A Church Shaped By Jesus
The Five Acts of Redemption
How is the love of the church shaped by Jesus?
His Humble Incarnation
His Perfect Life
His Atoning Death
His Victorious Resurrection
His Glorious Ascension
JOB: Trusting God when he seems to be silent
Job 1:1-22 and Job 2:1-10
This sermon focuses trusting God in the midst of a broken world.
Can we trust God when bad things happen
Can we trust God when our friends abandon us
Can we trust God when he is silent
Pastor Murray teaches us that Gods purpose and plans are higher than ours, that God is in control and working all things for good. We can trust him because our redeemer lives.
Colossians 3: 1-4 | Hidden with Christ
Colossians 3: 1-4
This sermon focuses on our union with Christ, and we see that faith means three things:
We have died with Him
We have been raised with Him
Our lives are bound to Him
Pastor Mike explains that His story has become our story, and also that His security becomes our security.
John 20:30-31 | That You Would Believe and Enter
John 20:30-31
Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. John 20:30-31 (ESV)
We finish our time in the book of John today with John’s reiteration of the purpose of his gospel - that we would believe in Jesus, and that we would enter into the Kingdom of God and live life in His name.
We specifically look at the seven signs Jesus performed that John shares, and the “I am” statements within the gospel, which clearly show the purpose of John’s gospel, so that we would know the God we worship.