CCF Sunday Messages

Continuing our story of the man born blind, healed miraculously by Jesus, in John chapter 9, we see a continuing dialogue between the man who was formerly blind and the religious leaders. It is during these verses we see who is truly blind, as the religious leaders are offended that the uneducated, formerly blind beggar is "teaching" them about Jesus! In the end, the healed man is thrown out of the temple, but he is found by Jesus, who gives him a chance to understand that He truly is the Son of God! The man believes and worships, and his vision is clearer and better than those who thought they really knew God!

You can be physically blind but spiritually aware, and you can also have physical vision, but be spiritually blind. In the story from John 9, Jesus heals a physically blind man, but raises the ire of the religious leaders who He clearly shows to be spiritually blind! This is an amazing story, with application to us today--where are we spiritually blind even if we have our "sight", or have we not had our eyes opened to the truth for the first time?

You can be physically blind but spiritually aware, and you can also have physical vision, but be spiritually blind. In the story from John 9, Jesus heals a physically blind man, but raises the ire of the religious leaders who He clearly shows to be spiritually blind! This is an amazing story, with application to us today--where are we spiritually blind even if we have our "sight", or have we not had our eyes opened to the truth for the first time?

As we finish up John chapter 8--with this intense conversation between the Jewish/religious leaders and Jesus--Jesus finishes the chapter with a clear claim to be God. He says "before Abraham was, I AM" Even if you don't get the "language" of the I AM statement, you can see it was not lost on the religious leaders: they immediately picked up stones to stone Jesus for blasphemy. Instead of having a demon, as they had tried to slander him in verse 48, he was the exact opposite--He was and is God in the flesh and yet they mistook Him for a crazy or demon-possessed person! Help us to see clearly and not get defrauded by the lies we tell ourselves and the ones the world tells us!

As we finish up John chapter 8--with this intense conversation between the Jewish/religious leaders and Jesus--Jesus finishes the chapter with a clear claim to be God. He says "before Abraham was, I AM" Even if you don't get the "language" of the I AM statement, you can see it was not lost on the religious leaders: they immediately picked up stones to stone Jesus for blasphemy. Instead of having a demon, as they had tried to slander him in verse 48, he was the exact opposite--He was and is God in the flesh and yet they mistook Him for a crazy or demon-possessed person! Help us to see clearly and not get defrauded by the lies we tell ourselves and the ones the world tells us!

Pastor Steve looks at Jeremiah's visit to the potter's house as a message for the New Year--not for resolutions, but to think about *revolutions*: another year revolving around the sun; the potter's wheel going around and around. In this new year will you be pliable in the Master's hands, ready to submit to Him in what He has in store for you?

Pastor Steve looks at Jeremiah's visit to the potter's house as a message for the New Year--not for resolutions, but to think about *revolutions*: another year revolving around the sun; the potter's wheel going around and around. In this new year will you be pliable in the Master's hands, ready to submit to Him in what He has in store for you?

Listen to our Christmas Eve message from 2013, looking at the baby in the manger as 'no ordinary child'!

Listen to our Christmas Eve message from 2013, looking at the baby in the manger as 'no ordinary child'!

Continuing our study of John, we are in the midst of a long conversation between Jesus and the religious leaders in Jerusalem. In this section Jesus makes a claim that "truth will set you free"--what did they (and we!) need set free from? The bondage of sin--when we commit sin it takes control of us and we become its slave. As hard as it was for the religious leaders to hear this message, it is hard for us today--we want to say "we have never been a slave to anyone!", but if we are in sin, we are being mastered by it, but Jesus has the truth that will set us free!