To see the gospel bear fruit in the Inner West and the World as we commit, grow, engage and send.
Sermons on Faith (Page 3)
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
- 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