Tag Archives: John

Take the Cup

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God received glory through the Son who received glory from the Father. But in the middle of this is an ugly cross.  And Jesus resolutely accepted the cup of wrath handed to Him.  But being human, Jesus still felt the sorrow and turmoil of making the decision to endure the pain and suffering.  But as our Savior, He did not sin and obeyed the plan of God.  And as our Lord, He calls us to follow Him through the cross to the crown.

John 18:1-11 and Matthew 26:36-42

Taught Sunday morning, October 22, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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Unity in Love

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Jesus prays that His disciples and their disciples would be unified by His Spirit in them and that unity would create a visible unity among His people through humility, love for one another (John 13:34-35), and serving one another through the Spirit. And Paul echoes that teaching in 1 Corinthians 12:12-14, Galatians 3:28, Ephesians 4:1-6ff, and Philippians 2:1-4. Others will see that kind of loving unity and they will know that God has been at work. And we are practicing for eternity, Jesus prays that we will be with Him forever in glory.

John 17:20-26

Taught Sunday morning, October 15, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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Kept and Sanctified

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Jesus prays for His disciples. We already knew that He did. But one of the longest prayers recorded by Jesus is found in John 17. He prayed for Himself and He prays for His disciples and for those disciples that His disciples will make. He prays that the Father would “keep” them in the faith, set apart and made holy for bringing glory to God by representing Him well and making disciples.

John 17:6-19

Taught Sunday morning, October 1, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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Glory to Son and Father

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God the Son prays to His Father as He prepares to complete the earthly mission of making disciples and accomplishing eternal salvation for all who believe in Him. This first part of the prayer is for Himself. And we get to hear the intimate conversation as Jesus eyes the glory of finishing the journey and returning to the Father even through obedient suffering and death.

John 17:1-8

Taught Sunday morning, September 24, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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Advocate and Ally

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A word study. John 14:15-18, John 14:25-27, John 15:26-27, John 16:7-15, and 1 John 2:1-2. These passages all help us understand a word in the original Greek of John’s day that we struggle to translate today. But more importantly, this word study helps us understand the ministry of the Holy Spirit in our lives today.

John 14 – 16

Taught Sunday morning, September 17, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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More Reasons for Peace

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Jesus warns His apostles that trouble is coming that would squeeze the life out of them and try to make them fall away. And that He would not be physically with them as these troubles came. But in His warning, He also gives reasons for hope. They won’t be alone just the same as He wasn’t really alone when His followers fled. Through the Holy Spirit who would indwell them after Jesus departed, they would be equipped to not only can they survive, but they can overcome because Christ overcame through the Spirit. Not only do they have reasons for peace, but Christ gives them joy to the full.

John 16:7-33

Taught Sunday morning, September 17, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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Reasons for Peace – Part 1

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Jesus warns His apostles that trouble is coming that would squeeze the life out of them and try to make them fall away. And that He would not be physically with them as these troubles came. But in His warning, He also gives reasons for hope. They won’t be alone just the same as He wasn’t really alone when His followers fled. Not only can they survive, but they can overcome because Christ overcame. Not only do they have reasons for peace, but Christ gives them joy to the full.

John 16:33

Taught Sunday morning, September 10, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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God is Light

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Excited to have a special speaker this Sunday as Mason preached from 1 John 1.  Using his science background, he teaches us a new perspective with the familiar phrase, “God is Light.”  Are we walking in the light of God’s Word and His Spirit with Christ and with His community of believers?

1 John 1:1-10

Taught Sunday morning, July 23, 2023 by Mason P

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Baptism Proclaims

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Paul uses baptism to illustrate why we should be denying temptations to sin and living more like Christ. Which prompts us to examine baptism as Paul did in order to better understand the spiritual significance of this ordinance given by Christ the Lord.

Romans 6:1-5

Taught Sunday morning, April 2, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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Greater than Moses

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Moses is kinda a big deal. God Himself called Moses a faithful servant and called him a friend that God spoke to face to face. When everyone else shrank away in fear, Moses answered the call of God to come into the fire to come closer to God. Could anyone ever measure up to being a prophet like Moses? God said there would be. Only the Messiah Himself could measure up and exceed the standard set by Moses. Let’s see a few ways that’s possible.

Deuteronomy 18:15-19

Taught Sunday morning, November 27, 2022 by Brad D Harris

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