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1676. The Christian Life Set an Example

Titus 2:1-15

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Call to Worship Leader: The Apostle Paul wrote, "In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness and soundness of speech that cannot be condemened, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing to say about us." Women: Father, may we set an ...

1677. The Church Body Building

Ephesians 4:1-16

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Call to Worship Leader: Jesus gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God ...

1678. Consecration Crucified to Sin

Galatians 2:11-21, Galatians 5:16-26

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Call to Worship Leader: The Apostle Paul wrote, "Those who belong to Jesus Christ have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires." Congregation: We no longer live, but Christ lives in us. The life we live in the body, we live by faith in the Son of God, who loved us and gave himself ...

1679. Consecration Crucified With Christ

Galatians 2:11-21

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Call to Worship Leader: The Apostle Paul wrote, "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me." Congregation: At baptism our sinful natures are crucified and Christ lives in us. We do not sacrifice our personalities, becoming little Christian robots. Christ lives in us, using our individual traits to ...

1680. Solid as a Rock

Matthew 16:18

Children's Sermon

... someone calls you a rock? Does it sound like they are calling you a bad name, or are they trying to be nice? (Let them answer.) Take a look at the rock that I have with me this morning and think about it for a moment. Jesus called Peter, his apostle, a rock. What do you think Jesus meant when he called Peter a rock? This was a very big moment in Peter's life, and one that he never forgot and neither did any other of the disciples of Jesus. Jesus said, "You are Peter, a stone; and upon this ...

1681. Is There No Balm in Gilead?

Jeremiah 8:4--9:26

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Brett Blair

... affairs of nations? We cannot say for sure. What we can say is that God has called the church to be an influence in this world. You, and the body of Christ have a moral obligation to pray for those who govern this nation. Listen to the Apostle Paul in his letter to Timothy, “I urge, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone—for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness” (1 Timothy 2:1-4). Paul ...

1682. Come, Learn Your Worth

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

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Various Authors

... we have already downgraded ourselves. And just then this table declares, "You are one for whom Christ died. How dare you think badly of yourself when God thinks so ultimately well of you? How is your opinion of yourself to be compared with his opinion of you?" The Apostle Paul makes a grand insistence. "From now on," he writes, "we regard no one from a human point of view ... if any one is in Christ, he is a new creation ..."2 I must look at each person, including myself, as one whom God loves and for whom ...

1683. Harmony

Romans 15:5

Children's Sermon

... the four voices are doing everything that they can to help the other person sound good. (Let the group sing something soft and smooth.) That is a fun way to sing and when we live the way that the people are singing it is a fun way to live. The apostle Paul knew what Jesus taught and he taught others to live the way that Jesus had commanded. You and I are part of the people of God and we follow the teaching of Jesus. That means we should learn to love everyone, including those who do not love us. We ...

1684. Number Thirteen Had to Try Harder

1 Corinthians 15:9

Children's Sermon

... about them? That's right, there is one small one and the rest of them are large. How many big screws are there? (Let them answer.) That's right, there are twelve big ones and one small one. Paul speaks about himself and calls himself the least of the apostles. That means that he thought the other disciples were bigger or better. Maybe that is what he thought, but I think he had a better reason. Paul thought that he had something to make up to God that the other disciples did not have to make up. Paul had ...

1685. Right on the Bull's-Eye

1 Timothy 6:11

Children's Sermon

... our lives. In the bull's-eye of the target is gentleness and love. We have to aim at the target. We may not always hit the bull's-eye, but if we are aiming at our target we will come much closer than if we forget to aim. The Apostle Paul gave this kind of advice to his young pastor friend, Timothy, and today I can pass it on to you. Try to think about doing right all day long. Think about it a lot and you will do what is right most of the time. That is what we ...

1686. Threading A Needle

James 5:7

Children's Sermon

... second coming. Now all of us would like Jesus to come back today. That would be wonderful, since we all hope for his coming while we are alive on earth. Sometimes we pray for it so much that it may seem that we are a little impatient. But the apostle James tells us that we should be patient, even more patient than when we thread a needle, because Jesus' return is far more important. Not everyone has his/her needle threaded and the children's sermon is almost finished. It takes a lot of patience for you to ...

1687. The Bodily Glorification of God

John 1:29-34

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... crate for the soul. Those who wrote the New Testament picked up on this and said, therefore, the spirit is really more important than the body. So we have been taught down through the centuries to glorify God with our spirits and to discount our bodies. But Apostle Paul tried to correct that notion when he said, "Glorify God with the body. Glorify God with the body!" How is it then that we glorify God with the body? Saint Paul said we glorify God with the body by shunning immorality. In Corinth, there was a ...

1688. Epiphany

Isaiah 60:1-22, Psalm 72:1-20, Ephesians 3:1-13, Matthew 2:1-12

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... will turn and "come to Christ," their Lord and God. 4. That great day is coming when everyone who exists will bring gifts to Christ and sing praises to the God who is Creator and Father of all. Ephesians 3:1-12 - "The 'Swan Song' of a Faithful Apostle." 1. The mystery of the gospel was incarnate in Paul. Probably a prisoner facing execution in Rome, he sings his "swan song" about the glorious gospel which has been entrusted to him. He is faithful to Christ, when a word or two of denial could save his life ...

1689. Epiphany 7

Matthew 5:43-48, Matthew 5:38-42, 1 Corinthians 3:1-23, Leviticus 19:1-37

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... , the gospel note is sounded, "You must love your neighbor as yourself." The conclusion, "I am Yahweh," indicates that these, indeed, are authoritative commands and ethical precepts because they come from God himself. 1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23 What the Apostle Paul says to the church at Corinth, wherein the people are confused theologically about a number of matters, needs to be spoken in congregations of every age. Loyalty to leaders is often intense and long-lived. If there are several strong leaders ...

1690. Proper 13 & Pentecost 11

Matthew 14:13-21, Nehemiah 9:1-37, Exodus 12:1-30, Romans 8:28-39, Isaiah 55:1-13

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... love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?" Those who read and heard these words understood perfectly what Paul was saying about life and death and, no doubt, prayed that they, too, could join the Apostle when he declared, For I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the ...

1691. Proper 16 & Pentecost 14

Isaiah 22:1-25, Psalm 95:1-11, Psalm 138:1-8, Isaiah 51:1-16, Exodus 5:22--6:12, Exodus 17:1-7, Romans 11:33-36, Matthew 16:13-20

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... Peter comes later as the rock, the foundation, of the Christian church. The roots of the Hebrew and Christian faith are deep indeed. 2. The Word of the Lord has established the rock. God called Abraham and Sarah, the patriarchs and the prophets, Peter and Paul and all of the Apostles. He calls and speaks to you and me, through his Word, just as he has spoken in the past. 3. God's plan for his people will endure to the end of time. Isaiah said it, Jesus affirmed it, and he will complete it at the last day. 4 ...

1692. Proper 18 & Pentecost 16

Ezekiel 33:1-20, Psalm 119:1-176, Psalm 95:1-11, Psalm 115:1-18, Exodus 19:1-25, Romans 13:1-7, Romans 13:8-14, Romans 12:9-21, Matthew 18:15-20

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... of the opportunity to connect the man and his message in a sermon. It might be even more helpful, if one were to preach about the gospel writers just before one began preaching on the Gospels they have written; in such a case, the festival of St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist, would have been celebrated a year ago, and St. Mark and St. John should be preached this year. St. Mark's Day poses a "time problem" inasmuch as it occurs on April 25th; too much of a time lapse would occur before the beginning of ...

1693. 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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... and his mission to the Lord at the cross and the tomb. Most of the martyrs have similarly died for the faith, proving therein their love for God; they comprise part of the army - one great company - in the noble army of martyrs, beginning with Stephen, most of the Apostles, and a growing legion of people who loved the Lord enough that they were ready to lay down their lives in the name of the Son of God. That kind of love may be enough, in the case of the martyrs and confessors of the church, but it may ...

1694. 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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... nothing else. 2. People are to hear the Word gladly. The words of God come to his people through the words of human beings, who speak, under the pressure of prayer and the Holy Spirit, what has been given to the church in the witness of the apostles and the Scriptures. Recently, I heard about a powerful politician who attended a local church on a Sunday, some years ago, when the pastor was preaching about the tragedy that was occurring in Vietnam. The report is that he was offended and never again went back ...

1695. Christ The King

Ezekiel 34:1-31, Matthew 25:31-46, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34, Psalm 95:1-11, Psalm 23:1-6

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... the goats. "When the Son of man comes in his glory" suggests, as Jesus did in other sayings, that the return of the Lord will occur at some unknown time in the future. But it will happen; Jesus believed so, as did Matthew and Paul, the apostles, and most people in the early church. A judgment will occur, "the separation of the sheep and the goats," according to whether or not people have received Jesus' messengers and the Word they preached, the good news of the risen and reigning Christ. Jesus himself will ...

1696. Epiphany

Ephesians 3:1-13

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... (probably pseudoPau line) passage turns is the idea of God's eternal and mysterious plan to extend the gospel of salvation in Christ to all humanity - a "mystery" apparently kept even from the heavenly host. This plan is now revealed by the Spirit to the apostles and prophets. Call to Worship Leader: Fellow sojourners, we meet to worship God! People: OURS IS THE GOD OF ISRAEL, OF MOSES, OF DAVID! Leader: But ours also is the God of the nations, the world, the universe! People: LET US GIVE THANKS AND PRAISE ...

1697. Epiphany 2

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

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Theme: Sainthood in solidarity Exegetical note Paul's typically "Christianized" version of the standard ancient epistle greeting here (vv. 1-3) revolves around two focal ideas: "call" and "church." His own call is specific: to be an apostle. Their call is more general, but yet universal in scope: to be saints, not just in their local church, but in solidarity with all who everywhere profess Christ. Call to Worship (based on Psalm 40) Leader: May those who seek God rejoice! People: MAY THOSE WHO LOVE ...

1698. Epiphany 3

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

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Theme: Community in the Christ Exegetical note Having received reports that the Corinthian congregation has been torn by dissension, the Apostle writes from Ephesus to call for unity of mind over against party allegiances based on particular luminaries (himself included!), and probably on their personalities more than their teachings at that. The heart of Paul's appeal is for community in the Christ, who alone was crucified for them, and in ...

1699. Easter 5

1 Peter 2:4-12

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Theme: God's transforming power and mercy Exegetical note Whoever this letter's real author was, it certainly does reflect what often appears to be the great Apostle's tendency to put his foot in his mouth. Here he jumbles and mixes three metaphors: newborn babies, living (?!) stones, and the New Israel (although he doesn't quite call it that). The most important theological thing he says comes in verse 10, after even he appears to have given ...

1700. Ascension Day

Acts 1:1-11

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Theme: The Church's mission in time and space Exegetical note With this beginning to what is, in effect, his Volume Two, Luke epitomizes his Gospel and lays the foundation for his recounting of the Apostles' Acts. The point of the inquiry and ensuing dialogue and angelic exhortation is to point to the future mission of the Church and, beyond that, to the return of Jesus. But the phrase "to the end of the earth" (v. 8) suggests that Luke now sees the delay of the ...

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