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Synonyms: ruler, sovereign, monarch, supreme ruler, crowned head, majesty, Crown, head of state, royal personage, emperor, prince, potentate, overlord, liege lord, lord, leader, chief, star, leading light, luminary, superstar, mogul, giant, master, kingpin, celebrity, lion

Antonyms: queens, peasant, serf, slave, subject, servant, average joe, common man, rank and file, lower class, common person, workers, commoner, the masses, the poor, plebians, bourgeois, proletariat, laborer, working class, middle class, blue-collar, a nobody, subvassal

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1. A Shepherd Who Became a Sovereign

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... ahead of Saul and his soldiers. This period as a fugitive, almost as an outlaw (David became a kind of Old Testament Robin Hood) was a difficult time. Finally, battling with the Philistines, King Saul - and Jonathan, as well - was mortally wounded and died at Gilboa. Sovereign David, after a period of civil war, became the king. But not immediately the king of the whole of Israel. At first, only of Judah (2 Samuel 2:4). Then gradually he expanded his influence, until at last he was asked to become the king ...

2. A Sovereign God With A Shepherd's Heart

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... borrowed razor." Now get the context of it. Isaiah is saying that God will even use the king of Assyria to accomplish his purpose. So I'm going to write a book using that title -- "The Lord Shaves With a Borrowed Razor." God is sovereign -- King of the Universe -- in control -- His eternal purpose is going to be accomplished. Interestingly, the seventh chapter of Isaiah is the chapter that presents the prophecy that Christians see Jesus as the fulfillment of. In Isaiah 7: 14, there is this word: "Therefore ...

3. The S & L That Didn't Fail!

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... lips shall still repeat.Jesus paid it all, all to him I owe,Sin had left a crimson stain, He washed it white as snow. As horrible as his journey to the cross is, the magnitude of our crime toward our S & L is just beginning. They will take this Sovereign Lord, this suffering Savior, and nail him to a rough gibbet of shame - a tree he created in the beginning will be used as a cross to bear his body. It overwhelms the mind: the Creator will be nailed to his own creation by those he created! Amid the physical ...

4. Permission To Daydream

Joel 2:28-32, Joel 2:18-27

Sermon

Robert P. Hines

... sun, and the harvest. People may look to the starry constellations for clues as to their destiny, but God is in control. God is sovereign. This is a message we need to hear when our world seems to be falling apart. When the car breaks down for the third time ... us to stop daydreaming, and we are listening to that voice. It doesn't have to be that way. If we understand that God is sovereign, we don't have to fear the future. We are free to envision it. Because we know the future belongs to God, we are free ...

5. What Kind of Sheep Are You?

Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20, Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the shepherds and will hold them accountable for my flock. I will remove them from tending the flock so that the shepherds can no longer feed themselves. I will rescue my flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them. “‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day ...

6. From Beast to Believer

Daniel 4:28-37, Daniel 4:19-27, Daniel 4:1-18

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... On Their Backs Before They Will Look Up. We know that is true for many alcoholics, but it is also the case for many of us non-alcoholic sinners. Consider old King Neb. He had to be reduced to animal status before he would look up to God as his sovereign Lord. I have heard people ask pitifully, "Oh, why did God allow such a horrible thing to happen to me?" Maybe that was the only way to humble you enough to turn your eyes in God’s direction. The most extreme case was old Jonah of the Old Testament. He ...

7. The Apothecary

Isaiah 40:1-31, Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... God endures forever.” You who bring good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who bring good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with a shout, lift it up, do not be afraid; say to the towns of Judah, “Here is your God!” See, the Sovereign Lord comes with power, and he rules with a mighty arm. See, his reward is with him, and his recompense accompanies him. He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have ...

8. High and Lifted Up

Isaiah 6:1-8

Sermon

James Merritt

... lower case letters, the translator is indicating to us that this is the word Adonai which is found in the Hebrew Bible. Adonai means "Sovereign One." It is not the name of God; it is a title for God. In fact, it is the supreme title given to God ... God, He watches o'er His own; He cannot fail-He must prevail; Have faith in God-have faith in God. But Isaiah not only saw a sovereign God, he saw a sinless God. "Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his ...

9. The Masterpiece

Matthew 1:1-17; Luke 3:23-28

Sermon

James Merritt

... Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called the Messiah." (Matthew 1:16, NASB) Everything from Genesis to Malachi was for one purpose – that Jesus Christ, God's son, the King, the Messiah, the Savior of the world might be born. Nobody is an accident. Key Take Away: God sovereignly chooses our identity to fit into His plan for the world. You are who you are and I am who I am, because God chose us to be that person so that we might fit into His plan for us and His plan for the world. We are going to ...

10. Can These Bones Live Again?

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... , this picture from the scriptures ought to be exciting. Then God said to Ezekiel: “Son of man, these bones are the people of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.’ Therefore prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: My people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel. Then you, my people, will know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. I ...

11. The Scope Of The Spirit

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... conversation with Nicodemus, Jesus is saying some very important things to us about the scope of the Spirit. As the wind blows it affirms the ceaseless, unrelenting movement of the Spirit among us. Since the wind blows where it wills, there is a sovereign freedom of the Spirit which cannot be controlled by human or institutional limitations. As the wind blows where it chooses and we hear the sound, this is the indisputable evidence of the Spirit's activity. There are those unmistakable signs that reveal to ...

12. Christ Is King

John 12:12-19

Sermon

... child I found my mother’s joy in the piano lessons she provided for her sons so that one of them could play for her the gospel hymns she loved to sing on winter evenings. I remember in particular the one we never missed. It had the line, "Wondrous Sovereign of the sea, Jesus, Savior, pilot me." Too bad we lost it in our high church passion for the perfect hymn. Although less than forty miles from the beaches of Lake Michigan, we had never seen a sea, but we knew what it meant, this Edward Hopper line, and ...

13. Let God Be God

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Dean Lueking

... Cross for the redemption of the world. Through the mystery of the Spirit, this truth comes alive in all who receive the gift of grace and respond in faith. One God, Three Ways of His Coming to Us The one God comes to us three fold in his revelation: sovereign Creator, messianic Son, life-giving Spirit. All this is in the text from John 3. The word Triune or Trinity does not occur. That word came along later in the church's vocabulary. It is not found in the Bible. Yet the truth of God to which the word ...

14. The Incomparable Christ

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... who were once estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his FLESHLY BODY through death..." That's right. No pretend Christ, no seemingly real Christ. This one BLEEDS red blood when you cut into his meaty FLESH. Strange. The sovereign God of all the universe coming in a human body, suffering and dying? Really? "Are you the one or should we wait for another?" Thus, the strange answer to John the Baptist's disciples. Not, "Hang in there for just a bit longer and the revolution ...

15. O Little Town of Bethlehem

Micah 5:2

Sermon

James Merritt

... ; as God He came forth from the grave. d. The Activity of the Messiah In v.2 we are told He is to be the Ruler, but in v.4 we are told "He shall stand and feed His flock." In other words, the Messiah was prophesied to be a Sovereign that would lead His people, and a Shepherd that would feed His people. We see in this verse the identity, divinity, humanity, and activity of the Messiah. Now I want to show you something absolutely fascinating. In Luke 2:11 we see how this prophecy was fulfilled in the Lord ...

16. New Tendons for Dry Bones

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... in them. Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Come, breath, from the four winds and breathe into these slain, that they may live.’” So I prophesied as he commanded ... say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.’ Therefore prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: My people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of ...

17. We Will Be Changed

Ezekiel 37:1-14, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34, 1 Corinthians 15:35-58

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... in them. Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Come, breath, from the four winds and breathe into these slain, that they may live.’” So I prophesied as he commanded ... say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.’ Therefore, prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: My people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of ...

18. Not

Isaiah 50:1-11

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... our pain. Christ Learned From His Suffering - And So Can We Jesus felt that there were lessons to be learned. The Servant said, "The Sovereign Lord has taught me what to say, so that I can strengthen the weary. Every morning he makes me eager to hear what he ... me innocent. Does anyone dare bring charges against me? Let us go to court together! Let him bring his accusations! The Sovereign Lord himself defends me - who then can prove me guilty?" He knows that deliverance is certain, triumph is sure, victory is ...

19. "Something's Coming"

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... the Second World War. Those forces had many battles left to fight, but D-Day marked the beginning of the end of the Nazi forces and VE-Day was assured. God's Victory Day is coming, but it will come in God's own good time because it is the Sovereign God who rules this world, not us. Today In The Light Of Tomorrow But Isaiah's words remind us of something else to be remembered and celebrated on this first Sunday of the Advent Season. God is calling us to live today in the light of God's tomorrow. Disasters ...

20. Song of a Poet Laureate

Psalm 2:1-12

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... introduction the psalmist opens his poem with a question charged with perplexed indignation - although he has surely seen the like of the circumstance giving rise to such vexation before. An Israelite king has died, and the poet sees another about to take the deceased sovereign’s place. The nation is exchanging the known for the unknown, and her enemies are straining at the bit to test the new ruler’s mettle. Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves ...

21. Bad News from a Good Man!

1 Kings 21:1-29

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... -fix solutions and easy instructions. Is the message of the Bible that God is love and that his love is seen best in the sacrifice of Jesus, his Son, on the cross? Absolutely. Is it that God is merciful? Definitely. But above all else, it is that God is sovereign, just, and holy and that sin demands its price in this life and in the life to come. Let me ask you a question: Do you believe in any principle so deeply that you would sacrifice your own child for it? God does. For God, the thing more important ...

22. The Truth About Miracles

John 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... WE ASK GOD TO DO THE TRIVIAL OR THE IMPOSSIBLE OR THE UNNECESSARY. When we do that we treat God like our servant and not our sovereign. When a young athlete comes off the field and says, "God gave us the victory tonight," we hope he is saying, "I thank God who gave ... knew who he was. And this is the role miracles play in the life of the believer. God is not our servant. God is our Sovereign. God isn't going to do anything that ultimately is not for our best good. When we pray and Heaven seems to be silent, it ...

23. Putting Mom in Heartbreak Hotel

1 Kings 2:5-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... the hands of the Philistines. He knew that what armor could not do, spears could not do, soldiers could not do, chariots could not do, God did through David. There was no question in Joab's heart that he was God's Savior. He believed that David was a great sovereign. He knew that David was to be the king over Israel. Others tried to usurp the throne, others tried to take the crown, but all of his life Joab knew and believed with all of his heart that David was to be the king. God had chosen David and none ...

24. America: You Are Too Young to Die

Psalm 80:1-19

Sermon

James Merritt

... : they are organic utterances; they speak the voice of the entire people…these and many other matters which might be noticed, at a volume of unofficial declarations to the mass of organic utterances, that this is a Christian nation.5 I contend that just as Israel was sovereignly planted by God to be a nation holy for His own, so was America. b. She Was Specially Prepared "You prepared room for it, and caused it to take deep root, and it filled the land."(v.9) God saw to it that Israel was prepared for ...

25. He's Everything I Need

Psalm 23:1

Sermon

James Merritt

... person could say this name out loud, and that was the high priest; then he could only say it in one place, that was in the holy of holies; then he could only say it once a year and that was on the day of atonement. This God, the sovereign God of this universe, who is Omnipotent, Omniscient, and Omnipresent is our Shepherd. Now the reason that truth is so magnificent is this: The welfare of the sheep is the work of the shepherd. The sheep are not responsible to meet their needs, that is the responsibility of ...

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1. A Shepherd Who Became a Sovereign

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

2. A Sovereign God With A Shepherd's Heart

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

3. The S & L That Didn't Fail!

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

4. Permission To Daydream

Joel 2:28-32, Joel 2:18-27

Sermon

Robert P. Hines

5. What Kind of Sheep Are You?

Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20, Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

6. From Beast to Believer

Daniel 4:28-37, Daniel 4:19-27, Daniel 4:1-18

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

7. The Apothecary

Isaiah 40:1-31, Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

8. High and Lifted Up

Isaiah 6:1-8

Sermon

James Merritt

9. The Masterpiece

Matthew 1:1-17; Luke 3:23-28

Sermon

James Merritt

10. Can These Bones Live Again?

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

11. The Scope Of The Spirit

Sermon

John A. Stroman

12. Christ Is King

John 12:12-19

Sermon

13. Let God Be God

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Dean Lueking

14. The Incomparable Christ

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

David E. Leininger

15. O Little Town of Bethlehem

Micah 5:2

Sermon

James Merritt

16. New Tendons for Dry Bones

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

17. We Will Be Changed

Ezekiel 37:1-14, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34, 1 Corinthians 15:35-58

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... in them. Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Come, breath, from the four winds and breathe into these slain, that they may live.’” So I prophesied as he commanded ... say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.’ Therefore, prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: My people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of ...

18. Not

Isaiah 50:1-11

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

19. "Something's Coming"

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

Robert Beringer

20. Song of a Poet Laureate

Psalm 2:1-12

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker