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1751. The Bloodline of Christ

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... forests create great green swaths. But there is one human construction that is visible with the naked eye from an orbiting altitude. Only one. Can you guess which one? The Great Wall of China. The only human-made artifact visible from outer space. A “low” thought for a “low” Sunday. Can you think of anything sadder, more godforsaken than this? The biggest thing we project to the universe is a barrier . . . . a barrier created as much to keep one group of people in as to keep another group of people ...

1752. The Resurrection Changes Everything

Luke 24:13-35

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Brett Blair

... because it never heard Walter Elias walking toward it. Finally, standing under the owl, he reached up and grabbed the owl by the legs. Now, the events that followed are difficult to explain. Suddenly everything was utter chaos. The owl came to life. Walter's thoughts about keeping the bird as a pet were quickly forgotten. The air filled with wings, and feathers, and screaming. In the excitement Walter held the legs tighter. And in his panic, Walter Elias, still holding on to the owl, threw it to the ground ...

1753. What More Can He Give?

Colossians 1:15-23

Sermon

James McCormick

... you explain the fact that a man who had already lost a lung to cancer continued to smoke two packs of cigarettes a day?” Andy concluded: “I’m sad, but I’m angry too. Harry was so careless with our affection for him.” I heard those words and immediately I thought: “That’s us. That’s what we do to God.” Day after day, year after year God blesses us, calls to us, and reaches out to us. Finally, He sends His love to us through Jesus’ death on the cross. But so many hear the story of that and ...

1754. An Emmaus Experience

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Mark R. Smith

1755. Three Eggs, Not Bad!

Matthew 7:21-29

Illustration

... whose origin is unknown. Just before going into surgery a pastor's wife told him that should she not survive the surgery, he should be sure to check the shoebox under their bed. She went into surgery, he to the waiting room. "Shoebox under the bed?" he thought. Their home was nearby. She would be in surgery for quite a while. He hurried home, discovered the shoebox. In it was about $10,000 and three eggs. The wife came through the surgery just fine. The pastor soon confessed to her that he had checked out ...

1756. What's Your Hospitality Quotient?

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... were childless. Their little plot of ground yielded a scant living, but because they had a well with an abundance of cold water, they just wanted to share it with anyone who happened by. “We’re too poor to give money to charity,” said the husband, “but we thought that in this way we could do something for the folks who pass our way.” (3) That’s the kind of hospitality Christ had in mind. It’s a simple thing, “a cup of cold water,” but more rare than you might think. Not long ago a couple ...

1757. The Supreme Worth of the Second Birth

John 3:1-9

Sermon

James Merritt

... . He said, "Sir, would you tell me all that you know about the wind?" Now this sea captain owned a schooner, a ship with sails. He thought for a moment, and he said "Mister, I have been a sailor since I was thirteen years of age and I don't understand very much ... saw a man radiant in his love for Christ, peaceful in his walk with Christ, courageous in his stand for Christ, and I thought for a moment, how could this be? But I knew the answer. Charles Colson has been born again. I looked at Chuck Colson, ...

1758. Don't Sweat the Sin Debt

John 19:30

Sermon

James Merritt

... . For six hours Jesus had been the victim of sin, but now He is the victor of salvation. Notice, He did not say, "I am finished!" The devil thought he was finished. For a brief moment the demons in hell howled with glee. The Pharisees thought he was finished. They were saying, "We will have no more problems with that Galilean troublemaker." The disciples thought he was finished. They were saying, "Well, it was fun while it lasted. We sure will miss Him." But they were all wrong. Jesus was not finished He ...

1759. Getting Rid of Grudges

Luke 23:34

Sermon

James Merritt

... note with a man on a piece of property for $1 million (he now knows he should never have cosigned the note to begin with), and he thought nothing about it. The man was a good friend of his. One day he got a call from a bank outside of Houston, and the banker ... The boy reached into his pocket and pulled out a quarter. The guard said: "I'm sorry, that's not enough." The boy said: "I thought you would say that." So he reached into his pocket and pulled out one more dime. The guard looked down at the boy and said ...

1760. The Fellowship of Joy

Philippians 1:3-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... something about this church he never said about any other church. He said in v.7 "I have you in my heart." You may carry thoughts in your head and tools in your hands, but you only carry treasures in your heart. This church was a treasure to Paul, for ... love, but with "the affection of Jesus Christ." The word affection is the Greek word for bowels. In Paul's day, the Greeks thought that the intestines, the liver, and even the lungs, held the most tender part of human emotions. What Paul was saying was "my ...

1761. The Agony of Defeat

2 Samuel 11-12, 1 Kings 15:5

Sermon

James Merritt

... it was the second look that nailed him. David should immediately have turned his head, tucked his tail between his legs, and run hard for the door. But instead we read in vv. 3 and 4 that he sent for Bathsheba. I am sure that Solomon, David's son, thought about this very day in his dad's life when he wrote these words: "Whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding; he who does so destroys his own soul. Wounds and dishonor he will get, and his reproach will not be wiped away." (Pr. 6:32-33) Now ...

1762. A Deserter in God's Army

1 Timothy 4:9-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... Jerome, I don't have a convertible like Jerome, I don't have precious jewels and fine clothes like Jerome, but I love you." The girl thought for a moment, and she said, "I love you too, but tell me more about Jerome." Demas was beginning to say, "I want to know more ... decision. At first for Demas it was all of Jesus, and none of the world. But evidently there came a time when Demas thought to himself, "All Jesus and no world, makes Demas a dull boy." So it then became mostly Jesus, and partly world. But then ...

1763. Preach the World and Reach the World

2 Timothy 4:1-5

Sermon

James Merritt

... . Thank God Robert Eaglan followed that advice. He was a deacon in his church in Colchester, England. He woke up one January Sunday morning and the ground was blanketed with a foot of snow. He started not to go to church thinking no one else would go. Then he thought to himself he was a deacon, and if the deacons didn't go, who would. So he put on his boots, hat, and coat, and walked six miles to his Methodist church. Most of the members did stay home. As a matter of fact, only thirteen people were present ...

1764. When in Joy, Enjoy (Fruit of the Spirit: Joy)

Galatians 5:22

Sermon

James Merritt

... dance and leap from my pen." Have you ever stopped to think of what is true of you if you are saved? Have you ever thought about the benefits package that comes with salvation? I jotted down just a few, and it certainly is not an exhaustive list, but think about ... look at the flagpole on top of the palace. Because when the Queen is on the throne the flag of England will be flying." I thought to myself. "Yes, and the flag of joy will always fly above the palace of my heart when King Jesus is on the throne." If ...

1765. The Surety of Security

Jude 1:1-2

Sermon

James Merritt

... then it hardened that way. When this man came out of his house, he exploded. Every time he saw the children in the neighborhood he would run them away from his house and scream at them, and be very mean to them. After awhile one of his neighbors said, "I thought you loved children?" The man said, "Well, I love them in the abstract, but I don't love them in the concrete." Well, God loves you either way. I want you to understand that nothing bad you could do would make God love you any less, and nothing good ...

1766. Once Save - Always Saved

John 10:27-29

Sermon

James Merritt

... , whose name was Grace, was working, so she is the one that shaved him. After she shaved him she said, "That will be $20." Well, he thought the price was extremely high, but since she was the pastor's wife he paid the bill and went to work. The next morning the man ... looked in the mirror, and to his amazement his face was as smooth as it had been when he left the barbershop the day before. He thought to himself, "I must admit that is not too bad of a shave. At least I don't need to get a shave every day." The ...

1767. Going For the Gold

Joshua 1:1-9

Sermon

James Merritt

... to run to the tape. When God says speak, you are to preach the entire sermon. Now one last reminder. The Christian life is a battle but it is not our battle, it is His battle. I know there are many of you who have sat through this sermon and thought to yourself, "Well, I'm defeated, I'm not living in victory." That's because you do not understand something. For the Christian defeat is a possibility, but it is not a necessity. We ought to be resting in victory, walking in peace, and living in joy. One of my ...

1768. The Thrill of Victory Beats the Agony of Defeat

Judges 7:1-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... force of 135,000 men. In other words, they were outnumbered four to one. Now Gideon didn't think he had enough men, but God thought he had too many. Notice why. "And the Lord said to Gideon, ‘The people who are with you are too many for Me to ... :23) You see, if Gideon had gone out and defeated the Midianites with that 32,000 man army, they would have been tempted to have thought that they did it. They would have been like the Georgia woodpecker who was pecking away on a big thick Georgia pine, and while he ...

1769. Like a Good Neighbor, Jesus Is There

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

James Merritt

... Sunday School teacher who was telling her class the story of The Good Samaritan. He said, "Now if you saw a person lying in a ditch, beaten up, lying in his own blood, his teeth knocked out, his scalp hanging from his head, what would you do?" A thoughtful little girl broke the silence and said, "I think I would throw up." Well, the Lord Jesus uses the Samaritan to teach three lessons about love that this lawyer would never forget. a. Love Is Not Limited by Legalism There was no law that said this Samaritan ...

1770. Thou Shalt Not Judge - True or False?

Matthew 7:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... ." When asked if the public's refusal to condemn Mr. Clinton signaled some kind of moral collapse, she replied she thought just the opposite. According to Ms. Landers, "People are much more willing to forgive now, they are more permissive, they are ... ." I read a story about a man who had a way of stirring up trouble everywhere he went. He didn't mean any harm. He actually thought that everyone else was at fault. It all started on his first Sunday in a new church. When it came time to read the Scripture, he ...

1771. Don't Forget to Forgive

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

James Merritt

... immediately been thinking in terms of infinity. In Luke 17:4 Jesus said that if a brother sins against you seven times in a day, and repents seven times in a day, "you shall forgive him." Jesus does not allow for three strikes and you're out. Peter thought that if someone sinned against you, and he repented, and you forgave him, and then he did exactly the same thing and repented and you forgave him again, he could say, "that's two!" But the Lord Jesus said, "You can't keep a scorecard. If somebody sins ...

1772. Faithful Fathers Fortify Families

Deuteronomy 6:1-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... : The fear of the Lord is the continual awareness that I am in the presence of a Holy, Just, and Almighty God, and that every thought, word, action and deed is open before Him, and is being judged by Him. The fear of the Lord is the glue that holds a ... your walk a lot quicker than they will talk your talk. Someone has well said: "The footsteps a boy follows are the ones his father thought he covered up." I read about a young man who had just reached the age of 21. His dad gave him a big birthday party ...

1773. The Secret of Self-Esteem

Ephesians 1:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... you know what kind of a man your brother was." He said, "I do, but for $10,000 you call him a saint." The pastor thought about it, and finally the day of the funeral he got up and he said, "There are several things I would like to say about ... not eat anymore. One day he was walking past the dining room and he smelled roast beef, mashed potatoes, fresh vegetables and apple pie. He thought about how good it would be to eat that food. Finally, he broke down and went into that dining room and walked up to the ...

1774. Bitterness: How to Overcome What You Undergo

Hebrews 12:14-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... : The moment I start hating a man I become his slave. I can't enjoy my work anymore because he even controls my thoughts. My resentments produce too many stress hormones in my body and I become fatigued after only a few hours of work…the man ... tyrannical grasp on my mind… The man I hate may be many miles from my bedroom; but more cruel than slave driver, he whips my thoughts into such a frenzy that my innerspring mattress becomes a rack of torture. The lowliest of the serfs can sleep, but not I. I really ...

1775. Repeat After Me

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... Jesus." But don't miss what Paul said in the latter part of verse 8, "…for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ." Paul lost some things when he found Jesus. He lost his family. Have you ever thought about the fact that Paul's parents are never mentioned in the Bible? I believe the moment Paul got saved his parents disowned him, and as far as I know, never had anything to do with him again. He lost his fortune. Paul was well to do before he got ...

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