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Intro: The Mission Games: “To give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected.” FACEBOOK “To organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.” GOOGLE “To inspire and nurture the human spirit – one person, one cup and one neighborhood at a time.“…

John 8:12–18 (NKJV) Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” The Pharisees therefore said to Him, “You bear witness of Yourself; Your witness is not true.” Jesus answered and said to them, “Even if…

ILLUST: Comfort zones, False security Driving vs flying >450,000 die annually in auto wrecks 100-200 in plane crashes Driving and false sense of security/comfort zone Driving - YOU are in control Flying - You are not in control Comfort Zones People tend to get upset when comfort zones are threatened…

The Purpose Fascination - Discovery - Identity - Authenticity One day, Napoleon was speaking of the Divinity of Christ; when General Bertrand said:— “I can not conceive, sire, how a great man like you can believe that the Supreme Being ever exhibited himself to men under a human form, with a body, a…

“I can do nothing on My own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. “If I alone testify about Myself, My testimony is not true. “There is another who testifies of Me, and I know that the testimony which He gives about…

48 The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?” 49 Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. 50 Yet I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it, and he is the judge. 51 Truly, truly, I say to you, if…

39 They answered him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing the works Abraham did, 40 but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did. 41 You are doing the works your father did.”…

We are picking up where we left off last week in John chapter eight. Remember the setting of the chapter was the Feast of booths/tabernacles in Jerusalem. Jesus was in the temple treasury where he claimed to be the light of the world. What followed was a battle of testimony and a challenge of identity.…

Intro: I made the statement a couple of weeks ago that I wanted to share a message or two regarding some current events that we are seeing in our world. At that time, I addressed the poor state of our nation using the assassination attempt of President Trump as my main illustration. Today, I want to…

Abraham Jews claim Abrahams descendants, never in bondage (8:33) Be free in the Son not a slave to sin (8:34-36) Abrahams children would do work of Abraham (8:39-40) If God were your father you would love Me (8:41-43) The devil is your father (8:44-45) Now our tie into our passage today is 46 “Which…

Freedom! Jesus is offering true freedom but they are not accepting what He is offering at the high price (lol, tongue/cheek humor) of belief. What do you think the cost of freedom is? Toby Castleberry once said: “There is nothing like the freedom we can have in Jesus. No money can buy it, no status can…

Notes: The following text points out accusations that Jesus, who is the True Judge, makes against the Pharisees and religious leaders. 1. The first accusation: They have Inappropriate Belief (8:12-30) A. First verbal exchange: The Authority and Judgment of the Son, 8:12-20. “again” points to a change…

Exegetical Point: Jesus claims are valid because he is the eternally existent God. Homiletic Point: Jesus is God, obey His Word. Intro Recap Continued conversation after the feast of tabernacles, but we will come to the conclusion of that conversation today. Jesus is speaking to a crowd, some of whom…

If . . . then John (Jesus Speaks About God’s True Children / 8:31–47 / 128) LABC, Bruce Barton For many, “knowing the truth” means personal autonomy, creativity, and freedom from oppression and ignorance, which they define as mental slavery. But Jesus didn’t die to guarantee personal freedom of expression.…

Exegetical & Homiletic Point: If you hold to Jesus teaching, you are really his disciples and you’ll be free. Intro How can we tell who your parents are? If we got all the kids into a big group, and mixed you all up, then we asked a random person off the street to come in and sort out which children…

Before Abraham was, I Am I don’t know if you remember or not, but way back in John 1 , we spent the first few weeks going over the first 18 verses of John’s Gospel. In your bibles these 18 verses are most likely titled the prologue. And in the prologue, John is going to lay out the themes of his gospel.…

Truth Will Set You Free Intro 30 As he was saying these things, many believed in him. 31 Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you continue in my word, you really are my disciples. 32 You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” Abide We finished last weeks sermon talking…

Intro: Have you ever had to tell someone a hard truth? Something like, man you got a boog hanging. Or something even worse, like how we have to break up, this isn’t working out. Or perhaps it is the ultimate hard Truth, hey did you know you are dying spiritually? These can be some pretty hard truths…

Is Jesus the Messiah? Call to Worship Intro Have you ever been into a television series and really enjoyed it. Then all of a sudden there is this extremely slow paced episode that no one seems to like, but it’s important for moving the story along. These are called expositional episodes. And the reality…

Attributes of Jesus 7 “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens. Holy One - Set apart, distinct, unique, truly God True One- Genuinely Messiah, Words are true, you…

Liberty Through Truth (vv. 30-32) Profession of Faith (v. 30) 30 As he spake these words, many believed on him. Liberty Through Truth (vv. 30-32) Profession of Faith (v. 30) Proof of Faith (v. 31) 31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples…

During Pastoral Prayer may want to give some updates on SBC Introduction Good morning. (( recap last week )) Dirty politics is not new. Gas-lighting is not new. Definition - Gas-lighting is a form of psychological manipulation in which a person or a group covertly sows seeds of doubt in a targeted individual…

Welcome Welcome message here Introduction Place introduction here Scripture Therefore Pilate entered again into the Praetorium, and summoned Jesus and said to Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” Jesus answered, “Are you saying this on your own initiative, or did others tell you about Me?” Pilate answered,…

Great is thy faithfulness! To understand our mighty God we need to come to understand His faithfulness as the Great I AM to fulfill His purpose, to fulfill His plan of redemption. (insert song 190 Great is thy faithfulness and sing together - just 1 verse) God’s faithfulness is not contingent on ours…

…Gracious and Loving God, as we come into a new season of this world and a new season in our lives, wondering what you have in store for our future, we come before you today, humbled by your presence amongst us and of the life of your Son, Jesus Christ. We ask you today, oh God, to help us open our ears…