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Antonyms: do nothing

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1. The Greatest Sin

Luke 13:6-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’” Now let me ask you the question again in light of this text. As a follower of Jesus Christ what is the worst sin you can commit? The answer is: the worst sin you can commit is to do nothing. Doing nothing, or in this case, not bearing fruit, is the quickest way to disqualify you from the kingdom of God. You remember the story of the two men who were talking about their friendship. One of them said, “We’ve been friends for 25 years and there is nothing ...

2. The Work of An Evangelist

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... gathering for worship and hearing the Word of God preached.” The Revolutionists knew the power of preaching, so they outlawed it. The same thing happened in Russia and the Soviet Union – preaching was outlawed. Why? It is powerful. Among all the things we do, nothing is to have more of our attention, time, and energy than preaching the Word, be it from the pulpit, in pastoral visiting, counseling, or simply in our common intersections with people from day to day. Nobody else in all the world has access ...

3. The Way Up Is the Way Down

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... to see just how radical his trust was. Jesus could say blessed are the poor in spirit because it was a self-description. Apart from the guidance of the Father and the revelation that came freely from the Holy Spirit’s presence, Jesus could do nothing. He was powerless. Until the Father spoke and the Spirit energized, Jesus stood silent and refused to take action on his own. His deity was bracketed out in his commitment to perfect human obedience. In other words, “Blessed are those who know their need ...

4. O Come, O Come Emmanuel

Isaiah 1:1-31

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... can join to make the hope burn brighter for those who think they have nothing. Someone made this indictment on contemporary Christians: They sing lustily "Standing on the Promises", when actually when all they are doing is standing on the premises of the church, and doing nothing." I thought about that as I was preparing this sermon, because one of the truths on which we need to lay hold, and hold to tenaciously is this: God is on the premises -- on the premises of this world, on the premises of this city ...

5. His Trial

Luke 22:66--23:25

Sermon

Brett Blair

... also has the power to raise a revolution. He must be eliminated. What about the rest of the Sanhedrin? To be sure there were those who objected. The bible is clear on that but their voice was either too timid or too few. The majority said, “If we do nothing and leave this man alone, then the whole nation will believe in him. And the Romans will come in and take away our Temple and our nation” Caiaphas seized on their thoughts: “It is more fitting for you that one man die for the people than that the ...

6. The Jesus Connection

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... , and I in you. As the appliance cannot work without electricity, no more can you unless you abide in me. I am electricity...you are the appliance. The one who abides in me and I in that one, will be able to do many things; but without me, you can do nothing.” That’s a pretty good updating of Jesus’ metaphor of the vine and the branches, and one that rings a bell for those of us to live in a world so much dependent upon the power of electricity to get things done. “Those who abide in me and I in ...

7. What Are You Waiting On?

John 11:1-16

Sermon

James Merritt

It is something that all of us will spend at least an hour doing every day and I mean every day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year. In fact, we will spend 5 years of our lifetime doing nothing but this. It is universally above everything else the one thing everybody hates to do. In fact, there is nothing that we do that is more frustrating, aggravating, irritating and feels like more of a waste of time than doing this. Can you guess what it is? It’s waiting. ...

8. Wash Up First For The Meal Before You Eat!

John 13:1-17

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... are sorry for our sin, aware of our total dependence on him, and ready to serve. That is the real you and me! As you take a moment now to repent of your sin and stubbornness, to promise to live life anew as a servant to others, you are doing nothing more than becoming what you already are. It is sort of like the great natural athlete who engages in practice to sharpen his skills - to become what he already is. Jesus is just washing off the dust from our feet that beclouds this sort of cleaniness. Come to ...

9. Time and Stewardship

Sermon

Larry Powell

... than 7,000,000 brain cells. If we direct our lives to NO specific purpose, then all the heartbeats, breaths, muscles, and the rest of it are ultimately wasted. And so was the three and one-half pounds of food we consumed to keep us alive to do nothing, while somebody, somewhere, starved to death. In which case, our existence becomes a moral question as well as religious. How do you answer it? To understand one's purpose is a thing of wisdom. To be able to justify our existence, while others have not been ...

10. Going Hard against the Grain

Matthew 5:33-37

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... , which in that culture was an extreme insult and act of humiliation, likely done in public for maximum effect. I am attacking your character, possibly for being a follower of Jesus. And if you are higher than me in status, my social superior, what am I to do? If I do nothing, I accept your estimation of me and live with the shame. But if I am a kingdom citizen, I turn the left cheek. To hit me now you must use an open hand or fist, but then you will be revealed for who you are, an evil man. There is ...

11. Loving Like God Loves

Matthew 5:43-48

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... tax collecting and novices with Jesus and the kingdom agenda. I cannot live this life, but perhaps he can dwell in me and live it through me. I cooperate with his working in me. John 15:5 is the operational principle, “... for apart from me you can do nothing.” We should add a vow for all new Christians as a warning label, “Are you willing to look dumb on a regular basis, and then when you think you know something to look ignorant all over again?” The first disciples answered Yes; they looked stupid ...

12. Good News, Bad News, Good News

John 13:1-17

Sermon

Thomas Long

... him -- the one who shows me -- mercy." Then -- and only then -- Jesus said, "Go and do likewise." The fact is, the lawyer could not possibly have gone and done likewise before he heard the parable. He would have had nowhere to go, nothing to do, nothing to give. It was only when, through the story, he had experienced neediness, experienced the destruction of his self-reliance, experienced the gracious touch of one whose help he would, in stronger moments, have disdained, that he had anything to go and do ...

13. When Tradition Gets in the Way

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... as a branch springing from the vine on which it depends and from which it derives its power to produce the grapes should nourish in us a sense of our dependence on the continuity of the Church which is his Body. When he says, ‘Without me you can do nothing,’ he is reminding us that we are not isolated beings adrift in a stormy world, each seeking some passing gust of grace to keep our faith alive. We’re not like the leaves of autumn, detached from the tree and blown in all directions. We are engrafted ...

14. It's Time to Go to Work

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... gave an excuse was the person who did nothing. Did you know that the only people in life who make excuses are the "do nothings." I find it interesting that when Jesus asked the two faithful servants what they did with their talents, they just very simply ... what does belong to me?" The slave was verbally hanged with his own wordy rope. I want to say it again. There is no excuse for doing nothing for God's house, for God's kingdom, for God work. No matter how much you try to come up with an excuse, the Master ...

15. I Am The Real Vine

Sermon

Ronald Lavin

... , but only if it remains united with the vine; no more can you bear fruit, unless you remain united with me. I am the vine, and you are the branches. He who dwells in me, as I dwell in him, bears much fruit; for apart from me you can do nothing. -- John 15:1-5 (NEB) ____________ In chapter four where we focused on the sheep staying together and staying under the guiding presence of the Good Shepherd. Here we focus on more than the guidance of God. We focus on abiding in Christ, staying close to and actually ...

16. Discipline and Means of Grace

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the trunk. Pascal, who knew the heartrending call of surrender, wrote, “True conversion consists in self-annihilation before the universal being Whom we have so often vexed and Who is perfectly entitled to destroy us at any moment, in recognizing that we can do nothing without Him and that we have deserved nothing but his disfavor.” The failure to truly die to ourselves is devastating to our spiritual health. Thomas a’ Kempis said, “The love of thyself doth hurt thee more than anything in the world ...

17. The Art of Living Until

Matthew 24:36-51

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find doing something!" Jesus goes on to suggest that the interim-occupying servant may fail because he grows weary of waiting. And it’s no great wonder that he grows weary if he is doing nothing but wait. Jesus even says the faltering servant may say to himself, "My master delays his coming," and may therefore begin to "beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with the drunken" (Matthew 24:49). Well, it’s the classic expression of boredom ...

18. Death, Risk, and Confidence

Matthew 10:24-39

Sermon

Tom Garrison

... that he will come again and receive us unto himself"; that is, he will traverse that "space between the worlds" with us and beside us. "Lo, I am with you always, even to the ends of the earth" were his words, which means that when you have nothing and can do nothing — exactly as you were when you were born — there will be one to receive you and sustain you and nurture you as there was when you came out of your mother's womb. And realize — it is all of grace. We do not earn the gift of life after death ...

19. Peacemaking and Self Control

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... you have paid the last penny (which when you have no way to make money because you are in debtor’s prison can be forever!).” Many of us are in prisons of our own making and of our own keeping. We have the keys to let ourselves out, and yet do nothing. It takes two to reconcile, only one to forgive. Some will say No to your efforts because of sin, but that is not your problem. You must act. CONCLUSION I was startled this week to read of the casualties of war, not the most current one in Iraq with its ...

20. Passing the Test

1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... Nothing! because God did it all for you in Christ and you get to believe that." The students, after they get over the initial shock of that answer, often get the impression that, since they don't have to do anything to be saved, they can literally do nothing for Faith Inkubators. Do they need to learn their memory work, read the assigned materials, participate in discussion, or even remember to bring their Bibles? No, they don't need to do any of that because ... the pastor told them they don't have to do ...

21. Use It or Lose It

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... blunt, there are only two kinds of servants in this parable; two were faithful, one was foolish. Likewise, you are one of two kinds of servants in God's kingdom; either a faithful servant or a foolish servant. You are either doing something for God or you're doing nothing for God. Just because you may not be as talented or as gifted as someone else, does not mean you should not give your very best. I told you before that one of my heroes is John Wooden, who was the former head basketball coach at UCLA, who ...

22. The Parable of the Talents

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Brett Blair

... return. We had better not simply bury that which has been given us and return it when he comes. Well, it is obvious that the star, or we might say the villain, of the story is the one talent man. The salient question is: why did he choose to do nothing with the one talent that had been given to him? We are not really given the answer. We are left to speculate. And that is precisely what I would like to do this morning. Speculate about his inaction. I First, he perhaps did nothing with his one talent because ...

23. Two Kinds of People

Jeremiah 17:5-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... steps we must take. For in God’s world there is no harvest to be reaped unless a seed has been planted. There are no profits without an investment. If I want a strong body, I must exercise it. If I want an educated mind, I must study and learn. Doing nothing produces a desert. If we want more fruitful and productive lives, there are some things we will need to do. In the first place, we will need to learn to trust God. It is not enough to worship God, or honor God, or fear God, or believe in God. Our ...

24. The Church: An Enclave of Resistance v1

Romans 12:1-8, Romans 12:9-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of individuals and society. There is only one way to be saved -- only one way to forgiveness and the restoration of our broken relationship with God. It’s all grace. In a Bible study I was leading a woman said, “You mean I can do nothing to save myself?” “Nothing!” I responded. “Nothing?” she asked in a kind of desperation. “Absolutely nothing!” “Then God help us,” she cried. “That’s it,” I said. “You’ve got it!” Do you see? We must ground ourselves in grace in order that ...

25. Fido’s Dilemma

Romans 6:1-11

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... for you in Jesus Christ, I fear that this is exactly what will happen: nothing! Every year, when I joyously announce this good news to the youth about to be confirmed, I fear that more often than not it is simply misunderstood. It becomes a license to do nothing. "I don't have to do my assignments. It doesn't matter that I don't do the work. Jesus forgives me anyway." Nothing ever changes. God's forgiveness becomes an excuse to maintain the status quo. When faced with this kind of distortion of the gospel ...

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