SERMON – ONLY: John 1:35-51 FULL SERVICE:
To see the gospel bear fruit in the Inner West and the World as we commit, grow, engage and send.
Sermons by Dave Pym (Page 8)
- “Me, myself and I”
- Jesus’ attitude and example (2:3-8)
- How can I live as a selfless servant in a selfish age?
- A service which is volitional (2:12-14)
- A service which is transformational (2:14-15a)
- A service which is noticeable (2:15b-18)
- A service which is real (2:19-23)
- A service which is sacrificial (2:24-30)
What happens when we believe the good news? (2:1)
True internal change will find visible outward expression
- Unified in our convictions about the Gospel (1:27)
- United in our efforts to proclaim the Gospel (1:27)
- Confident in the face of opposition to the Gospel (1:28-30)
- Selfless in service of our brethren in the Gospel (2:3-4)
- Be Consistent in Character
- Be Courageous in Our Witness
- Be Content with Our Possessions
- Be Confident in God’s Provisions
- Jesus will be for us a Saviour from sin
- Jesus will be for us a King who cares
- Jesus will teach and show us God’s way of love
Introduction: ‘From little things, big things grow’ – Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody
- Realising what God is doing
- Speaking rather than spectating
- God’s two gifts to us
- Receiving Jesus
- A second test (22:23)
- A clever question (22:24-28)
- A compelling answer (22:29-34)
- We can believe the dead are raised because:
- God speaks of it in the Scripture (22:29)
- God can surely do it (22:29)
- God is the God of the patriarchs in the present (22:31-32)
- God raised Jesus (Acts 2:24 and 32; 3:15 etc.)
- Living in an age of distraction
- Learning from Martha’s ‘distractions’
- Learning from Mary’s ‘better way’
- Sitting with Jesus today
Introduction – Are we ready for Jesus’ return?
1. Paul’s concern for the Corinthians’ good (12:14-19)
2. The Corinthians’ love of the ways of the world (12:20-21)
3. Paul’s plan for dealing with unrepentance (13:1-4)
4. The Corinthians’ opportunity for self-correction (13:5-12)
- We can’t be Christians and yet not say anything about it
- Like Paul:
- We know who He is
- We know what He’s done
- We know that He died on the Cross for sinners
- We know He rose again and appeared to 500 at once and on other occasions as well
- We know He ascended to The Father and is seated there right now
- We know He is the King of all creation
- We know the difference He makes in human lives
- We know how He changed us
- We know we have something to say
- Acknowledge our hearers’ religiosity (Acts 17:22)
- Identify a common point of contact (Acts 17:23) (e.g. In Athens it was the altar with the inscription “To An Unknown God”)
- Explain to them how Jesus is the God we know and what he expects (Acts 17:30-31)
- Become familiar with the teachings of our hearers
- Be aware that not everyone will react positively (Acts 17:32-34)
Lord, open our eyes and minds to the ‘fields for harvest’ and give us the courage to ‘get out there’.
Is there anything else that is better worth as along life's way we plod, Than to find some wand'ring soul of earth and bring him home to God. I would rather find a soul that's lost and bring him home again, Than to win all that earth's acres cost or all the wealth of men. How glad I'd be when that day was done in taking my last breath, To know a word of mine had won and saved a soul from death.
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