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Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... five senses? By keeping God’s commandments, that’s how. "For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments," says John (1 John 5:3) - and Paul agrees when he says, "Therefore love is the fulfilling of the law." If we honestly want to pay our debt of love to God, we love to obey God in all possible ways. We will not steal, not because we are afraid of getting caught, but because we love God too much ever to wound his fatherly heart. We will not commit adultery, not because we are worried about ...

2. Don't Sweat the Sin Debt

John 19:30

Sermon

James Merritt

... the cross when he said, "It is finished!" What He literally said was "Paid in full!" The devil does not want you to know your sin debt has been paid in full. He wants you to continue to go to the bank of guilt and make a payment on the mortgage of ... his safe and got out his own small amount of money. As he sat there and looked at his small amount of money and the great debt on the books, he knew he would be disgraced. The young man determined he was going to take his life. He pulled out his revolver, placed ...

3. The Year of Canceling Debts

Deuteronomy 15:1-11

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... adds some modification, and reinforces it with motivational preaching. The original law (Exod. 23:10f.) prescribed a sabbatical fallow year on the land. The similarity of the two laws is not easy to see in the NIV, but the Hebrew phrase translated you must cancel debts in Deuteronomy 15:1 uses the same word as that translated “let the land lie unplowed” in Exodus 23:11. It is the root šmṭ, meaning “to release.” So, in Exodus, the law prescribes, “For six years you are to [work the land], but in ...

4. A Great Debt

Romans 8:12

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... ) Hmm. That’s nice. I hope you enjoy it. I would like to have my twenty dollars back now. (response) What do you mean you don’t have it? (response) I know you purchased something with it, but that’s not my problem! (response) You are in debt 20 dollars. Do you know what that means? (response) If they suggest you get your money from the store keeper: I can’t get my money from the storekeeper. It’s the storekeeper’s twenty-dollar bill now. You’re the one who owes me twenty dollars! (response ...

5. The Debt of Love

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... help each of us discover the full joy of our commitment to Christ. Our lesson today from St. Paul’s letter to the church at Rome gets right at the heart of our Christian faith. Listen closely to his words: “Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. The commandments, ‘You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,’ and whatever other command there may be, are summed up ...

6. Forgive Us Our Debts

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Brett Blair

... the man would not hear of it and he had him thrown into jail. This story got back to the king who went into a rage. He called in the forgiven servant and said that because of his conduct, he was now to be thrown into jail. His original debt was reinstated. Now the question is, what was Jesus attempting to say to Simon Peter? Through this parable Jesus says Peter you can be forgiven. But, forgiveness carries a heavy price. And, a forgiven soul should be a forgiving soul. I Let’s look at the first: Jesus ...

7. Cancelling Debts, Servants and Animals

Deut 15:1-23

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... Mark 14:7) are probably taken from Deuteronomy 15:11. The seventh year is also a year of emancipation of indentured Hebrew slaves (15:12–18). Israelites could indenture themselves for a maximum of six years (their land could not be used as collateral on debts since God owned the land). Since the whole nation has once been slaves in Egypt, but were redeemed by the Lord, they too must act accordingly (15:15). Some versions, such as the KJV and NIV, translate in verse 18 “double” or “twice,” but here ...

8. A Parent’s Debt

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

Thomas Slavens

... church in Rome Paul said, “Owe no one anything, except to love one another.” Parents can dominate their children’s lives. They can over-indulge their children. But can they love, that is seek the good of a child, too much? That is one debt never paid, the debt of love. What parents owe their children is love. Parents owe their children love by caring for their physical needs. In a museum in Chicago one wing houses a display of the story of humankind. One of the first scenes depicts a cave family. In ...

9. Debts in Roman Society

Matthew 18:21-35

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James R. Davis

... or of members of the debtor's family as surety of payment. Roman law provided punishment by imprisonment to the debtors. The reason for imprisonment and cruel treatment was to force the debtor to sell whatever property he might secretly own, or to have the debtor's relatives pay his debt. The creditor would demand slave labor of the entire family so that the debt might be worked off. There were legal restrictions to prevent extreme cruelty, but in spite of the laws the entire system of ...

10. Faced with Debt

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Staff

... a half million dollars. A publishing firm he had invested in had collapsed. He might have taken bankruptcy, but shrank from the stain. From his creditors he asked only time. Thus began his race with death, a valiant effort to pay off the debt before he died. To be able to write free from interruptions, Scott withdrew to a small rooming house in Edinburgh. He had left his dying wife, Charlotte behind in the country. "It withered my heart," he wrote in his diary, but his presence could avail her nothing now ...

11. In His Debt

Matthew 23:1-39

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... 's ridiculous. Just by bringing my gift I am proving I'm not selfish. GUY: Certainly not. The reason you brought your gift is in your heart and the reason is you're selfish. You thought by giving your gift God would be in your debt. Well, it doesn't work like that. We are eternally in His debt. LES: Well, if that's your attitude I'm leaving and I'll just take my gift with me. You'll come asking for it someday. You'll see. You'll see. (HE EXITS) GUY: I'll see. Yes, I'll see. (EXITS)

12. Forgive Us Our Debts - Sermon Starter

Matthew 18:21-35

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Brett Blair

... his servants. He found one who owed him 10,000 talents and, because he could not pay, he was about to have him thrown into jail and his wife and children sold into slavery. In response to the man's pathetic pleadings, however, he forgave him the entire debt. Whereupon that forgiven servant went to a fellow servant who owed him 100 denarii, a very small sum of money, and demanded payment. He pleaded for extra time, an extension, but the man would not hear of it and he had him thrown into jail. This story got ...

13. Till Debt Do Us Part

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Probably one of the big reasons for divorce is that the bride and groom think the minister said, "Till debt do us part."

14. The Debt We Owe

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David Livingstone

People talk of the sacrifice I have made in spending so much of my life in Africa. Can that be called a sacrifice which is simply acknowledging a great debt we owe to our God, which we can never repay? Is that a sacrifice which brings its own reward in healthful activity, the consciousness of doing good, peace of mind, and a bright hope of a glorious destiny? It is emphatically no sacrifice. Rather it is a privilege. Anxiety, sickness, ...

15. Proper 19

Matthew 18:21-35, Romans 14:1--15:13, Exodus 13:17--14:31, Psalm 114:1-8

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... forgiveness in the Lord's Prayer. Matthew 14:14. The compassion of Jesus on the people who were sick. Matthew 20:34. The compassion of Jesus for the blind men of Jericho. Luke 7:41-43. A somewhat parallel parable about the contrast between two persons with debts of varying magnitude. Ephesians 4:32. Paul's call to forgive one another as Christ has forgiven us. CONTENT Precis of the Parable The first part of the parable begins with a king who had a deputy or governor of a district. The amount of income for ...

16. A Few Remaining Tremors

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

James Merritt

... master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.” (Matthew 18: 23-25, ESV) Just as we used to have in this country hundreds of years ago, in Bible days, there were debtor’s prisons. People that owed debts they couldn’t repay were thrown in prison. Here was a man who owed the king a great sum of money. He is brought before the king who is demanding pay. The problem was not that the man owed money, but what he owed that was so staggering. He owed ...

17. To the Rescue

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

James Merritt

... the Bible fits together. It all comes together in Jesus. Rolls Royce has a policy. The only place a Rolls Royce automobile can be repaired is in the factory where that Rolls Royce was made. The only one capable of taking care of our sin problem and paying our sin debt is God himself and He did it at the cross. How do we know that God accepted the payment? How do we know the check didn’t bounce? How do we know it cleared? Because of the resurrection. When God raised Jesus from the dead it was His way of ...

18. Good News! You Are Going To Be Tortured

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Roger G. Talbott

... it means to forgive from the heart. It often comes after months, maybe years, of pain. The pain forces us to find a way to end the pain. We finally figure out that the only way to end the pain is to let people off the hook -- to cancel their debts. Peace is knowing deep in our hearts that nobody owes us anything. Our families don't owe us anything. Our church doesn't owe us anything. Our employer doesn't owe us anything. Our country doesn't owe us anything. Life itself doesn't owe us anything. When we say ...

19. Don't Forget to Forgive

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

James Merritt

... his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him." (v.34) When the king hears about the hypocrisy and the wicked hatefulness of this man, he immediately has him thrown back into prison, and the man is back in debt. The next time you find it hard to forgive someone, keep this in mind: Forgiveness is as much for us as it is for the other person. If you can't forgive, it's like holding a hot coal in your hand; you're the one getting burned. Don't ...

20. The Lord's Prayer: Please Forgive Us as We Forgive

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... can only be carried out as we make our fellowship of faith a place where people are loved and accepted. "Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors." As Robert Louis Stevenson knew, those are more than just words. They are a genuine commitment to follow ... that kind of commitment evident in your life? If it is not, then by God's grace, you can pray, "Father, forgive me MY debts and give me the spirit of Jesus that will help me forgive others." Let us pray. O God, we confess that ours are not forgiving ...

21. Start at the Epicenter

1 John 1:5--2:14

Sermon

James Merritt

... Wouldn’t you love to be able to call up your credit card company and say, “Would you mind just forgetting and forgiving this debt?” And they say, “Sure. No problem.” Wouldn’t you love to go to the bank with your mortgage and say, “I now realize ... every time He forgives us. Whether you realize it or not, when you are going to God you are admitting you’ve incurred another sin debt and you are asking Him to cancel it. Why is God willing to do that and how do we know that He will always do that ...

22. As Long As It Is Day!

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... withered grass. That's what sin does to us! Put the lid back down on the grass. Does the grass have the power to remove the lid all by itself? No. That's impossible. And again, we are like the man in our text with an impossible debt to the king. We are helpless to free ourselves. Finish the experiment. Take the lid away. The bugs flee. The grass begins to receive sunshine and moisture. Its health is revived, restored. It is literally forgiven, let loose from bondage and decay. Forgiveness is just like that ...

23. Proper 19

Exodus 13:17--14:31, Romans 14:1--15:13, Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... . Because of his death and resurrection, he is Lord of the living and the dead. Through redemption we are bought with a price. This means God has taken us sinners and forgiven us for Jesus' sake. Here we see how great was the King's mercy, how great a debt he forgave. 3. Account (v. 12). Some people think they can get away with murder. For them death puts them past any human court of justice. Since we are the Lord's and we live and die in the Lord, we are therefore accountable as creatures to our Creator ...

24. Fiscal Fitness

Proverbs 3:9-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... hours not saying a word. Finally, he looked up and said to his wife, "Honey, if we continue to save at our present rate, by the time I retire we are going to owe $700,000. Keep in mind that debt is the opposite of savings. The reason is simple: You either earn interest or you pay interest. Savings earn interest, debt pays interest. I know it is difficult for many families to save. But I want to encourage you to begin right now. The fact is, if we got by with less today, we could save up more for tomorrow. d ...

25. Community Discourse: Lavish Forgiveness in the Kingdom

Matthew 18:21-35

Teach the Text

Jeannine K. Brown

... second servant’s omission of “everything.” 18:30 he . . . had the man thrown into prison. On being put in prison to repay a debt, see 5:25–26 (see also 2 Kings 4:1; Isa. 50:1). 18:33 Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow ... jailers to be tortured. The first judgment of the master toward the servant was to sell him and his family into servitude to repay the debt (18:25). This last judgment is far worse. The imagery of torture in prison is a detail of the parable meant to heighten its impact ...

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