jesus said, "So, therefore, whoever of you does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple." Possessions cannot stand between you and the Lord. Jesus went so far as to say, "If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own mother and father, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters, he ...
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... those people whom he had redeemed out of slavery only a short while ago, those people who had acknowledged him as Lord, had entered into Covenant with him, had recited vows of faithfulness, now brazenly denying the reality of God, he is angry! They are renouncing their Emancipator and shamelessly worshiping a pagan bull calf. How low could they go? They made themselves a deity which was a pagan representation. It would seem, if they would make a graven image at all, the least they could do would be to form ...
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... of package deal, the purchaser would get Ruth as part of the bargain. Boaz knew this and told Ruth to stay at his feet, and that he would see the man in the morning and attempt to make a deal with him. That is what happened. The relative renounced his right to buy the estate and Boaz closed the deal in front of "the elders and the people." He declared publicly, "You are witnesses this day that I have bought from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and Mahlon ...
109. Who Is This?
Matthew 21:1-11
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... what this inscription means?" asks the governor. Barabbas answers softly, "I have no god." After several moments of silence, the governor then asks old Sahak the Christian the same questions. "Do you grasp the full implications of what you have said? If you renounce your faith no harm shall come to you ... Will you do it?" Sahak responds, "I cannot." "Why not?" the governor asks. Sahak replies. "I cannot deny my God." "Extraordinary man," the governor says as he orders Sahak to be taken away and crucified ...
110. In Training
Titus 2:1-15
Children's Sermon
Object: A whistle and a leash. Lesson: Training us to renounce irreligion and worldly passion, and to live sober, upright, and godly lives in this world. The people who wrote the Bible, after listening to what God told them to write, remembered what God had done for them. Whenever they had a chance they told the people who read their letters ...
111. Advent 1
Isaiah 2:1-5, Psalm 122:1-9, Romans 13:8-14, Matthew 24:36-51
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... . d. Jesus will come again as Lord and rule as the Prince of Peace forever. 3. A "variant" sermon on the second lesson, Romans 13:11-14 - "God's Wake-Up Call." a. Christ's "wake-up call" is an announcement that his return in imminent. b. By renouncing darkness and turning to the light, his followers respond to the "wake-up call." c. They wear the uniform of the day - their baptismal garb, "the armor of light," and live the life of God's faithful people. d. So they - we - are ready for anything this world ...
112. Proper 12 & Pentecost 10
1 Kings 3:1-15, Exodus 3:1-22, Romans 8:18-27, Romans 8:28-39, Matthew 13:44-46, Matthew 13:47-52
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... works for good with those who love him, who are called according to his purpose." He could say that to the families of those who had been martyred in the name of Christ, and even to those who might face a terrible death because they would not renounce their faith. Paul knew that the faithful would experience a different setting and a different way of life after death than they had known and had experienced in this life. But only then would they know the reality of a final glorification. Matthew 13:44-52 (R ...
113. Proper 21 & Pentecost 19
Ezekiel 18:1-32, Psalm 25:1-22, Psalm 99:1-9, Exodus 32:1-33:6, Philippians 2:1-11, Philippians 2:12-18, Matthew 21:28-32
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... points to the parable of the father and the two sons. The extension on the end of the reading gives a powerful conclusion to the lection: House of Israel, in future I mean to judge each of you by what he does - it is the Lord Yahweh who speaks. Repent, renounce all your sins, avoid all occasions of sin! Shake off all the sins you have committed against me, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why are you so anxious to die, House of Israel? I take no pleasure in the death of anyone - it is the ...
114. Pentecost 23
Exodus 22:16-31, Leviticus 19:1-37, Ruth 2:1-23, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10, 1 Thessalonians 2:1-16, Matthew 22:34-40, Matthew 22:41-46, Psalm 1:1-6
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... of Christian living for them, commending them on their positive response at being "imitators of us and of the Lord." In their Christian faith and life style, they acquired the reputation of exemplary Christian living and influenced other people of Greece by renouncing the worship of idols and accepting the good news in Jesus Christ. They heard the gospel, learned of Jesus' death and resurrection, and lived in expectation of his imminent return. Paul couldn't ask any more than that of them. 1 Thessalonians ...
115. Pentecost 24
Mal 1:6-14, Lev 2:1-16, Mic 3:1-12, Am 5:18-27, Ru 4:1-1, 1Th 2:1-16, 4:13-5:11, Mt 23 and 25:1-13
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CSS
... the clergy: a field day for the prophet - corruption brings condemnation by God himself. 2. Corrupt clergy become contemptible in the eyes of the people of God. Do all of us corrupt the relationship we have with God? Are we all guilty? 3. Either/or - renounce sin, or the whole community will be in jeopardy. 4. Repent and live again as children of God. (Both of these texts accomodate the theme of the unfaithful scribes and Pharisees, and might be incorporated into sermons on Matthew 23.) Amos 5:18-24 - "A ...
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Brett Blair
... a good fight is worth fighting for. Second desertion does not mean defeat. And the third is that our faith must not be lost. Paul says, “I have kept the faith.” What an incredible declaration when you look back on the reasons Paul had to renounce his faith and give it all up. Let me share with you from several of Paul’s letters the words he used to describe the twenty years of his missionary work. Here is what he endured: Hunger, thirst, nakedness, cold, sleeplessness, homelessness, persecution, cast ...
117. From Beast to Believer
Daniel 4:28-37, Daniel 4:19-27, Daniel 4:1-18
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Bill Bouknight
... of men and gives them to anyone he wishes." Underline verse 25 because the central theme of the book of Daniel is declared again---God is sovereign over the kingdoms of men. Then in verse 27, Daniel says, "Therefore, O king, be pleased to accept my advice: renounce your sins by doing what is right, and your wickedness by being kind to the oppressed. It may be that then your prosperity will continue." In other words, repent, Neb, before it’s too late. Maybe God will change his mind. Verses 28 and 29 are ...
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Barbara Brokhoff
... the seizures, after baptism, never return! Would you not say, then, that the devil is cast out by baptism? Why not? After all, we are supposed to become "new creatures in Christ Jesus." One of the questions asked in many churches at the time of baptism is, "Will you renounce the devil and all his works and ways?" Baptism truly is a divine exorcism! Once in awhile we find someone who says, "But I want to be re-baptized!" "I think I understand it better now," or "I’m going to the Holy Land, and I want to be ...
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Dennis Kastens
... lake. Because of the excellent reputation of Christians for bravery in battle, the Captain ordered the Christians to be given the privilege of recanting at any time. A heated Roman bathhouse stood along the lake shore. It was ready for any man who was prepared to renounce his faith. As a bitter wind whipped over the lake’s surface, the Christian soldiers were driven out shivering in the dusk. A sentry was posted on the shore to keep the Christians out of the heated cottage. He kept warm by a bonfire on ...
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George Bass
... to all his people to love each other and serve one another in his name reminds us that all glory, laud, and honor that might accrue to us in Christian service belongs to him, not to us. The truly great servants of God always reject personal acclaim and renounce self-righteousness in all of its forms. All Christian service glorifies the risen and reigning Lord; you and I serve God and man in the name of Jesus Christ, not ourselves. It will always be that way; it has to be. John’s Mission Was Unique John ...
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Wallace H. Kirby
... . I began to grow up ... and I learned to become humble." He was beginning to get himself out of his way. That’s what it means to be poor in spirit. It is not to feel big, but to feel humble. It is not to be self-promoting, but self-renouncing. It is not to be self-centered, but self-circumferenced. To be poor in spirit is to be able to admit that: "I need thee every hour." It is to be like the second man in that parable Jesus told - the one about the two men who went into the ...
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Leonard Mann
... the door being shut." It is worth noticing that only those who loved him knew his return. He did not confound Pilate and Caiaphas, or put to flight the Roman armies. The same Jesus. A broadway play calls him "Superstar." How he would have hated and renounced that name! I keep meeting people who wish they had seen Jesus in the flesh. They’re not thinking beyond their nose-end. There was then no New Testament, no sign of an empty Cross, no Church, no Hallelujah Chorus. Would we have recognized him as ...
123. Drastic Surgery
Matthew 5:27-30
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Herchel H. Sheets
... his address to the hushed congregation thus: "Now I come to the great thing that troubleth my conscience more than any other thing that ever I said or did in my life, and that is the setting abroad of writings contrary to the truth; which here I now renounce and refuse as things written by my hand contrary to the truth which I thought in my heart, and written for fear of death to save my life, if it might be. And, forasmuch as my hand offended in writing contrary to my heart, my hand therefore shall ...
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Kent Moorehead
... is composed of individuals. And in a democracy every human being is supposed to contribute his best judgment, to express his deepest convictions, and to influence as intelligently as possible his compatriots and particularly his political representatives. To renounce personal responsibility and to ignore individual integrity, uncritically acquiescing in mob behavior, is to pave the way for dictatorship and tyranny. Actually what we see in social behavior is nothing other than a projection of what is going ...
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Bill Bouknight
... the way toward some distant landmark so that the furrow is straight. Most people are forever glancing over their shoulders, worried about something in the past, some mistake, some sin, some missed opportunity. Many of us Christians keep glancing back at false gods we never totally renounced. The pastor James Moore of Texas tells about an elderly man whom he heard at a banquet. This man, with a broad grin and a twinkle in his eye, said, "I know I'm old because there are three things I can't remember: I can ...
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