WHY DO SO MANY REJECT JESUS?

David Mackey   

October 27, 2024

 

THE WAY. THE TRUTH. THE LIFE.

WHY DO SO MANY REJECT JESUS?

John 6:35-70

 

SOME THINGS ARE HARD TO SEE!

  • “It’s a seed”- but not just a seed. Matthew 13:31-32

 

  • “It’s the stone the builders rejects”- but it became the cornerstone. Matthew 21:42

 

  • “It’s the old testament tabernacle” – but it’s a copy and shadow of what’s in heaven. Hebrews 8:5

 

THREE THINGS FEW PEOPLE UNDERSTAND:

1. How holy God is. Isaiah 6:1-5, Revelation 1:17

 

2. How bad our sin is. Romans 5:12

 

3. How amazing God’s grace is. Romans 5:8

 

I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE

David Mackey   –    October 20, 2024

 

THE WAY. THE TRUTH. THE LIFE.

I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE

John 6:35

 

THE BACKSTORY: John 4:31-34          John 6:1-24

 

AN AWKWARD TRUTH: John 6:25-33         Matthew 6:31-33

 

  • The question we usually have is “What’s in it for me?

 

  • They wanted instant gratification.

 

  • Jesus knew what they needed.

 

  • Just as our body without food is dead, our spirit without Jesus is dead.

 

AN AWFUL RESPONSE: John 6:60-71

 

  • Bread can’t just be read about, talked about, or thought about; it must be consumed.

 

  • Jesus’ teaching wasn’t hard to understand, it was hard to accept.

 

THE WAR ON TRUTH

Derek Tamm                                                                                                                                                             October 13, 2024

 

THE WAY. THE TRUTH. THE LIFE.

THE WAR ON TRUTH

John 5

NOTES:

 

BREAKING FREE FROM GUILT & SHAME

THE WAY. THE TRUTH. THE LIFE.

BREAKING FREE FROM GUILT & SHAME

John 4:1-42

SOME BACKGROUND:

John 4:1-15

 

  • God wants to win over , not wipe out .

 

AT THE WELL: THREE THINGS JESUS MAKES CLEAR-

 

  1. Jesus gives living water that satisfies.                                                (John 4:13-14)

 

  1. Jesus confronts our sin so He can heal us from it.                          (James 5:16 & 1 John 1:9)

 

  1. God wants worshipers in spirit and truth .                                     (John 4:23-24,  Isaiah 29:13, & Romans 5:8-10)

 

 

THE GREATEST NEWS EVER

THE WAY. THE TRUTH. THE LIFE.

THE GREATEST NEWS EVER

John 3:16

SOME BACKGROUND:

Numbers 21:4-9               Ezekiel 36:24-28         2 Corinthians 5:21

 

THE GREATEST NEWS EVER

John 3:1-21, 36

 

The greatest answer .

 

The greatest power & authority.

 

The greatest love .

 

The greatest gift .

 

The greatest invitation .

 

The greatest escape .

 

The greatest life .

 

WHEN GOD SHOWS UP

THE WAY. THE TRUTH. THE LIFE.

When God Shows Up

John 2

 

Jesus turns water into wine at a wedding in Cana of Galilee:

 

  • Jesus uses ordinary things and ordinary people to accomplish extraordinary things!

 

  • Jesus transforms those who believe in Him, from children of wrath to children of God!

 

Jesus cleanses the temple courts:

Jesus cleanses the Temple courts twice; once at the beginning of His ministry (John 2) and the other after His triumphal entrance into Jerusalem at the end of His ministry.   (Matthew 21 Mark 11 Luke 19)

 

  • Jesus cares that your temple is continually clean!

 

COME AND SEE

THE WAY. THE TRUTH. THE LIFE.

COME AND SEE

John 1:35-51

 

YOU CAN DO THIS!

 

  1. A man with no answer .

             John 1:35-51

 

  1. A woman with no credibility .

John 4:1-42

 

  1. A man with a story .

John 9:1-41

 

WHEN IT’S TIME TO SHARE…

1 Peter 3:15