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John 14:16 & 17 Jesus will ask the Father to give us the Holy Spirit as a Helper

John 14:18 – 20 Jesus did not leave them or us as orphans He will come to us?

John 14:21 Loving Jesus is not words but obeying Him

John 14:22 The question what has happened that Jesus is not going to disclose Himself to the world

John 14:23 & 24 Jesus does not answer the question, instead repeats Himself and adds keeping His words results in the Father loving us

John 14:25 & 26 The Helper will teach us and bring things into remembrance what Jesus taught

John 14:27 Jesus gives us a better peace

John 14:28 They should rejoice that Jesus is going away because He is going to the Father

John 14:29 & 30 Jesus told them before it happens so that they may believe

John 14:31 Jesus does what He teaches us to do

Proclamation of the Word

Message by Pastor Joe

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John 14:7 Seeing Jesus is seeing the Father

John 14:8 Philip asks for Jesus to show them the Father

John 14:9 – 10 Jesus’ response to that request

John 14:11 Jesus say believe Him or believe the works He has done

John 14:12 Whoever believes in Jesus will do greater works than Jesus did

John 14:13 & 14 Whatever asked in Jesus name will be done so that the Father may be glorified

John 14:15 If you love Jesus you will keep His commandments

Proclamation of the Word

Message by Pastor Joe

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John 14:1 Believe in God and in Jesus

John 14:2 & 3 In the Father’s house are many dwelling places and Jesus goes not only to prepare a place for us, but to come again and takes us to Him

John 14:4 & 5 Jesus tells them they know where He is going, but they say they do not

John 14:6 & 7 Jesus is the Way and the Truth and the Life You only get to the Father through Him

Proclamation of the Word

Message by Pastor Joe

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John 13:34 A new commandment

Matthew 22:34 – 40 The two greatest commandments

John 13:35 How the world knows that we are His

588 FBCWest | Betrayal and Denial by First Baptist Church of Westminster, California

It is common to have to teach somebody a particular thing several times before they get it. When Jesus celebrates a Passover which is the last Passover he will celebrate with his disciples here on earth, what we call the Last Supper, Jesus is going to teach them, but he's going to do it in a unique fashion. He's going to teach them by an example, and then he's going to teach them what he meant by doing what he did. Come and listen to what Jesus did and what Jesus taught, which is so different than what the world expects us to do.

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John 13:1 Jesus knowing the situation, loved His disciples until the end

John 13:2 They were not all His disciples

John 13: 3 – 5 Jesus got up from the meal, girded Himself and washed His disciples’ feet

John 13:6 – 10 Jesus and Peter have a discussion about washing Peter’s feet

John 13:11 Jesus says not all of His disciples are clean

John 13:12 – 17 Jesus teaches about what He did so they might understand

Matthew 20:25 – 28

John 13:18 & 19 Jesus tells them before it happens that He will be betrayed so they might believe

John 13:20 Jesus tells them those He sends that believe will believe Him and the One that sent Him

During Jesus' earthly ministry, it's not unlike today. There were those who believed, but many did not or could not believe. There were others who believed but did not confess. Jesus said that He came into the world not to judge the world but to save it. But He does tell us there is something that we'll judge. Come and listen to what that has to be said.

Proclamation of the Word

Message by Pastor Joe

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John 12:37 Even though He performed so many signs and yet they didn’t believe

John 12:38 – 41 The unbelief was not a surprise, Isaiah prophesied it

John 12:42 & 43 Yet many of the rulers believed in Him, but were afraid to confess that

John 12:44 – 46 To believe and see Jesus is to see and believe in the Father

John 12:47 & 48 He came to save the world, not to judge it, but if you don’t believe His teachings will judge you

John 12:49 & 50 He did not come on His own initiative, but the Father command Him what to say and did just as the Father told Him

Now that we're in the Advent or Christmas season, we're going to take a look at Matthew's Gospel talking about the events that took place after Jesus's birth. It's interesting that in our culture we have a number of traditions. Some of those traditions aren't exactly what the Scriptures say, so we're going to take a look at that. But what I'm going to more take a look at is the importance not of what the tradition is right or wrong, but the most important aspect of that narrative that Matthew talks about, how these magi, these wise men, come see Jesus and why. Come and listen.

Proclamation of the Word

Message by Pastor Joe

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Matthew 2:1a Jesus born in Bethlehem during Herod the Greats reign

Matthew 2:1b & 2 Magi came to worship the king of the Jews (Jesus)

Matthew 2:3 Herod and the people of Jerusalem troubled by the news

Matthew 2:4 – 6 It is determined that the King would be born in Bethlehem

Matthew 2:7 & 8 Herod tells the Magi secretly and wants them to report back to him after they find Him

Matthew 2:9 Magi are led by the same star and it stands over the place where Jesus is

Matthew 2:10 They rejoice

Matthew 2:11 They went into the house and worshiped Him and presented Him gifts

Matthew 2:12 Warned by God not to go back to Jerusalem, but go another way

As Jesus is in Jerusalem, He's going to be confronted with a decision that will change history one way or the other.

But He makes His decision based on a particular principle. Now there are times when we are faced with critical decisions that may not change history but will probably change the course of our lives. I think it would be good to see what type of principle Jesus uses when we're confronted with such decisions.

Message by Pastor Joe

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John 12:27 He is troubled by what is to come, but that is why He came

John 12:28 Jesus asks the Father’s name be glorified. The Father responds He has and will

John 12:29 & 30 The Father spoke audibly, but some are confused

John 12:31 – 33 Jesus foretells the kind of death He will suffer

John 12:34 Crowd believes the Messiah will never die

John 12:35 & 36a Jesus says walk and believe in the Light

John 13:36b Jesus hids Himself

There are a lot of people who will give you different advice on how to live a wonderful, valuable life. Some people will tell you that you should have as much fun as you can. Others will say get as much fame or fortune or power as you can. Jesus has a very different approach to this than advice. Come listen to what Jesus has to say about life and how to live it forever.

Proclamation of the Word

Message by Pastor Joe

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John 12:20 – 22 Greek believers want to meet Jesus

John 12:23 Jesus tells them it is time for Him to be glorified

John 12:24J Jesus’ death is necessary to bear much fruit

John 12:25 A seeming oxymoron, Loving your life, you will lose it – Hate your life keeps it to eternal life

John 12:26 Serving Jesus is to follow Him and if you do that the Father will honor you