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
To see the gospel bear fruit in the Inner West and the World as we commit, grow, engage and send.
Sermons on God's Plan (Page 4)
How do I live for Jesus when I’m with my family
- An instruction for Christian wives (v18)
- An instruction for Christian husbands (v19)
- An instruction for Christian children (v20)
- An instruction for Christian fathers (v21)
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)
- A shocked fiancé
- Joseph is reassured by an angel of the Lord
- The fulfillment of a prophecy
- Joseph took Mary as his wife but he did not consummate their marriage until after the birth of Jesus,
- God has provided a Savior for all who are willing to accept this gift.
Do we expect anything?
- Embracing the covenant
- Rejecting the covenant
- Discipline, and blessing in the Christian life
- Ending on a question: What will God’s people do?
- Focus on the coming hope
- Don’t conform back
- Instead, be Holy & conduct yourself in light of the Father’s judgement
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