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1501. The Meeting Of Marriage Partners At The Well

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... faithful should consider ourselves married to Jesus. Martin Luther explained it so well. In 1520 he once wrote this: "The third incomparable benefit of faith is that it unites the soul with Christ as a bride united with her bridegroom. By this mystery, as the apostle teaches, Christ and the soul become one flesh [Ephesians 5:31-32]. And if they are one flesh and there is between them a true marriage ... it follows that everything they have they hold in common, the good as well as the evil. Accordingly the ...

1502. Faithful To The Lord

Genesis 32:22-32

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... well as the good. Joseph remained faithful through it all. What difference does the story of Joseph make to us? This story is an invitation to view reality from a higher point of view and remain faithful to God when life turns sour. Paul, the apostle, describes faithfulness in spite of adversity this way: "... In everything God works for good with those who love him, who are called according to his purpose (Romans 8:28)." "We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair ...

1503. Believing The Living Word

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... by Paul and Barnabas (Also see Luke 5:1; 1 Thessalonians 1:8 and 2 Thessalonians 3:1). In other words, the Word goes forth in the form of preaching the Gospel of Christ. Preaching in the New Testament is more than just the preaching of apostles and pastors in the context of worship services. In the New Testament, preaching is the witness and sharing of all the people of God. Paul advises his young protege, Timothy, that until Christ returns: "Preach the Word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove ...

1504. Transformed For The Great Awakening

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... to transformation: "They saw Jesus only." In its original context this phrase meant that Moses (standing for the Law) and Elijah (standing for the prophets) had disappeared. Peter, James and John saw only Jesus. They saw him in all his glory. These three apostles were transformed because all distractions were removed. For us, this focus on Jesus only with no distractions also results in transformation. We Have This Treasure Of Divine Light In 2 Corinthians chapters 3 and 4, Paul picks up the theme of the ...

1505. The Dreamer Within You

Joel 2:18-27, Joel 2:28-32

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... in 1789. We have inherited a singular legacy. Most significantly of all, we have a biblical reason. As we study the Bible we confront the pioneer impulse. We notice Abraham and Sarah went out to a far country, not knowing where they are going. The Apostle Paul pioneered too, following the Spirit’s dream within him until he not only spread the good news in Asia Minor, but crossed over into Europe and provided the groundwork for the later proclamation of the Gospel by Europeans in the new world of America ...

1506. How To Hear A Sermon

Micah 1:1-7

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... before at high school. I turned to the back cover of the book with the expectation of seeing a picture of his bride, but there was no picture, not even one of the author. What I found was an essay about a book. Among other things Keillor wrote: “The apostle Paul was not the host of a talk show, or else we’d be worshiping famous people on Sunday mornings; he wrote books, a Christian thing to do. The faith of Jews and Christians rests on God’s sacred Word, not on magic or music, and so technology burst ...

1507. When God’s “No” Means “Yes”

Habakkuk 1:1-4, Habakkuk 2:2-20

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... s acceptance completely. Righteousness implies a right relationship with God. Throughout the Scriptures righteousness is defined not in terms of good works, correct worship or proper pedigree but solely in terms of faith, trust and dependence upon the grace of God. The Apostle Paul seized upon the prophet’s words in explaining the meaning of the Gospel in his communication with the young churches in the gentile world. He wrote: “He who through faith is righteous shall live (Cf. Romans 1:17 and Galatians ...

1508. Leaping For Joy

Malachi 4:1-6

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... while he was riding a bus. He was so startled by the awareness of God’s loving presence that he could only describe the intervention by saying he was ‘‘surprised by joy.” Henceforth, he devoted the rest of his life to being “an apostle to the skeptics” seeking to convince disbelieving intellectuals that the Gospel was indeed a treasure of celebration. Many people who enter the kingdom testify to the party-like atmosphere. Following the Lord is not drudgery. There is no room for long faces in the ...

1509. Wedding: The Mystery of Marriage

Ephesians 5:22-33

Sermon Aid

Jeffrey K. Kimpel

... things are too wonderful for me;Four I do not understand;The way of an eagle in the sky,The way of a serpent on a rock,The way of a ship on the high seas,And the way of a man with a maiden.(Proverbs 30:18-19) The Apostle Paul also speaks of marriage as a mystery when he writes: For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one. This is a great mystery, and I take it to mean Christ and the Church ...

1510. Wedding: A Special Kind of Love

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Sermon Aid

Jeffrey A. Nelson

... what our attitude toward God and toward each other ought to be. Pearl Buck has described this love as a love which “cannot be forced, cannot be coaxed and teased. It comes out of Heaven, unmasked and unsought.” And, as we heard a moment ago, the apostle Paul describes it as a love which is “patient and kind; a love which is not jealous or boastful ... [It] bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” It is a love which is truly special. The love which brings a man ...

1511. "Something's Coming"

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... that God must be a part of that ending! Those who trust in the promise of God's coming kingdom are able to see the advance signs that, even now, something is about to happen. Every time we as a congregation recite those time-honored words from the Apostles' Creed, "He will come to speaks a word of forgiveness in a situation of bitterness and hatred, that Christian is speaking in the future present tense. We are giving the world a foretaste of how God will help us to live together in God's kingdom. Come, let ...

1512. Rejoice In The Lord

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... scoundrels, children and foreigners, scholars and shepherds. Even on the night of his death, Jesus promised those who followed him the gift of joy, and encouraged them all to be of good cheer. When we look at those early Christians described in the Acts of the Apostles, it is their contagious joy which attracts so many to Christ. Clearly, our faith summons people not to a gloomy funeral, but to an exciting festival of life both now and in eternity. What, then, is the joy that Isaiah says will come upon the ...

1513. Is Anybody There? Does Anybody Care?

Isaiah 49:8-26

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... in Jesus Christ! We may not understand why sickness comes, or accidents happen, or why we sometimes fail in spite of our best efforts. But the Bible is unanimous in its conviction that God is at work for good in everything that happens to us. The apostle Paul certainly came to believe this after many long dark nights for his soul when he questioned God's ways. Writing from a Roman prison cell, Paul finally was able to catch a glimpse of God at work in his imprisonment, giving him the opportunity to write ...

1514. What Is God Like?

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... quality, but the steadfast love of which Isaiah speaks is something that goes far beyond ordinary human kindness and love. Steadfast love is a love that knows no limits. It is a love that nothing can ever change. It is a love so strong that not even death, said the Apostle Paul in his letter to the Romans, can ever separate us from it. But how do we know that God's love for us is like that? In most cases, love is expressed in giving to the one who is loved. That's why we have just exchanged gifts with ...

1515. THE HARD WORKER

John 11:7-8, 14-16

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... "the twin" because he looked so much like Jesus. Thomas was also very loyal and when he believed in something or in somebody, he believed all the way. When Jesus said he wanted to go up to Jerusalem to see his friend Lazarus who had died, the rest of the apostles spoke about the danger, but Thomas talked about going even if he had to die because he went. Jesus sure appreciated that kind of friendship. I told you that Thomas was a hard worker, so let me tell you why I said that. There is a story about a ...

1516. Peter · A Leader

Matthew 16:15-19

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... Peter. How many of you have ever heard of this friend called Peter? Peter was a lot of things in his lifetime. Let's see if we can think of some of them. First of all he was a good fisherman. He was a brother of Andrew, another of Jesus' apostles. He was a good follower of Jesus. As a matter of fact, when other people were only guessing Peter told Jesus when he asked him that "He was the Christ, the Son of the Living God." Peter was also leader of both men and the disciples of Jesus. He was ...

1517. Bartholomew · A Salesman with a Special Work

Luke 6:12-16

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... was there to assure the people that what they heard and saw was true. Bartholomew lived in this strange land for years with the people that he taught, and they never forgot him. Even today if you traveled in this land you would be reminded of the apostle Bartholomew who went to do a special work, and did so well that many men were sold on Jesus. They kept Jesus as the Son of God and were thankful that Bartholomew had always wanted to sell strangers on the goodness of God. Bartholomew was truly a salesman ...

1518. The Call To Victory

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

Sims Robert

... you’re asking about John Adams himself, then I can tell you he’s all right and will be a thousand years from now.” Do you hear it? Do you hear the note that he sounds? The note of victory? It’s the same note that we hear from the apostle Paul when he says, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith; now I go to receive the victory, the crown of righteousness which the Lord, the Righteous Judge, will award me on that day and not only to me but also ...

1519. The Call To Excellence

Numbers 27:12-23

Sermon

Sims Robert

... comment was an obvious concern for security. I did not realize that security was the basic issue in ministry. All of these years I’ve labored under the illusion that ministry has something to do with service to the church. I find it hard to imagine the apostle Paul searching for security as he went from jail to prison to beating to stoning to shipwreck and to prison again. I cannot imagine that Simon Peter was worried much about security when he left Palestine to go to Rome to work with the church under ...

1520. Whether We Live Or Die

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Sermon

Sims Robert

“So Moses, a servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab (Deuteronomy 34:5).” In life and in death, Moses was a servant of God. The issue for Moses was not to live or to die but in all things to belong to God. The apostle Paul reflects the same spirit, “None of us lives to himself and none of us dies to himself. If we live we live to the Lord and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s (Romans 14: ...

1521. Crown Him Lord!

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... is] Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God." Though Luke reports the crucifixion in just 14 verses, it became for the early church the center of its preaching. Luke demonstrates this well in the preaching he records in the Book of the Acts of the Apostles. There is here virtually all we need to know about the grace and the forgiveness of God, just as Paul has suggested. Crown Him The Lord Of Love Throughout the "Year of Luke" in our lectionary series we have heard Luke's favorite theme. The ready and ...

1522. Saints Alive!

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... witnesses of these things." He sent them to preach in his name to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem. All the world would be the new jury and the "witnesses would tell the story over and again." So Peter preaches in the book of the Acts of the Apostles: But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you and killed the Author of Life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses (Acts 3:14-15). Though we find Jesus' resurrection a comforting assurance that ...

1523. Dust And Ashes

Genesis 18:16-33

Sermon

Erskine White

... sins, because it keeps us from knowing our need for God. But Abraham knew. He stood before God and said, "I am but dust and ashes." The great King David confessed, "For I know my transgressions, and my sin is everywhere before me" (Psalm 51:3). The apostle Paul, one of history's most towering Christians, cried out, "Wretched man that I am!" (Romans 7:24). In marked contrast, the spirit of this present age wants to say, "I'm okay and you're okay." But which is the more honest, more spiritual assessment of ...

1524. Death of the Unchurched For a Recovering Alcoholic

Eulogy

Alan Bacon Bond

... of recovery, you have said, was one of Bill's strongest qualities. Perhaps, by my sharing these thoughts with you, it will be clear to you that you already possess powerful spiritual resources to help you deal with the worst moment of your life. The Apostle Paul wrote a letter to the people of the church at Corinth. He was speaking to the fact that people were dying before Christ had returned to earth. The survivors were as troubled as you are today. Paul pointed them in the direction of their spiritual ...

1525. Lord, That I Should Receive My Sight

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Brett Blair

... the men who genuinely loved him. It was not until the stone was rolled away on Easter Sunday morning that the disciples were really able to see Jesus. It was then that they, at long last, understood the man and the message. It was then that they became apostles instead of disciples. It was then that they brought people to him and moved mountains for him. It was then that the went out into the street, preached the message of the Gospel of Christ, and brought the world to the feet of Christ. But these things ...

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