REDBUD Podcast

Series: Will the Real Jesus Stand Up
Title: A Father’s Faith
Text: John 46-54

I. The Father
A. He was a desperate man.
B. He was a determined man.
II. The Faith
A. He believed in the works of Jesus.
B. He believed in the word of Jesus.
III. The Family
A. His son is healed.
B. His family is saved.

Series: Will the Real Jesus Stand Up

Title: A Light Shining in The Darkness

Text: John 1:1-5

I. Jesus before all things.

A. Jesus pre-existed.

B. Jesus is equal.

C. Jesus is eternal.



II. Jesus made all things.

A. Jesus is creator.

B. Jesus was not created.



III. Jesus is self-existent.

A. Jesus is the embodiment of life.

B. Jesus is the eternal light.

C. Jesus entered the darkness.

D. Darkness tries to extinguish Jesus.

I. The Prevalence of Signs.

A. Miracles

B. Signs

C. Wonders

II. The Purpose of Signs.

A. The documentation of these signs.

B. The determination from these signs.

C. The declaration of these signs.

I. The example of the seed.

A. The sowing process.

B. The selection process.

II. The expression of the body.

A. The natural body.

B. The spiritual body.

III. The explanation of the order.

A. The dead in Christ.

B. The living in Christ.

IV. The exhortation of the believer.

A. Believers affirmed.

B. Believers anchored.

C. Believers aware.

I. It serves as motivation for you to come to your own salvation.
A. Baptism does not save anyone.
B. Baptism for someone else does not save that person.
C. Baptism solely because some else was baptized does not save anyone.

II. It serves as motivation for believers to live a life of service.
A. Knowing there is a resurrection, makes suffering and serving a joy.
B. If there is no resurrection, then you might as well party and enjoy your only ride.

III. It serves as motivation for believers to live a life of sanctification.
A. Wrong thinking leads to wrong behavior.
B. Wake up and stop the sin.
C. There are those yet to be saved.

The resurrection of Jesus our Savior gives us hope for the great harvest yet to come.

Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say
that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ
is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty, and your faith is also empty.
Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God because we have testified of God that He raised
up Christ, whom He did not raise up—if in fact the dead do not rise. For if the dead do not rise,
then Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins!
Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in this life only we have hope
in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable. But now Christ is risen from the dead and has
become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.