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2326. Finding the Courage to Believe

John 20:24-31

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J. Howard Olds

... the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said “Peace be with you." And then he said to Thomas. “Put your finger here, see my hands. Reach out you hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe." Thomas said to him “My Lord and My God." An affirmation of faith. Standing somewhere in the shadows, you'll find Jesus He's the one who always cares and understands Standing somewhere in the shadows, you'll find Jesus And you'll know him by the nail prints in his hands. Did you ...

2327. Mulliganeers, All

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Singer 2: God's a god of love. All: And right now, He's gonna lend a helping hand from up above! Choir: Praise the Lord! He's the God of second chances! You'll be floored how His love your life enhances! You can be restored from your darkest circumstances ... sorry for all the stuff you do Singer 2: We know that He'll be ready with a second chance for you! Choir: Praise the Lord! He's the God of second chances! You'll be floored how His love your life enhances! You can be restored from your darkest circumstances ...

2328. Reversal and Victory

Judges 4:1-7

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Timothy J. Smith

... the people leading them into the promised land. And the people repaid God by repeatedly doing what was "evil in the sight of the Lord." The natural tendency for us is to frown upon the ancient Israelites who kept falling into the same old trap. It is easy to ... was pleasing in God's sight. There is no telling how God might use our lives when we open ourselves to God. When we pray the Lord's Prayer we pray, "Thy will be done." The problem is that frequently we insist on doing things our own way, and when we do, ...

2329. Dare to Be Different

Romans 13:11-14

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John N. Brittain

... for us]. Let us then lay aside the works of darkness and [let us] put on the armor of light; let us live honorably as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarrelling and jealousy. Instead, [y'all] put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.Besides this, y'all know what time it is, how it is now the moment for y'all to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers; the night ...

2330. He Ascended Into Heaven

Acts 1:1-11

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David E. Leininger

... one who walked the dusty roads of Palestine, who had no place to lay his head, who emptied himself in obedience all the way to the cross. That was not the end of the story, of course. Hallelujah — he who died to be our Savior now lives to be our Lord. "He ascended into heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father almighty." Do you believe it? Then it will make a difference in the way you live because what we believe determines how we behave. How do we behave in honoring such a cosmic king as ...

2331. On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!

Mark 1:9-15

Sermon

John Smylie

... . But perhaps the muddy waters are a better image for us to reflect upon as we consider the wonder of Jesus being baptized. Perhaps it's a better image because so much of human life is not crystal-clear and sparkling but rather muddy, and earthy and often confused. Our Lord enters the real and challenging human condition that we all face. He does not deny it, he does not brush over it rather he goes in the midst of it, is washed within it, and comes up from it to meet a dove and hear a voice from heaven. In ...

2332. All Is Restored?

Job 42:1-17

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... the nature and character of God, is there any gospel to be found? Where is the good news? One way to go at it would to be to look at the verses in the narrative which are omitted by the lectionary. After the Lord had spoken these words to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite: 7After the LORD had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has. 8So now take seven bulls and seven ...

2333. God Begins Anew

Jeremiah 31:31-34

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Robert A. Hausman

... of law more than gospel and it is futuristic rather than realized. Still, it does speak of the sure saving will of God! It is that will which will result in a new covenant to go with the new act of salvation about to be accomplished by the Lord, namely the return from exile. That saving will of God is phrased beautifully in verse 34, "for I will forgive their iniquity and remember their sin no more." When we trust in that promise, we will know the freedom so essential to the Reformation. That great freedom ...

2334. Athanasian Creed

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Brett Blair

... in their unity and their unity in their trinity. Anyone then who desires to be saved should think thus about the trinity. But it is necessary for eternal salvation that one also believe in the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ faithfully. Now this is the true faith: That we believe and confess that our Lord Jesus Christ, God's Son, is both God and human, equally. He is God from the essence of the Father, begotten before time; and he is human from the essence of his mother, born in time; completely God ...

2335. Lordship of Christ

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Charles Hodge

... , an incommunicable name of God, and the substitute for Jehovah, a name the Jews would not pronounce. It is in this sense that Christ is 'the Lord, the Lord of Lords, the Lord God'; Lord in that sense in which God alone can be Lord having a dominion of which divine perfection is the only adequate or possible foundation. This is the reason why no one can call him Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. It is a confession which implies the apprehension of the glory of God as it shines in Him. It is an acknowledgement ...

2336. Give It Up

Romans 9:30--10:21

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Leonard Sweet

... “confessing Christ” in the first century meant many real, physical changes. It meant being ostracized from one’s birth community — whether Jew or Gentile. For Gentiles it meant being kicked out of “political correctness” — one could not call the Roman rulers “Lord” after proclaiming Christ to be the one and only saving Deity. For Jews embracing Jesus as the Messiah meant a one-way ticket out of the synagogue, out of the kosher-community, out of the hallowed halls and history of the chosen ...

2337. Stargazing, Naval Gazing, and Other Waiting Games

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Tony Everett

... in your busy life? What goes through your mind when you discover that you are powerless to restore order in a confusing and scary situation? These are the two essential Ascension Day questions that our text addresses. In the first, the apostles ask Jesus, “Lord, is this the time when you restore the kingdom to Israel?” (Acts 1:6). In the next, two angels ask the apostles, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven?” (Acts 1:11). Now remember, each of these questions emerged from ...

2338. Around the Family Table

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... for the family of Christ. Tonight we put aside all differences, all worldly concerns, and we focus on Christ as the head of our family. Our scripture is the earliest description we have of this family meal. “For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you,” writes St. Paul. “The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, ‘This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.’ In the same way, after supper he took ...

2339. The God of Second Chances

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

King Duncan

... thing about God, isn’t it? God is a God of second and third and even fourth chances. One night in a church service a young woman felt the tug of the Holy Spirit in her heart. She responded to God’s call and accepted Jesus as her Lord and Savior. The young woman had a very rough past, involving alcohol, drugs and prostitution. But, the change in her was evident. As time went on she became a faithful member of the church. She eventually became involved in the ministry teaching young children. It was not ...

2340. About Getting Drunk

Ephesians 5:15-20

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King Duncan

... our experience of Christ. The dominant theme of anyone under the influence of Christ or the Holy Spirit ought to be one of joy. We sing because our hearts are filled with joy and we feel better when we sing. The psalmist writes, “I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations” (Psalm 89:1). I’m not going to ask how many of you sometimes put a CD of your favorite tunes on while driving down the road, then wonder how silly you ...

2341. Manasseh King of Judah

2 Chronicles 33:1-20

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

... flow of the narrative from this point by not reporting what “the LORD said through his servants the prophets” (as in Kings), but rather substituting this with the short phrase the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention. This ... leads to Manasseh’s exile. 33:11–13 These verses, which belong to the Chronicler’s own material, describe how the LORD brought against them the army commanders of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh prisoner (33:11) and humiliated him by putting ...

2342. Peter at Cornelius’ House

Acts 10:23b-48

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... the prophets (spoken of collectively as in 3:18) had seen beforehand (v. 43). They, of course, had thought of God as the one who would save, but the right to have mercy and to freely pardon (Isa. 55:7) had passed to Jesus when God made him “Lord and Christ” (2:36). On this high note, though unintentionally, the speech came to an end. 10:44 While Peter was still speaking (his “began” in 11:15 may simply mean that he had not finished), the Holy Spirit came on all who heard the message. A comparison ...

2343. Accusations

2 Corinthians 10:1-18

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... the same time, are legitimately part of the jurisdiction divinely allotted to him. 10:17–18 Paul sums up his point in this subsection (vv. 12–18) by citing an OT prooftext and explaining its significance. The citation is drawn from Jeremiah 9:23–24 LXX: ‘Thus says the Lord, ‘Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, and let not the strong man boast in his strength, and let not the rich man boast in his wealth. But rather let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows that I am the ...

2344. Wives and Husbands

Ephesians 5:22-33

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... them of Christ’s concern for each one of them. Foulkes finds a helpful analogy from the vine and the branches in John 15: “As in the divine purpose the wife becomes part of the very life of her husband, and he nourishes and cherishes her, even so the Lord does to us as members of Himself, part of His own life that he has joined to Himself” (Foulkes, p. 161). 5:31 The OT verse (Gen. 2:24) from which the author has been drawing his imagery is finally quoted. It confirms the thoughts that he has been ...

2345. Final Greetings

2 Thessalonians 3:16-18

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... Colossians 4:18 and Philemon 19. In this instance, it may have been prompted by the possibility that a spurious letter was circulating in his name, causing the problem with which he had to deal in 2:1–12 (see disc. on 2:2). 3:18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Apart from the addition of all, this grace is identical with that of the first letter (5:28), and it is completely identical in Greek with Romans 16:24, which however is not found in the best texts of that letter (for grace, see ...

2346. Paul's Charge to Timothy

1 Timothy 6:11-21

Understanding Series

Gordon D. Fee

... 2), Paul “Christianizes” all the formal elements of the ancient letter. Thus he prays for grace to be with them. Only here and in Colossians is it so terse. Since the source of grace is not in the text, and in the other letters it is the “grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,” that is probably his intent here as well. The final “amen” in the KJV is not in the earlier manuscripts; it was added at a later time when the letter was regularly read in church as a part of Scripture. Thus 1 Timothy comes to a ...

2347. Trials and Temptations

James 1:1-18, James 1:19-27

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

... -minded man, unstable in all he does. The pre-Christian Jew Sirach had already said, “My son, disobey not the fear of the Lord, and approach it not with a double heart” (1:28), and, “Woe unto the fearful hearts and faint hands, and unto the sinner ... figure of the swaying wave was popular in Jewish and Greek literature, e.g., Sirach 33:1–3: No evil befalls the man who fears the Lord, but in trial he will deliver him again and again. A wise man will not hate the law, but he who is hypocritical about it ...

2348. The Altar of Burnt Offering

Exodus 27:1-8

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

... cubits long and five cubits wide (7.5 ft.) and three cubits high (4.5 ft.). There is no information about the shape and length of the horn at each of the four corners. The carved wooden horns provided a place to demonstrate proper public acknowledgment to the Lord for the life of the animal (29:12). The bronze network grating was more than a simple grill grate. It probably had two or three tiers and held the firepans, and the meat above that. In this way the heat would be elevated above the heat-vulnerable ...

2349. Ai Destroyed

Joshua 8:1-29

Understanding Series

J. Gordon Harris

... to Joshua, Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged [lit. dismayed]. Take the whole army [lit. people of war] with you, and go up and attack Ai. For I have delivered into your hands the king of Ai, his people, his city and his land (8:1). The Lord instructed Joshua about rules of plunder for Ai. The king of Ai and its residents would be killed, but the army could keep the spoils and domestic animals seized there. Ironically, if Achan had waited, he could have taken booty from Ai. Jericho was to be a whole ...

2350. The Vision of Obadiah

Obadiah 1:1-21

Understanding Series

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... and destruction, leaving perhaps a remnant of its people (cf. Amos 5:18–20; Isa. 2:6–22; Ezek. 7:5–27; Joel 1:1–15; 2:1–11; Mal. 4:5). Obadiah reverses that usual prophetic picture of gloom and declares that the day of the Lord will be a time of salvation for the chosen people, while Edom, and indeed all of Israel’s enemies, will be no more, verse 16. Obadiah uses two traditional pictures in these verses. First, he employs what scholars have called a “synthetic view” of sin, in which ...

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