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176. If I Only Had One Wish

2 Chronicles 1:1-12

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James Merritt

... , and you could have one wish, what would you wish for? A humorous story I read illustrates that this requires a great deal of thought. There were three men marooned on a desert island. They had no hope of rescue. They were walking around the island and one of ... to him the entire day. Bolt hit his first tee-shot and it came to rest behind a tree. He asked his caddie what he thought about using a five-iron, but the caddie didn't reply. Bolt hit the five-iron and made an unbelievable shot that landed on the ...

177. They Lied and They Died

Acts 5:1-11

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James Merritt

... the Holy Spirit cannot make the alarm of sin go off in your heart, He'll make it go off in someone else's heart, and He did. III. The Discipline of the Spirit I am sure that when Ananias went to church that day, this was one sheep that thought he would pull the wool over the shepherd's eyes; but he was in for a deadly surprise. I am reminded of the story of Lyndon Johnson when he was President of the United States. He went to church one Sunday accompanied by the Secret Service and Motorcycle Police. After ...

178. The Sword of the Lord

Hebrews 4:12-13

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James Merritt

... the deepest level and divide that soul from that spirit. It can show you instantaneously that you may be emotionally alive in your soul, intellectually alive in your mind, but totally dead in your spirit. e. It Examines the Spirit The word of God "is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." In other words, this book can not only tell you what you do, it can tell you why you do it. You see, the Bible not only get under your skin, it can get into your heart. The word discern there is the Greek ...

179. Doing Right When You Have Been Done Wrong

Ephesians 4:31-32

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James Merritt

... and I become fatigued after only a few hours of work…the man I hate hounds me everywhere I go. I cannot escape his tyrannical grasp on my mind… The man I hate may be many miles from my bedroom; but more cruel than any 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 must acknowledge the fact that I am a slave to every man on whom I pour the viles of my wrath.2 Bitterness also saddens ...

180. How to Deal with Friends, Foes, and Fools

Proverbs 27:6

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James Merritt

... Henry Kissinger's comments. Mr. Nixon is my friend, and I don't turn my back on my friends.8 Colson said for a moment he thought the roof would fall in; and in a way it did, but not as he expected. There was a moment of silence and then a ... is the letter in his own handwriting: I love you. I will never forget you. You are the greatest dad ever. Words can't express my thoughts about you. I love you more than anything. You are my very best friend. The whole time I was at school today I was thinking about ...

181. Who?

Acts 5:27-32

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Frank Ramirez

... a long-term source of food in the name of Jesus - has remained unchanged. The fact is, every idea goes through three basic stages. Stage 1 is "It will never work." Stage 2 is "It might work, but it's not worth doing." Stage 3 is "I'm glad I thought of it." We see this not only in the groundbreaking work of the prophets, but even in advances in the way we worship. This is especially true when it comes to music, where people are always ready to circle the wagons to protect the church from heresy! Thomas Ken ...

182. Satan’s Talking Points

Mark 13:1-31

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Leonard Sweet

... foresee the end of their own civilization, the Mayan prediction of 2012 as the end of human civilization has captured the imagination of popular culture. The fact that the 5125 year Mayan calendar comes to an end on 21 December 2012 is giving bad dreams and bad thoughts to a whole new generation. Of course, there are dates that speak volumes just by their numbers. Here are a couple of them: 1776 1789 1000 428 AD (See An Ordinary Year at the End of the Roman Empire by Giusto Traina). We process time and give ...

183. There Is a Price for Everything

Matthew 13:44-46

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Maxie Dunnam

... will be thrown into the furnace of fire; there men will weep and gnash their teeth. That’s a pretty dramatic picture, isn’t it? - the judgment. It’s a sobering picture, and I have a hunch we don’t think about it enough. When is the last time you thought about a final judgment? Is the way you live affected at all by the fact that one day you are going to stand before the judgment bar of God and give an account for your deeds? Now these are the two big lessons from the three mini-parables in Matthew ...

184. What Can Christians Learn From Jews?

Genesis 12:1-3

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J. Howard Olds

... , “I am still lonely." So God sat down on the side of a hill where he could think. By a deep river, he thought and he thought until he thought, “I'll make a man." So, the great God Almighty, who lit the sun and fixed it in the sky, who flung the ... life because it's the right thing to do and everything else will be all right." As I drove back home from that interview I thought about the words of Jesus, I so often use at funerals. “Let not you heats be troubled, neither let them be afraid. Trust in God; ...

185. Political Pardon

Matthew 18:21-35

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Wayne Brouwer

... It was almost by chance that I later found out that months after the final incident my father went to the landlord's place and asked to talk with him. Dad made the trip to ask forgiveness. Dad told the man that he (my father) had been harboring vengeful thoughts and ill-wishes in his heart, and he requested that the landlord forgive him for wronging him in that way. Playing the Game I don't know the outcome of their conversations. All I know is that something inside of me changed when I heard what my father ...

186. Time’s A-Wasting

Mark 1:14-20

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Robert J. Elder

... love you," or "I'm thinking of you." One day, they had a plumber working in their home and he happened to see some of their notes. He asked about them and they just said that that was their own way of letting each other know how they felt. He thought it was such a good idea that he decided to try it in his home. One day, he left a few notes around his house expressing his love for his family members. You and I might think that these would have been received with unanimously great joy and thanksgiving. I ...

187. Lift High the Cross

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

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Timothy J. Smith

... the attributes of God, he began writing some notes when suddenly it struck him; “God knows the end from the beginning. God had a plan to redeem us from the very beginning.” As Rick meditated over the morning’s Bible verse and plucked his guitar he thought about the cycle of rain that comes down and waters the earth, then evaporates into the clouds, and then returns. Suddenly the now-famous chorus emerged, “You came from heaven to earth to show the way. From the earth to the cross, my debt to pay ...

188. He Ascended Into Heaven

Luke 24:44-53

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David O. Bales

... is a modern idea indeed. In the Bible people didn’t believe the world was round. Our ancestors of faith didn’t perceive that planets orbit the sun. They didn’t know about the speed of light, black holes, quarks, supernovas, and other such modern discoveries. They thought of the physical universe in three layers: Below us was the world of the dead — in Hebrew it was named Sheol, in Greek Hades. Then the earth that we walk on here, and heaven was above the lower surface of the sky. A few smart Greeks ...

189. Come One, Come All

Luke 5:27-32

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James Merritt

... did it is the same way we are to do it. I. We Are To Ask Everyone To Follow Jesus “After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, ‘Follow me’”. (Luke 5:27, ESV) The disciples thought they were just out taking a nice little stroll on a beautiful day. They had passed by this tax booth many times, but unlike Jesus they most likely had turned their heads and refused to look at the man sitting there. We are told that Jesus saw Levi. The word ...

190. I'm Listening

1 Samuel 3:1--4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... a child. It was then she made a promise to God, “Lord, if you give me a son, I will give him back to you.” She was moving her lips without making any sound as she prayed. Eli watching her pray so passionately, moving her lips but making no sound, thought that she must be drunk. He said to her, “How long are you going to stay drunk? Put away your wine.” “Not so, my lord,” Hannah replied, “I am a woman who is deeply troubled. I have not been drinking wine or beer; I was pouring out my soul to ...

191. One in Christ

Ephesians 2:11-22

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... and prejudices are obliterated. For the apostle, the church is a vivid example of how God is working out his plan to unite (1:10) and to complete (1:23) all things in Christ. In some ways, this concept of a “new people” is a development of thoughts about the new creation in Christ that Paul has expressed in his epistles. In 2 Corinthians 5:16ff., he refers to the process of reconciliation and how all humanity is reconciled to God as new beings; in Galatians 6:15 he indicates that racial distinctions are ...

192. Living as Children of Light

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... of goodness, righteousness, and truth are essential to healthy personal and social relationships. 5:10 Although part of the process of becoming a Christian is the acceptance of the truth as it is found in the gospel, the other part is learning by careful thought and experience what it means to be a Christian. Earlier, when the author was running through a list of pagan vices, he reminded the believers that they “did not come to know Christ that way” (4:20). Through instruction and guidance, probably in ...

193. Thanksgiving and Prayer

2 Thessalonians 1:1-12

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... enter his kingdom, but that, having entered by grace, we should be counted worthy to be there (cf. Matt. 5:10). This is just another way of saying that suffering is part of the package of being a Christian (see disc. on 1 Thess. 3:3). Paul puts the same thought into different words at the end of the verse when he speaks of suffering “on behalf of” (hyper with the gen. in the causal sense “for the sake of”; for other uses see disc. on 2:1 and 1 Thess. 5:10) the kingdom of God. In this context, the ...

194. Exhortations

Philippians 4:2-9

Understanding Series

F. F. Bruce

... 48). But the words may imply nearness in place as well as nearness in time. “The LORD is close” is a recurring assurance to his people in the OT (cf. Ps. 34:18; also Pss. 119:151; 145:18). If time alone were in view, then it might be thought that the assurance is more valid for those living only a short time before the unknown date of his advent than for those living a longer time before it; but in the sense that Paul’s words probably bear here the Lord is always equally near his people, continually ...

195. “Do Not Drag Me Away with the Wicked”

Psalm 28:1-9

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

... ad may not be a preposition here but may intimate the idea of “eternity.”[21] While we should be careful not to read our New Testament concepts into the Psalms, we should also exercise care that we do not restrict the Psalms to such earthbound thoughts that can rise no higher than the time and place limitations of their world. That aptitude is best illustrated by the prophetic spirit that could not accept the limitations of the world’s kingdoms as the last word but superseded them and projected a life ...

196. “The Span of My Years Is as Nothing before You”

Psalm 39:1-13

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

... servant’s silence in Isaiah 53:7. There is the possibility that the psalmist does not take the witness stand lest he should have to admit his sin in the presence of his detractors. The idea of “not even saying anything good” reminds us of Jeremiah, who thought of being silent, but the fire shut up in his bones reversed his restraint (Jer. 20:9). The psalmist’s strategy of silence in the presence of the wicked so as not to say the wrong thing is well intended, but repressing his speech only increases ...

197. You Shall Be My Witness

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... decided that he would like to get a nice gift for her to show his appreciation. He asked his wife what she thought would be an appropriate gift. She thought a moment and then said, “Why don’t you get her some perfume.” “But I wouldn’t know what kind of perfume ... gift.” But of course, he persisted. So finally she said, “Well, if you insist, my favorite perfume is called ‘Romantic Thoughts at Midnight.’” So the next day, Red Skelton went to the department store to get the perfume. And when he ...

198. The Power of Patience

Luke 2:22-40

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Charley Reeb

... Joseph had to wait were the most pivotal nine months of his life. Can you imagine how many times he doubted his decision and thought of bolting? “I’m basing all of this on a dream! What if when this child is born he looks like the milkman? Look ... , “I sold my gun.” He said, “What?” He said, “Yeah you see six months ago my mom died and I got really depressed. I thought of killing myself. So I bought a gun and held that gun every night and contemplated doing it. I knew no one would miss me. The ...

199. The Cost of Discipleship

Mark 9:2-9

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Charley Reeb

... you really want to follow me? Consider what it is going to cost you. You must give up everything that is dearest to you, take up a cross, and follow me. Unless you do that, you cannot be my disciples.” That is not what the crowd wanted to hear. They thought this magnetic man was on his way to his own empire. They hoped that if they followed him they would share in his power and glory. What they did not realize was that when Jesus said these words he was on his way to Jerusalem — to the cross, and to ...

200. God's Wrath Against Mankind

Romans 1:18-32

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... and seeing, but she saw only her nakedness (Gen. 3:6–8). The ancients desired to erect a tower to heaven and make a name for themselves throughout the earth, but they were dispersed like so many bricks (Gen. 11:4–8). The most obvious allusion of Paul’s thought, however, is to the golden calf in Sinai, where Israel rejected the glory and might of Yahweh for a dumb calf (cf. Exod. 32; Deut. 4:15–19; and Ps. 106:20). Throughout 1:18–32 Paul employs a number of clever word plays, one of which occurs ...

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