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2151. Missing the Point

John 10:1-21

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Steve Jackson

... we get all tangled up with the words we speak and end up not being clear about what we're trying to say? One poster read, "I know you think you understand what I said, but what you don't understand is that what I said wasn't what I meant." Are you ever misunderstood? It happens everywhere--at work, at home, at school. Believe it or not, it even happens at ... just don't get. The images he uses of sheepfolds, thieves, gates and gatekeepers were very familiar to these people, and yet, they didn't understand.

2152. The Marketplace of Ideas and Finding Your Faith

John 14:5-14

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Larry Bethune

... point of view that there are no points of view worth acknowledging or living and dying by." Or, there is that point of view that says, "I still have lots of questions about Jesus and his way; of course there is still much about all this that I don't understand, and I fall constantly short of being a faithful follower of Jesus, nevertheless, I am trying. I am convinced that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life, and I am doing my best to be faithful to that."

2153. The 3 Rs of a Holy Life

2 Corinthians 13:1-14

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... covenant, that they had forgotten they had all been called together in Christ. Paul called the Corinthians to listen to his words, to heed and respect his directives, because his only concern was Christ. Here is the essence of respect: There is no understanding without standing under. Too much of what goes for “understanding” is really “overstanding,” as we seek to place ourselves “over” others, treat them like objects, size them up and judge them according to our “objective” standards. True ...

2154. The Death That Ends All Death

1 Peter 3:18

Sermon

James Merritt

... death. I. It Was a Sacrificial Death for Sin "For Christ also suffered once for sins." Now I call it a sacrificial death because as Heb. 9:26 puts it, "He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself." You will never understand the death of Jesus until you understand its relationship to sin. We all know that death is universal, and death is inevitable. Medicine cannot prevent it; it can only postpone it. What we call living we could also call dying, because at the end of the day we reach the end ...

2155. Planting Seeds

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... That is us. May I say, if you are among those who have provided hard ground to the Gospel message, if you are one of those who has let the cares of this world choke out the message that God is trying to lay on your heart, I hope you understand that ultimately the responsibility is upon you to provide “good soil.” Only for so long can you blame the poor efforts of the person in the pulpit or the so-called hypocrites in the church. Sooner or later you are going to have to answer for yourself if the Gospel ...

2156. Just the Right Touch

Mark 5:25-34

Sermon

James Merritt

... . Did you know that the hardest person for God to save is not the unbelieving atheist, not the drunk in the gutter, not the prostitute on the street, not the out-and-out sinner; the hardest person for God to save is the so-called "good" person who does not understand his badness apart from Jesus Christ. This woman had long ago lost her pride. She didn't care who, when, or how, she just wanted to be healed. A patient will never be cured until he admits he is sick, and a sinner will never be saved until he ...

2157. How to Connect With God

1 John 5:14-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God." There are times when if you will get under the leadership of the Holy Spirit of God, God will by a peace that passes all understanding, guard your heart and your mind and lead you to just the right decision about a given situation that you ought to make. c. Do the Will of God If you are not willing to do the will of God, quit trying to discern the will of God or even ...

2158. www.Salvation.com

Ephesians 2:8-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... a way for us to be saved because we deserved it. He did it in spite of the fact that we did not deserve it. Please understand that the Lord Jesus did not die on the cross for you because of your goodness, but in spite of your badness. "But God demonstrates ... that is necessary for you to be saved is simply faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. But when I talk about faith, please understand I'm not talking about an intellectual acknowledgement of something in your head. Faith is more than that. It is trusting with ...

2159. Bridging the Generation Gap

Ephesians 6:1-4

Sermon

James Merritt

... you don't train him up to go the way he should go, he will go in the way he shouldn't go. Children must understand, for the time that they are young, that obedience is not an option, it is an obligation. Now they may not like you from time ... my prayer for me as a parent, and it is my prayer for you: Heavenly Father, make me a better parent. Teach me to understand my children, to listen patiently to what they have to say and to answer all their questions kindly. Keep me from interrupting them or criticizing ...

2160. If You're Not Loving You're Not Living (Fruit of the Spirit: Love)

Galatians 5:22

Sermon

James Merritt

... for its own benefit, but for the benefit of others. Fruit is to be eaten. Did you know that seed in fruit is designed for reproduction. You see, others are not only to taste it, but that same seed is to be planted in the lives of other people. Now understand that this fruit is not produced by us, it is produced in us; by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Furthermore this fruit is singular, it is not plural. These are not the fruits of the Spirit, they are the fruit of the Spirit. You see, it is not like ...

2161. What Child Is This?

Isaiah 9:6-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... the Bible, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." (Jn. 3:16) God's Christmas gift to the world was a person of deity wrapped up in the package of humanity. Now understand that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, but he did not have his beginning in Bethlehem. Dr. R. G. Lee said that Jesus Christ is the only person ever born, who at the moment of his birth was older than his mother, and as old as his father. What Dr ...

2162. The One Habit of Highly Effective Christians

John 4:19-24

Sermon

James Merritt

... were happy, the waiters were friendly, the food was good, the service was excellent, they thanked him for coming, asked him to come again. Dr. Criswell said, "Neither place gave an invitation that day, but if they had, I would have joined the restaurant." I don't understand churches that have dead worship services. As a matter of fact, if it's dead it's not worship. I heard about a paramedic who was asked on a local TV talk show program, what was your most unusual and challenging 911 call?" He said, "Well ...

2163. Why Were the Wise Men Wise?

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... than the ministry of the Holy Spirit. Who do you think led them to this star? It was the Holy Spirit. Who do you think led them by that star? It was the Holy Spirit. Who do you think led them to that Scripture in Daniel 9, and gave them understanding of it? It was the Holy Spirit. Who do you think led them to interpret the prophecy? It was the Holy Spirit. If you read your Bible you will know that is the job of the Holy Spirit to lead people to Jesus. It was the Holy Spirit who directed ...

2164. Thou Shalt Not Judge - True or False?

Matthew 7:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... I have found that every church has "speck inspectors." I call them "splinter specialists." They are part of the FBI—the Fundamentalist Bureau of Investigation. They just love to find fault with other people. But having said that, if we stop here we won't understand what Jesus meant, because the key to this passage is v.5, where Jesus tells us how to walk the tight rope between confronting the sin and condemning the sinner: "Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye." (v.5a) Now notice carefully ...

2165. Don't Forget to Forgive

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

James Merritt

... for five hundred years to have paid back the money he stole, and that without interest. In today's currency this would amount to roughly nine million dollars. Now the point is, it was an unpayable debt. There was absolutely no way this man could pay back this money. Now understand that the debt represents sin. Sin is an unpayable debt. No matter how hard you work, and how good you try to be, you can never pay off the sin debt that you owe to God. As a matter of fact, if you took the best of every human ...

2166. Our God Is an Awesome God

Psalm 139:1-18

Sermon

James Merritt

... can fool some of the people all of the time, and you can fool all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time." I would simply add to that; you cannot fool God any of the time. But understand that God's knowledge is not just intellectual, it is personal. God knows you. In fact, he knows you better than you know you. Come to think of it, that is frightening thought. A small town prosecuting attorney was trying a case, and called as his first witness an elderly ...

2167. Nothing but the Blood

1 John 1:7

Sermon

James Merritt

... study today: "The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin." (1 Jn. 1:7) The only spiritual detergent that can remove the stain of sin from the human soul, is the blood of Jesus Christ. Whether you are a Christian or not, I want you to understand why this is true. I. The Blood Comes From a Supernatural Person This verse tells us that we speak of "the blood of Jesus Christ His Son." This is not ordinary blood. There is no other blood like it. The blood that flowed in the veins of Jesus Christ ...

2168. Castaway

2 Corinthians 5:18-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... are of God." You see, God initiates this because only He can. You may wake up and realize you are stranded on the island of sin, but the moment you do you also realize that only God can get you off of it. That's why it is important to understand that we do not need religion. Religion is man's effort to reconcile God to man. The only problem is, man needs to be reconciled to God, and that is something only God can do. That is why missions and evangelism are all about telling others not what they can ...

2169. Good Christian Men Rejoice

2 Corinthians 8:9

Sermon

James Merritt

... rich. Listen carefully at this Christmas season. True riches cannot be bought with a card, a check, or cash. You can never enjoy things that money can buy unless you possess things that money cannot buy. Let me tell you why "good Christian men rejoice." Because they understand how rich they really are. A Christian is someone who is in Christ and has Christ in him. Our Heavenly Father once looked upon the Lord Jesus and said, "This is my Beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." Now think about this: If God ...

2170. The Battle of New Orleans

2 Timothy 3:1-4:8

Sermon

James Merritt

... in reality they will not just flippantly ignore the truth, but fiercely resist the truth. That is why in the next book over, Paul said to Titus in Titus 2:1, "But as for you, speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine." Now we need to understand that when we do speak those things which are "proper for sound doctrine," we will go against the tide of personal opinion and political correctness. But that's all right because we are twice-born men in a once-born world, and we should never stoop to go ...

2171. Saved to Share

Acts 26

Sermon

James Merritt

... if you change one letter. It was a Son-stroke, rather than a sunstroke! Furthermore, he was a changed man; not just from the outside in, but from the inside out, and it happened at a certain time and a certain place. It is so important to understand that no one gradually becomes a Christian. Now a person may gradually come to the point where they become a Christian, but for salvation to occur, a definite person must accept a definite Savior at a definite time at a definite place. That experience becomes one ...

2172. What to Wear to the War

Ephesians 6:13-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... for our defense against Satan, but the sixth one is so that we might go on the offense for the defeat of Satan. Now understand that Satan is on the attack because Paul warns us in verse 16 to beware of the "fiery darts of the wicked one." Satan ... have doubted. I have doubted my salvation at times. I know some Christians who claim they've never doubted their salvation, and I don't understand it quite frankly. I heard about a woman who came up to Dwight L. Moody and said, "Mr. Moody, I've been saved for 25 ...

2173. Hazardous to Your Wealth: Myths about Money

Malachi 3:7-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... government: "It's not your money." You will never ever put God where He needs to be, and money where it needs to be until you understand that your money is really His money. I can tell you whether or not God is really first in your life, or just how high God ... it is a matter of faith. Tithing is not God's way of raising money, it is God's way of growing Christians. I hope you'll understand what I am about to tell you, and really believe it. Tithing is not God's way of getting something from you, it is God's ...

2174. It Ain't Over Til It's Over

Matthew 5:31-32

Sermon

James Merritt

... was the way to get out of a marriage in case the husband decided he had changed his mind about his wife. You need to understand that divorce then was just as hot a topic as it is today. In fact, later on in Mt. 19:3 the Pharisees asked Jesus ... be as married in the sight of God when we finish our work as they were before we began, and many people fail to understand that fact." That judge was absolutely right. You see, here is the problem. We have become totally focused on divorce; Jesus was preoccupied with ...

2175. It's Time to Go to Work

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... exploding or running out of fuel. After landing, eleven unexploded 20mm shells were carefully removed from the bomber's fuel tank! Every one of them was dismantled and examined. To everyone's amazement all eleven were empty of explosive material. They couldn't understand it. Why would the Germans fire empty shells? Well, the mystery was solved when a small note was found inside one of the shells, handwritten in Czechoslovakian. Translated it read, "This is all we can do for you now." The story was this ...

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