The hour is come! v23
Five responses to Jesus’ coming victory
- Mary v1-3, 3-7
- Judas v4-6
- The Chief Priests v9-11
- The Crowd v12-19
- The Greeks v20-22
Three questions:
- Will you believe? v35-36
- Will you be bold? v41-43
- Will you obey? v47
To see the gospel bear fruit in the Inner West and the World as we commit, grow, engage and send.
Sermons on Faith
- The death of Lazarus imminent
- Jesus deals with those effected by Lazarus’ death
- Jesus deals with death itself
How does Jesus do God’s work as the “Light of the world”? (9:4-5)
- He give sight to the physically blind (9:1-12)
- He makes Himself a basis for division (9:39)
- He confirms the spiritual blindness of the proud (9:13-34; 9:39-41)
- He gives spiritual sight to the humble (9:35-39)
- He shines through those who receive Him (9:4)
- Everyone is talking about you
- The talk of the town
- Cutting through all the noise
- For those with ears to hear, hear
- For those who have heard, prepare
- For those who are intrigued, discern
He is Risen!
(John 20:1-18)
(1) The things people say
(2) Mary’s despair
(3) The Lord appears
(4) The resurrection of Jesus and true hope
- Signs of significance
- Most roads lead here
- God’s new creation in the midst of a hostile world
Having received Christ Jesus as Lord, how do I continue to live in Him? (2:6)
- Rejecting human ‘religious rules’ (2:20-23)
- Recalling our true identity (3:1-4)
- ‘Taking off’ old earthly ways (3:5-11)
- ‘Putting on’ the way of Christ (3:12-17)
- The next level
- Fine sounding arguments
- The solution
- Colossians 1:12b-14, 15-20, 1:27, 2:3, 2:9-15
- Colossians 2:6-7
- The problem reconsidered
- Refreshing our minds with stories of life’s challenges
- Paul becomes a prisoner for preaching God’s message in public
- Though imprisoned, Paul rejoices in the opportunity he still has to preach and encourage the church
- Those who tell the Gospel will always endure suffering, however the Gospel continues to bear fruit – even under persecution and suffering
- We too, need to regularly hear and read the Gospel in order to dispel all fears and doubts