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1376. Trinity Sunday

Jn 16:12-15 · Rom 5:1-5 · Prov 8:22-31

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John R. Brokhoff

... the Holy Spirit. In the experience of salvation, the three persons of the Trinity are involved. John 16:12-15 The Spirit glorifies the Son who shares all with the Father. God the Father and God the Son possess the one truth. When Jesus was on earth, the Disciples could not hear the whole truth. Now God the Spirit will reveal all to believers. This is not a new truth given by the Spirit nor truth given on the authority of the Spirit. The Spirit will report and reveal the truth which he hears from the Father ...

1377. Proper 22

Lk 17:5-10 · 2 Tim 1:1-14 · Am 5:6-7, 10-15

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John R. Brokhoff

... gospel lesson consists of apparently two unrelated parts: vv. 5-6 and vv. 7-10. The first part concerns the request of the Disciples for more faith. Jesus does not tell them how to increase their faith but describes the power of faith. The second part deals ... no desire for reward - vv. 7-10 2. A Little is a Lot! 17:5-6. Need: Here is an eye-opener for some! Like the disciples, many of us are eager for a larger portion of faith - the faith to guide people aright, faith to forgive, faith to serve just for the ...

1378. Training Session

Matthew 5:1-12

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... for people who believe Jesus to be the Messiah. Even though he was opening up his mind and heart to them, and they understood that, it seems like a very limited type of an initial training session. Couldn’t he have found some spot in the Temple to teach his disciples? He was not in any real trouble or danger as yet. Or why didn’t he take them to a home where they could have had a room to themselves, in which some discussion might have taken place? To sit on a hillside doesn’t seem a suitable setting ...

1379. Guarding Us from Evil

John 17:12

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... Jesus may care that way about me or you or all of us. We are people who are not as smart as God, or as strong or brave as God, but we care what happens to us and to our friends and family. If Jesus cared that way about his disciples, then I know that he will have special feelings about other people like you and me who follow him, even when we do not understand everything that happens. Maybe the next time you see a school guard or any person who is guarding someone else to keep them safe, you ...

1380. At Table With The Lord

Drama

... . Hymn: "Away In a Manger" (Women exit or take seats. Men enter.) Narrator: When the evening was come, Jesus sat down with the twelve disciples. And, as they ate, Jesus said, "I am the living bread which comes from heaven. If any man eat of this bread he shall ... will not crow twice, before you have denied me three times ... (A pause) And he took bread and blessed it and gave it to his disciples. "Take, eat, this is my body which is broken for you." And he took the cup and said, "This is the blood of the new ...

1381. Beyond the Ordinary

Matthew 5:38-42

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Joe Pennel

... . The attitude required by Jesus is only possible if we learn to despise suffering. If we despise the suffering that can be inflicted on us, then we must also despise the suffering that we have the capability of inflicting on others. Thus, we, as disciples of Christ, should resist evil and overcome it with good. Overcoming evil with good is more than mere nonresistance. It is responding to active enmity with active love. Jesus used three extreme examples to illustrate his point. Those who live by the higher ...

1382. Epiphany 4

Micah 6:1-8, 1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5, Matthew 5:1-12, Psalm 1:1-6

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... , comforter to the bereaved, counselor to countless children, and willing worker whenever anything had to be done in her neighborhood, her church, or her town. She was the sort of person about whom Jesus was talking in the Sermon on the Mount, a true believer and genuine disciple of the Lord. 4. Listen to, and live by, the Word of the Lord, as he first taught it on a mountain. A Sermon on the First Lesson, Micah 6:1-8 - "Priorities for Godly Living." Verse 8 of this text is so familiar to people. He (God ...

1383. Easter 7

Acts 1:1-11, Psalm 47:1-9, 1 Peter 4:12-19, John 17:1-5, John 17:6-19

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... totally finished and the door to eternal life has been thrown wide open by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, completed in the ascension. Christ therefore - and this is the main reason that the latter half of this text is appointed for this Sunday - prays for his disciples, who were a gift from God to him. He says: I am praying for them; I am not praying for the world but for those whom thou hast given me, for they are thine; all mine are thine, and thine are mine, and I am glorified in them. The ...

1384. Pentecost

Psalm 104:1-35, Joel 2:28-32, John 20:19-23, Acts 2:1-21

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... Spirit." He also gave them the power to forgive - or retam - sins, which is a reference to baptism, because one's sins are forgiven in baptism. Despite the fact that John seems to stir up a controversy as to when the Holy Spirit came to the disciples - whether on Easter Eve or fifty days after the resurrection - the Gospel for the Day makes it clear that Pentecost is the conclusion of Easter; the resurrection of the Lord requires the ascension and Pentecost to make it complete. The Holy Spirit is a gift of ...

1385. Do You Believe In Easter?

Luke 24:1-12

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Bill Bouknight

... one of those Bible story books with all the pictures. I’m sure that’s where I first encountered the resurrection message. Two angels first told Mary Magdalene the good news. "He is not here. He has risen!" (Luke 24:6) Then she in turn went to the disciples with the news: "I have seen the Lord." (John 20:18). Who first told you the good news of resurrection? If that person is still alive, tell them on this Easter weekend how grateful you are. The second step in spreading the Easter good news is this: WE ...

1386. Faith, Love, and Fakers at Ephesus

Acts 18:18-28

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CSS

... Apollos" or "I belong to Cephas." When he came to Ephesus again, Paul’s first encounter was with a group who called themselves Christians but who knew only the teaching and baptism of John. Paul’s concern for doctrinal purity led him to catechize these disciples and he got some strange answers. Asked about the Holy Spirit, they responded honestly, "We have never even heard that there is a Holy Spirit." But they were eager to learn and Paul was quick to teach. He instructed them about John’s call for ...

1387. Reach Out and Touch Someone

Acts 2:1-13

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Peter Rudowski

... is the day God sends the Holy Spirit to us. Today is the birthday of the church. If we were to summarize that very famous portion of Acts, that second chapter, the title across it should be, "God reached out and touched someone." God reached out and touched his disciples. God reached out to us. As I sat and read that lesson, I asked myself, "What do you say?" The lesson for Pentecost is always the same, year after year. What new twist can we take that would make some sense to us? I decided I would try to ...

1388. The Beauty of a Childlike Faith

Matthew 18:1-9

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Bill Bouknight

... in Christ unless and until they prove unworthy of that trust. Perhaps the most unsettling part of today's text is Jesus' statement in Matthew 18, verse 3: "Unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of Heaven." He was saying to the disciples, "You are on a track now that will lead you away from the kingdom. All your bragging and self-seeking is the opposite of kingdom behavior. You must repent, make a 180 degree turn, if you want to head toward God's kingdom." I have a friend ...

1389. Breaking News: Thomas Doubts Jesus Alive

John 20:24-31

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CSS

... want evidence. This is the position that Thomas finds himself in. He would have made a good journalist. He is the skeptic. II The second headline in the Jerusalem post would have been the follow-up story the next morning: A DISCIPLE HAS DOUBTS. Had a journalist interviewed the 12 disciples Judas and Thomas would have been the lead stories. One betrays and one doubts. The one is a refutation of all of Jesus’ teachings and the other is a denial that the resurrection ever took place. One has no stomach for ...

1390. Failures Need Not Be Fatal!

Mark 14:66-72

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Bill Bouknight

... and said, "That's all forgiven, big man. I've got plans for you. You're going to be my 'Old Gibraltar' yet!" The most poignant encounter between Peter and the risen Christ is reported in John 21. Peter and the disciples were at the Sea of Galilee. Jesus prepared breakfast for the tired disciples who had fished all night. After breakfast he asked Peter one question three times: "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than all else?" Peter became nervous that he had to answer yes three times. Only later did ...

1391. Concern

John 19:17-27

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Burton F. Blair

... " (John 13:34-35). If we follow Jesus, this is a mandate. Loving one another is the only way we fulfill our calling as a community. Love is not an option for Christians. It is the one act by which we are known as his disciples. When we love one another, it is Jesus himself living through us. Love is the one thing that molds us into the church, into a community of faith. We become, as Bonhoeffer suggests, "Christ existing as community." Love is sharing in each other’s lives. For instance, one Sunday ...

1392. A Perspective on the Ascension

Acts 1:1-11

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Donald Macleod

... is not that meaning clarified when we see the Ascension as an intermediate link between the Resurrection and the gift of the Spirit at Pentecost. Let us now carry our thinking upon this event through three stages: 1. Luke tells us that the Risen Lord charged the disciples to "wait" (v. 4). What for? "The promises of the Father," he said. This can be a problem for many of us because we hate to wait. We have an aversion toward people who do not keep appointments on time, or trains and buses that arrive late ...

1393. Simon Peter: Strong Stone or Crumbling Clay?

Luke 22:54-62

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Carl E. Zahrte

... flesh is weak." Then my flesh began to tingle, because I saw the light of burning torches and a band of armed men with our fellow disciple, Judas, coming to seize Jesus. I gripped my short sword and lashed out at one of those fellows. I wanted to show Jesus I was ... are there now, when you fail to be a faithful witness for Jesus. He says to you, just as he said to me and the other disciples, "He that is not with me, is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters." What are you doing for Jesus? Are ...

1394. OUR LORD BETRAYED

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E. Jerry Walker

... cynicism that played at his lips. Always the enigmatic statement! Never saying what he really meant! Any wonder he had been fooled, taken in? "You shall never wash my feet," Peter said. "If I do not wash you, you have no part in me." The stupid stare on the big disciple’s face! Hatred for the dullness of the man was like an ache in Judas’ breast. "Lord," Peter said, "not my feet only but also my hands and my head!" "He who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but he is clean," said the ...

1395. Everyone Is Searching For You

Mark 1:35-39

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Brett Blair

... sickness of Peter’s mother-in-law. She has a fever and he heals her. He takes her by the hand and helps her up. The fever leaves her and what does she do? She goes to work. She waits on Peter, James, John, Simon, Andrew, and Jesus. The other disciples are probably there as well. You would think Jesus would have said, you lay still until you get your strength back. After the sun sets all the people in this small town bring their sick and demon possessed. The whole town is gathered at the door and they are ...

1396. The Final Farewell

Luke 24:50-53, Luke 24:36-49

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George Bass

... a call to repentance and the assurance of forgiveness. It was up to them now - and it is up to us today - to tell the tale of the tree and the tomb, as well as the trumpet that is yet to sound, to Jew and Gentile alike. To the disciples, Jesus said, "You are witnesses to these things." Indeed, they became faithful witnesses, even to laying down their lives for the sake of Christ and the gospel. He had prepared them for their work by opening their minds "to understand the scriptures" and told them to go back ...

1397. The Reality Of The Resurrection

Luke 24:36-49

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Brett Blair

... with joy? What parts of it are just too good to be true. Let me share a couple of things that are amazing to me. I First, the reality of the resurrection amazes me. We are told by the scriptures that when Jesus walked into the room where the disciples had gathered and said, “Peace be with you” it startled them. They were frightened. It was a ghost. What else could it be? They were not the kind of men who were easily convinced. These were men of common sense, so they doubted. What else could they do? And ...

1398. Thomas Didymus: An Honest Skeptic

John 20:24-31

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Gregory J. Johanson

... We can certainly identify with Thomas. I believe there is no one in this church this morning who would not have had Thomas’s doubts, each for his or her own reasons. Perhaps the real reason was that Thomas was not there in the room at the time the other disciples had gathered. Where was he? How did he feel about being left out of the big experience? Or had they made it up because he had gone his own way? Was there jealousy where the Master was concerned? Does the Church today act out the inner life of the ...

1399. Creeds or Deeds

Mark 7:1-23

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Brett Blair

... rules" to drink from a fingerbowl, but on that particular evening Victoria changed the rules---because she was, after all, the Queen. It is "against the rules" not to wash your hands before you eat and on that the Pharisees called the hand of the disciples who follow Jesus. But Jesus recognizes their hypocrisy and he quotes from Isaiah, "These people honor me with their lips but their hearts are far from me." Our tradition should not kill our compassion. When people are in need and love is called upon we ...

1400. Be At Peace With One Another

Mark 9:38-50

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Brett Blair

... II Second, we do not have peace in our lives because we destroy the weak among us. Before we look at this point I want to draw your attention to the text, versus 38-50. At first glance it seems Jesus is covering several unrelated topics. There is the disciples concern about the man whom they do not know driving out demons. Jesus addresses those concerns. Then he instructs them not to cause little ones to sin. It would be better to be thrown into the lake tied to a millstone than to do such a thing, he warns ...

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