Sermon Tone Analysis

That You Would Believe and have Life

John #8

John 1:14, 17, 38, 39

 

Full - are you full?

Full of joy

Full of hope

Full of anger

Full of hatred

Full of fear

Full of it.

Full ofJesus?

Full of love

 

The word became flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld his glory the glory of the one and only who came from the Father full of Grace and Truth

 

1.

Full of Grace and Truth

 

  A.

Full - /pleres ~/play-race~//

    1.

abounding ~/ filled up

      a.

as with a hollow vessel

      b.

a surface covered in every part

      c. of the soul, thoroughly permeated

    2.

complete, lacking nothing, perfect

    3.

Why was Jesus able to be "full" - because Phil. 2 tells us that he emptied himself of the rights and glory of heaven, that he might be fully obedient to death on that cross and through being empty he could become full for us

 

  B.

Grace  /charis/

    1.

credit - there are two different kinds of credit, one is like when you buy a house or a car with the promise of paying it back, … that is NOT the kind of credit that we have in grace.

The OTHER is when your account is OVER PAID so that you are not required to pay.

That is the grace we have in Christ Jesus.

His righteous sacrifice is enough to overpay our account to the extent that we no longer owe anything

    2.

favor - that is God's partiality toward us, it is his regard for us, his approving consideration or attention, Jesus is full of Gracious Favor

    3.

gift -

    4.

that which affords joy, pleasure, delight

 

Romans 5:20 - /"where sin increased, grace abounded all the more"/

 

 

  C.

Truth - /aletheia ~/al-ay-thi-a~//

    1.

"/what is true in any matter under consideration/"

    2.

Jesus IS truth - some have said, about Jesus, well that's great, if it is "true" or "works for you"

    3.

Jesus IS truth in any matter, in any circumstance, or any person, Jesus Christ is FULL of Grace and Truth!

He is OBJECTIVE truth, not SUBJECTIVE truth.

The Word was made flesh, full of grace and truth.

He didn't grow into his being, he came into this world as he was

The Word dwelt among us full of grace and truth

When we behold his glory we see he is Full of grace and truth

 

Jesus in Mary's womb was FULL of grace and Truth.

Jesus on the cross was full of grace and truth

Jesus has always been FULL of grace and Truth

Without Jesus … there IS NO Grace and Truth.

John 1:17 /the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus/

 

Jesus the word made flesh, among us, is full of grace and truth, and we need to take notice …

 

2.

Come and See

John 1:38,39

 

Come - Leave where you are, stop going where you are going, stop doing what you are doing, Come

You can't stay and come

 

See - Investigate, find out for yourself, test, determine, know by experience

Come and see his Grace and Truth is the call for all …

   A.

Andrew and Phillip - What do you really seek?

- Andrew and Phillip were looking for Truth, they were looking for the Messiah, they were looking for God to move in their lives, that's why they had been following John the Baptist

- They were looking to be at peace with God - John was smart enough, honest enough, righteous enough to admit that grace and truth were NOT to be found in him but in Jesus Christ, so he in essence sent them off after Jesus … and

Jesus Said, --- Come and See

 

We miss what God has for us so often because we aren't willing to "come and see" we aren't willing to get outside our comfort zone and see where Jesus is, where he is staying, what he is doing, what he is all about

 

  B.

Shepherds - Angel

The Shepherds were just some curious boys on the Hillside

- the Angel in Luke 2 said /"I bring you good news, great joy … A Savior is born today, he is the Messiah, the Christ, the Anointed One, the One that your religious teachers have told you about, and your parents about, he IS the Lord … Come and See … You will find him as a baby, wrapped in cloths, lying in a manger … "come and see" …/ /"glory to God in the highest, on earth, peace to men on whom his favor rests."

Come and see/

 

  C.

Magi - Star ~/ Prophets - they came to Bethlehem looking for Jesus … they said /"where is the one who have been born, King of the Jews?

We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him."/

They had studied, the prophets, they knew that a Messiah would come, Moses had predicted that a star

would rise, the star had come and I believe in their hearts God called to them through the star saying, "Come and See"

 

Throughout his life Jesus invited people to come and see.

As a 12 year old in the Temple he taught, as a young man he grew in favor with people.

He called the Disciples to come and follow

 

  D.

Woman at the Well - Jesus met a woman in John 4 near a Samaritan town.

She was NOT a respected woman, she was NOT a woman of a good reputation.

She was physically thirsty drawing water at a well, but Jesus recognized a spiritual thirst that went much deeper and when he said, /"everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst./

/The water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life."

/- He was saying "Come and see"

She wanted the water and he challenged her to get her husband, and in her honest desperation she said, "/I'm not married/".

True, she had been married 5 times and was now living with someone.

And he revealed himself to her as God and she believed him.

He might have been like everyone else and been full of spite, or full of hatred, or full of pity, or full of distain, but NO.  Jesus was Full of Grace and Full of Truth.

E.

Mary Magdalene John 8- caught in adultery, they threw her at Jesus feet and asked what he was going to do about it.

He could have been full of judgment, full of hatred, full of hypocrisy as they ONLY brought the woman.

But Jesus was Full of Grace and Truth - /"if any of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her."/

When her accusers were gone, he said, "I don't condemn you … Go now and leave your life of sin"

Truth and Grace, is what Jesus was full of.

"Yes, your actions are wrong, but walk away from it, live in my grace, follow me."

F.

Rich Young Ruler - Matthew 19 - "what must I do for eternal life" - Full of Grace, yes, Grace without Truth?

No.

He told the man, /"here's what you lack, your heart is full of material things, sell everything you have, place your treasure and trust in me, then you can know the fullness of my grace."

/

This man went away sad, NOT because God's Grace wasn't full and available through Christ but because his eyes were on his wealth and possessions and he wasn't willing to trust the Truth of what Jesus commanded

Jesus Said "Come and See" Follow my way and see if you don't find what you are looking for …

but instead he came and went

 

  G.