Topic:Why Give Thanks? For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods. In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him. Psalm 95:3-4 The psalmist is giving the basic reasons everyone should give thanksgiving and praise to God. They apply not only to believers but also to all people. …
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Topic:Then Comes The End READ THE SCRIPTURE: 1 CORINTHIANS 15:20-58 Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death. 1 Corinthians 15:24-26 Notice …
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Topic:What If…? READ THE SCRIPTURE: 1 CORINTHIANS 15:5-19 And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the …
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Topic:Of First Importance READ THE SCRIPTURE: 1 CORINTHIANS 15:1-4 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures… 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 There are three elements of the gospel. First, Christ …
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Topic:A Crisis Of Faith And I say, It is my grief that the right hand of the Most High has changed. Psalm 77:10 RSV Here is a man who is really trying to be honest. He says, I have analyzed my situation: I tried prayer all night long. In the past I have been given help, but no help has …
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Topic:A Willing Spirit Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Psalm 51:12 Several years ago, while I was preparing to preach a sermon on this psalm, I received an anonymous letter from someone in my congregation saying that he was a Christian but was involved in a very serious and …
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Topic:A Cry For Mercy Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. Psalm 51:1-2 What a marvelous understanding of the nature of sin and the character of God’s forgiveness is found in these verses! There are three …
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Topic:Headship READ THE SCRIPTURE: 1 CORINTHIANS 11:2-16 But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. 1 Corinthians 11:3 When the apostle uses the word head here he is speaking figuratively of that which sits on top of the neck. …
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Topic:Idolatry READ THE SCRIPTURE: 1 CORINTHIANS 10:14-11:1 Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry. 1 Corinthians 10:14 There were, of course, idol temples in Corinth. On the hill behind the city was the temple of Aphrodite where male and female prostitutes plied their trade in the name of the worship of Venus, the goddess of love. Within the city itself …
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Topic:No Temptation READ THE SCRIPTURE: 1 CORINTHIANS 9:24-10:13 No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. 1 Corinthians 10:13 Oh what an encouragement …
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