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2101. Preach the World and Reach the World

2 Timothy 4:1-5

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James Merritt

... preach the whole counsel of God in such a way that the Word of God is magnified, the Son of God is glorified, and the Spirit of God is satisfied. e. Preach Courageously We are also "to rebuke." Now when you reprove you confront a person the fact of his sin ... Isaiah 45:22. "Look to me and be saved all you ends of the earth!" At the very end, under the compunction of the Holy Spirit, he looked straight at that thirteen-year-old boy and said, "Young man, look to Jesus and you will be saved." That boy, years later ...

2102. Doing Right When You Have Been Done Wrong

Ephesians 4:31-32

Sermon

James Merritt

... bitterness does spring up, it "causes trouble." A bitter root always brings forth bitter fruit, and this root is no different. There is no passion of the human heart that promises so much and pays so little as bitterness. Bitterness is so powerful it affects the mind, the spirit, and the body. First of all, it saturates the mind. As the root of bitterness grows, you will find that it takes up more and more of the soil of your heart. I grew up fifty miles from here in the deep South. We are familiar with a ...

2103. A Trip to God's Woodshed

Hebrews 12: 5-11

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James Merritt

... His discipline is of no affect, and the only other step is death. Do you know that you can rebel against God to the point that death is the only remedy. That is why v.9 says, "Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?" The Apostle John tells, in I Jn. 5:16, that there is "sin unto death." There were people in the church at Corinth who were dying right and left because they were abusing and misusing the Lord's Supper. Dr. Homer Lindsay, Jr., the Pastor of the First ...

2104. The Client

Zechariah 3:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... to do. You are of no use to God unless you are exercising his divine authority in your life. If there is sin in your life, you lose that authority. Too many Christians are trying to live in the authority of the flesh, rather in the authority of the Holy Spirit. I heard about a family that bought a little puppy. They brought it home and their six-year-old son was so excited. He said, "I want to paint a sign and put it in the yard so our neighborhood will know we've got a dog." After he finished ...

2105. How to Rub People the Right Way

Acts 4:36-37

Sermon

James Merritt

... third greatest city of the world after Rome and Alexandria. It was a very cultured city, but it was also a very wicked city. It was a city filled with idolatry, it was a city of heathenism, and it was a city of deep sexual sin. But the Holy Spirit of God began to move in that city and many Gentiles had come to know Christ. When reports filtered down to Jerusalem about the revival that was going on in Antioch, the apostles decided they ought to investigate, and they chose Barnabas to go and to see what was ...

2106. When God Speaks You Better Listen

Jonah 1:1-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... church who were praying like mad. The wind was howling outside when one man, known for his eloquent prayers, said, "Oh God, send us the spirit of the children of Israel; send us the spirit of the children of Abraham; send us the spirit of the children of Moses; send us the spirit of the children of the promise land!" They said one guy interrupted him and said, "God, don't send no spirit, you come yourself, this is no time for children!" Well, it's always great when God sends a storm if it drives us to seek ...

2107. Why You Should Trust In God

Proverbs 3:5-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... .'" (Isa. 8:19-20) You check out everything anybody else tells you or counsels you by the word of God. But God also speaks to us to our heart. I believe that God speaks supernaturally to the inner man. His Spirit communicates with our spirit. 1 Cor. 2:12 says, "Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God." You see, prayer is a two-way street. When you pray you don't pray at God, you talk with God ...

2108. Romans 8:26-30

Romans 8:18-27

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... is painting with his distinctive vocabulary and stunning promises. In verse 22 the apostle speaks of creation “groaning;” in verse 23 it is “we, ourselves” who “groan inwardly.” Suddenly, in verse 26 the focus shifts in a surprising direction. Now it is the Spirit itself who groans: the Spirit “intercedes for us with groans too deep for utterance.” The first two “groanings” issue from the failures and yearnings for a new reality of wholeness and fulfillment. The third “groaning,” the ...

2109. Living By Faith In A Time of War

Judges 6:1-40

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... just pull out of Iraq right away, the terrorists would leave us alone. That is an illusion. Remember, we were not in Iraq on September 11, 2001. We Christians should flee from no one, except the devil. As the Bible says, “God did not give us a spirit of fear, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.” (2 Tim. 1:7) Here is our third admonition: SUPPORT THOSE WHO BEAR THE BRUNT OF THE STRUGGLE. Notice in verse 8 of Judges 7 that when all of Israel’s troops went home except for the 300, the ...

2110. Bountiful Faith: Two All Beef Patties, Special Sauce, Lettuce, Cheese, Pickles...Etc

2 Corinthians 9:6-11

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... bun kind of God. A super-sized God who delights in super-sizing every gift simply for the joy of giving. You simply cannot out-give God. Now, let me quickly say, I am not here to advocate for over-eating or promoting cholesterol-saturated fast food. But in the spirit of the theme…this is what God is like: A God of abundant grace A God who is willing to give extravagantly…even to the point of giving his own Son on the cross for our salvation A God who extends his limitless grace to each of us In his ...

2111. The Church of Your Dreams

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... it wasn't true. I said, "This is the church I dreamed of, but not because of the windows, the view, or the architecture. It is the church of my dreams because it is an amazing group of people who became alive together in Christ, who found a spirit of joy in the community of faith, and who have expressed it in a building." [1] He is right, of course. The church of our dreams is not just about a renovated building, bricks and mortar, organ and chancel, walking tracks and artwork, pews and parlors. It's about ...

2112. Worship Like A Wesley

Philippians 4:4-9

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John E. Harnish

... each other's care. [2] Well, that's what it means to worship like a Wesley. And that brings me to the text of the morning, in case you thought I forgot. It comes from St. Paul's letter to the Philippians and is a description of the spirit of worship: Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say, rejoice. Let your requests be made known unto God with thanksgiving. And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God the Father through Jesus ...

2113. Thanksgiving and Thanksliving

1 Corinthians 1:3-9

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... sometimes it is only in real hesitancy we share it with anyone else. That's the way we are and yet the Christian dynamic enables to see the imperative of such a matter. We have this treasure we are called to spread around, as the Holy Spirit directs. In particular, we do this by interacting with others. Paul says, "In every way you have been enriched by him, in speech and knowledge of every kind." Yes, it is time for "show and tell!" "Extension ministries" or something similar is common terminology to most ...

2114. Precious and Privileged Children

Galatians 4:4-7

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... quite sometime, perhaps minutes or even hours, or it may be only for a brief moment. The treasure is one that neither money nor self-help books can bring about. His image as a faraway God, maybe perceived in a deistic fashion, does not exist. There is the Spirit of Jesus in our hearts, that glorious Son given to us by the Father through dear and blessed Mary. Don't you feel sorry for those who never seem to get beyond a distant deity, who neither feels nor handles anything or anyone directly? Some have said ...

2115. Looking Out for Others

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

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Donald Charles Lacy

... have been there, haven't we? Experience teaches me there is a creative discontent in our lives that is not always welcome. We learn things we would just as soon not learn! Of course, we can all say we care for others but do we do so as the Holy Spirit has guided us? There is what I call a grumbling syndrome among God's people. That can be at any level of the church or in any individual's life. Hopefully, this is a means for the spiritually strong to enable the weak to become more like the crucified and ...

2116. From Father Failure to Divine Father

Romans 8:12-17

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... maimed, killed, destroyed, and threatened his own kind with extinction. And for this, the proper religious attitude is contrition, confession, and change. III Therefore, in our worship, in our religious activity, it is our desire to be, as Paul says, led by God's Spirit to become his children, rather than children of the flesh. This is to say we will stop blaming our parents for our failures, even though they may be worthy of blame. We come to worship to be released from the childishness of being forever ...

2117. Finding Unity through Christ

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... knew the environment and thus he calls in today's Second Reading for the people to live united by being faithful to the vocation to which they have been called. He suggests that this unity, this faithfulness to purpose, will be achieved through the Holy Spirit. The Spirit of God must be their bond and unity of peace. Paul did not believe that there were various types of Christians; the community needed to be united. Thus, he writes to the Ephesians and speaks of being "one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one ...

2118. I Can See Clearly Now!

Mark 1:4-11

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

... Baptist, who proclaimed: All: "The one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the thong of his sandals. I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit." Collect Gracious Lord, we pray for your Holy Spirit to descend and to move in our midst this day, binding us together in your love and acceptance. We gratefully thank you for your presence in our midst, and humbly pray that you will challenge us in our worship so we might see you ...

2119. The True Gate Of Heaven

Acts 2:1-21

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

... to nothing but babble. Babylon claimed to be the true gate of heaven, but that all proved to be nothing but babble. You can't put down deep roots and claim to control God. The Spirit speaks with clarity through God's people, so that all might hear the great news in their own tongue. Gone is Babel, Babylon, babble, and here to stay is the Spirit and we'll never hold still again. Welcome. This is the gate of heaven, and it's time we know it! Collect I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will ...

2120. Words Of One Syllable

John 3:1-17

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

... must be born from above." He retreats into literalism. But Jesus says, "The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit." We don't know where the Spirit comes from or where it goes, but the Spirit is here. Come, let us be born again, not into fear and suspicion, but love, truth, and service. Collect Praise to the Lord, the Almighty. Praise to the Son of God, the triumphant. Praise to the ...

2121. Baptism: The Common Call To Holiness

Mark 1:4-11

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... actually proclaimed just prior to the Ascension. "Jesus addressed his disciples, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age' " (Matthew 28:18-20). The words of Jesus echo with a command, a privilege, and a challenge. The Lord has challenged us ...

2122. Does Easter Make a Difference?

Acts 4:32-35

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... this storm," one of the men said to the captain. "If we go out, we may never come back." The old man of the sea looked the man straight in the face. "We don't have to come back," he said. "We have to go out." That's the bold spirit of the early Christians who faced danger in helping the needy in their time. They shared boldly because they drew power from Christian community. These early Christians saw the church as a family of brothers and sisters with God as the Father. No one of them had it all together ...

2123. Final Instructions

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... they would never be alone as they served as his witnesses at home and abroad. In Matthew's account of the ascension, we find these words, "go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age" (Matthew 28:19-20). Witnessing for Christ is the will of God. The will of God is not always easy to discern, but there can ...

2124. Dusting Off Our Gratitude

Joel 2:21-27

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... Be glad and rejoice, for the Lord has done great things." An abundance of good things to eat leads us to respond with an abundance of thankfulness and praise. Christ is present at our table, in our eating and our drinking, forgiving our sins and fostering a spirit of community. We are "to eat plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord our God, who has dealt wondrously with us." It's time we dusted off the old attitude of gratitude and composted all our sour grapes. Thanksgiving is a time for ...

2125. Power Failures and Power Surges

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... to that in all known fossil fuel reserves. True power is not on earth. True power is in the Son. True power is in the heavens. True power does not come from wires, and being wired. True power comes from the wireless energy of God’s Spirit, the invisible frequencies of God’s voice. The gospels do not exist to be historical documents; the gospels exist to release the saving powers of The Voice in your life and mine. Is the infrastructure of your life this morning based on money and power transmission ...

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