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8/29/10
The Civil War of the Soul: Paul's Six Spiritual Laws II
Romans 8:1-14
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| This sermon is the second part to Paul's Six Spiritual Laws and continues on in Romans Chapters 6, 7, and 8. I encourage you to re-read these chapters and review the first sermon, Paul's Six Spiritual Laws I, and also to replay this sermon today, if it helps in understanding this material. The law today is the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus. |
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8/22/10
Defying Gravity - Forgiveness
Luke 15:11-32, Ephesians 4:32
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David L. Brackett |
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| Last weekend we did go on a youth retreat with 42 people and we talked about defying gravity. The whole theme of the weekend was that God has a very certain type of life that he wants us to live. A life of joy, a life of completeness, a life of relationships, and a life much more that we can ever imagine. We can't imagine this life that God wants us to live because we let the gravities of this world keep us down. We live under the gravities of this world rather than living in the kind of life that God wants us to live. One of the first things that keep us from experiencing the kind of life that God wants us to live is unforgiveness. |
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8/15/10
The Civil War of The Soul: Paul's Six Spiritual Laws I
Romans 7:21-25
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Jeff Lambert |
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| I hope that you had an opportunity to read Romans 6, 7, and 8 this past week and I hope that you can take time to read these chapters again this week. The more time that you can devote to reading these chapters, the more you will be prepared for the rest of the sermons in this series. This is a difficult series to preach, a difficult series to hear, and a difficult series to understand because we are talking about some of the deep things of God, some of the real spiritual issues this morning... |
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8/8/10
The Civil War of the Soul: Paul's Civil War
Romans 7:1-6
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Jeff Lambert |
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| This sermon series is called the Civil War of the Soul. We have talked about the origins of the disunity, the contradiction that is within our hearts and minds and within ourselves, the battle between good and evil, right and wrong that takes place inside our hearts and minds; and today we are going to Paul. I want to encourage you to read Romans chapters 6, 7, and 8 this week as often as you can. You will find out why when you read these chapters and today and for the next few weeks, the sermons are going to be a little deeper and a little more complicated than normal. |
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8/1/2010
The Civil War of the Soul: Going Around in Circles
Deuteronomy 6:1-9
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Jeff Lambert |
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| We have studied the origins of the "Civil War of the Soul". We have seen how it affected Adam and Eve and Cain and Abel and those generations leading up to the time of Noah. And today, we are going to look at the nation of Israel and their oppression and their deliverance from that. |
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7/25/2010
The Civil War of the Soul: Who is Knocking at the Door?
Genesis 4:1-8
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Jeff Lambert |
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| As you know, a couple of weeks ago I started a sermon series called the Civil War of the Soul. We are going to look at the origins of why there is a disharmony within our hearts and minds. Why there is a contradiction within us. What are the origins there? How does this work. How does Jesus give us the victory? We are going to be looking at the Old Testament for a few weeks and then we are going to the New and study how Jesus sets us free. But in this sermon series it touches all of us because within all of us we struggle between right and wrong, good and evil on a daily basis. So how does that occur and just what is going on there in our hearts and minds and how are we set free and get victory from all of that? |
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7/18/10
The Servant's Life (It Ain't Flashy-But it's Real)
Philippians 2:1-11
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David L. Brackett |
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| What makes a person great? What brings greatness to a person? Where does a person find greatness? What brings true greatness? There was a time when the disciples were gathered together and were talking with Jesus, and what a wonderful thing that must have been to be gathered around the Son of God, the Messiah and just have a conversation about some of these things... |
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7/11/10
The Civil War of the Soul: The Battle Begins
Genesis 3:1-8
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Jeff Lambert |
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| We are beginning a sermon series that I call the "The Civil War of the Soul". This a sermon series on holiness and how or where the root causes of the enmity, the contradiction that is within us, where it came from, how they dealt with it in the old testament, how does Paul deal with it, and how does Jesus give us victory over all of these things. I believe this series will speak to all of us in a very profound way. |
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7/4/2010
A Godly Heritage
Leviticus 25:10
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Jeff Lambert |
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| The 4th of July for most Americans today is a day to celebrate our freedom, our liberty, our country, fireworks, cookouts and just being with our families. In the first century, though, for our nation's independence, July 4th was a day of worship no matter what day of the week it was, and people flocked to the churches to hear the pastor's annual Independence Day sermon. And a lot of these sermons were published in the newspapers all across the states. And that is the way it was celebrated the first 100 years... |
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6/20/10
The Father and The Family
Joshua 24:14-15
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Jeff Lambert |
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| Sunday school is important. Worship is important. We need to teach these values to our children not just because we believe in them, but because they need it. They need Jesus and the church and the church needs them. We also need to show our love... |
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6/6/2010
Simply Insufficient
Mark 2:23-28
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Jeff Lambert |
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| The Sabbath was very important to the people long ago. The problem with this is their interpretation of the Sabbath and their application of the scriptures became to them as much law as the law of God. You have the word of God and you have the application of the word of God and you do not make the application the same as the word of God... |
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5/30/2010
Remember Jesus
2 Timothy 2:7-10
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Jeff Lambert |
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| Oh how quick we are to forget. Sometimes the weeks go by and the months go by and the years go by and there are changes within and there are changes in our lives. We have kids, we raise the kids and there are promotions on the job and there is this problem and then that problem, this blessing and that blessing and it's not that we forsake Jesus, but we just don't take him with us... Somehow Christ gets put on the back burner with all the business of life and for some reason he is forgotten or seldom in our hearts and minds... |
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5/23/2010
Happy Birthday Church
Ezekiel 11:19-20
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Jeff Lambert |
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| This is Pentecost Sunday, the day that we celebrate the birth of the Church, as recorded in the second chapter of Acts. Pentecost was one of the three annual feasts that the Jewish people celebrated. There is Passover, Tabernacles, and Pentecost. Pentecost was a harvest celebration, primarily the barley harvest. The people would take two salted loaves of bread and sacrifice them during this time. Pentecost was primarily a time when the people celebrated the giving of the Ten Commandments and was a time of great celebration... |
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5/16/2010
Sanctification
Hebrews 12:14
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Jeff Lambert |
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| The author of Hebrews was an expert in Old Testament theology and New Testament theology and teachings. He had an amazing way of comparing the Old Testament with the New Testament. He had a beautiful, amazing way of doing that. We don't know who the author of Hebrews is but they were an expert in the law and an expert in New Testament theology... |
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5/9/2010
Is It Well With The Family?
2 Kings 4:16-26
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Jeff Lambert |
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| There is no greater privilege bestowed by God upon anyone than that of a mother. No one knows more or has more influence on a child's life than the mother does. Yes, fathers have a great deal of influence on the children, but especially in the early years, which are the formative years, the mothers spend more time with the children than the fathers do and have a profound influence on the children... |
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5/2/2010
The Shadow of God
Acts 5:12-16
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Jeff Lambert |
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| In Acts Chapter 5, they brought the sick from Jerusalem and from cities outside Jerusalem because the power of God was so prevalent in the apostle's life that they said if Peter's shadow would come across the sick, they would be healed. Peter cast a shadow of the presence of God in his life. If they got within shadows' distance of Peter, the power of God to heal, deliver, and to set free was so prevalent and powerful, that they may be set free right there. The power of God was right there, but we are all to be the shadow of God, a witness for Jesus Christ and an example... |
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4/25/2010
Verbal Pollution
I Corinthians 10:1-11
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Jeff Lambert |
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| The apostle Paul is expounding on an Old Testament text that deals with the wilderness wanderings in the days of Moses. And Paul tells us the reasons why they wandered around in the wilderness for forty years. Some of the reasons why they ended up not able to go into the Promised Land at least the generation that came out of Egypt were not allowed to go, except for Joshua and Caleb. One of the reasons that they were not able to enter the Promised Land is because of their grumbling and complaining... Verbal Pollution... |
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4/18/2010
Absolute Surrender
I Kings 20:1-5
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Jeff Lambert |
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| What God the Holy Spirit wants to do is to change us, renew us, transform our hearts, transform our lives. And it's not just a matter of how much of God do we have; it is a matter of how much of us does God have... |
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4/11/10
The Living Water
Genesis 26:12-35; John 7:37
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Harold Buck |
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| One of the problems that Isaac faced in the land of the Philistines was having an adequate supply of water. You very well know that water is awfully important for our lives. We need lots of it. The doctors tell us that we need to drink a gallon of water a day to drink. Most of us don't drink a gallon of water a day. But these animals that Isaac had needed water to survive and to be healthy. It was important for their lives and it is important for our lives... |
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4/4/10
You Can Believe in the Resurrection
Matthew 28:1-6
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Jeff Lambert |
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| Over the last couple of thousand years, there are always those skeptics that are trying to disprove the resurrection, trying to undermine the faith of Christianity; they have tried to use logic, and reason, and philosophy and science and outright lies to try to disprove the Resurrection. Because the skeptics realize they have a problem, because if Jesus is alive then they are wrong and they are going to have to deal with is somehow. But did you know that the Resurrection of Jesus is one of the most documented events in history and that you can believe in the Resurrection. Let me tell you how... |
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3/28/10
A Bitter Sweet Day
Luke 19:29-40
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Jeff Lambert |
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| For many of us, a parade is sort of a second hand experience. We go to parades and more of us watch them more than what is actually in them. I have enjoyed, over the last few years, the Christmas parade here in Red Bank. The weather could have been a little warmer, but outside of that, the parade was great and I have enjoyed them over the last two years. A parade is a time of excitement and celebration and Jesus' entrance into Jerusalem was no different. As a matter of fact, it was more of an exciting time because over a thousand years of prophetic expectation was being fulfilled right in front of them and would culminate with the resurrection of Jesus the next Sunday... |
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3/21/10
Should We Try to Please Everyone?
Luke 23:1-7
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Jeff Lambert |
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| Pilate tried to please everyone, but should we try to please everyone? We need a little focus today; we live in a culture today that is so self-centered. We live in a culture where all of our lives, it should be like Burger King where we can always have it our way. You know you can't always have it your way and we need to realize that we can't always please everyone. I hope you have already come to grips with that. If you haven't, you are going to have a long, miserable life... |
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3/14/10
Micah-What Does the Lord Require of You?
Micah 6:6-8
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Jeff Lambert |
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| The book of Micah was completed in 725 B.C. and is made up of various prophesies from Micah over the years. Micah was a contemporary of the prophets Isaiah, Hosea, Joel and Amos. He was most likely a herdsman or vinedresser by trade from the small town of Moresheth. Micah is very poetic and has tremendous literary skills. He uses a variety of different imagery. Some of the imagery used is classic prophetic symbols and others were new and creative. Micah warned the people of Judah that it was too late for Israel and their downfall should be a sign of things to come it they did not change their ways. |
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3/7/10
Jonah - God's Foreign Missionary
2 Kings 14:25
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Jeff Lambert |
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| The story of Jonah fills both adults and children with wonder and delight. It is a very exciting and fun story, full of adventure and suspense. Jonah was the son of Amitai and lived in the eighth century B.C. during the reign of King Jeroboam the Second. He was a prophet while Assyria was almost at its height in power. I don't believe the story of Jonah is folklore or allegory, I believe that it is historical. |
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2/28/2010
Obadiah - Justice for Judah and Judgement for Edom
Obadiah 1:1-2
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Jeff Lambert |
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| This is the sermon series on the Minor Prophets. Obadiah is the shortest Old Testament book. It is a prophetic poem about justice for Judah and judgment for Edom. Obadiah is dated 587 to 585 B.C. There are three progressions in Obadiah. There is the issue of pride, the issue of violence, indifference and greed. And then there is the day of the Lord and we are going to look at all of these issues with the first one being the issue of pride... |
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2/21/2010
Amos - The Lord God Has Spoken
Amos 3:3-8
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Jeff Lambert |
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| Amos is the oldest of the writing prophets. There were prophets before him, but he is the oldest of the writing prophets. Hosea and Isaiah were contemporaries of Amos in that they lived at the same time, but Amos was much older than the two. Amos prophesied around 750 B.C. during the reign of Jeroboam the Second which was a great time of wealth and prosperity. Amos was a farmer and picked figs... |
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2/14/2010
Eagle Christians
Deuteronomy 32:7-14
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| We are talking about Eagle Christians today. I have postponed the sermon series on the Minor Prophets this week because preaching about Amos on Scout Sunday would not be the best choice. So, the subject today is more suitable for the Scouts and the "Grumpy Old Men" sermon series will continue next week where we will be talking about Amos. |
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2/7/2010
Living In Remembrance of Him
Jude 1:17-21
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Jeff Lambert |
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| Jude is believed to be the half-brother of Jesus, the son of Joseph and Mary. Jesus was virgin born, but Joseph and Mary had children of their own. Jesus had several brothers and sisters. The name Judas and Jude were the same name and the same person. Could you imagine living in the shadow of Jesus? Or being Jesus' brother? |
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1/24/2010
Joel - Sound the Alarm!
Joel 1:1-3
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Jeff Lambert |
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| This is the second sermon in the series on the Minor Prophets, better known as "Grumpy Old Men". The book of Joel is poetic, prophetic, and full of metaphor and imagery and symbolism, most of the entire book. This a very powerful book and he talks about what has happened, what is happening now, and he talks about what is going to happen in the future. |
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1/17/2010
Hosea - The Faithful God Who Pursues Us
Hosea 1:1-9
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Jeff Lambert |
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| This is the first sermon in the series on the Minor Prophets, better known as "Grumpy Old Men". The book of Hosea is the first of the twelve Minor Prophets that we are going to talk about. They are called the Minor Prophets not because of the level of influence that they had but because of the brevity of their books. Hosea - The name means "Salvation". |
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1/10/2010
An Endowment for a Difference
1 Timothy 6:17-18
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Roger Redding |
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| I want to tell you about a special trip that I had and it is one because I survived it! Remember back in March of 1993 that special type of weather phenomenon that we had? In March in East Tennessee, that's supposed to be Buttercups and azaleas are coming along and when snow is mentioned, you go to the store and buy milk and eggs because the snow won't amount to much... So I met with this friend of mine and we had never done any backpacking before and were going with some friends who had never been backpacking and were going to head up the Cherohala Parkway into the mountains... |
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1/3/2010
New Year's Resolutions
Philippians 3:13-14
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Jeff Lambert |
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| God is the giver of many wonderful things. When we come to Him in faith, He gives us a new birth, a new nature, a new heart, a new life, a new hope, a new task... and now He has given us a new year. Every year we make resolutions, new commitments, a new year, a fresh start... |
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