Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 11, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Illustration:  Jesus, as an example
D. M. Stearns was preaching in Philadelphia. At the close of the service a stranger came up to him and said, “I don’t like the way you spoke about the cross. I think that instead of emphasizing the death of Christ, it would be far better to preach Jesus, the
                    
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                    AN EXAMPLE OF GRACE
I just received a letter from a friend who just initiate a prison ministry in my home church, Viorica Negosanu… The first inmate she encountered was a lady, a doctor who murdered her best friend, cut her in pieces and spread them all over the city. She got life sentence. Now
                    
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                    Contributed by Nathan Parker on Mar 10, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Life Examples: Jesus: Example or Sacrifice (Mt. 26:39) 
Some believe that Jesus came to show us how to live a good life-and to be sure, He is our example of righteousness. We are to become like Him. But that isn’t the reason Jesus came. Jesus came to die, to become the sacrificial, substitutionary,
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 11, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    There is an appropriate historical example of this folly of ruling out something ahead of time because it does not fit with one’s view of the world.  When explorers first came to Australia, they encountered an animal the defied all known laws of taxonomy.  They discovered a semiaquatic, egg-laying
                    
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                    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jun 4, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    The example of Garbage Mary
There once was a lady named Garbage Mary.
	She was dubbed that name by the media when she was picked up by police in a shopping mall in Delray Beach, Florida.  She was a filthy mess. So were her car and her two bedroom apartment. Neighbors told of her scrounging through
                    
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                    Contributed by Larry Jacobs on Jul 22, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    TAKE THIS EXAMPLE:   There is the account of Charles Schwab, the wealthy industrialist.  In one incident he went to court and won a nuisance suit at age 70.  After the trial he was given permission by the judge to speak to the audience, he made the following statement:  "I’d like to say here in a
                    
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                    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Nov 21, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    	The perfect example of this was the Oprah Winfrey show that aired this September.  Oprah, whose show now airs in 109 countries around the world, celebrated her 19th season by giving away new cars to every person in her audience that day.  The 276 audience members were selected because friends or
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
                
                
                
                    Let me give you a human example of faith. 
• You go to a doctor who you do not know. This doctor is a human, made of flesh and blood. 
• This doctor gives you a prescription you cannot read. 
• You take that prescription to a pharmacist you have never met. 
• The pharmacist gives you a chemical
                    
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