JOHN (Part 4): Believe
Fall 2023
JOHN (Part 4) | Series Schedule
JOHN (Part 4) | GC Study Guide
JOHN (Part 4) | Week 12
November 5, 2023 • Pastor Luke Wilbanks • John 11:45–57
God will accomplish all of His purposes and nothing or no one can ever stop His plans. Jesus is moving towards the last week of His earthly ministry and is in complete control of all that will happen to Him; for His glory and the good of His people. We see in these verses that God's purposes are always so much bigger and better than our plans.
JOHN (Part 4) | Week 11
October 29, 2023 • Pastor Kyle Rogers • John 11:38–44
The story of Lazarus invites us to join Mary and Martha on the pathway of mourning but it certainly doesn’t leave us there. In John 11:38-44, we learn that Jesus always keeps his promises when puts his power on display for all those that would believe! Jesus drives back death, reverses sin’s curse, and commands Lazarus to wake up and walk free in the power of the resurrection! Thankfully, this resurrection hasn’t just been given to Lazarus. Because of Jesus, we too are invited to wake up and walk free when we place our trust in Christ!
JOHN (Part 4) | Week 9
October 15, 2023 • Pastor Luke Wilbanks • John 11:1–27
When we lose someone we love and are filled with grief and sorrow, sometimes we get angry with God and wonder why He did not heal our loved one. We usually believe that true love shows up for us in our greatest hour of need and helps us. Jesus shows us in this text, that true love (His love) does show up, but not always to sustain physical life. His main goal is to display His Glory, so that we might BELIEVE in Him and have ETERNAL LIFE.
JOHN (Part 4) | Week 8
October 8, 2023 • Pastor Kyle Rogers • John 10:22–42
Jesus saves His people through His Word and when we’ve saved we are safe, secure, and satisfied in Christ. However, Jesus invites those that haven’t believed His words to consider his works – to examine them, to understand them, and to see that they validate His claim to be the Savior of the World. Ultimately, life comes to those that receive Jesus’ words and believe Jesus’ works and we invite you to do both with us as we trust and follow Jesus.
JOHN (Part 4) | Week 7
October 1, 2023 • Pastor Luke Wilbanks • Psalm 23, John 10:19–30
The Good Shepherd provides everything His sheep need to flourish and follow Him. He gives them His presence, His peace, His protection, His provision and His promises. No matter how many times His sheep wander away, He always goes after them and brings them back home. His goodness and mercy chases them down all the days of their life. And because of His sacrifice for them on the cross, they will be with Him forever.
JOHN (Part 4) | Week 6
September 24, 2023 • Pastor Kyle Rogers • John 10:1–18
Jesus is the Good Shepherd that pursues, protects, and provides for His beloved sheep. He calls us, he goes before us, he takes us to good pasture, and he guards us from all spiritual harm. He even lays his own life down for us giving us forgiveness, freedom, and the promise of eternal abundant life through Him. At the end of the day, Jesus is our Good Shepherd and we’ve got nothing to fear when we know that He’s near.
JOHN (Part 4) | Week 4
September 10, 2023 • Cory Daker • John 8:48–59
In Jesus we have the ‘death of death’! From John 8:51 Jesus says, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.’ Even in the midst of those that want to see Jesus killed, He gives His followers a promise that they will literally remember forever! The life we have with Jesus today will never end!
JOHN (Part 4) | Week 2
August 27, 2023 • Cory Daker • John 8:12–30
John chapter 8 is a tale of two sinners: a woman caught in adultery and a group of pharisees who didn’t believe that Jesus was the Son of God. Jesus did not distance Himself from either-instead He brought conviction. The woman drew near to her savior and called Him Lord, while the pharisees continued in unbelief and wanted Him dead. Since Jesus is the light of the world, His conviction can bring life! As we turn from our sin and put our belief in Jesus we can walk in that light!
JOHN (Part 4) | Week 1
August 20, 2023 • Pastor Kyle Rogers • John 7:53—8:11
The wonderful story of Jesus interacting with the adulterous woman in John 8 is filled with controversy, confusion, and plenty of misunderstanding about what this story is even about. However, we consider where this fits in the storyline of scripture, we discover that this story reflects wonderful truths of the gospel to us that will comfort us, call us, and change us to live differently!