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1801. Righteousness Exalts a Nation - The Fourth of July

Sermon

James McCormick

... to be great!” Do you believe that? I do. Abraham Lincoln believed it too. During the worst part of the Civil War, a person came to Lincoln and said, “I surely hope the Lord is on our side.” In his wisdom, Lincoln replied, “I am not at all concerned about that, for I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right; but it is my constant anxiety and prayer that both I and this nation should be on the Lord’s side.” Lincoln loved this nation best because he loved righteousness even more. That ...

1802. Matthew 9: 9-13, 18-26

Matthew 9:9-13

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... a house full of “tax collectors and sinners” to dinner but a tax collector himself! Jesus joins this mix of friends and colleagues, Jews whose professions and personal lives ostracized them from the Pharisaic ideal of religious correctness, without any apparent concerns. Jesus and his disciples sit down with this rabble, sharing food and swapping stories, hardly a good example of Jewish purity and piety. Indeed, this situation is shocking enough to rate a pharisaic rebuke, but not yet addressed to Jesus ...

1803. The Healing Power of Touch - Sermon Starter

Mark 5:21-43; Matt 9:1-8

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Brett Blair

... flow from me." Whatever happened the important matter of course is that in the midst of the crowd, Christ felt the touch of a single person. Don't ever say that in the enormity of the cosmos God cannot care about my concerns and me. Not only does God care, he actually solicits our concerns "Come unto me all ye who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you peace." Daughter, said Jesus (and I might add parenthetically at this point that that is the only recorded time in scripture that Jesus used that term ...

1804. What's Your Hospitality Quotient?

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the people of the little church, even that of the elder who was her friend. She stayed for the coffee hour which followed church, sometimes interrupting people’s conversations. Although she was a diabetic, she stuffed her coat pockets with cookies and cakes. One member, concerned for her health, often tried to guide her to the fruit which she had brought to church just for Pauline. On many a Sunday Pauline would say, “I want to lead the singing. I want to sing a song in church.” She usually was put ...

1805. Anyone Feeling Tired?

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... Ogilvie.” When she found the sign, she called him at his office with affectionate laughter in her voice. She was glad, she said, that a place in their bed was reserved for him. Later, after a night in which he found it difficult to sleep because of some concerns, his wife added eight words to the sign and put it in the bed while he showered the next morning. When he returned to the bedroom, this was the message he read on that sign: “Reserved for Dr. Ogilvie to sleep trusting the One who never sleeps ...

1806. The Burden Bearing Christ - Sermon Starter

Matthew 11:1-19

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Brett Blair

... Christ himself. Running throughout all scripture from the beginning to the end is the theme that ours is a burden bearing Christ. He is not just a Lord whom we burden, and we do, but a Lord who actually solicits our burdens. I want to think with you this morning concerning that thought. He who would be effective must first be free from his burdens. And, it is Christ who frees us. Frees us from... 1. The burden of sin 2. The burden of self-righteousness. 3. Our burdens. So we can bear the burden of others.

1807. America in the Mirror

2 Kings 17:5-23

Sermon

James Merritt

... god of the stars, we worship the god of sports, we worship the god of sex, we worship the god of success, and we are idolizing pagan lords. b. Israel Imitated Lives In v.15 we are told that they "went after the nations who were all around them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them that they should not do like them." Their motto had become "When in Rome do like the Romans do." You remember the old saying, "If you can't lick them, join them." Well, our philosophy has now become, "Let's join them whether ...

1808. Is Sunday Just a Fun Day?

Exodus 20:7-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... tells us we are to worship God steadfastly. There is a day a week we are to set aside specifically to rest our bodies and to rejuvenate our spirits in worshiping God. This is one of only two commandments given in a positive form. This commandment deals with two concerns of everyday life labor and leisure. More specifically, it deals with our work and our worship. On the one hand, work, in the will of God, is a form of worship. On the other hand, worship is the highest work we can ever do. As we will see in ...

1809. Out With the Old - In With the New

Philippians 3:12-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... . In other words, Paul was mature enough to realize he was not mature enough. Did you know that one of the marks of maturity is to continuously realize just how immature you are? One of the things that made Paul so great was that he was more concerned about his character than he was his reputation. You see, reputation is what others think you are; character is what God knows that you are. The reason why Paul was so successful is because he never thought of himself as being successful. Paul was so full of ...

1810. Is Your Conscience Clear?

1 Timothy 1:18-19

Sermon

James Merritt

... vital to being right with God, right with others, and right with ourselves. I. The Glory of a Clear Conscience "This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare, having faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck." (vv.18-19) Paul reminds Timothy that he is in a war, and we are in that same war today. That war will never be over until our Commander ...

1811. Will the Real God Please Stand Up?

2 Corinthians 13:14

Sermon

James Merritt

... Lord, and there is no other; there is no God besides Me. I will gird you, though you have not known Me." 1 Tim. 2:5 tells us, "For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus." 1 Cor. 8:4 states, "Therefore concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but me." In fact, even when the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are mentioned together, oftentimes there is a reminder that the three are one. Every ...

1812. Doing Right When You Have Been Done Wrong

Ephesians 4:31-32

Sermon

James Merritt

... , and that could be a part of the problem." Dr. Peale called this woman in and asked her about her relationship with her sister. The story she told was not really complex. Years before, she and her sister had had a falling out over a dispute concerning the disposition of the proceeds from their deceased father's estate. A minor disagreement blew up into a major argument, and this lady stormed out of the house swearing she would never again speak to her sister. Dr. Peale said, "How long after that did you ...

1813. Gentle On My Mind (Fruit of the Spirit: Gentleness)

Galatians 5:23

Sermon

James Merritt

... to the church and pistol whip him, and then run him out of town. Now Ike Miller was not a man of talk, he was a man of action, and if he said it he meant it. Some of the Christian men went to Henry Moorhead out of love and concern, and tried to dissuade him from preaching that night. They begged him to simply call the meeting off. But Henry Moorhead refused and said, "I am going to preach the gospel and trust God." Well, that night the little tabernacle was packed. Miller was nowhere to be seen and the ...

1814. The Right Connection

John 15:1-8

Sermon

James Merritt

... that "the Father is the vinedresser." The only thing that the vinedresser is interested in and looking for, is fruit. He is not concerned about the foliage or the flower, but the fruit. God is not impressed with the appearance of the foliage or the color of ... Jesus said in v.5, "He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit." We have already learned that is what God is concerned about. He is in the fruit-bearing business. That is His work; that is what He desires for us. Thirdly, it is obeying the will ...

1815. Dad: The Head of a Godly Family

Joshua 24:15

Sermon

James Merritt

... are no longer your problem. But as long as they are under your roof, they are under the umbrella of your authority and God holds you accountable for their actions. God said to Eli, a priest, "In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end. For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows, because his sons made themselves vile, and he did not restrain them." (I Sam. 3:12-13) I heard a story of some little boys ...

1816. Who's In Charge Here

Judges 21:24-25

Sermon

James Merritt

... mark, and then boasts to all of his neighbors that a yard is no longer what it used to be; and says as far as he is concerned, it is now 15 inches. You will have some idea of the type of society in which these words were written. You would have also seen ... 's ministry. Paul said, you are to follow my example, even as I follow the example of Christ. Now here is a principle concerning authority in any area that you need to remember. If you cannot properly relate to the authority that God has placed over you, ...

1817. Why Were the Wise Men Wise?

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... deny the fact that Jesus was God. Because He was fully God and fully man. Theologians tend to go to two extremes concerning the Lord Jesus. The liberal tends to deny his deity, but sometimes the conservative tends to deny his humanity. The liberal tends ... was he a king, he was King of the Jews. That was a Jewish reference to the Messiah. There are over three hundred prophecies concerning the Messiah in the Old Testament, and the Lord Jesus fulfilled every one of them. Time will not permit us to cover them ...

1818. If the Confession Doesn't Fit You Cannot Acquit

Proverbs 28:13

Sermon

James Merritt

... confesses and forsakes them will have mercy." (Pr. 28:13) In the end, God gives everyone what they really want. If you want justice, God will give you justice. But if you want mercy, God will give you mercy. But you need to remember there is one rule concerning sin that cannot be broken—if the confession doesn't fit, you cannot acquit. So what are the lessons we learn from God's word on how to handle sin? I. The Danger of Covering Sin Solomon said: "He who covers his sins will not prosper." The word ...

1819. Mom: The Heart of a Godly Family

Proverbs 31:10-31

Sermon

James Merritt

... whether or not you experience heaven or hell in the life to come; but the second decision will determine whether or not you experience heaven or hell in the life that is. If you will make the right decision concerning the Lord you serve, He will help you make the right decision concerning the lady you will marry. More than looks, more than money, more than personality, you had better look for character in that woman, virtue, purity, fidelity, and above all, commitment to the Lord Jesus Christ. For the work ...

1820. What Church Is All About

Psalm 100:1-5

Sermon

James Merritt

... work, but work always follows worship. It is worship that puts joy into your work. In the Bible worship and work are indivisible. The first act of work is your worship, and every work ought to be an act of worship. You see, God is not only concerned with what you do, He's concerned with how you do it, and why you do it. God is not interested in your being a giver. God loves a cheerful giver. God doesn't want just a worker, He wants a joyful worker. I have discovered there are two kinds of laborers in God ...

1821. Just Know Him In His Visible Return

Revelation 1:7-8

Sermon

James Merritt

... this world. For the only time in the history of the universe, all of the living and all of the dead will be focused on one singular event, the return of the Lord Jesus Christ. There are so many things I would have loved to have seen in person concerning the Lord Jesus that I will never get to see. Would it not have been wonderful to have been in Bethlehem that night he was laid in a borrowed cradle, wrapped in swaddling clothes, serenaded by the angels in heaven? Would it not have been marvelous to have ...

1822. The Battle of New Orleans

2 Timothy 3:1-4:8

Sermon

James Merritt

... was only one problem—the battle was really not worth fighting. Unbeknownst to Jackson, the war had ended two weeks earlier when the treaty of Ghent was signed in Europe. Now we are known to many on the outside as those "battling Baptists." That does not concern me. What does concern me is that we make sure we fight the right battles. I want to talk to you today about battles that are worth fighting. There are battles raging outside of this arena, and we need to be on the frontlines. There is a battle for ...

1823. How to Rub People the Right Way

Acts 4:36-37

Sermon

James Merritt

... one of us has so much we can give to others as a gift of encouragement. Sick people don't need money—they need a word of concern. Lonely people don't need money—they just need a few minutes of time. Hurting people don't need money—they just need a touch on ... through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches." (Acts 15:36-40) Now there was a strong disagreement between Paul and Barnabas concerning a young man named John Mark. What had happened was they had gone on a missionary journey and for some ...

1824. Easter and a Lost World

Acts 17:16-34

Sermon

James Merritt

... choice—repentance or retribution. Either come to Jesus as Savior, or come to Jesus as judge. But one way or the other, you are going to come to Jesus. Now quite frankly, that was not a real seeker-friendly way to end the message. Paul evidently wasn't too concerned about hurt feelings. His point was—Jesus is alive and you're either going to deal with Him now, or He's going to deal with you later. You can be guaranteed that is going to happen because He has been raised from the dead. Now that approach ...

1825. Bitterness: How to Overcome What You Undergo

Hebrews 12:14-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... what is taken from us. It is amazing how Jesus dealt with all three of these problems in the Sermon on the Mount. Concerning what is said about us, Jesus said, "Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against ... was saying here was, it's not what happens to you that's important, but how you react to it that really counts with God. Then concerning what is taken from us Jesus said, "If anyone wants to sue you and take away your tunic, let him have your cloak also. And whoever ...

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