Sermons About Feet
The Church in Ephesus: Revelation 2:1-7
The letter to the Ephesians in Revelation begins with a commendation. Jesus commends the Ephesians for their doctrinal purity. They have fought false teachings and have remained faithful to the truth without growing weary and giving up. Yet, though they have remained doctrinally pure, they have ceased to be faithful witnesses for Jesus because they lost her first love for Jesus. Jesus calls them to remember the depths of their sin and how much they have been forgiven. Some of us are like the prodigal son or the sinful woman in Luke 7, and we know we have been saved from a life of sin. We have been overwhelmed by his grace, but over time, the memory fades and we grow prideful and self-reliant. For others of us, the danger is that we have never had a sinful woman experience. We may not have ever felt desperate, out of control, absolutely empty, and needy. Our savior walks among his people and he sees them all. He will forgive us if we will stop trying to be perfect and simply fall at his feet and beg him for mercy. Run to the one who, though his face shown like the sun, willingly took on flesh to die on the cross in our place.
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Standing Against the Schemes of the Devil (Ephesians 6 10-20) 10-11-09
In contrast to popular ideas on spiritual warfare, the Bible teaches us that our main response to the Devil is not offensive, but defensive; we are called to resist him as we live, in word and deed, in light of Jesus' victory on the cross.
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Transformation in Our Lives and Community
Rev. Wayne Alexander preaches a one-off sermon on 'Transformation in our Lives and Communities', speaking from Revelation 21:1-4 about how our lives as Christ followers could impact our personal lives and the communities in which we move or that are around us.
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Battle over the Walls
The Sheep Gate represents the work of the cross in your life, the foundation of spiritual construction: 3:1; John 10:11 The Fish Gate represents Christian witness: 3:3; Matthew 4:19 The Old Gate represents the old nature changing to the new: 3:6; Romans 6:1-23 The Valley Gate speaks of suffering and testing: 3:13; II Corinthians 1:3-5 The Dung Gate represents the works of the flesh which must be eliminated: 3:14; Galatians 5:16-21 The Fountain Gate represents the work of the Holy Spirit: 3:15; John 7:37-39 The Water Gate represents the Word of God: 3:26; John 4:10-14 The Horse Gate represents the believer's warfare: 3:28; Ephesians 6:10-17 The Eastern Gate speaks of the believer's hope in the return of Jesus: 3:29; Ezekiel 43:1-2 The Miphkad Gate speaks of self-examination and the judgment seat of Jesus: 3:31; I Corinthians 3:9-15; II Corinthians 5:10
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Entering the Combat Zone
You have answered the call to arms and been inducted in God's army. You have studied about enemy strategy and territory. You learned about God's battle plan and been armed with defensive and offensive weapons. With this lesson, you actually enter the combat zone and begin to fight! This chapter is the first in a series which focus on Satan's strategies and Scriptural counterstrategies for overcoming his deceptive tactics. "Strategies" are the science of forming and carrying out military operations. They are the methods or plans which lead to victory.
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People Making a Difference / Soles For Souls
You may not think much about your footwear, but there are many poor people who do not take their shoes for granted. In this week's People Making a Difference, FLN's Elizabeth Weaver spotlights a national organization that is taking steps to cover the feet of the poor.
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Not To Be Served But To Serve
Jesus came not to be served but to serve. Jesus Christ, the king of kings, bowed down and washed the disciples feet. Are we washing one another s feet?
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What Radical Love Demands
Only when we look to Jesus, as we do in John 13, only hours before the cross, do we the example we need to live lives of radical love.
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The Sinful Woman
Every person that interacted with Jesus had to do some serious soul searching. Having the ability to read a person's heart, Jesus always knew what to say, ask or command. Join us in November as we look at four extraordinary encounters with Jesus that provide us five important lessons. In this sermon Paul Wingfield explores the encounter between Jesus and the sinful woman.
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At His Feet
Jesus teaches all of us that it isn’t the big events that are going to really change who we are. The big events don’t make us, they simply reveal what the daily habit of our hearts really are like. Big events don’t give us time to contemplate; whatever is in our hearts comes out. It’s all of the little things. It’s the mundane and monotonous duties of life, the daily routine that God is most concerned with transforming. To desire real, lasting change is to commit to a lifetime of daily change in all the little ways.
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