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1401. Not Another Rerun!

Jeremiah 31:27-34

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

... unfaithfulness. The knowledge of God's merciful and forgiving character works an internal change in us and engraves God's law, that is God's will and character, on our hearts and embeds it deep within our core. God's selective memory loss means that God doesn't give up on us. The people in exile were tempted to believe that God had given up on them. The prophet tried to help them see the big picture, one that even had room for the hardships of life in exile as being part of God's plan for restoration and ...

1402. A Rebellious Nation

Isaiah 1:1-31

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... into debt, creditors could easily and legally get the court to foreclose on the debt and take away the person’s land. The community is therefore bidden to wash and make yourselves clean (v. 16a). It is responsible for getting the blood off its own hands by giving up the evil deeds that stand scandalously before Yahweh’s eyes and make it impossible for Yahweh to look at people when they pray (v. 16a). Positively, they are to learn to do right and seek justice (v. 17; and see on v. 21). A paradox appears ...

1403. Punishment of Destruction

Hosea 13:1-16

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... hope in the midst of judgment reminds one of similar statements in Hosea 6:4 and 11:8–9. In all three of these passages God is overcome by the thought of the total annihilation of his people, and consequently in great compassion he refuses to completely give up or to totally reject his people. In compassion God will ransom some from the power of death; therefore, God can taunt death and refuse to allow it to conquer his plans for his people. It is possible that the restoration of the nation in Ezekiel 37 ...

1404. Living as Children of Light

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... position and future with God. We are secure enough to sacrifice our own interests as an offering to God on behalf of the interests of other people (5:2). It is uncomfortably threatening both to forgive without guarantee of a favorable response and to give up personal anxieties without assurance of provision. But once we realize that our ultimate worth and final provision rest with a God who has been more than favorably disposed all along—and always will be—the threat evaporates (cf. John 13:3–5). The ...

1405. The Parable of the Persistent Widow

Luke 18:1-8

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... :1–8 to be a transition from one section to the next). 18:1–8 Verse 1 is not part of the parable proper but is Luke’s editorial introduction. Luke understands the parable as teaching Christian disciples that they should always pray and not give up. As the parable is later interpreted (vv. 7–8), however, it also teaches something about the faithfulness of God himself. The parable itself seems to drive home two points, as seen in the principal characters, the judge and the widow (Marshall, p. 671). We ...

1406. Filthy Rags

Illustration

King Duncan

... ,000? No, that price is too small for this rag. How about you swap one of your children for this rag? Now I know some parents might be very tempted to swap their children at times, but what if I tell you that you would need to be willing to give up your child’s life. Anyone still want this rag? I don’t think anyone in their right mind would like to exchange their child for this dirty rag! Yet God our Father, before we even knew him or even wanted to know him, decided to swap his Son for us ...

Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough. Not only have I found that when I talk to the little flower or to the little peanut they will give up their secrets, but I have found that when I silently commune with people they give up their secrets also - if you love them enough.

George Washington Carver

1408. I'm Going Fishing

John 21:1-19 · Acts 9:1-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... back to my life.” And the others followed. The fall from the mission pedestal was especially hard. In a day, the disciples and thousands of Jesus’ followers went from “chosen” to deserted and downhearted. How do you deal with disappointments, roadblocks, pauses, frustrations? Do you give up your dream and go back to your old life? Or do you forge onward no matter what? When failure looms or hope has been crushed, for many, it’s easy to feel resigned, to go “back to the old life,” no matter how ...

1409. The Unlocked Heart

John 20:19-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , when our options feel closed off and our hearts locked down –Jesus appears to us to still our fears and set us free. It’s easy when things don’t go our way to lock up our hearts, to throw in the towel, to close ourselves off from others, to give up hope in what we can do and all we can become. But Jesus knows our potential. He knows who we are and what we can do. For this he has chosen us. Jesus has called each and every one of you according to your own gifts and your own personality ...

1410. Prayer Power

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Spirit), God exists as the most powerful entity in the universe when it comes to the ability to change, transform, alter, or wield power both inside and outside of our world –and inside and outside of ourselves. But this requires us to do something radical –to give up our sense of control in order to call upon and rely upon God’s power! Jesus’ power! The power of the Holy Spirit! And this for many, both then and now, continues to be one of our greatest challenges! Why? Because in order to do this ...

1411. Try, Try Again

Children's Sermon

Kenneth Mortonson

... need to remember this little spider. If we fail, we should try again and again. We must not let a difficult time stop us from moving on to better things. Possible Times To Use This Illustration In The Home: When you see a spider. During a rainstorm. When your child gives up too easily.

1412. Joy At Midnight

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

Erskine White

... says that He is coming again. Many Christians have a hard time believing this. Perhaps you would include yourselves among those who have trouble believing that Christ who lived among us so long ago is coming back again. But consider for a moment what you give up when you don't believe it! You give up all hope for the world and all faith for the future! I mean: do you want to believe that the fate of the earth rests solely in human hands? Do you want to think that all we can ever expect or hope for is more ...

1413. Lent 1

Romans 9:30--10:21, Deuteronomy 26:1-15, Luke 4:1-13, Psalm 91:1-16

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... turned tail and, if he didn't run, he departed the scene as fast as he could. 3. Luke shows that he was defeated, but that it was only a temporary defeat, "until an opportune time." He would have another "go at Jesus" when the time was right. Satan never gives up; he always comes back, just when we think we have defeated him, and tempts us to renounce God and serve him in another way. We can't defeat Satan by ourselves; it's as simple as that; even Jesus had to depend upon the Word of God to win a ...

1414. Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

2 Kings 13:10-25

Sermon

... properly. One day I saw him out there, in the garden, sitting on an old wooden kitchen chair with a hoe in his hand. He was hoeing in slow motion, if that is possible. He had to be out there, taking care of those weeds. He wasn’t ready to give up. It’s something like that with the man whose death is reported in today’s text. Elisha, eighty years old, and ill, was given one more chance to advise the king of Israel, and to prophesy against their enemies. At this point in his life, he was still vitally ...

1415. Counterfeit Christians and the Rest of Us

Matthew 13:24-30

Sermon

Gary W. Houston

... strife within. In one congregation I served there was a man that had a disagreement with me. Yes, I said it right. I did not disagree with him. He disagreed with me as he had every minister before me, and perhaps every person he had ever known. Rather than give up membership in the church, he would come every Sunday then get up and leave as I began to preach. I tried reconciliation to no avail. Finally, I simply prayed about it and realized that he had the right to leave if he wanted. I did not see him as ...

1416. Swept Up Together

Luke 11:14-28

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... that Jesus is coming for, but they just don’t want to be picked up by Jesus. They are working against the sweeper or against Jesus. I am sure you know some people like that who do not want anything at all to do with Jesus. Of course, Jesus never gives up on them and he will come back to them every time and give them another chance, but they just keep staying away. Look at that gum wrapper. It reminds me of Pete. Watch what Jesus is going to do with Pete. He didn’t get him the first time, but ...

1417. While We Watch for the Coming

Matthew 24:1-35

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... , lived on a level with them, and yet appeared better in himself." That’s real, and not false, leadership. Jesus saw false leaders as a threat to his church, and he also saw discouragement as a danger. But if we are disciples, we don’t give up, no matter how hopeless the world seems. God is not dead; he is not absent; we need not be discouraged; we shall overcome. The devil, according to legend, once advertised his tools for sale at public auction. When the prospective buyers assembled, there was one ...

1418. EPISODE 8: GOOD FRIDAY

Drama

Robert Clausen

... be willing ... GOVERNOR: But would you? WIFE: I’m not sure ... GOVERNOR: The house ... the clothes ... the money...? WIFE: I can’t think ... GOVERNOR: Answer me! Would you risk it? WIFE: No! GOVERNOR: There’s the answer. WIFE: If I could only be for him ... without giving up something of myself ... GOVERNOR: I don’t think it’s possible. WIFE: That’s why I fear him. He makes me see what I am. GOVERNOR: Let him go, if we have to. His is a dream world ... and dreams never last. Ours is a hard ...

1419. The Path of Maturity

Drama

William Grimbol

... really loves their enemies? Not any mature person I know. Were You a pacifist? Honest, I mean if You really meant it, to love our enemies, then You had to be ... bottom line ... a pacifist. Loving our enemies means giving up our weapons ... our weaponry of grudges and resentments ... our weaponry of past injustices and humiliations. our weaponry of known defects and inadequacies in others ... our weaponry of righteous indignation and smug morality ... our weaponry of superior intellect and aristocratic ...

1420. THE JOY OF CHRISTIAN LIVING

Galatians 4:21-31

Sermon Aid

John W. Rilling

... have had in mind is our today’s passage in Galatians. What had shaken Paul was information he received that the Christian people in Galatia were on the verge of giving up Christianity and going back to Judaism, or a hybrid kind of Christianity which was not really, basically Christian. Paul could not believe that a man in his right mind would choose to give up the gospel and live under the law once more than that he would prefer bondage to freedom. So in our text today he argues the case, going back into ...

1421. Advent 4: Let Us Go Over To Bethlehem And Find The Christ of Christmas

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

James W. Moore

... a million different manipulations to get somebody to love him. On the other hand, healthy people are those who walk around looking for someone to love. And if you see changes in the people who are screaming, 'Love me, love me,' it's when they realize that if they give up screaming and go to the other business of loving another human being, they can get the love they've been screaming for all their lives. It's hard to learn but it's good when you learn it." (MSS 12/80 p.562) It’s all in the attitudes ...

1422. The Passing of the Peace

John 20:24-31

Sermon

George Bass

... II. When he read that the Pershing II and cruise missiles would be equipped with nuclear warheads, he was horrified. He put aside his dreams of security and affluence: "I knew where my heart lay ... but it was a matter of wrestling with my conscience and giving up the security of the job I had without any prospects of another job."38 He became an activist and protester against the company where he had worked the previous four years. He fully expects to be jailed sooner or later for such activities, but he ...

1423. The Friends of Jesus

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Brett Blair

... know that his friends were not generally wealthy people. They were usually working people. They were humble people. Indeed, when a rich young ruler appears that he is interested in becoming a disciple, Jesus tells him that the qualification is that he must give up his wealth. You might also say that the friends of Jesus were not particularly religious people. That is to say, they were not among the self consciously religious who worried a great deal about scribal law and ceremonial cleanliness. As far as we ...

1424. The Inner Galaxy

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... whose little six-year-old girl has incurable cancer. Does Jesus come only to homeless shelters and deserted truckstops on Christmas Eve? "No," says the angel. "I bring good news of great joy to all people." And it is the news of a love that never gives up, news of a love that transforms inner galaxies and causes a generous outpouring of money and talent and helpfulness to all in need. This love which sets everything in motion, as Aristotle said, is the same love that moves the sun and stars along, said ...

1425. Your Sins Are Remembered No More! You Are Free!

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... will forgive our iniquity and remember our sin no more (v. 34)! God no longer remembers the sin that you and I commit. He remembers your failures no more. Forgiveness is a beautiful reality. Its dictionary meaning connotes pardon and giving up resentment. In the languages in which the Bible was written, Hebrew and Greek, forgiveness literally means “sending away” (aphesis and selichah) or “lifting away” (nasa) and “covering” (kaphar). Our mistakes and sins are sent away or covered. Is that not ...

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