1. AGITATION – among the guests 2. ADMIRATION – from the master of the feast 3. MANIFESTATION – of Christ’s power and glory 4. TRANSFORMATION – of the disciples
1) THE OFFERING! I am ready. I am poured out. I am going home. 2) THE EPITAPH! I have fought. I have run. I have kept. 3) THE CROWN! Everlasting Righteousness Everlasting Christlikeness Everlasting Blessedness
1) SEE WHAT? The Lamb of God (v36) Rabbi (v38) The Messiah (Christ) (v41) The One Moses and the Prophets wrote about (v45) Rabbi, Son of God, King of Israel (v49) The Son of Man (v51) 2) TELL WHO? Those whom you influence (v35) Your family (v41) Your friends (v45) Those who despise you (John…
1) PREACH THE WORD! (v1-4) Seriously, faithfully, earnestly, lovingly, doctrinally 2) STAY THE COURSE! (v5) Be sober-minded and endure suffering 3) WIN THE LOST! (v5) Do the work of an evangelist 4) FULFIL YOUR MINISTRY! (v5) Finish the course with your heart on fire for God APPLICATIONS: 1. Pray fervently for the heralds of the…
1. “I am a not” a) a VOICE, not the WORD v23 & Isaiah 40:3-5 b) A MESSENGER, not the MESSIAH v23, 1:6-8, 3:28-29 2. “He is the Son of God” v34 “and I have seen and born witness that this is the Son of God” a) Holy Spirit ANOINTED (v32-33a) Matt 3:13-17, Isaiah 11:1-2, Isaiah 42:1…
Apologies for the sound quality of the audio. This will be rectified in time for next Sunday’s sermon. 1) SACRED! God-breathed Its testimony, majesty, harmony, reliability,accuracy, prophecy, morality, continuity, simplicity & authority 2) SAVING! A book that speaks of the Saviour of Sinners Christ in all the Scriptures. 3) SANCTIFYING! Profitable for teaching, reproving, correcting, training, maturing…
1. INTRODUCTION a) To John’s Gospel – mission (Jn 20:31); method (Jn 20:30; Jn 21:25) b) To John’s prologue – “If Jesus be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him” (C.T. Studd) 2. THE WORD a) Deity (v1-4) – His eternity, distinctiveness, creation, life. b) Humanity…
1) THE BEHAVIOUR WE ARE TO EXHIBIT (v10-11) Follow Paul’s teaching, conduct, aim, faith, patience, love, steadfastness, persecution, experience. 2) THE BATTLE WE ARE TO EXPECT (v12-13) Persecution 3) THE BOOK WE ARE TO EXPLORE (v14-17) Sacred, God-breathed, soul saving, life changing
1) A PERSONAL MESSAGE (v21) “Tell Zerubbabel…” 2) A POWERFUL MESSAGE (v22) “I will….” 3) A PERMANENT MESSAGE (v23) “I have chosen you” The Kingdom you’re invited to be a citizen of is the Kingdom of a: Personal, Powerful, Permanent God So live with Kingdom PRIORITIES So live from Kingdom PERSPECTIVES So live with Kingdom PURITY…
1) FIERCE! (v1-3) Insatiable in their passion for sin A Self-Indulgent Nature 2) FOUL! (v4) Treacherous, lovers of pleasure 3) FAKE! (v5-9) Form but no power Corrupt counterfeits like Jannes & Jambres