Radiant Church MatSu

In John 14, Jesus reminds His disciples that they are not alone. Through faith in Him, we receive the Holy Spirit, find peace in the midst of trouble, and are empowered to carry on His mission. Jesus calls us to trust Him, surrender fully, and rest in His promises.

What do you do when your world crashes in? In John 14:1–6, Jesus meets his disciples’ troubled hearts with gentleness, hope, and an invitation to keep trusting him. As he prepares to face the cross, he promises to bring them to himself and declares, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” This message calls us to look to Jesus in our suffering, shift the weight of our burdens onto him, and surrender our troubled hearts to him day by day.

What happens when our good intentions get ahead of Jesus? Guest speaker Paul Hoffman explores Peter’s promise to lay down his life and Jesus’ prediction of his denial. Peter’s confidence exposes our own tendency to miss Jesus’ call to love, cling to control, and overestimate our strength. Through his death and resurrection, Jesus goes before us, restores us in our failure, and empowers us to love others as he has loved us.

In John 13:18–35, Jesus demonstrates radical love toward His betrayer and calls His disciples to love as He has loved them. We love in response to His freely given grace, reflecting His love in ways that show the world we belong to Him.

In John 13:1–17, Josh Turner explores the love of Jesus, who washes his disciples’ feet and gives his life to make us clean. Because Jesus has served us, we can humbly serve others and reflect his love.

This message also marks Josh’s first sermon.

Believing in Jesus means trusting him as Savior and surrendering to him as Lord. In John 12:37-50, Caleb Richardson examines how fear, human approval, and the desire for control can keep us from openly following Jesus. As Jesus’ public ministry comes to a close, he calls us out of darkness and into his light, offering rescue and eternal life while warning of coming judgment. This message invites us to consider what we are holding back and respond to the grace of the One who gave all of himself for us.

In John 12:27–36, Jesus faces the cross with a troubled heart, yet remains committed to the purpose for which he came: to glorify the Father and rescue sinners. This message considers what the cross cost Jesus and what it means for the world: judgment, victory over Satan, and the promise that Jesus will draw people to himself. Jesus calls the crowd and us to believe in him and live for God’s glory.

In John 12:12–26, the crowds welcome Jesus as King, but he comes on a donkey with a different kind of victory in view. As Jesus speaks of a grain of wheat dying to bear fruit, Caleb Richardson explores how his coming death brings life to the world and what it means for us to follow him: letting go of our own agendas, serving him, and finding life in him.

In John 12:1–11, a dinner for Jesus becomes a picture of radical gratitude. Lazarus enjoys his presence, Martha serves, and Mary pours out costly perfume. Judas’s response raises a question for us: What do we treasure most? Caleb Richardson invites us to respond to Jesus’ grace with a life of worship - abiding with him, serving him, and giving ourselves to him.

In John 10:19–42, Bob Davis looks at Jesus’ clear claim to be one with the Father and the security of those who belong to Him. Jesus’ sheep hear His voice, follow Him, receive eternal life as a gift, and rest in the promise that no one can snatch them from His hand.