JOHN (Part 1): Believe
Fall 2022
JOHN (Part 1): Believe | Study Guide
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JOHN (Part 1): Believe | Week 5
November 27, 2022 • Pastor Luke Wilbanks • John 1:35–51
Jesus calls His first disciples. They are not who we would choose if the goal was to get your message to the whole world through them. But He shows His great and glorious grace, by choosing the weak and foolish things in this world to shame the strong and wise.
JOHN (Part 1): Believe | Week 4
November 20, 2022 • Pastor Kyle Rogers • John 1:19–34
In children’s books, John the Baptist is usually portrayed as having long shaggy hair, a scuffled beard and he’s often seen eating a steady diet of wild honey and dried locusts. All this may be true, but God’s Word wants us to know that his appearance certainly wasn’t the most important thing about him. This passage shows us that John the Baptist was the last prophet pointing to Jesus and it will help us see why that matters, why he pointed to Jesus in the first place, and what that means for us today.
JOHN (Part 1): Believe | Week 3
November 13, 2022 • Pastor Rob Mayer • John 1:14–18
The good news that God would provide a way for sinners to be reconciled to himself was first proclaimed in the Garden of Eden. When Adam and Eve sinned, God promised the seed of the woman would be born who would bring victory over sin and its inevitable effects - death. Then the rest of the OT traces this promised seed of God, all the while reminding us of God’s grace and mercy and sovereign plan to provide salvation for sinners and healing for sufferers. In short, the gospel story did not begin with the birth of Jesus – no – the gospel story began long before. And this is why John does not begin is gospel account with the birth of Jesus – he’s wanting his readers to see Jesus not as the beginning of the gospel but how the gospel is embodied and fulfilled in Jesus Christ, the Son of God!
JOHN (Part 1): Believe | Week 2
November 6, 2022 • Pastor Kyle Rogers • John 1:1–13
John doesn’t start his gospel account with a genealogy, a background, or even the story of the birth of Christ. John’s gospel starts with this: “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God...” John wants us to know from the start that Jesus is God and he uses John 1:1-13 to give us 19 more doctrinal statements about the person and work of Jesus Christ in order that we might believe and have life through His name!
JOHN (Part 1): Believe | Week 1
October 30, 2022 • Pastor Rob Mayer • John 20:30–31
The reason John wrote this account of the life of Jesus can be summarized in one word: BELIEVE. Our culture is big on belief, you could say there is a belief in belief. But John invites us into something more. In this sermon we will answer three questions: What do we need to believe? What does it mean to believe? And why do we need to believe not just in belief, but believe in Jesus?