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1. A Life Hidden With Christ

Colossians 2:6-23

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Maxie Dunnam

... our deepest needs for forgiveness, for love, for community, and for a cause for which to live and die. Since we dealt extensively with it then, let's state the issue plainly again, and move on. The person whose life is "hid with Christ in God" is dead to sin because He is united with Christ's death which destroyed the power of sin over us. For us, like Paul, there must be finality about Christ making us victors over sin. There is something bold and defiant and jubilant about the way Paul spoke of death to ...

2. The Passion of the Christ – The Rest of the Story

Matthew 27:45-56

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James Merritt

... us from the curse pronounced by the law. When he was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing." (Galatians 3:13, NLT) I Peter 2:24 says, "He personally carried away our sins in his own body on the cross so we can be dead to sin and live for what is right." (I Peter 2:24, NLT) You need to understand that more awful than the pain of physical suffering that Jesus endured was the spiritual pain of bearing the guilt for our sins. He not only died for sin, he died in place of the ...

3. Assurance: The Privilage of All Believers

Romans 8:1-17

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Maxie Dunnam

... reason we must face it head on and talk about it. We affirmed last week that one of Wesley’s primary claims was that sanctifying grace gives us power over sin. Recall what we emphasized about that point. Paul said in Romans 6:11: “Consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to Christ Jesus.” In our scripture lesson today, Paul contended that “the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.” A saving perspective on these radical claims is gained when we ...

4. Standing Up To Death

Romans 6:1-14, Psalm 90:1-17

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Robert Noblett

... Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life." (Romans 6:3-4) "So you must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Jesus Christ." (Romans 6:11) "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." It is wholly possible for a person to be, organically speaking, disease free and be dead on a ...

5. Living Between D-day And V-day

Romans 6:1-14

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King Duncan

... we walk out of the doors of this building, his power and his purpose seem awfully remote from our lives. That is living between D-day and V-day. St. Paul calls us to a new life in Christ in the sixth chapter of Romans. He calls us to be dead to sin and alive to God. Can you imagine what that might be like? Can you imagine how wonderful a life free from sin would be? Someone once said that a good husband is one who isn't worried when he talks in his sleep. That's what a sin free life ...

6. Tripping the Tempter

James 1:1-18

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Eric Ritz

... why we must overcome daily with the Spirit''s sword--the Bible. We do not need to yield to sin''s power. We can be victors--not victims. Temptation''s hold has been broken and Christ is now Lord of our lives. By faith, we can count ourselves dead to sin and temptation and rely on God''s power to keep us. Let me explain it this way. A missionary in Africa was riding his horse along a narrow path through the jungle. Suddenly the horse stopped and refused to proceed. The missionary got down from the horse to ...

7. The Lazarus Experience

John 11:17-44

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April Yamasaki

... cause breath to enter you, and you shall live" (37:5). Right before Ezekiel's eyes, the valley of bones comes to life and is assembled into a vast army. That's the resurrection power of God -- to bring life out of death. Romans 8 talks about being dead to sin, but alive in the Holy Spirit, dead to our old way of life but alive in righteousness. Death is replaced by life and peace. That's the resurrection power of God. This is the same power that Jesus demonstrates by raising Lazarus from the dead, the same ...

8. New Life From Old

1 John 2:28--3:10

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Mark J. Molldrem

... does God give us only a far-flung hope into the future. God also gives us a present experience of new life from old. We are children of God, John writes. That is present tense reality. Paul expressed it this way, "You must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus." Two caterpillars were crawling across the grass when they saw a butterfly flutter above them. One nudged the other and said, "You couldn't get me up in one of those things for a million dollars!" Poor little caterpillars ...

9. God Isn’t Dead - Death Is Dead

Mark 16:1-20

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Charles L. Koester

... 2,000 years ago, and it is a living reality here and now. Christ lived, died, and rose again to open up new possibilities for living your life. Today you can live your life restored to God. A sinner, yes, but a forgiven and loved sinner. Dead to sin, alive to God. In all, God has now given you freedom from all those things that kill the joy of life and make it dismal and meaningless. Because death is dead, in Christ you have freedom from fear, anxiety, uncertainty, frustration; and all the other things ...

10. Faking It or Making It?

Matthew 16:21-28

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King Duncan

... ’s bizarre that anyone would try to fake their own death. But I wonder if Jesus were to come into our church today, he might accuse us of doing that very thing. Remember in Ephesians 2 St. Paul wrote that we are to be dead to sin and alive to Christ. Think about that for a moment. Dead to sin—alive to Christ. This is to say that Jesus is calling us to begin a new life—not by faking our death, but by giving ourselves to a whole new way of living—a life of discipleship. Jesus and his disciples are at ...

11. Living with Integrity

Galatians 2:15-21

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April Yamasaki

... clear — it was not keeping the law that made a person right with God, but justification came by faith in Jesus Christ. The crucifixion of Christ had changed everything! His resurrection had changed everything! So now all who have faith in him are dead to the law and dead to sin and live in newness of life before God. As Paul writes later in Galatians 3:28, "There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus." In ...

12. Pastor, Don't Talk About That!

Romans 6:1-14

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King Duncan

... a study of this very teaching concerning dying to sin. One of the women is speaking. “Well,” she says, “I haven’t actually died to sin, but I did feel kind of faint once.” (3) That’s where many people are today. We’re not quite dead to sin; we’re merely a little faint. And many of us are hurting. For example, I read recently that twenty million people in this country are dealing with some sort of addiction. That’s an astounding figure, twenty million. I know it’s not a popular question ...

13. What Heaven Will Be Like

Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

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King Duncan & Angela Akers

... ’s Laughter in the House of God: Humorous Anecdotes about Churches, Clergy, and the World of Religion (Kindle Locations 1186-1187). Kindle Edition. 4. Dennis Davidson, http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/the-two-masters-of-man-dennis-davidson-sermon-on-dead-to-sin-160540.asp?Page=1. 5. “An old Virginia plantation, a new owner and a family legacy unveiled” by Joe Heim Washingtonpost.com January 22, 2022. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/01/22/virginia-plantation-slavery-owners-history/. 6 ...

14. His Last Command ... Our First Concern!

Matthew 28:16-20

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Stephen M. Crotts

... life in Christ. To leave the baptistry now he must climb three steps, each one marked by a word: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. So it is that a new creature is born, a new breed of man, a citizen of a new kingdom, a breed apart. Dead to sin, he is alive to God and sent forth to grow and love and give light to a lost and dying world. He doesn't do it alone. He does it in little communities called the church in which people demonstrate, in their way of being together, God's eternal kingdom ...

15. Grace: Amazing or Mystifying?

Romans 3:21-31

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King Duncan

... covered? Even Paul wrestled with this question. In Romans 6 he asks rhetorically that, since where sin abounds even more grace abounds, shall we continue to sin so that even more grace will abound? And the answer is of course not. How can we who are dead to sin, asks St. Paul, continue to do sin? Still, on a theoretical basis, the answer is not quite so clear in Scripture. Grace is both amazing and mystifying. Through faith in Christ we are washed totally of our sins. They have been buried in the depths of ...

16. What Really Matters

Philippians 3:1-11

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Maxie Dunnam

... to life, that is, we must yield our lives to a process of letting the old person die, in order that a new person might be born. And that’s an ongoing process. Death and resurrection is a part of every day living. I must consider myself dead to sin, and alive to God. I must allow the Spirit to renew my inner nature, and transform me from stage to stage, into the likeness of Christ. And that leads to the final meaning of knowing Christ – resurrection from the dead. Paul doesn’t stop with what matters ...

17. Grand Opening

Matthew 2:1-12

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Robert J. Elder

... in Christ is revealed truth. The one who was called "king of the Jews" by the magi before their arrival in Bethlehem, must ever after be called "Savior of the world," or it is a futile gospel that we preach. Paul said, "So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus" (Romans 6:11). The dying to sin is not to be discounted — it is real. Paul Stookey, of the Peter, Paul, and Mary trio, said that once upon a time the most popular magazine in our country was called Life ...

18. Deadly Sins - A Matter Of Sutton's Law

Romans 7:14-25

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R. Curtis Fussell

You have said it before and I have, too, to a friend, your husband or wife: "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to say that. I'm just not myself today." And then maybe you have heard it said: "He's not really a bad boy; he's just trying to find himself." Or perhaps you have used this expression: "He's not human, he's an animal." Perhaps also you have said this about your boss: "He thinks he's God Almighty."1 All these expressions describe the contradiction that plagues all of us -- that I am not, you are not, what ...

19. Pride: The Deadliest of the Seven Deadly Sins

Luke 18:9-14

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R. Curtis Fussell

Girolamo Savonarola was one of the great preachers of the fifteenth century. He preached in the great cathedral of Florence, Italy, which contained a magnificent marble statue of the blessed virgin Mary. When Savonarola started preaching at this great cathedral, he noticed one day an elderly woman praying before this statue of Mary. He then began to notice that it was her habit to come every day and pray before the statue. Savonarola remarked one day to an elderly priest who had been serving in the ...

20. Envy - Where Is The Grass Greener?

Gn 4:1-26, Mt 20:1-16, Philip 4:10-20

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R. Curtis Fussell

I have a friend by the name of Robert who has always enjoyed playing jokes, especially at the expense of others. One day Robert was expecting a visit from his childhood friend Larry, whom he hadn't seen in over ten years. In their teens Robert and Larry had a friendly rivalry going between them. So Robert came up with this idea of trying to impress Larry that he had become extremely wealthy. There was a very exclusive neighborhood in town with many magnificent homes which would be ideal for this scheme. ...

21. Lust - To Discipline The Eye And The Heart

Matthew 5:27-30

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R. Curtis Fussell

Jesus and his disciples were in a foreign land, the land of Samaria. It had once been recognized as the birthplace and capital of the Jewish faith. It was in Samaria and at Shechem that God told Abraham that the land would belong to his descendants. But later the Israelites were defeated by the Assyrians, who then settled in the land and mixed with the population. So in Jesus' day the people of Israel viewed the Samaritans as half-breeds and false worshipers. Jesus' parable of the "good Samaritan" was a ...

22. Gluttony - Living By Bread And The Word Of God

Mark 6:30-44, 1 Timothy 4:1-16

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R. Curtis Fussell

Every day at about 10:30 in the morning and then about 3:30 in the afternoon, I need a little snack to keep me going. A cookie or some pretzels, some quick and easy snack to get rid of a growling stomach; something to give me a boost so I can get my work done. If I go too long without some snack food, I get to feeling run down. I even become grumpy and irritable. Then I can't do my work because I'm thinking about food. Eating food is, of course, a necessity of life. We need food to live, to do our work; we ...

23. Anger - Eleven Ways To Blow Up, Seven Ways To Cool Off

Matthew 5:21-26

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R. Curtis Fussell

What is your AQ? Not your IQ, which is your so-called intelligence quotient, but your AQ, your Anger Quota? Everyone has an AQ. Everyone has a point, a threshold, whatever you call it. If the right buttons are hit, you will get angry and start to growl, and that's your AQ, your Anger Quota. Of course, you and the people sitting around you don't look like you could be angry. As far as you and I can tell, everyone here looks calm, relaxed, quiet, and composed. But under that cool composure there's the ...

24. The Seven Deadly Fears

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

Probably all of us know someone who has a phobia of some kind or another. Someone who is afraid of small, enclosed areas - they're claustrophobic. Someone who is afraid of wide open, sweeping spaces - they're agoraphobic. There are phobias named for fearing heights, depths, snakes, spiders, clowns, dirt, cats, dogs. (You might want to make this a karaoke moment and get your people talking about their own fears.) In fact, almost everything, real or imagined, has rated a phobia listing. FDR even gave fear ...

25. Greed - Putting Things In Their Proper Perspective

Matthew 6:25-34

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R. Curtis Fussell

Mr. Jones had a job that gave him a comfortable income. He enjoyed fishing and motorhome camping. Every year or so he would buy a new combination fish and ski boat, not some little dinghy, but a really nice, fancy boat. Every couple of years Mr. Jones would buy a new motorhome camper. It was obvious that several other men in the neighborhood envied Mr. Jones and tried to keep up with his new toys. They too would buy and sell boats and campers. It was obvious that keeping up with Mr. Jones was a priority in ...

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