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1. With Malice toward None, With Charity for All

Matthew 5:43-48

Sermon

James Merritt

... , just a little over a month before he would be assassinated, Abraham Lincoln uttered these immortal words: With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the ... bet your life I would. Well we don't have a choice when it comes to love. We are to love everybody, even our enemies. Our heart must be with malice toward none; with charity for all. But that raises the big question: How is this possible? The Lord Jesus tells us three steps to take on how to love the ...

2. Getting Rid of Anger

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... that is discordant with the kind of person God has called us to be. It’s challenging to be a new person in Christ Jesus. And particularly when we read the details of the new life that Paul describes about never being angry, or deceitful, or having malice in our hearts, or about never letting any corrupt words escape from our lips, even anger at the manager of the dry cleaners. But Paul, in these last two verses of the fourth chapter, indirectly gives us a little formula that should help. The first part of ...

3. Dealing with Cantankerous People

Ephesians 4:30-5:2

Sermon

King Duncan

... those who have a problem with bitterness and resentment, all we can do is keep on loving them until they change. Paul says that followers of Christ are to get rid of six vices. These six vices are: 1. Bitterness, 2. Rage, 3. Anger, 4. Brawling, 5. Slander and 6. Malice. Sounds like a session of Congress, doesn’t it? Do you have any problems with any of these six vices? If so, then you need to work on them. We all know that, don’t we? For our own good we need to get rid of these destructive emotions ...

4. Strategic Kindness

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... for real life." Read the record and you will discover that Jesus was no wimp. Neither was St. Paul. These were men of courage. They knew how to stare both danger and death in the face. Yet they also knew that little is to be gained by escalating anger and malice into a more serious confrontation. They knew that if you live by an "eye for an eye" credo, it can only produce a downward spiral of revenge and resentment. The best way to defeat an enemy is to make them an ally. So, Jesus would teach in the Sermon ...

5. Grieve Not The Holy Spirit

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... are very successful in their chose professions. Indeed, if your job is motivating people sometimes a temper is a real asset, at least in the short run. In the long run, we are better off delivered from bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, evil speaking and malice. But how? One of the most interesting developments of modern psychology is the growing popularity of the idea that we choose our emotions. There is a story about writer John Powell who went to a newsstand with Sydney Harris to buy a paper one spring ...

6. Headlines and Holiness

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

Frank G. Honeycutt

... to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. These two headlines pretty much cover the waterfront of any modern headline that deals with suffering. Any sad news report. A bad person caused it or someone was in the wrong place at the wrong time -- malice or chance, take your pick. Whichever you choose, the followers of Jesus want to try to make sense of suffering. A popular response was to try to find purpose, some reason, for the events of the day. "Were these worse sinners, Jesus?" Behind that question was ...

7. Screaming at the Television

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... problem. Anything that threatens our relationships with others is an enemy of God. You cannot be what God wants you to be when you are filled with rage. God is not able to use us as effectively to do His work, if we are filled with anger, bitterness, malice and slander. This is a spiritual problem that demands a spiritual solution. What is the solution to a foul temper? How do we escape from this prison of our own negative feelings? On a human level, the best we can do with rage is to find an acceptable ...

8. Step Nine - Discipline

Mt 5:21-26 · Eph 4:25-32 · Num 5:5-10

Sermon

John A. Terry

... scandalous? Paul wrote this letter to the church folks in Ephesus. He assumed that church folks are equally tempted to lie, lose their temper, steal, and talk dirty. He must have assumed that we are people who can at times be characterized by bitterness, wrath, clamor, slander and malice. The good news is Jesus did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. One part of the good news is that we do not have to pretend we are something we are not. God loves us as we are. The other part of the ...

9. Image and Inscription

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

... and inscription before he gives his answer: "The coins you carry belong to Caesar: they bear his image and inscription. Certainly he can claim a tax from you." But there is something else - another, more important element in this controversy, something Jesus’ adversaries in their malice and hypocrisy seem to have forgotten: "You also stand under the claim of a just and loving God, who is Lord of all; render to him the things that are his." Give, in other words, to Caesar what belongs to him, but give him ...

10. Chapter VI

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... against the defense of a nation in a time of war. Nor, as such, is this a stricture against a man’s killing to protect his family against an intruder, for instance. Its main thrust, at first reading, seems to be limited to forbidding killing with "malice aforethought" to gain advantage, or revenge, or to vent ones hatred of another. The fact is, however, that life itself, which is of necessity, taken in any act of killing, was understood by the Hebrews to be holy. Life was sacred because it was generated ...

11. What Is Caesar's and What Is God's?

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Brett Blair

... We are told that the Pharisees went out of the temple and laid plans to trap Jesus in his words. That’s interesting in its self. They had to go out of the temple to conspire; they dare not do it in that holy place. This is no absence of malice; they have deliberately fashioned this tricky question. When they return, Jesus is presented with a dilemma. If he says don’t pay the tax they will be able to accuse him before Pilate of anti-Roman activity. If, on the other hand he says, pay the tax he will lose ...

12. Sweet-Smelling Fragrance

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... to help us as we cope with the social ethical problems in the church. Certainly life in the church requires the "putting away" of certain forms of behavior: Put away falsehood. Put away anger. Put away stealing. Put away unwholesome talk. Put away every form of malice. Such "putting away" of harmful aspects in social relationships reflects the mark of ownership of the Spirit of God. If we were lost in Adam but regained in Christ as the New Adam, we must represent the character of the New Adam. An old story ...

13. Bitterness: How to Overcome What You Undergo

Hebrews 12:14-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... , on their own, they will release their hold on your body. If you've been hurt by another person, and you have a leech of bitterness attached to your heart, you can't simply yank that bitterness away on your own and expect that all of the bitterness and malice will be gone. Resentment will still hide under the surface. But if you will go and bathe in the soothing water of God's forgiveness of you, and remember the extent of God's love for you in Jesus Christ, forgiveness will be a natural outflow from your ...

14. Got Milk?

1 Peter 2:1-3

Sermon

James Merritt

... never thought about and may very well surprise you. Even though we are told in verse 2 that we are "as new-born babes [to] desire the pure milk of the word" there is a condition attached to that command. It is found in verse 1. Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking. (I Peter 2: 2, NKJ) Now you may wonder what verse 1 which deals with all types of relational problems has to do with reading God's word, but it has very much to do with it for this reason. You not ...

15. Why Is God Unfair?

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... . Five aces! That's impossible! But there it is. And when Anne loses to God, she knows that really she wins. For God is not stingy with his wealth or his earnings. There are never any losers when they sit at table with God. God's laughter is always without malice or one-upmanship. This is the gospel according to Jesus' parable. In spite of our good fortunes or savvy playing skills or sheer hard work, we never really win at the game of life when we play it by our own rules. But if God is bending them in the ...

16. The Heart of the Matter Is the Heart!

Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... us that tells who we really are. We are cleansed from the inside out and not as the Pharisees taught from the outside in. On one hand, if someone's life is characterized by "evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly" (vv. 21-22), then there is a serious and eternally fatal spiritual heart problem there. On the other hand, if someone's life is characterized by the fruit of the Spirit, "love, joy, peace, patience, kindness ...

17. Lost Baggage: Losing Your Baggage

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

James Merritt

... begins by saying, “Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.” (Ephesians 4:31, NIV) I love the way this translation puts it. Paul just simply says, “Do you have ... to forgive someone you must forgive them fully. You must get all of the bitterness and all of the rage and all of the anger and all of the malice out. III. We Must Forgive Finally When you cancel a debt it can never be brought back up. You can never collect on that debt again. That is why ...

18. Shockproof

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

James Merritt

... This is the one thing to remember. Key Take Away: I choose to forgive others just as God has forgiven me. Here are the two steps. I. Eliminate Bitterness “Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.” (Ephesians 4:31, ESV) You cannot bear the fruit of forgiveness until you cut out the root of bitterness. Another version translates the verse this way, “Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of ...

19. A GPS for Your Life

Luke 6:27-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” “Get rid of all . . .” Not just some. Get rid of it all! Don’t hold on to a tiny crumb of bitterness or malice. It will grow into rage, anger, even separation and death. There is a better way. Show your friends, neighbors, co-workers, everyone you meet the love of Jesus and let that love change the world. Joseph Aldrich tells of meeting a Christian man from India who had a powerful ministry ...

20. Mercy Me!

Romans 14:1--15:13, Luke 6:27-36, Luke 6:37-42, Luke 6:43-45

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... condemning heart, a critical tongue, a blackened, angry, proud, and unhappy spirit. We sometimes say of this kind of person, he or she has a “chip on his or her shoulder.” But it’s more like a splinter in his or her heart. For that kind of malice and insidious behavior goes further than one’s shoulder, doesn’t it? It’s not just skin deep, but comes straight from the bulls-eye of a haughty heart. When the human heart is filled with pride, anger, and a desire for power and control, the tongue can ...

21. Bible Wagon

Ephesians 5:8-14

Sermon

Dr. Ronald Love

... antithesis. As I read the list you will understand darkness in the world versus the light in the world. The first is falsehood versus truth. Second is resentment versus self-control. Third is stealing versus generosity. Fourth is evil speech versus edification. Fifth is malice versus love Sixth, which is our lesson, is impurity versus purity. Seventh is imprudence versus wisdom. Eighth is debauchery versus joy. The darkness of the world that is to be exposed is false- hood, resentment, stealing, evil speech ...

22. The View From The Mountaintop

Mark 9:2-9

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Lord, I believe; help my unbelief.” But with Peter, James and John we glimpse the future and, with eyes of faith, see a better day. “Glory, Glory, Hallelujah!” Mr. Lincoln saw a better day and just one month before his death challenged his America and ours: “With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow ...

23. Nowhere To Run, Nowhere To Hide

1 Kings 9:1-9

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... for those actions. Elijah may have suddenly realized that he would have to pay a price for action even as a man of God. Even in the things of God there are consequences for our work. In speaking God's truth, we often incur the wrath, envy, and malice of others. There are consequences for our actions that are often difficult to face. We may not come into the full force of those actions until we are alone and have time in our lives to think them thoroughly through! Elijah fled because he realized that he ...

24. A Cultural Breakthrough

Acts 16:6-10

Sermon

Rodney Thomas Smothe

... the Gentiles as well, without the requirements of the Jewish ritual of circumcision. It is unfortunate that sometimes we allow man-made traditions to separate us from the love of Christ. Denominations, doctrinal disputes, theological interpretations and misinformation with malice all serve to bring about division in the Body of Christ. While cultural differences are a significant factor, we still have a long way to go as Christian believers toward breaking down barriers to inclusive worship, fellowship and ...

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

Romans 7:14-25

Sermon

R. Curtis Fussell

... as they could. Out of that desire to know the enemy arose a list of seven deadly sins: pride, envy, anger, sloth, greed, gluttony, and lust. And then it was said that out of these seven principal sins all other sins were connected. For instance, sloth entails malice. Anger leads to murder and cruelty. Greed is related to theft, and so forth. We are going to be talking about sin over the next eight weeks. Not only because we are all plagued by these sins and made miserable by them, but because we want, like ...

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