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1. Standing and Understanding with the Apostles

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

Gerald Whetstone

... in his master's eyes by firelight. This same Peter now aggressively preaches to thousands on the streets of Jerusalem, and with the eleven gives witness to his faith. Our pews are full of such Peters, and Peters in progress. When we seek to deepen our understanding of our concerns and troubles, we don't seek out those who seem to live their lives with ease. Rather, we seek out those who have sunk and survived, or were rebuked and reconciled, or who doubted or denied and now proclaim with their lips and ...

2. Easter Understanding

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... be able to trust that our God forgives us in the Lord Jesus Christ. The point is that God has reconciled us to himself through his Son, our Lord, that God forgives us and that he will also raise us from the dead. That is why we can understand the Scriptures. We can understand them if we begin with that faith and trust in God, who is the Lord of life and death. You Are Witnesses Jesus knew that the disciples did not catch on fully as yet. He said that the movement to get this word out about the gracious God ...

3. Understanding The Holy Trinity

John 16:5-16

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... the group saying, "In welcoming you to our synagogue, I want to call your attention to some of the differences between us Jews and you Christians. The most basic is that while you believe in three Gods, we believe in one." Apparently, the Jewish layman did not understand that Christians also believe in one God. Saint Paul wrote to the Corinthian church: "There is no God but one. Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist" (1 Corinthians 8:4, 6). This one God ...

4. More Fully Understanding Christ

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... . He has also led numerous mission trips to Zimbabwe, and his church congregations in the U.S. have helped to build a church and a well in Dzobo’s village there. (9, 10) His life is a testament to the impact that one person can have when they understand and live out Jesus’ message of the kingdom. It’s a sad truth: a person can spend their whole life in church and never be fruitful. Notice that only one-fourth of the seeds in Jesus’ parable ever bore fruit. The rest were lost, wasted on those who ...

5. The More I Understand, The Less I Know

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... manages to mumble, "You don’t know what those words meant to me, preacher." And his wife is right behind him, and she says, "Preacher, I’m going in the hospital Tuesday for some surgery. After that sermon, I’m ready for anything that happens." The more I understand, the less I know. And I know less about preaching today than I did five years ago, MUCH less than I knew ten years ago. And yet… There was an article in a magazine I read some time ago. The writer had asked a group of committed Christian ...

6. The Grace Question: Are You A Teacher...and Yet Do Not Understand?

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... can one be born again?" The truth is Nicodemus would have been pleased if Jesus had given him a list -- things to do, ways to act, laws to keep. That's what he was about -- that's the way the Pharisees understood a proper relationship with God. Nicodemus didn't understand grace. So he asked, "How can it happen?" And Jesus responded, "The wind blows where it wills, and you can't see it, but you feel it and you see the sign of it, so is the person who is born of the Spirit." The new birth is not something ...

7. When Your Parents Don't Understand

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... God’s love. Jesus’ family was bound together by mutual love and respect. We can tell that by how the story ends. “Why were you searching for me?” Jesus asked. “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?” But they did not understand what he was saying to them. Then, says Luke’s Gospel, “He went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart. And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.” Jesus ...

8. The Grace Question: “Are You a Teacher…and Yet Do Not Understand These Things?”

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... one be born again?” The truth is Nicodemus would have been pleased if Jesus had given him a list—things to do, ways to act, laws to keep. That’s what he was about; that’s the way the Pharisees understood a proper relationship with God. Nicodemus didn’t understand grace. So he asked, “How can it happen?” And Jesus responded, “The wind blows where it wills, and you can’t see it, but you feel it and you see the sign of it, so is the person who is born of the Spirit.” The new birth is not ...

9. Mercy and Understanding

Psalm 23:1-6

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

... of death, I fear no evil, for thou art with me . . . goodness and mercy shall follow me. . . and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever." Perhaps nothing is so much needed in our lifetimes, and so little asked for, as mercy or understanding from one another. We talk a lot about mercy, and we complain frequently that we are not understood, but most of us think we manage pretty well without receiving it or giving it.____________ went through many valleys in her lifetime, deep valleys, lonely valleys ...

10. Christ Understands Us

Luke 24:36-49

Illustration

C. Welton Gaddy

... the meaning? If you did not sense the joy of Easter morning, if you have not felt Christ rise, if you cannot shout hallelujah, that does not mean that you must drop your head and take off toward Emmaus or some other place to give up. Christ understands. He understands you. So, Christ appears. The presence of Christ among us does not depend upon the quality of our understanding of Christ or even upon the nature of our reception of his presence. Christ appears in the midst of people not even looking for him.

11. “The Lord Looks Down . . . to See If There Are Any Who Understand”

Psalm 14:1-7

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

... of Israel, and the story of humanity in general, as Paul declares in Romans 3:9: “Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin.” The apostle quotes part of Psalm 14:1–3 (13:1–3 LXX), plus a catena of other Old Testament texts,7and understands well the principle that sin calls forth God’s grace (Rom. 3:5–20), and that is precisely the reaction we see in Psalm 14 (and Gen. 3:15). The God who has been denied his rightful place in the universe by those people who think and act like there ...

12. Building An Understanding Of God

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... are not the master of the universe. There is only One Master of the Universe. There is only One who is the Creator of all that lives and moves and has its being. There is only One who is greater than our minds can even imagine. When we seek to understand God, we begin with God as the creative Power behind our universe. But such a God is remote from us, unreachable, unknowable--and so God became one of us. In a manger in a stable in Bethlehem of Judea, a baby was born, and the world would never again be ...

13. Understanding the Trinity

John 16:12-15

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... how God can be One being and yet three person. We sing in the song, "Holy! Holy! Holy!" the words, "God in three persons, blessed Trinity." That's what Trinity means, God in three persons. But that is hard for us all to understand. Last week I used a glass of water to talk about the Holy Spirit. Remember, I had a cork in it? Today, I have an ice cube in it. What is an ice cube? That's right, it is frozen water. Do you know what a cloud is? It is ...

14. Understanding Outrageous Grace

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... of pants. And if you really want it, I can give you a vest out of this, too.” The coach was dumbfounded. “I don’t understand,” he said. “My tailor in Knoxville told me he couldn’t even make one suit out of this bolt of cloth.” The tailor said, “Coach ... them to know that, when we compare ourselves to others, we turn religion into a competition. Jesus wanted his hearers to understand that they were wasting their lives and missing out on the truth of God by looking down on others because of ...

15. Understanding What God Expects of Us

Acts 9:1-6, (7-20)

Sermon

King Duncan

... a misunderstanding he had at his local library when he requested copies of two books by author Deborah Tannen. Tannen is a communication researcher. One of her most popular books is titled That’s Not What I Meant. Another is titled You Just Don’t Understand. Williams went to the library and asked the clerk to check the availability of these two books by Deborah Tannen. “What’s the first book?” the librarian asked. “That’s Not What I Meant,” he said. “Well, what did you mean?” she asked ...

16. God Communicates in Humanly Understandable Terms

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

Richard D. Campbell

... God! But, other than one moment, we have no reason to suspect Jesus had other than a normal boyhood. This is the greatness of God. He communicated to us by entering into the life of a boy who grew up like many other boys. God also communicated in humanly understandable terms when he chose to have his special Son raised in a home like many others. He did not grow up in a wealthy home. We can tell Mary and Joseph were persons of small means by the humble thank-offering they brought to the Temple -- i.e., "a ...

17. Understanding Bible Prophecy

Deuteronomy 18:14-22

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... so-called "experts" and a challenge to virtually everyone else. Anytime I ask a group what they might like to do for a Bible study, the hands-down request winner is Revelation. The truth is the book of Revelation is not that difficult to understand if you have some basic background. It is written in a unique style called "apocalyptic" which is unfamiliar in our day, but was much better known during the period between the Old and New Testaments. Apocalyptic writing, with all its wild imagery — ten-horned ...

18. Understanding the Trinity

Mt 28:16-20

Illustration

King Duncan

... that he was "emptying the sea out into the sand." When the Bishop tried to gently point out the absurd impossibility of this task, the child replied, "Ah, but I'll drain the sea before you understand the Trinity." Okay, so, maybe the child didn't say exactly that, but there's truth to that comment. We don't understand the Trinity, but we're ready to go to war to defend it. Well, maybe not anymore. But there was a time when battles were fought over church doctrine, and even today churches are being split ...

19. God's Will is Not Beyond Man's Understanding

Deuteronomy 30:11-20

Bulletin Aid

Carl Hoefler

Call to Worship Pastor: God's word has come to us, revealing his will for our lives. People: God's will is so perfect, it is difficult for us to obey him as we ought. Pastor: That difficulty lies not in our lack of knowledge or understanding, but in our unwillingness to live by the truths we know. People: May God help us follow his will which he has placed within our hearts. Collect O Lord God, you have placed your commandments in our hearts through the written word of your spokesmen; through the ministry ...

20. Understanding Life

Matthew 13:1-23

Illustration

Brett Blair

Jesus also tells us how people respond to the Kingdom of God. There are four ways: There are those who understand it and the kingdom grows and produces fruit; they are good soil. There are those who receive it and the kingdom begins to grow but it is then choked by the worries of life; they are the soil covered by thorns. There are those who hear it with joy and ...

21. What Part of “You Shall Not” Don’t You Understand?

Exodus 20:1-17

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... they are so much a part of our fallen nature. While our culture tends to downplay the sinfulness of these twin motivators, there is much evidence that these twins lurk in the minds of all of us. The Lord asks, "What part of ‘You shall not' don't you understand?" On judgment day we all must answer his question. We do well to pay attention before we come to that day when we have no choice but to pay attention. The Ten Commandments are clear. We are guilty before them. Yes, but what of grace? What about the ...

22. If You Understand This Message...

Mark 1:4-11

Illustration

... one to come in, and we never even got a chance to be interviewed. Yet he got the job. That's not fair." The employer responded, "All the time you've been sitting here, the telegraph has been ticking out the following message in Morse code: `If you understand this message, then come right in. The job is yours.' None of you heard it or understood it. This young man did. So the job is his." Our livelihood, indeed our life, depends upon our ability to discern the meaning of these words: "You are my child, whom ...

23. Teenagers Understanding Parents

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... parents: Don’t be afraid to speak their language. Try using strange sounding phrases like, “I’ll help you with the dishes” and “Yes.” Try to understand their music. Play Glenn Miller’s “Moonlight Serenade” on the stereo until you are accustomed to the sound. Be patient with the underachiever. When you catch your dieting Mom sneaking salted peanuts, don’t show your isapproval. Tell her you like Moms with more to offer. Encourage your parents to ...

24. Jewish Understanding of Faith

Hebrews 11:1-40

Illustration

John R. Steward

My good friend and former professor Dr. James Kallas, in his days at California Lutheran University, used to tell a story from his youth. He would tell the story to teach us the Jewish understanding of faith and how they saw everything as the will of God. When Jim was a young man he worked in a warehouse for a Jewish man. One day the man asked him to go up to the fourth floor and put a refrigerator on a dolly and bring it ...

25. Oh, Now I Understand

Illustration

Staff

... here is a pen. I want you to sign. If you don’t, you’re fired!" Sam signed without a moment’s hesitation. "Now," said the president, "tell me why you couldn’t have signed before?" "Because," Sam said, "you’re the first person who explained it so I could understand."

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