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Synonyms: take action, take steps, take measures, take the initiative, move, make a move, react, do something, proceed, go ahead, behave, function, perform, operate, work, take effect, serve, be efficacious, play, play a part, take part, be an actor, be an actress, be one of the cast, appear, pretend, play-act, sham, fake, feign, put it on, bluff, pose, posture, masquerade, dissemble, dissimulate, deed, action, gesture, feat, exploit, performance, undertaking, maneuver, stunt, operation, venture, effort, enterprise, achievement, accomplishment, law, decree, statute, bill, Act of Parliament, edict, fiat, dictum, dictate, enactment, resolution, ruling, rule, judgement, canon, ordinance, proclamation, command, commandment, mandate, measure, stipulation, direction, requirement, division, section, subsection, portion, part, segment, component, bit, turn, routine, number, item, piece, sketch, skit, playlet, dance, song, pretense, false display, show, front, facade, charade, guise, affectation, appearance

Antonyms: do nothing

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1. Creeds or Deeds

Mark 7:1-23

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Brett Blair

... married to a husband who always is thoughtful and courteous, or to a wife who always is gracious in her comments and deeds. It is wonderful to have a son or daughter who shows respect and uses good manners. As wonderful as those situations are ... a good habit and leave behind a good heart. What is Jesus’ warning to us? I Jesus is warning us not to prefer creeds to deeds. I like the story about Queen Victoria who was at a diplomatic reception in London. The guest of honor was an African chieftain. All went ...

2. Genuine Imitations

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

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Raymond Gibson

... on the Mount become reality. "Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven" (Matthew 5:16). It has been observed that Christians are saved by grace through faith, but it is by their deeds that they are judged. Jeremiah, the greatest of the Old Testament prophets, had this in mind when he asked, "Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?" (Jeremiah 7:17). This also was the primary point of ...

3. God So Loved the World

John 3:1-21

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Richard A. Jensen

... say, it is no longer my darkness that lives but Christ’s light that dwells within me. My new life of faith, our new life of faith, has been wrought in God. That is John’s expression. Our born again life has been wrought in God. Our enlightened deeds have been wrought in God. We are partakers in eternal life that has been wrought in God. All this has happened for us, all this has happened in us because, "God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish ...

4. Advertised Goodness

Matthew 6:1-2, Matthew 6:5-6

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... contribute $100,000 to the church or the Salvation Army. Mind you, we would still accept such a tawdry gift, but its power to advance the Kingdom would be severely limited. But someone might respond, "Bill, aren't there certain occasions when we should do our good deeds publicly? Did not Jesus say in Matthew 5:16, "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven?" Oh, there you go again, knowing your Bible so well that you can catch your preacher ...

5. God's Verdict Upon The World (Looking At The World Through The Eyes of God)

John 3:1-21

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Brett Blair

... . They had not previously known one another. Live combat broadcast worldwide had brought them together. What kind of world have we fashioned? What must God think of us? It is a morbid destructive tendency in all of us to want to watch war. We dabble in the diabolical deeds of others and we call it news, staying informed. My, how we love to live in the shadows! What must God think of us? Here is his verdict, as true today as when it was pronounced 2000 years ago: Light has come into the world, but men loved ...

6. Hate Evil

John 3:1-21

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Harry N. Huxhold

... selfish behavior of people is evil. No matter how pious or how religious people may sound in the doing of that which is aimed at elevating oneself, it is evil. The Analogy Because the condition of the world is so perishable that it can produce only evil deeds in its darkened condition, only God could rescue it. God did that in the sending of our Lord Jesus Christ. The analogy of why God had to do so is expressed by the brazen serpent that Moses lifted in the wilderness. The imminent threat of death present ...

7. Looking at the World through the Eyes of God

John 3:1-21

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Brett Blair

... in our hearts. My, how we love to live in the shadows! What must God think of us? Here is his verdict, as true today as it was when it was pronounced 2000 years ago: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light, because their deeds were evil. This is Jesus’ description of mankind. And can any of us argue with him? For a few moments let’s look at the world through the eyes of God. What does He see? I. First there are those who acknowledge not the darkness. God sees all those ...

8. Sabotaging The Sabath

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Richard Patt

... had ever been a fire in the house. Her children had good intentions but carried them too far. The sabbath, too, needs to be guarded, but the religious leaders of Jesus' day carried things too far. Then, secondly, we can notice in this story how a deed that is beautiful and good in itself can cause contention. Isn't it amazing that anyone would have complained about the helpful, graceful act Jesus did here? Think of it, this woman in the story had borne her infirmity for eighteen years. To have someone come ...

9. On Doing the Truth

John 3:14-21

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Donald B. Strobe

... of old, new light into darkness, Jesus says “those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God.” (John 3:21) “Those who do what is true.” That’s a very peculiar use of words, isn’t it? ... God, whether in life or in death, alone makes a Christian.” In other words, our creeds must be backed by our deeds - else, what good are they? During the terrible winter at Valley Forge attending the birth-pangs of our country, a government ...

10. Voluntary Blindness

Matthew 6:1-15

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Herchel H. Sheets

... let our lights "shine before men." So we can be sure that he was not here advising us to put our lights "under a bushel." Our lights need to shine; people need to be influenced by whatever good is in our lives. But Jesus was saying that our good deeds must not loom high in our own minds. It is from ourselves that they are to be concealed. They must not be conspicuous to us. Why? Why did Jesus go to such lengths to advocate "voluntary blindness?" A Call To Genuine Goodness He did it, for one thing, because ...

11. The First Murder - 1940

Matthew 7:1-6

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Kent Moorehead

... untamed this power can well-nigh destroy us." The more powerful you are in your personality, the more necessary it is that that power be consecrated. Strange how the great truths of the world get themselves wrapped up in dramatic personalities. The first murderer, Cain, accursed by a single deed. But don’t you think it would be fair for us to play god to this extent, that we would see and love the great good in this so-called bad man? For one day you and I may do a reprehensible thing and wouldn’t it be ...

12. The Nature of the Church and Christian Discipleship

1 Peter 2:4-12

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Maxie Dunnam

... Dr. Festinger, has a theory, which he calls “cognitive dissonance.” As strange and as new as it may sound, it is very simple. It refers to my awareness of the big gap between my ideals and my actions, what I believe and what I do, my goals and my deeds. Our big problem is that we are victims of cognitive dissonance. We know, but we don’t act. We have knowledge, but our souls are not burning with the faith that won’t let us sit still. Two of my favorite columnists have died – Erma Bombeck and Lewis ...

13. The Lion King

Revelation 5:1-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... question is met with a deafening silence. For we are told, "no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll, or to look at it." (v.3) Now, throughout human history, there have been many people who wanted to take title deed to the earth, and who were willing to control this world. Alexander the Great tried to take over this world, and he did conquer all the world that he knew; but he did not conquer the world that he did not know. Napoleon tried to conquer the world, but he ...

14. For His Eyes Only

Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

James Merritt

... giving to the poor; doing things for other people. He makes three simple statements to remind us that when we give to others, or do for others, it is to be "for His eyes only." I. When You Give, Give Sincerely "Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven." (v.1) Now the subject here in general is giving. But He uses a specific example of giving to the poor and to the needy. Now I want you to notice that Jesus ...

15. A Peculiar People

1 Peter 2:1-10

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John E. Harnish

... complicated conversation, but in the midst you have never seen such joy, such radiant faith, such hope, such a winsome witness! There in the midst of decay and the darkness of a dank cellar, they are about the business of "declaring the wonderful deeds of him who called us out of darkness and into his marvelous light." Odd, strange, out of the ordinary… Special, distinctive, particular… Belonging to one thing and not another… You are a holy nation, a royal priesthood, and God's own people. A peculiar ...

16. Training for a Purpose

Titus 2:11-14

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Donald Charles Lacy

... they are moving. Even those who never enter a church building have good things to say. A dysfunctional church is never a positive sight. It conveys quickly the fact that those folks are not together and cannot seem to settle on a clear purpose for being. Their deeds in the community cause confusion. If we are ever at fault for such a situation, may God be merciful! We do not want to be the cause of Christ's sorrowful tears. 3. A ministry to others under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit validates itself ...

17. Eternity 101: The Final Exam

1 Corinthians 3:5-15

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James Merritt

... have to take one final exam before "The" professor of the universe and here is what we are going to find. I. God Is Going To Review The Way We Lived The Bible compares life to a building. Every day you are literally building a life. Every day and every deed is another brick that you put into that building. Verse 10 says, "According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it." (I ...

18. They Didn't Have To Do It, But They Did

Genesis 14:1-24

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... Abram, but he did. He had gratitude in his heart for what Abram did. The king could have easily ignored the heroics of Abram. He could have looked the other way and forgotten about Abram. But instead he expressed his gratitude for the blessings he received from Abram's deeds. Giving a blessing to Abram was the least thing he could do. Melchizedek didn't have to say "thank you," but he did. The good Samaritan didn't have to rescue the man assailed by robbers on the Jericho Road, but he did. He didn't have to ...

19. The Gospel According to Christ’s Enemies

John 11:1-16

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Richard Hoefler

... that was the Son of God nailed to a tree. Not the cross, but the crucified one is our redemption. It is not a gory deed but a deed of glory - a life revealed in death that is the foundation of our faith. Why the Delay It is a shock when we read John ... for the people, instead of the whole nation being destroyed!" Who can in the face of this fantastic fact of history doubt the redemptive deed of the cross when even the hated enemies of our Lord testify to the efficacious act of the cross? One man must die, if ...

20. One Thing

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Raymond Gibson

... ; therefore this "one thing" we must do now. Tomorrow the tithing of our income will not help our missionaries who need our money today; therefore this "one thing" we must do now. "But one thing I do ..." Paul said. What was it, this "one thing," this kairos deed that Paul had committed himself to doing now? This one thing was to be what Christ wanted to be: Christlike! "I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus" is the way Paul expressed it. The burning passion of ...

21. Responding to the Story

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

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Elizabeth Achtemeier

... by which we should live. There are some forms of faith in our day that are such products of human imagination and construction. But that is not true of the biblical faith of the Christian Church. No. Our faith is a response to a history of God's words and deeds, a history that is now preserved and passed on to us in the scripture. So it is that when we confess our faith in the Apostles' Creed, for example, we tell the story on which that faith is based, and the story is the history of what God has done ...

22. Being A Man of God

1 Peter 2:4-12

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Maxie Dunnam

... listen, friends – the Church does not have a ministry; it is ministry; it does not have a mission; it is mission. There is only one people in the Church – God’s own people. Who are we? God’s own people. What is our function? “To declare the wonderful deeds of Him who calls us out of darkness into His marvelous light.” Who we are and what we do are inseparable. That reminds me of one of Bishop Pereira’s practices in the Cuban church. When a young person comes to him and tells him he feels that ...

23. Equipping the Whole People of God: Penultimate Questions

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

24. The Heart Has Eyes

Ephesians 1:15-23

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... the field. Or if you change the metaphor, you are on stage now. You are faced with a terrible decision, or you must endure some painful experience in your life, and you don't want to face it. Or you must do something, or some decision you must make, or deed that you must do, that is going to make a difference in this battle between good and evil. Those who have gone before, those who have faced what you are facing now, or have faced much more than what you are facing now, they are up there, on their feet ...

25. When You Want to Run Away

Psalm 11:1-7

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Maxie Dunnam

... with God. The righteous are those for whom their covenant with God is the center of their living. Wickedness and righteousness are as much mater s of commitment as of conduct, as much matters of attitude as of actions, as much matters of devotion as of deeds. The psalmist knew to whom he belonged; he was not at all ambivalent about his loyalty. That’s why he could trust God’s righteousness required – he would save the psalmist at the time and in the way he deemed best: “For the Lord is righteous ...

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