Grace Messages

As we pick back up in John 14 this morning, Jesus had just comforted the very men who would abandon Him and deny Him with an incredible message of hope! He was preparing a place for them in heaven, and He was coming back for them! As He continues with His teaching, He is interrupted multiple times with questions from the disciples. They do not know as much as they should! However, their questions lead to some pretty incredible responses of clarification from Jesus.

This morning, it is unfortunate that we have a chapter break here at the beginning of chapter 14, because it disrupts the flow of thought from the closing verses of chapter 13. Jesus has just shared some very difficult news with the disciples, and specifically some discouraging news with Peter regarding his impending denial of Jesus. But Jesus is going to use this opportunity to encourage and comfort them by revealing something that was NOT revealed in the Old Testament. The Rapture of the Church!

As you turn to chapter 13 of John, you will see nothing but RED lettering through the end of chapter 17. This section of Scripture is known as the Upper Room Discourse or the Farewell Discourse! Jesus reveals some things here, that He has not revealed before. Many of these things would have been shocking to the disciples and would have felt contradictory to what they believed as an Orthodox Jew. One such truth was that of loving one another according to a new and higher standard, which we will consider this morning.

This morning, we will dive into the topic of Conflict Resolution! It is a topic that is important to Jesus and thus should be important to us. We will consider this morning how you can value this teaching and obey this desire of Jesus without slipping into legalism. Legalism is always a dangerous enemy, a dangerous mindset lurking in the Christian life. Unfortunately, as an enemy, it is subtle, it is crafty, and it is deadly. Every believer fits into one of two categories: (1) They are currently a legalist OR (2) They are a recovering legalist with ongoing legalistic tendencies.

This morning, we will talk about a specific topic in the Bible that involves intentional response. The topic is, “Spiritual Growth!” It is a topic that is important to Jesus and thus should be important to us. We will consider this morning how you can value this teaching and obey this desire of Jesus without slipping into legalism. Legalism is always a dangerous enemy, a dangerous mindset lurking in the Christian life. Unfortunately, as an enemy, it is subtle, it is crafty, and it is deadly. Every believer fits into one of two categories: (1) They are currently a legalist OR (2) They are a recovering legalist with ongoing legalistic tendencies.

This morning, we will talk about a specific topic in the Bible that involves external actions. The topic is, “Giving Money!” It is a topic that is important to Jesus and thus should be important to us. We will consider this morning how you can value this teaching and obey this desire of Jesus without slipping into legalism. Legalism is always a dangerous enemy, a dangerous mindset lurking in the Christian life. Unfortunately, as an enemy, it is subtle, it is crafty, and it is deadly. Every believer fits into one of two categories: (1) They are currently a legalist OR (2) They are a recovering legalist with ongoing legalistic tendencies.

This morning, we will talk about a specific topic in the Bible that involves external actions. This topic is important to Jesus and thus should be important to us. The topic is, “Submission to Authority!” We will consider this morning how you can value this teaching and obey this desire of Jesus without slipping into legalism. Legalism is always a dangerous enemy, a dangerous mindset lurking in the Christian life. Unfortunately, as an enemy, it is subtle, it is crafty, and it is deadly. Every believer fits into one of two categories: (1) They are currently a legalist OR (2) They are a recovering legalist with ongoing legalistic tendencies.

This morning, we will talk about a specific topic in the Bible that involves external actions. This topic is important to Jesus and thus should be important to us. The topic is, "Engaging with the Word of God!” We will consider this morning how you can value this teaching and obey this desire of Jesus without slipping into legalism. Legalism is always a dangerous enemy, a dangerous mindset lurking in the Christian life. Unfortunately, as an enemy, it is subtle, it is crafty, and it is deadly. Every believer fits into one of two categories: (1) They are currently a legalist OR (2) They are a recovering legalist with ongoing legalistic tendencies.

This morning, we will talk about how a specific area that involves externals that is important to Jesus and thus should be important to us. Local church engagement. We will consider this morning how you can value this teaching and obey this desire of Jesus without slipping into legalism. Legalism is always a dangerous enemy, a dangerous mindset lurking in the Christian life. Unfortunately, as an enemy, it is subtle, it is crafty, and it is deadly. Every believer fits into one of two categories: (1) They are currently a legalist OR (2) They are a recovering legalist with ongoing legalistic tendencies.

Legalism is always a dangerous enemy, a dangerous mindset lurking in the Christian life. Unfortunately, as an enemy, it is subtle, it is crafty, and it is deadly. Every believer fits into one of two categories: (1) They are currently a legalist OR (2) They are a recovering legalist with ongoing legalistic tendencies. This morning, we will talk about how you can obey the commands or instructions of Scripture without slipping into legalism.