Sermons About Infectious
Unlikely Candidates
Infectious: Unlikely Candidates Reconnect – May 10, 2009 Text: I Peter 3:13-18; Colossians 4:5-6 Key Thought: The life we have with Jesus will naturally become apparent and spread to our families, if we will do our part and let God do His. Now, who will want to harm you if you are eager to do good? But even if you suffer for doing what is right, God will reward you for it. So don’t be afraid and don’t worry. Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if you are asked about your Christian hope, always be ready to explain it. But you must do this in a gentle and respectful way. Keep your conscience clear. Then if people speak evil against you, they will be ashamed when they see what a good life you live because you belong to Christ. Remember, it is better to suffer for doing good, if that is what God wants, than to suffer for doing wrong. Christ also suffered when he died for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died for sinners that he might bring us safely home to God. He suffered physical death, but he was raised to life in the Spirit. (I Peter 3:13-18, NLT)
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Unlikely Content
Infectious: Unlikely Content Reconnect – May 3, 2009 Text: II Corinthians 4:5-10, 16-18; I Peter 2:9 Key Thought: Even in our worst struggles, God is still at work, producing a life in us that spreads to others. You see, we don’t go around preaching about ourselves. We preach that Jesus Christ is Lord, and we ourselves are your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who said, “Let there be light in the darkness,” has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ. We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves. We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed. Through suffering, our bodies continue to share in the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be seen in our bodies... That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our inner beings are being renewed every day. For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever. (II Corinthians 4:5-10,16-18, NLT)
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Relationships
“What do you have that’s catching?” I got a cold this week – and I was miserable – and probably still am You don’t have to work at spreading a cold – in fact, it’s the opposite – you have to work hard to contain it. Which is why to use the word “infectious” with regards to faith or a faith journey that you or I are on might seem to be a poor choice of word Isn’t even just the PHRASE “sharing your faith” sound painful? Like work? Forced? As opposed to sneezing on someone – or shaking their hand and letting your germs do their thing And yet, when we look at the life of Jesus, the life that He had... well, infectious is a pretty good word for it – so how do we get in on THAT?!?
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