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2251. The Masterpiece

Matthew 1:1-17; Luke 3:23-28

Sermon

James Merritt

... all comes down to." God had promised a Messiah who would be a King. You are going to see that Matthew presents Jesus as a King, understanding that a king has to prove his right to the throne by succession. A king does not come to rule by ballot, but by birth ... , he also would be under the Jeconiah curse and he couldn't sit on the throne of David either. I want you to understand the problem. Jesus must be a literal descendent of David Jesus must also be the legal descendent of David which is determined by ...

2252. When I Am Tempted

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... was lead by the Holy Spirit of God. Now you can only be lead by someone if you are following someone. You will only follow someone if you are totally surrendered and submitted to their authority in your life. Jesus Christ was full of the Holy Spirit. You need to understand that Jesus defeated Satan in the power of the Holy Spirit. One of the reasons why God gives us the Holy Spirit and one of the reasons why it is so important that on a daily basis we surrender our lives to the Holy Spirit is because He is ...

2253. Like a Good Neighbor – Jesus Is There

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

James Merritt

... , "Now if you saw a person lying in a ditch, beaten up, lying in his own blood, his teeth knocked out and his scalp hanging from his head, what would you do?" The little girl spoke up and said, "i think I would throw up." But now we begin to understand the meaning of this story. You see, everyone is your neighbor; not just the person next door. A neighbor is a "needer." If a person has a need that you can meet and you should meet, that person is your neighbor. Every time you see a person in need you ...

2254. RSVP—By Invitation Only

Luke 14:15-24

Sermon

James Merritt

... after I present the gospel I ask this question: "Can you think of any reason that you could give God that God would accept why you cannot receive the Lord Jesus Christ?" I have never had anyone give me an excuse that would stand up to scrutiny. Now understand there is nothing wrong with wealth. The Bible even says, "It is the Lord your God that gives you the power to get wealth." There is nothing wrong with work. God Himself said, "Six days you shall work." There is nothing wrong with a wife. The Bible says ...

2255. Hotline to Heaven

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... hall and then a hand on the doorknob. Well, wanting to look important he pretended to be busy. So as the man walked in he picked up the telephone and carried on a fake conversation. He said, "I'll have my secretary get to that as soon as I can. Understand I have a very heavy schedule." He then motioned toward the door beckoning the stranger to come in. He said, "I do appreciate your calling, call back in a few days and if I can take your case, I will." He put the receiver back on the hook and looked ...

2256. The King and His Castle

Matthew 16:13-18

Sermon

James Merritt

... me. But I've got news for you; God doesn't need you either. But we do need to express the faith of the church together. Did you know that the church, and only the church, has been delegated spiritual authority by the Lord Jesus Christ? You need to understand that because we are living in a world of more and more "freelance" Christians who are off doing their own thing in isolation from the body of Christ. When you get out from under the authority of the church, you really get out from under the authority of ...

2257. God and the Minimum Wage

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

James Merritt

... His Work "For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard." (vv.1-2) Now you need to understand what was going on here. Once a year in Israel was known as harvest time. The soil was prepared in the spring; in the summer the vines were pruned; and about September it would be time for the harvest of the grapes. Now back in those days there were no ...

2258. Houston We Have a Problem

Nehemiah 1:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... on the x-ray that doesn't look good." All of a sudden the walls of your life can crumble right before your very eyes. Nehemiah is the expert wall re-builder in all of the Bible. Let me give you a short background of this book so you will understand the story and how it relates to what we are attempting to do here at Cross Pointe and what all of us are forced to do in everyday life. Many years before this book was written, Jerusalem had been destroyed. The Jews had been deported to Babylon which would be ...

2259. Finishing Strong

Nehemiah 9:38--10:39

Sermon

James Merritt

... to see me last week and with a smile on their face said, "We just want you to know today we became covenant members of Cross Pointe." I don't mind telling you that is music to my ears. I love to hear that phrase because that tells me they understand their membership means something. It is a commitment before the Lord that they are going to live up to. These people were driving a written stake into the ground. They were saying in effect, "God's word is going to be our constitution. We are going to live by it ...

2260. Handling Objections

Psalm 1:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... what the Bible teaches about eternal life and having a relationship with God?" No one questions that the Bible is the most important literary work in human history. Since its main message is how a person may have eternal life, my question is, "What do you understand the Bible teaches about how a person may have eternal life and go to heaven?" Objection 2: The Bible is just a book written by men and full of contradictions. The first thing to do in this situation is to agree with them that they have ...

2261. You Can Know What to Do With Your Life

Proverbs 3:5-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... Me will I direct you. II. Identify God's Thinking Initially The next piece of advice is, "Lean not on your own understanding." (Proverbs 3:5, NASB) The word there for "lean" is the Hebrew word, "shan-ann" which literally means to "support yourself by ... to plan his own course." (Jeremiah 10:23, NLT) That word "lean" refers also to being on crutches. When you lean on your own understanding, when you tend to go first to your own reasoning, or your own feeling, you are using what you think and what you feel ...

2262. Leaping from Recognition Point

2 Samuel 11:26—12:13a

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... out of his soul the last drop of the oil of the Pharisees; till his only hope is to somehow or other to have captured one criminal, and kept him safe and sane under his own hat.1 That is a "there but for the grace of God go I," understanding of human nature. In a previous church appointment, I had the idea one time to put a small box in the back of the church and invite parishioners to drop in suggestions for sermon topics. I received a few helpful suggestions from the box, but I eventually discontinued it ...

2263. Can't We All Just Get Along?

Mark 9:38-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... is!” he objected. “If you call her a pig, Robert, you’re calling me a pig, too!” said the older Schuller. Young Bob had to think about that for a while. He certainly didn’t think his dad was a pig. His father could tell that he didn’t fully understand what he was saying. “Robert, if your sister is a pig, then I’m a pig. She is my child! I can’t have a pig for a child unless I’m a pig. When you insult your sister, you’re insulting me, too. When you mock or belittle yourself ...

2264. Prophet or Profit?

Luke 4:14-21

Sermon

Gary L. Carver

... are and the way things can be? Can I be a bridge over which other people can travel in that journey from the way things are and the way things can be?" We can expect controversy. Not everyone is going to understand. They did not understand in Nazareth. They knew and loved Jesus, but did not understand him. Change is a difficult thing and very often elicits hostility. But we can be that kind of individual who embodies the promise as did Jesus. First of all, simply find something that we like to do and do it ...

2265. A Frightening Friday

John 18:1-19:42

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... described as one? Except in jest and playfulness, we don't like any part of that word. Oh, we might like it applied to someone else who strongly disagrees with us or does something we can't tolerate. Even then, it has a way of cluttering up our understanding of religious and moral perceptions. We would just as soon it not appear in our dictionaries and vocabularies. In a sober moment of pondering, we admit that if we took it out, we would have to find another word to define what certainly is a fact of life ...

2266. Mary Magdalene’s Day

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... badge or medal could she be presented? We underestimate Mary at our own peril. She announced his resurrection. Our text says to us specifically that one of the disciples saw the empty tomb and believed. Yet, it also relates to us that they didn't understand the scripture that he must rise from the dead. So, there is no clear-cut announcement of the resurrection. It takes Mary Magdalene to do the announcing to the disciples. She reports, "I have seen the Lord." While we may get into heated conversations, it ...

2267. Those Who Doubt

John 20:19-31

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... such pressure? We might be tempted to run but where would we go? We do well to pursue the matter of Jesus' presence and our reaction. Not likely have many of us had an experience close to that of Thomas. That is not as relevant and timely as our understanding that the Lord comes to us and spiritually shows us his nail prints and wounded side. It is closely akin to the reception of the body and blood of our crucified Savior during Holy Communion. He comes to us in those simple and plain elements. He has done ...

2268. A Puzzling Parable with a Sharp Point

Luke 16:1-13

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... are stories to remember. If we let them do their job, they will come rushing out of the past and wake us up today. If we really listen to what Jesus is saying, we actualize the past and experience the power and presence of the Lord today. In order to understand this parable we need to "stand under" the lordship of the storyteller and hear the words as if we are hearing them addressed to us today. To hear a parable of Jesus in the right way, we must hear it from the inside, as participants. In his book, How ...

2269. Gratitude: A State of Mind

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

John Wayne Clarke

... does so with the intention that they will be healed before they reach their destination. It is important here for us to pause and understand what it meant to be a person in the time of Jesus who had such a disease. In our world, we may make an analogy ... . When they could not get to Jesus, Jesus got to them. When they could not come to him, he came to them, and we come to understand he will come to us, as well. Our reading shows clearly that all ten of the lepers were in the same position. They all wanted to ...

2270. Lean on Me

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

John Wayne Clarke

... would be pretty hard to erase the fact that it seems this judge has a well-earned reputation of being corrupt. It seems more honest to admit that the only way to reach this judge was by the insistence of this widow not being denied. Her example helps us to understand how important it is to set goals and not be defeated at the first sign that things may not go as easily as we may have hoped. One of the clear lessons from the parable is that when you are making plans, especially plans for God's kingdom, you ...

2271. Prayer - What’s in It for You?

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

John Wayne Clarke

... of the primary ways that Jesus taught his disciples was to speak to them in parables. He was able to help them better understand day-to-day living through the use of these colorful stories. Neatly woven within these stories were the fundamentals of life that we ... to be. He has already set the example and has allowed us a peek at what it is we are to be. He has allowed us to understand how it is we are to live life and why we are to live for him. This is good news! We all need to remember the simplicity ...

2272. The End of Time

Luke 21:5-19

Sermon

John Wayne Clarke

... . Some of them we know, were beaten, thrown in jail, and killed. But Jesus affirms for us that the ultimate security of his disciples is in God's hands. The people who persecuted the disciples and other Christians in the early years of the church failed to understand that in the end, God will fashion eternity. That is why we can take great comfort in Jesus' words, "By your endurance you will gain your souls." Hope for the future, hope for today, is worth living for. Making each day count even if it is just ...

2273. The Freedom to Interpret

John 8:31-36

Sermon

John Wayne Clarke

... a political or even philosophical sense, one can see how a very personal feeling of freedom comes with receiving the Word who has become flesh! And so, using Abraham as the ultimate model for Jewish piety and hospitality is a way of insuring that all people understand that the truth, in this case Jesus, has the power to set all people free. In this way, truth and freedom are Jesus Christ himself! Any reading of history will show us one thing for certain. You can kill people, but you cannot kill their ideas ...

2274. What Price Must We Pay?

Luke 6:20-31

Sermon

John Wayne Clarke

... to redo the price tags of our lives. Jesus teaches us that all of our old ideas about what we value are now being challenged. The fundamental value that we have placed on things in our lives and in the world around us has been switched. Jesus wants us to understand that values are what shape us, mold us, drive us, and define us. Today we live in a society that tells us on bumper stickers that, "He who dies with the most toys wins," and that is a problem. The choice is, "Am I going to be a giver or ...

2275. All Is New in Christ

John 11:4-6, Philippians 3:4-11

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... the shackles of the Israelites in bondage in Egypt through the work of God's servant, Moses. Later, God sent the judges and the prophets, people like Deborah and Esther, Isaiah and Jeremiah, to guide the people to a better life and understanding of God's way. Ezekiel, one of the major prophets, wrote to the Hebrews when they were in bondage again, this time in Babylon. Yes, the people suffered from physical confinement and isolation from their homeland, but the psychological bonds were probably greater ...

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