Mark Fairhurst (CMS QNNSW Branch Director) visited to encourage us in our gospel partnerships and preach from 1 Corinthians

Introduction

What happened

Its sign-ificance—Jesus’ glory

Conclusion

Introduction

The writer keeps saying, “Meet Jesus”

· Jesus is the person Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote about (1:45)

· Jesus is the Lamb of God (1:36)

· Jesus is the Messiah-Christ (1:41)

     · Rabbi/ Teacher — the anointed Prophet (1:38,49)

     · the Son of God— the anointed King of Israel (1:49)

· Jesus is Son of Man (1:51)

Disciples saying to other people, “Come and meet Jesus”

· John points two of his disciples to Jesus and they follow Jesus (1:35-39)

· Andrew brings his brother (1:40-42)

· Jesus calls Philip to follow

· Philip finds his friend and says, “Come and see” (1:44-51)

Conclusion

Beyond John, these Bible passages are also mentioned:

Isaiah 53:5–6, Deuteronomy 18:18, 2 Samuel 7:12–14, Psalm 2:7–12, Daniel 7:13–14 and Genesis 28:12

Introduction

John the Pointer

John points to Jesus

John is happy to fade

Jesus is the prophet

Conclusion

Introduction

John the Pointer

- Who he is

   - not the Christ, Elijah or the Prophet (1:20-21)

   - he is the voice pointing to who comes next (1:22-23)

- Why he baptised

   - Because of who comes next (1:26-27)

John points to Jesus

- The Lamb of God (1:29)

- The eternal God become human (1:30 cf. vv15,27)

- Revealed by God (1:31-33)

- The Son of God (1:34)

   - Christ (2 Samuel 7, Psalm 2)

   - God the Son (1:14,18)

John is happy to fade (3:22-30)

Jesus is the prophet (3:31-36)

Conclusion

Introduction

Two ways of looking at verses 1-18

- time: from before creation to now (1:1-5), from John’s witness to now (1:6-13) and from Jesus’ birth to now (1:14-15)

- themes: Jesus Rejected & Received

Jesus

- The Word is eternal (1:1)

- The Word is a person (1:1)

- The Word is God (1:1)

- The Word is creator (1:3)

- The Word is the source of life and light

- The true light who came into the world

- The Word became flesh (1:14)

Rejected

Received

Conclusion

This is a topical talk

Reading: 2 Timothy 3:10-17

Introduction

Our change is God’s work

We are actively involved in our change

Applying God’s word to our heads and hearts:

Conclusion

The preacher, Matt Osborne, is a sojourner.

He's an MTS apprentice with ES on the UQ campus.

other Bible passages referred to:

Matthew 25:34

Luke 2:1-20

Introduction

The good news

• an unlikely king (2:1-7)

• is the King who saves (2:8-20)

Conclusion

Introduction

We have what Luke wrote

· we have variants which let us see the original

· we have a translation we can be confident it

Luke wrote what really happened

· he aimed to write a thorough, accurate, organised account

· so we can be sure

His writing fits reality

· many have found certainty

· many have recognised the accuracy

· what he says fits with what other sources say

Conclusion

Reading: Psalm 2

Introduction

God says this is the way things are:

Mark, Philippians and 2 Peter

Heads, heart and lives tuned to the reality