JOHN (Part 3): Tough Questions About Jesus
Summer 2023
JOHN (Part 3) | Series Schedule
JOHN (Part 3) | GC Study Guide
JOHN (Part 3) | Week 6
August 13, 2023 • Pastor Kyle Rogers • John 7:40–52
After arriving in Jerusalem during the most important spiritual festival of the year, Jesus announces his mission as the Messiah and invites the crowd to find true spiritual life through belief in Him. However, instead of seeing the crowds believe, what John describes is a scene of division where everyone has developed their own opinion about who they believe Jesus to be. Some will dismiss him, others will accept an altered version of Him, while others will reject him entirely. As we read, we’re invited to consider the question: will you believe in Jesus?
JOHN (Part 3) | Week 5
August 6, 2023 • Seth Crosby • John 7:32–39
Like the people in Jerusalem, we often set our own expectations and we think we’ve considered of the best outcomes that will satiate our thirst for things to be made right. Jesus brings us better news. When we encounter good news of the Christ sent by YHWH, we (like the Jews) must set aside our expectations and be accepted into God’s plan to make all things new starting from within us. Our lives are not better because of Jesus, He is our life and he gifts us the Spirit as our daily source of life—like a well of water springing from within us. The alternative is to be forever thirsty.
JOHN (Part 3) | Week 4
July 30, 2023 • Jay Ward • John 7:25–31
On the 8th day of the Feast of Tabernacles (Celebrating God’s provision in the wilderness), Jesus alludes to His divinity; He comes from The Father and The Father sent Him. Centuries of prophecy and anticipation are about to be fulfilled.
JOHN (Part 3) | Week 2
July 16, 2023 • Pastor Luke Wilbanks • John 7:14–18
We confuse Bible knowledge with actual spiritual maturity. Spiritual maturity is submitting our will to the will of our Heavenly Father. Jesus did this perfectly for the glory of the Father and for our everlasting joy with the Father.
JOHN (Part 3) | Week 1
July 9, 2023 • Pastor Kyle Rogers • John 7:1–13
The disease of self-righteousness convinces us that we’re right, that everyone else is wrong, and that the world would be a much better place if everyone just listened to ‘me’. By God’s grace, our self-righteousness is always incompatible with the agenda, mission and righteousness of Jesus and this passage invites us to consider who we will choose to rule our lives - Jesus Christ or ourselves?