Luke Proctor preaches from John 14:15-31 on Sunday May 30, 2021.

JOHN 14:12-14

12 "Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it."

JOHN 14:16-18

16 "And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you."

"Employee burnout is on the rise globally, with the World Health Organization predicting a global pandemic within the next decade. Competing for market share in our global economy requires more hours of harder work (with the same pay). What makes it worse is that our smart-phones and communication devices have opened the door to work (and the associated stress) to follow us home, taking hostage what once was our place of resting and refreshing."

MATTHEW 11:28-30

28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."

Acceptance

MATTHEW 3:16-17

16 As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. 17 And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased."

MATTHEW 4:3

The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread."

MATTHEW 4:4

Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"

EPHESIANS 3:17-19

17 And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

You are God's child.

ROMANS 8:15-16

15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.

You are God's child.

You are God's friend.

JOHN 15:13-15

13 "Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you."

JOHN 15:9

"As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. Now remain in my love."

Sustenance

Significance

1 PETER 2:9-10

9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Achievement

JOHN 15:12, 16-17

12 "My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 16...You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit--fruit that will last--and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. 17 This is my command: Love each other."

JOHN 15:16

"...whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you."

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Steve White preaches from John 15:1-8 on Sunday May 23, 2021.

JOHN 15:1-8

1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples."

Grace opposes earning; grace does not oppose effort.

Fruit is proof of our relationship with Jesus.

MATTHEW 7:16

"By their fruit you shall recognize them."

JOHN 15:8

"This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples."

GALATIANS 5:22-23

...the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

We can't produce fruit; we display the fruit Jesus produces

Either you are mechanically religious or vitally connected.

JOHN 15:4

"Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself, it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me."

"A branch is just a grape rack that God has there to hang His fruit on."

Fruitful branches are pruned to produce more fruit

JOHN 15:2

"He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful."

Learn. Trust. Obey.

Our primary task is to remain firmly connected to Jesus

Either you are mechanically religious or vitally connected.

JOHN 15:5

"I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing."

"Jesus, I can't. You never said I could.

You can. You always said You would."

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Steve White preaches from John 14:6 on Sunday May 16, 2021.

13:10 "And you are clean, though not every one of you."

13:21 "One of you is going to betray me."

13:33 "...I will be with you only a little longer."

"...where I am going you cannot follow me now."

13:38 "...before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times!"

JOHN 14:1

"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, trust also in me."

Be calm by maintaining an eternal perspective

JOHN 14:2

"In my Father's house there are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I'm going to prepare a place for you."

Be calm by remembering Jesus is coming back

JOHN 14:3

"And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am."

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Be calm by knowing the way home

JOHN 14:4

"You know the way to where I am going."

JOHN 14:5

"Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?"

JOHN 13:36

"Lord, where are you going?"

Jesus answered, "Where I am going, you cannot follow now, but you will follow me later." Peter asked, "Lord, why can't I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you."

JOHN 14:6

Jesus said to him, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

I am the Way in order for people to be saved.

I am the Truth in order for people to be sure.

"Mind, as it came from its Maker, is organized for truth, as the eye to perceive light, and the ear to hear sounds."

-ARISTOTLE

I am the Life that people may be strong.

Are you troubled by guilt?

1 JOHN 1:7

...the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

Are you troubled by uncertainties you are facing?

1 JOHN 2:17

The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.

Are you troubled due to loneliness?

1 JOHN 4:15

If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God.

Are you troubled by the fear of death?

1 JOHN 4:8

This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

1 JOHN 5:11

And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

Are you troubled by feeling overwhelmed by the pressures of this world?

1 JOHN 5:4

...for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.

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Luke Proctor preaches from John 13 on Sunday May 9, 2021.

Self-promotion is a dangerous thing.

JOHN 13:21-22

21 After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, “Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.”

22 His disciples stared at one another, at a loss to know which of them he meant.

JOHN 13:23-25

23 One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him. 24 Simon Peter motioned to this disciple and said, “Ask him which one he means.” 25 Leaning back against Jesus, he asked him, “Lord, who is it?”

JOHN 13:26-27

26 Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish.” Then, dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. 27 As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him. So Jesus told him, “What you are about to do, do quickly.”

JOHN 13:28-30

28 But no one at the meal understood why Jesus said this to him. 29 Since Judas had charge of the money, some thought Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the festival, or to give something to the poor. 30 As soon as Judas had taken the bread, he went out. And it was night.

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Self-promotion is a dangerous thing because servanthood is at the heart of our King.

MATTHEW 11:29

"...I am gentle and humble in heart."

PHILIPPIANS 2:5-8

5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; 7 rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death—even death on a cross!

JOHN 13:2-15

2 The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. 3 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; 4 so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. 5 After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

JOHN 13:2-15

6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” 7 Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.” 8 “No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.” 9 “Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!”

JOHN 13:2-15

10 Jesus answered, “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.” 11 For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every one was clean. 12 When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them. 13 “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. 14 Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. 15 I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you."

We serve from security.

VERSES 3-4

Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; so he got up from the meal...

We serve from security.

We serve for Jesus.

MARK 10:42-45

JOHN 13:35

"By this everyone will know that you are my disciples if you love one another."

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Steve White preaches from John 12 on Sunday May 2, 2021.

Jesus the King

JOHN 12

"When someone mentions 'the king,' to whom might he or she be referring?"

JOHN 12:12-16

12 The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. 13 They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting,

"Hosanna!"

"Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!"

"Blessed is the king of Israel!"

14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written:

15 “Do not be afraid, Daughter Zion;

see, your king is coming,

seated on a donkey’s colt.”

16 At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him and that these things had been done to him.

THE AUTHORITY OF THE KING

"No man takes my life from me, I lay it down."

Jesus shows His authority to fulfill Scripture.

Jesus shows His authority to direct the disciples.

Jesus shows His authority by even riding on a colt.

THE HUMILITY OF THE KING

"Look how the whole world has gone after him."

THE MAGNETISM OF THE KING

JOHN 12:20-22

20 Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. 21 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. “Sir,” they said, “we would like to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus.

"We want to see Jesus."

They want to see Jesus out of dissatisfaction.

1 CORINTHIANS 1:20-24

20 Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. 22 Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, 23 but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 24 but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

They want to see Jesus out of disillusionment.

They want to see Jesus in desperation.

"All my friends are finding new beliefs, and I am finding it harder and harder to keep track of the new gods and the new loves, and the old gods and the old loves."

Christian Wiman

THE GLORY OF THE KING

JOHN 12:23-32

"I have glorified [my name], and will glorify it again."

It's only at the cross that we see you are perfectly known, and you are perfectly loved.

"Now is the time for judgment on this world."

"Now my soul is troubled."

"And I, when I am lifted up from the earth will draw all people to myself."

"[Human beings] are just a bit of pollution. If you got rid of us ... then the universe would be largely the same. We're completely irrelevant."

Lawrence Krauss

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