CCF Sunday Messages

Continuing our study through the gospel of John, today Pastor Steve finished chapter four with the story of the healing of the nobleman's son. For this communion Sunday, Pastor Steve focused on the aspect of our faith, and looked at Hebrews 11 as well leading into the communion time, praying in faith for those who have need!

What drives you? What's your "food" that feeds you? When the disciples find Jesus talking to the woman at the well, they expect he will want to eat--but He wants to discuss spiritual food with them. Jesus, while he did need physical food, wanted them to understand that doing the Father's will is what truly drove Him. His spiritual focus on doing God's work was more important to Him than physical food!

What drives you? What's your "food" that feeds you? When the disciples find Jesus talking to the woman at the well, they expect he will want to eat--but He wants to discuss spiritual food with them. Jesus, while he did need physical food, wanted them to understand that doing the Father's will is what truly drove Him. His spiritual focus on doing God's work was more important to Him than physical food!

Returning to our study in John after a few weeks away, we pick up in chapter four with the story of the woman at the well. Interestingly, Jesus chooses to travel through Samaria, in fact the passage states that he "needs to go" through Samaria. He has a divine appointment with this nameless woman, and her story is now immortalized in scripture--how Jesus told her "everything she ever did", and yet still loved her and wanted her to know of this "living water" that only He can offer!

Returning to our study in John after a few weeks away, we pick up in chapter four with the story of the woman at the well. Interestingly, Jesus chooses to travel through Samaria, in fact the passage states that he "needs to go" through Samaria. He has a divine appointment with this nameless woman, and her story is now immortalized in scripture--how Jesus told her "everything she ever did", and yet still loved her and wanted her to know of this "living water" that only He can offer!

Continuing our walk through the gospel of John, we come to the story of Nicodemus (dare we call him "Nick at Nite"??) in chapter 3. In doing so, we enter one of the most powerful and well-known passages in the gospels--the meat of the "good news": that "God so loved the world that He gave..!" It is an amazing truth to realize the free gift of salvation is available, attainable, transformational.. listen in for 10 descriptive words we apply to salvation from these first 21 verses.

Continuing our walk through the gospel of John, we come to the story of Nicodemus (dare we call him "Nick at Nite"??) in chapter 3. In doing so, we enter one of the most powerful and well-known passages in the gospels--the meat of the "good news": that "God so loved the world that He gave..!" It is an amazing truth to realize the free gift of salvation is available, attainable, transformational.. listen in for 10 descriptive words we apply to salvation from these first 21 verses.

John details Jesus's first passover in Jerusalem since starting his public ministry--and for the remainder of chapter two we get a picture of Jesus that sometimes flies in the face of our "Jesus meek and mild" imagery! Jesus was filled with passion for the purity of the temple and cleansed it from the sinful cheating and corruption going on within its walls. Interestingly part of the original passover feast was the step of removing all leaven--many times a picture of sin in the Bible--from the house to cleanse it before passover. In the same way Jesus begins the passover feast by cleansing His Father's house!

John details Jesus's first passover in Jerusalem since starting his public ministry--and for the remainder of chapter two we get a picture of Jesus that sometimes flies in the face of our "Jesus meek and mild" imagery! Jesus was filled with passion for the purity of the temple and cleansed it from the sinful cheating and corruption going on within its walls. Interestingly part of the original passover feast was the step of removing all leaven--many times a picture of sin in the Bible--from the house to cleanse it before passover. In the same way Jesus begins the passover feast by cleansing His Father's house!

This week we continue in the gospel of John as the writer and apostle John records the first miracle of Jesus' ministry at the start of chapter 2: turning water into wine at the wedding in Cana. Several lessons we learn from this miracle are: just do what He says, when God acts with creative power, he makes it "good" (see Genesis 1!), and God can in an instant create something that through human processes could take years.