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1276. Flesh-eaters; Blood Drinkers

John 6:51-58

Sermon

King Duncan

... wanted us to remember him with joy. And secondly, we come to the table with an attitude of humility. When we come to worship, we come with a bowed heart. For the hour or so that we are in worship, we forget about ourselves and focus on our Savior and Lord, the one who created us and saved us and now owns us. We come with an attitude of humility, ready to obey whatever he calls us to do. In a great cathedral there is a statue of Christ. A person who stands before that statue will be disappointed with the ...

1277. It’s Hard to Eat While Lying

John 13:18-30

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... is not that much different from the rest of us. When we hear the old Gospel song, “Were you there when they crucified my Lord?” our first reaction is to say, “No! I was not there!” Twenty wide centuries separate me from that terrible event. But in a ... and with our lives. One of the best place for doing such lying is in church. We sing, “Take my life and let it be consecrated Lord to Thee,” and then make doubly sure that He doesn’t touch our lives and leaves us alone. We lie to God in our church ...

1278. When We Are Caught in a Storm

Matthew 14:22-33

Sermon

James W. Moore

... his shoulders bears a coiling shell of heavy cares, the spiral of their own affairs… some peer about, some creep on blind, but not one leaves his troubles behind.” Now, here is a place (the scriptures tell us) where faith can help. We can cast our burdens on the Lord and He shall sustain us. If we will keep rowing… and look to him with the eyes of faith… He will come to our aid, He will come with strength and peace and confidence. This brings us to Lesson Number Two. II. SECOND, WHEN WE ARE IN THESE ...

1279. Putting Mom in Heartbreak Hotel

1 Kings 2:5-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... obey David, all of your life." If I can give a modern day application, there are many church members who have a family loyalty. They were raised in church by a godly family. They were taught that Jesus is the Son of God, the King of Kings, and the Lord of Lords. They have the same kind of family loyalty to King Jesus that Joab had to King David. There are so many people who think that being raised in a Christian home makes you a Christian. There are many of you who are here tonight who are following in your ...

1280. Body Building at Its Best

1 Corinthians 12:13-27, Ephesians 4:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... each other more today than we did yesterday, and less today than we will tomorrow. b. We Are To Mature In Our Likeness We ought to celebrate our unity. We ought to appreciate our diversity. But it is all so that we might appropriate the maturity of becoming like the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul said in Eph. 4:13, "We all should come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ." Where love is the proof of maturity in ...

1281. Bridging the Generation Gap

Ephesians 6:1-4

Sermon

James Merritt

... Message God has shared with us in His word in a very simple fashion what every parent ought to be teaching his children. a. What Is Required The first thing that we ought to be teaching our children is the first thing Paul says: "Children, obey your parents in the Lord." (v.1a) I want to tell you something you already know if you are a parent, and if you don't you will learn quickly. Children will not tend to obey, they must be trained to obey. The Bible says in Ps. 58:3, "The wicked are estranged from the ...

1282. The Ministry of the Holy Spirit

John 16:7-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... through Me." A sinner cannot go to a righteous God alone. But he can go to a righteous God through His righteous Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. You see, we are not righteous, but Jesus is righteous. He gives to us the God-kind of righteousness that we need ... want you to continue to read the New Testament. But this time as you read it, I want you to pray before you read, ‘Lord, show me Thyself.'" Three years later Dr. Torrey was in that same area. After he preached at a certain church a well dressed, beautiful ...

1283. O Little Town of Bethlehem

Micah 5:2

Sermon

James Merritt

... of Lazarus; as God He raised him from the dead. As man, He was crowned with thorns; as God He is crowned King of Kings and Lord of Lords. As man, He died on the cross; as God He came forth from the grave. d. The Activity of the Messiah In v.2 we ... into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, ‘Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.' And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger. Now when they had ...

1284. God's Favorite Day

Psalm 118:24

Sermon

James Merritt

... ." Well, I want to tell you that every day you are in the manufacturing business, and you are either going to be manufacturing joy or misery. The Bible says you ought to be joyful every single day. You may think that is impossible, but the Bible says "Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say rejoice." (Phil. 4:4) Have you ever thought about what that verse really says and really means? It doesn't say rejoice in what God has done for you, or what God has given to you; not even what He is to you. We are ...

1285. Saved to Share

Acts 26

Sermon

James Merritt

... Jesus saved him. "But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you." (v.16) Now the Lord Jesus expressly told Paul why he appeared to him and why He saved him. First of all, to make him a minister. The Greek word there literally means "under-rower" which referred to a sailor under command of the captain. From this point on, Paul was no longer marching to ...

1286. The Empire Strikes Back

Jude 1:14-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... it prophecy is simple. Did you know that I can tell you the future in three propositions? They are found in 1 Thess. 4:16-17. If you would like God’s outline for the future in broad-brush fashion, here it is: The Return of the Savior: “For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God.” (v.16) The Resurrection of the Saved: “And the dead in Christ will rise first.” (v.16b) The Rapture of the Saint: “Then we who are alive and ...

1287. Will the Real God Please Stand Up?

2 Corinthians 13:14

Sermon

James Merritt

... from the Latin trinitas, which literally means "a group of three". Now there is one thing that the Jews, the Muslims, Unitarians, and the Jehovah's Witnesses agree with us on and that is, there is One God. We hear this over and over again in scripture. "I am The Lord and there is no other; There is no god besides Me. (Isaiah 45:5) For there is One God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus." (I Timothy 2:5) "We know that an idol is nothing in the world and that there is no other ...

1288. What Child Is This?

Isaiah 9:6-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... the Father of all things that pertain to eternity. Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end; He is the Father of eternity. He is the one who can make an eternal difference in anyone's life. Jesus is the Eternal Lord, who brought into this world eternal light, that He might give to this world eternal life, that He might bathe this world in eternal love. Neither time nor space is an issue to Him. He is never late, He is never early, He is always on time. He is always ...

1289. One Year to Live

Jeremiah 28:10-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... . There is an old song we sang when I was a kid entitled, "Jesus UseMe." One of the stanzas went like this. Jesus use me, And oh Lord don't refuse me. For surely there is a work that I can do. Even though it is humble Help my will to crumble For though the ... take as many people with me as I possibly could. There are so many ways you can begin to do this. Pray for people who need the Lord and ask God to give you an opportunity to begin to bring them to Christ. Invite them to church. Give them one of our S.U.R ...

1290. The God of War and Peace

1 Samuel 17:(1a, 4-11, 19-23) 32-49

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... , God can be a warrior. Having said that, let's be clear that the Bible does not describe God as a warmonger. To go to war is not his preferred activity. We have only to listen to such a verse as Psalm 86:5 to understand that: "For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call on you." That is hardly the description of a warmonger, and the New Testament writer John could hardly identify God as "love" (1 John 4:8) if God's preference was for war. We should also note that ...

1291. No Intimidation

Luke 13:31-35

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... to be. You may not believe it or be able to fill in the blank spaces, but this is the way it is going to be." If you are like me, that draws upon the deepest resources in my soul and produces respect for him par excellence. We worship a Lord who is mystical by his very nature but not esoterically removed from us. While we must not make the error of reducing him to our levels, likewise we must not push him so far into the clouds that we lose touch. What an incomparable faith we have! It absolutely refuses ...

1292. Family Ties and Good-byes

Luke 12:49-56

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... The police were called. Junior was locked up. When he was finally released, he took off, leaving this note for his mother and Stan: Dear Mom and Preacher I'm leaving town. Don't expect to see me again. I'm sick and tired of all this talk about the Lord and church. I'm not going to listen to your sanctimonious talk about my drinking problem, AA, and going to worship. I've had enough of it. When you count the members of the family, count me out. Good-bye. Your former son, Harry, Jr. The gospel of Jesus Christ ...

1293. What to Do When You Are in a Fix

Exodus 13:17--14:31

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... need to do both. We need to stand firm and we need to stand still. Let’s look at those. First, stand firm. There comes those times in our lives when we’re in a fix when we need simply to stand still and wait for the salvation of the Lord. I will never forget my visit to Estonia a few years ago and a man named Alexander Kooms. Some of you may have heard me tell this story. Alexander Kooms is really the father, the patriarch of the Methodist Church in Estonia. During the time of Stalin, when the church ...

1294. On Being Faithful and Focused

Hebrews 11:1, 32 – 12:2

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... discovered the process of breath prayers. There are other forms of prayer. Breath prayers are the words that come to our lips that express the hunger of our hearts. They are simple words. “Lord Jesus, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner." Or, simplified, “Lord, have mercy." This prayer gets me through the day. For years, when I awaken, the first prayer on my lips is, “Help me, Lord. Help me be a faithful servant today." Every time I walk in a hospital room I stop at the door and I pray, “Help me ...

1295. Can These Bones Live?

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... us today, didn’t want truth, they wanted their own perspectives confirmed. But truth is what is called for here. In other words, the Lord calls us to say truth to the death and hurt in our lives. We are called to survey the wastelands we have within us ... wishing? Do you ever let out that heart-wrenching sigh of soul weariness and wonder where the next step will lead? Hear the word of the Lord! God says I am going to open up your graves and bring you forth. Even now, we can dare to hope again. Even now, we ...

1296. Samuel Was the Search Committee

1 Samuel 15:34-35, 16:1-13

Sermon

William J. Carl, III

... little scoundrel like Zacchaeus who'd been treed like a cat, imagine what Jesus sees in you and me! Jesus' x-ray vision saw right through the woman at the well and Peter and James and John. Just as with David and you and me, the Lord looks not on outward appearance or achievement; the Lord looks on the heart. "You've got to have heart to play on this team, boy," says Bear Bryant. "I don't care how big you are." "Is this all your sons?" he asks the Alabama mother. "Well, no" she replies. "There's the little ...

1297. Face to Face

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... ; for no one shall see me and live.” God hides Moses in a cleft in the rocks so that all he spies of God is his back, not his face. Yet elsewhere, throughout the Old Testament the faithful are urged to seek out the face of God. Seek the lord and his strength, seek his face continually (1 Chronicles 16:11) If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face . . . then they will hear from heaven (2 Chronicles 7:14) When thou said, “Seek my face,” my heart said ...

1298. Spiritual Marines

Luke 9:18-27

Sermon

James Merritt

... it over the table.” Do you know what keeps most Christians from getting up early in the morning and having a quiet time with the Lord?—Self. Oh, our intentions are good, but the alarm clock goes off and what happens? We don’t want to get up. We don’t ... Jesus, until they learned that’s exactly what you have to do if you are going to follow Jesus. They said to the Lord Jesus: “Lord Jesus, we are dying to follow you.” Jesus said: “Well, that’s what you’re going to have to do to follow me ...

1299. Asa King of Judah

2 Chronicles 14:2-15

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

... repeatedly. The prophet’s basic message is: if you seek (darash) him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake (ʿazab) him, he will forsake (ʿazab) you. And, although for a long time Israel was without the true God, they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought (biqqesh) him, and he was found by them. This was meant as an encouragement to the king on account of his cultic-restoration measures. Those acts were seen as “seeking” Yahweh, which would result in “being found” by Yahweh ...

1300. Uzziah King of Judah

2 Chronicles 26:1-23

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

... (mentioned in the Asa narrative), but particularly with the priest Azariah, who accompanied Uzziah into the temple (see 26:17, 20). Following the source text (2 Kgs. 15:3), the Chronicler indicates the king did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done (2 Chron. 26:4). The reader of Chronicles knows, however, that the unique account of Amaziah provided in the previous chapter leaves a very ambiguous impression of that king. The description that follows will confirm that ...

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