Sermons About Example
Uncertainties
Using Jesus as an example of how we should carve time out of our day to go to God in prayer. When we make God a priority in our lives, it relieves stress.
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When There's Nothing You Can Do
Sometimes we find ourselves in a jam. Between a rock and a hard place. In a lose/lose situation. Young Timothy was in such a situation. Paul instructs timothy on what to do when there's nothing you can do?
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We Study to Assist the Working of God - Part 1
Please note this is a two part sermon... Paul brought a great deal of comfort to the Christians in Thessalonica with this letter. Yet one way in which comfort was brought to the Thessalonians (their lives proved it, as did their suffering) should startle us in America. We don't suffer for being Christians here (outside of extremely isolated instances). What has the church throughout the history of the world endured? What do many endure today? We ignore the plight of our brothers and sisters in Christ to the detriment of the Kingdom.
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We Study to Assist the Working of God - Part 2
Please note this is a two part sermon... Paul brought a great deal of comfort to the Christians in Thessalonica with this letter. Yet one way in which comfort was brought to the Thessalonians (their lives proved it, as did their suffering) should startle us in America. We don't suffer for being Christians here (outside of extremely isolated instances). What has the church throughout the history of the world endured? What do many endure today? We ignore the plight of our brothers and sisters in Christ to the detriment of the Kingdom.
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We Study to Remember
What goes through the mind of an apostle? We can never know for certain - aside aside from what is written in the Bible that is. Yet what we have in the Bible is only "half" of the conversation. In other words, we think so much more than we speak or write. Yet by looking at the text of 1 Thessalonians, taking insights from the historical background of the first century, and considering information contained in the book of Acts, we can deduce some concerns Paul may have had about the young "church" in Thessalonica.
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The Spirit’s Anointing to Defeat Evil in the City
In the classic story of David and Goliath, we are given a pattern for how we can confront the evil and the problems that exist in our lives and in our city. David points to us as a person of faith, and he points to Jesus, who represents us in his battle against the evil that underlies the Evil in the City.
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Incarnational Living
In the incarnation of the eternal Son of God we see how we are to live among those we are trying to reach.
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We Study To Be An Example
Context is King. If we ignore context we can make the Bible say anything we want. For example, I can command you to do something most think is an "un-Christian" thing to do - all by using Scripture...“Judas went out and hanged himself; do likewise, and what you do, do quickly” (Matt27:5b; Lk3:11; Jn13:27b). All from Scripture; obviously not godly activity - context is vital. How does context impact what Paul writes in the opening chapter of 1 Thessalonians?
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God's Unstoppable Act of Salvation
The power of God's saving work is still at work in you whether your realize it or not. The Apostle Paul models a prayer of thanksgiving for the faith of a fledgling church. He praises God the Father for the unstoppable nature of salvation specifically for the new ethic, faithful example and passionate evangelists that the Gospel produces.
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