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Close The Door!

Contributed by Rev. M Edmunds on Apr 12, 2005

Rejection hurts, and to one degree or another, every single one of us has tasted the pain of feeling rejected from other people.Before the birth of Jesus Christ, during the time of His earthly life, and after His resurrection and ascension, our world has

Elder M. Edmunds Co-Pastor of United Ordained Church February 1999 “He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not” –(Isa.53:3). “He came unto his own (His domain, creation, ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:3

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Closing With Concerns

Contributed by Guy Glass on Aug 8, 2004

We are here at the end of the letter of first John. What a study this has been. We have looked at the very heart of John as he communicated practical, biblical truth to those who heard this message, and those who still continue to read the transcript.

CLOSING WITH CONCERN 1 John 5:13-21 INTRODUCTION: We are here at the end of the letter of first John. What a study this has been. We have looked at the very heart of John as he communicated practical, biblical truth to those who heard this message, and those who still continue to read the ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 5:13-21

Denomination: Baptist

Close The Book

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 25, 2002

There is a time to just close the book and and go to the next level.

CLOSE THE BOOK By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr Kyfingers@aol.com TEXT: 2 Tim. 4:6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. 7: I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. I again ponder, how good God has been to this ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:6-7, 2 Timothy 4:9-15

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Close To The Kingdom

Contributed by Bernard Dawson on Nov 23, 2002

An examination of a biblical character demonstrating the need of a vital relationship with Jesus Christ and not just a respectable alignment with a popular religious understanding.

CLOSE TO THE KINGDOM Scripture: Mark 12:28-40 Jesus had skilfully answered the Pharisee’s questions and avoided their trap. (v.13) The scribe in today’s lesson was quite pleased with the answers and stepped forward with some questions of his own. Scribes were professionals whose occupation was to ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:34, Mark 12:28-40

Denomination: Holiness

Really Close Series

Contributed by Jason Jones on Jan 8, 2009

Exposition of Acts 18:24-19:7 regarding the people that were following John’s teaching but needing to be saved

Text: Acts 18:24-19:7, Title: Really Close, Date/Place: NRBC, 1/11/09, AM A. Opening illustration: tell about riding down 2nd Street and long-necking at the new bookstore and almost hitting that car in front of me as I eased into the turn lane without looking B. Background to passage: Paul has ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Close Encounters Series

Contributed by Casey Campbell on Feb 13, 2012

This is not a full text sermon...it is an approach to the text; think of it as seed for a sermon.

Upon reading today's text the first thing that springs to mind, quite honestly, is Erich von Daniken's 1968 book, "Chariots of the Gods?," and the several hours of my life that I will never get back for having watched so many of those late night documentaries on the History Channel about UFO's and ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 2:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

Close But No Cigar

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Nov 17, 2015

Have you ever set out after something and you got close but you didn’t quite get it? Just coming close can be pretty debilitating and frustrating. But nothing would be worse than getting close to the kingdom of God but not getting there.

CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR Mark 12:28-34 INTRODUCTION: Have you ever set out after something and you got close but you didn’t quite get it? Coming close can be pretty debilitating and frustrating. Perhaps no one knows that better than the 2007 Patriots. Here they were undefeated at 18-0, playing in ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:28-34

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

"Close To The Source"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Oct 6, 2010

A sermon about making the decision to be happy.

Luke 17:11-19 “Close to the Source” By: Ken Sauer, Pastor of East Ridge United Methodist Church, Chattanooga, TN It happens a lot. Something occurs, or is about to happen and suddenly we become very religious. Perhaps a person finds a lump in their breast and, in fear and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:11-19

Denomination: United Methodist

The Closing Of The Age.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Oct 12, 2021

We do not know the day and the hour when Jesus will return, so we also need to keep awake and be watchful.

THE CLOSING OF THE AGE. Mark 13:24-37. The original “abomination of desolation” (Mark 13:14) prophesied in Daniel 11:31, was an idol set up in the Temple precincts in 168 B.C. (Daniel 12:11). However, Jesus here hints that there are other levels of fulfilment to this prophecy (Mark 13:14). The ...read more

Scripture: Mark 13:24-37

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Close Encounter Series

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Nov 29, 2022

The day of the Lord is indeed near. For us, every day is his.

Have you ever fantasized about living in some other time in history? What is it about that period that appeals to you? People have often tended to look back at earlier, simpler days with a sort of nostalgia, longing for a time when the mail held nothing worse than unsolicited requests for money or ...read more

Scripture: Romans 13:11-14

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

An Aye To An Eye For An Eye? Series

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Jul 10, 2014

Should we avenge ourselves?

An Aye to an Eye for an Eye? Matthew 5:38-42 The Bible indeed teaches “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth”. In this, Jesus is quoting the Scripture. Seeing that we have established that we have already established in our study on the Sermon on the Mount that what Jesus is ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:38-42

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Eyes Series

Contributed by Jordan Muck on Sep 6, 2016

The seven things God hates.

Series: Seven Week: 1 Passage: Proverbs 6:16-19 Title: The Eyes Interesting Statement: “The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.” Jerome Introduction: The writer of Proverbs chapter six outlines a “six/seven” pattern ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 6:16-19

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

One Eye; Two Eye. Good Eye; Bad Eye Series

Contributed by Guy Glass on May 21, 2024

What we see with our eyes is important as a follower of Christ

ONE EYE; TWO EYE. GOOD EYE; BAD EYE MATTHEW 6:22–24 “THE EYE IS THE LAMP OF THE BODY. IF YOUR EYES ARE GOOD, YOUR WHOLE BODY WILL BE FULL OF LIGHT. 23BUT IF YOUR EYES ARE BAD, YOUR WHOLE BODY WILL BE FULL OF DARKNESS. IF THEN THE LIGHT WITHIN YOU IS DARKNESS, HOW GREAT IS THAT DARKNESS! 24“NO ONE ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:22-24

Denomination: Baptist

The Eye Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Aug 30, 2022

Jesus has just noted that the eye is the body's lamp. A healthy eye perceives light and transmits that information to the body. In a poetic sense, a functioning eye floods the body with light. Light allows a person to see and operate in the world according to what is true.

The Eye (22) "The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, (23) But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! Jesus has just commanded His listeners to stop stockpiling treasure on ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:22-23

Denomination: Baptist

God's Eye View

Contributed by Maurice Mccarthy on Apr 4, 2016

Tough love or tender love. The disciples toiling in rowing, and Jesus unusual response. (He would have passed them by.) When we get close to God we will have sympathy for others, we can also gain insight into the best way to help them.

God's Eye View Intro: In many video games there is something called, "God's Eye View." What they mean by that is seeing things from a much better perspective and vantage point. For example, if we had a battle scene, there is the perspective of the individual soldier facing enemies that his limited ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:46-52

Denomination: Pentecostal