John 13:18-38 : “Self-Preservation”

Message: John 13:18-38 “Self-Preservation"

Last week we looked at how Jesus gave away everything: Prestige, Power and Position, for the salvation of the world. This week we’ll see how in the very next passages the disciples choose ‘Self-Preservation” over trust and faith in God. The Scriptures call us to ‘lean not on our own understanding’. The journey of trust and faith is a lifelong journey that we grow into as our attempts at self-preservation fail us and our realization of God’s faithfulness begins to sustain us. 

John 12:37-50 “The Face of God”

Message: John 12:37-50 “The Face of God” 

In this message we’ll discover the face of God in the face of Jesus. If you want to know what God is like you just have to look at what Jesus is like. Any image of God that doesn’t look like Jesus is either a misinterpretation or a misunderstanding. In this passage Jesus says, “When a man believes in me, he does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me.  When he looks at me, he sees the one who sent me.” Jesus has come into the world to enlighten the world and reveal the One True God to humanity.

John 12:20-36 "Light"

John 12:20-36 "Light"

In this week’s passage Jesus calls us to walk in the light while it is still available to us. For the Jews of the first century this meant to listen to and follow Jesus’ teachings. The life we’ve been given offers both light and darkness. By following the teachings of Jesus and the leading of the Holy Spirit, we are still being called to walk in the light while it is available to us. To walk in the light is to undergo a process of transformation where we become what Jesus calls sons and daughters of light.