Here's the Point from CrossPoint Christian Church in Whittier, CA

Main Point:    God is glorified when his children introduce their friends to Him.

To introduce friends to Christ, we must:

1. Be Friendly outside of church.

• Colossians 4:5 Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.
• 1 Timothy 3:7 Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you, 12 that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and that you may lack nothing.
• Philippians 2:14-15 Do all things without [a]complaining and disputing,[b] 15 that you may become blameless and [c]harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

2. Be Followers of Christ.

• Luke 9:23 Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross [a]daily, and follow Me.
• John 10:27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
• Luke 18:22 So when Jesus heard these things, He said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

3. Be Focused on eternity.

• Colossians 3:1-2 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.
• 2 Corinthians 5:15-17 and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.16 Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
• Philippians 3:20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Main Point: God is glorified as He displays His power and compassion in our lives.

1. Contrasting Crowds

1 Corinthians 12:25-27  that there should be no [a]schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another. 26 And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. 27 Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.

2. Compelling Circumstances 

Philippians 2:27 For indeed he was sick almost unto death; but God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

3. Christ’s Compassion 

Isaiah 49:13 Sing, O heavens! Be joyful, O earth! And break out in singing, O mountains! For the Lord has comforted His people, And will have mercy on His afflicted.

4. Confusing Comment

Isaiah 41:10 Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’

5. Celestial Comfort

2 Corinthians 1:3-5 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any [a]trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our [b]consolation also abounds through Christ.

Una Vida llena the Fruto

Juan 15:1-17

Mayo Domingo 1, 2022

“Permancer and Cristo es evidencia the nuestro discipulado”

1.  Jesus es la Vid verdadera

Juan 15:1 “Yo soy la vid verdadera, y mi Padre es el labrdor.”

John 15:5a “Ciertamente, yo soy la vid;”

1. Y Soy 
   1. Proclamacion a Deidad
   2. Misma proclamacion and Exodo 3

1. YO SOY signigica  
   1. Autosuficiente
   2. Existe por si mismo
   3. Presencia inmediata
   4. Dios existe necessariamente,
      1. Es su naturaleza existir
      2. No depende de otra person para su existencia
   5. A diferencia de los seres humanos cuya existencia depende enteramente de dios.
   6. La Fuente de vida

1. Contraste de las Rama 

“Juan 15:2 “El corta de me toda rama que no produce fruto y poda         las ramas que si dan fruto, para que den aun mas.”

1. Ramas sin fruto
   1. Representa a Judas
   2. Cristianos que profesan ser
   3. Falta de fruta es indicacion que no tienen fe genuina

1. Ramas con fruto
   1. Represena a los 11
   2. Creyentes verdaderos
   3. Dios poda, para que producer mas fruto

1. Aparte de Cristo no podemos producer fruto “ver. 4 “Permanezcan en mi, y yo permancere en ustedes.  Pues una rama no puede producer fruto si la coran de la vid, y ustedes tampoco peueden ser fructiferos a menos que permanezcan en mi.”

1. El Fruto

Juan 15:7 “Si ustedes permanecen en mi y mis palabras permancen en ustedes, pueden pedir lo que quiera , y les sera concedidio!  Cuando producen mucho fruto, demuestran que son mis verdaderos discipuolos.  Eso le da micha gloria a mi Padre.”

1. Permancer
   1. “Permancer en un lugar, un momento specific, con una persona.” Dictionary of New Testament Theology, pg. 224
   2. Indica permanencia 
   3. Relacion del Hijo y El Padre

1. Permanecer en su amor (Verse 9 “Yo los he amdo a ustedes tanto como el Padre me ha amado a mi.  Permanezcan en mi amor,) 

1. Obediencia (Verse 10, “Cuando obedecen mis mandamientos, permancen en mi amor, asi como you obedezco los mandamientos de mi Padre y permanezco en su amor.”

1. Applicacion (Permancer en Cristo)

1. Manifestado en la obediencia del Creyente
2. Manifested en amar unos a otros
3. Permancer en Crissto y su palabra es onfirmacion de nuestro discipulado

Juan 8:31-32 “Jesus les dijo a la gente que creyo en el: Ustedes son verdaderament mis discipulos si se mantienen fieles a mis ensenanzas; y conoceran la verdad, y la verdad los hara libres.”

A Fruitful Life

John 15:1-17

Sunday May 1, 2022

“Abiding in Christ is the evidence of our discipleship”

1.  Jesus is the true Vine

John 15:1 I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser

John 15:5a I am the vine; you are the branches.

1. I AM the Vine
   1. Proclamation of Deity
   2. Same I AM statement in Exodus 3

1. I AM stands for 
   1. Self sufficient
   2. Self-existent
   3. Immediate presence
   4. God exists necessarily, it is His nature to exist and is not dependent on anyone else for His existence
   5. Unlike us human beings whose existence depends entirely on God.
   6. The source of life

1. The Branches Contrasts 

John 15:2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit He takes away: and every branc that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit

1. Unfruitful
   1. Judas
   2. Professing believers
   3. Lack of fruit is an indication of not having genuine faith

1. Fruitful
   1. Represent the remaining 11
   2. True believers
   3. God prunes in order to produce more fruit

1. Apart from Jesus we can do nothing

1. The Fruit

John 15:7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, an it shall be done for you.  By this My Father is glorified, hat you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.

1. Abide
   1. “Remain in one place, at given time, with someone.” Dictionary of New Testament Theology, pg. 224
   2. Indicates permanence 
   3. Relationship between the Son and the Fathers

1. Abide in His love (Verse 9 “As the Father loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love.) 

1. Obedience (Verse 10, “If you keep my commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love”

1. Application (Abiding in Christ is)

1. Manifested by the believers’ obedience
2. Manifested by Love towards one another
3. Abiding in Christ and His Word is a confirmation of our discipleship

John 8:31-32 “Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, ‘If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free”

Punto Principal: Dios es glorificado cuando nos damos cuenta que podemos ser parte de los propósitos de Dios.

Glorificando a Dios juntos significa que:

1. Nos cuidamos mutuamente.

• Filipenses 2:4 no mirando cada uno por lo suyo propio, sino cada cual también por lo de los otros.
• 1Pedro. 1:22 Habiendo purificado vuestras almas por la obediencia a la verdad, mediante el Espíritu, para el amor fraternal no fingido, amaos unos a otros entrañablemente, de corazón puro;
• Romanos 12:10 Amaos los unos a los otros con amor fraternal; en cuanto a honra, prefiriéndoos los unos a los otros.
• Gálatas. 6:2 Sobrellevad los unos las cargas de los otros, y cumplid así la ley de Cristo.

2. Aceptamos ayuda de otros.

• Efesios 2:8-9 Porque por gracia sois salvos por medio de la fe; y esto no de vosotros, pues es don de Dios; no por obras, para que nadie se gloríe.
• Lucas 15:31 Él entonces le dijo: Hijo, tú siempre estás conmigo, y todas mis cosas son tuyas.
• Hebreos 12:15 Mirad bien, no sea que alguno deje de alcanzar la gracia de Dios; que brotando alguna raíz de amargura, os estorbe, y por ella muchos sean contaminados;

3. Nos ayudamos a crecer más cercas a Dios.

• Hebreos 10:24 Y considerémonos unos a otros para estimularnos al amor y a las buenas obras;
•  Efesios 4:11-13 Y él mismo constituyó a unos, apóstoles; a otros, profetas; a otros, evangelistas; a otros, pastores y maestros,  a fin de perfeccionar a los santos para la obra del ministerio, para la edificación del cuerpo de Cristo,  hasta que todos lleguemos a la unidad de la fe y del conocimiento del Hijo de Dios, a un varón perfecto, a la medida de la estatura de la plenitud de Cristo;

Main Point:    God is glorified when we realize we get to be part of His plans and purposes.

Getting to glorify God together means we:

1. Care for one another.

• Philippians 2:4 Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.
• 1Peter. 1:22 Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,
• Romans 12:10 Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another;
• Galatians. 6:2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

2. We accept help from each other.

• Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.
• Luke 15:31 “And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours.
• Hebrews 12:15 looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;

3. Help each other grow closer to God.

• Hebrews 10:24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,
•  Ephesians 4:11-13 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;

Christians living in the reality of a risen savior brings glory to our God.

Believing in a risen savior means we live:

1. Grateful lives

1 Thessalonians 5:18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

2. Joyful lives

Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!

3. Hope-filled lives 

Colossians 1:27 To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

4. Love filled lives 

1 John 4:7-8 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

5. Obedient lives

John 14:15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments.

Dios es glorificado cuando amorosamente dirigimos gente a Cristo.

 Gente encuentra sanación cuando la iglesia:

1. Demuestra a Jesús.

• Gálatas 2:20 Con Cristo estoy juntamente crucificado, y ya no vivo yo, mas vive Cristo en mí; y lo que ahora vivo en la carne, lo vivo en la fe del Hijo de Dios, el cual me amó y se entregó a sí mismo por mí.
• Gálatas 3:27 porque todos los que habéis sido bautizados en Cristo, de Cristo estáis revestidos.
• 2 Corintios 5:17 De modo que si alguno está en Cristo, nueva criatura es; las cosas viejas pasaron; he aquí todas son hechas nuevas.

 2. Declara a Jesús.

• 1 Pedro 2:9 Mas vosotros sois linaje escogido, real sacerdocio, nación santa, pueblo adquirido por Dios, para que anunciéis las virtudes de aquel que os llamó de las tinieblas a su luz admirable;
•  2 Corintios 5:20 Así que, somos embajadores en nombre de Cristo, como si Dios rogase por medio de nosotros; os rogamos en nombre de Cristo: Reconciliaos con Dios.
•  Romanos 1:16 Porque no me avergüenzo del evangelio, porque es poder de Dios para salvación a todo aquel que cree; al judío primeramente, y también al griego.

 3. Dirije gente hacia Jesús.

• Juan 1:40-42a Andrés, hermano de Simón Pedro, era uno de los dos que habían oído a Juan, y habían seguido a Jesús. 41 Este halló primero a su hermano Simón, y le dijo: Hemos hallado al Mesías (que traducido es, el Cristo). 42 Y le trajo a Jesús.
• 1 Corintios 9:22 Me he hecho débil a los débiles, para ganar a los débiles; a todos me he hecho de todo, para que de todos modos salve a algunos.

God is glorified when we lovingly point people to Christ.

People experience healing when the church:

1. Demonstrates Jesus.

• Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
• Galatians 3:27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
• 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he isa new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

2. Declares Jesus.

• 1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
• 2 Corinthians 5:20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.
• Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.    

3. Directs people to Jesus.

• John 1:40-42a One of the two who heard John speak, and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. 41 He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated, the Christ). 42 And he brought him to Jesus…
• 1 Corinthians 9:22 to the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

Dios es glorificado cuando reconocemos su santidad y nuestro pecado.

Una reacción apropiada hacia la revelación de Dios dice:

1. Apártate de mi, Señor. (Lc 5:8)

• Éxodo 20:20-21 Y Moisés respondió al pueblo: No temáis; porque para probaros vino Dios, y para que su temor esté delante de vosotros, para que no pequéis.21 Entonces el pueblo estuvo a lo lejos, y Moisés se acercó a la oscuridad en la cual estaba Dios.
• Hechos 5:12-13 Y por la mano de los apóstoles se hacían muchas señales y prodigios en el pueblo; y estaban todos unánimes en el pórtico de Salomón. 13 De los demás, ninguno se atrevía a juntarse con ellos; mas el pueblo los alababa grandemente.

2. Soy un pecador. (Lc 5:8) 

• Isaias 6:5 Entonces dije: ¡Ay de mí! que soy muerto; porque siendo hombre inmundo de labios, y habitando en medio de pueblo que tiene labios inmundos, han visto mis ojos al Rey, Jehová de los ejércitos.
• 1 Timoteo 1:15 Palabra fiel y digna de ser recibida por todos: que Cristo Jesús vino al mundo para salvar a los pecadores, de los cuales yo soy el primero.
• Salmos 34:18 Cercano está Jehová a los quebrantados de corazón; Y salva a los contritos de espíritu.

3. Yo te seguiré. (Lc 5:11)

• Hechos 9:6a Él, temblando y temeroso, dijo: Señor, ¿qué quieres que yo haga? 
• Lucas 18:22 Jesús, oyendo esto, le dijo: Aún te falta una cosa: vende todo lo que tienes, y dalo a los pobres, y tendrás tesoro en el cielo; y ven, sígueme.
• Mateo 6:33 Mas buscad primeramente el reino de Dios y su justicia, y todas estas cosas os serán añadidas.