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Thursday May 16, 2024
Thursday May 16, 2024
April 20, 2024 - Saturday 1:30PM Tent Speaker
Speaker: Scott Cain
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Trust in an individual
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a lot of description of Jesus in John
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Jesus' Facts (John 1:1-14)
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Jesus’ Rationality (John 1:1-3)
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Jesus’ Identity (John 1:1-17)
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“The World”
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Jesus
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In the Beginning
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Eternal
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With God
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Distinct from the Father
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Was God
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Deity/Godhead
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All… Made by Him
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Creator
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Flesh… dwelt among us
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Human
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Only begotten
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Son of God
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Grace and Truth
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Brought Grace and Truth
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Jesus’ Reality (John 1:14)
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John bases his description of Jesus on evidence
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Gnostics - made up, what they claim they knew
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Ex. Dualism: spiritual =good and humanity = bad
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Jesus wasn’t actual physical
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Others claim Jesus was physical but not deity
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Know-it-alls that didn’t know anything
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Jesus’ Forgiveness
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John 1:29 words of John the Baptist
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Isaiah 53:4-7 suffering servant
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“It’s not ok, but it’s going to be ok”
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John 12:32
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Model of forgiveness (Personal and moving passages on forgiveness)
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John 5:14 (general forgiveness)
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John 4:17-18, 21 (woman at the well)
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John 8:7, 11 (woman caught in act of adultery, failed to catch her accomplice)
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John 13:38; 21:17 (Peter will deny Jesus 3x) why did Peter go back to tomb a 2nd time? Peter wept bitterly over his own actions.
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Every time sin happens, someone made a choice
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Motive of Forgiveness (John 3:16)
Jesus’ Friendship (John 15:13)
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Out of Friendship…
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He died for me (John 15:13)
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I live for Him (John 15:14)
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He shared His Father’s Will (John 15:15)
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I have His Father’s Ear (15:15, 16:27)
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Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4ESJBRbG2k
Duration 41:43
Thursday May 16, 2024
Thursday May 16, 2024
April 20, 2024 - Saturday 1:30PM MPR 1 Speaker
Speakers: Kathy Pollard and Carla Moore
During the Equipped Workshop Kathy and Carla thought it would interesting to have a live crossover episode of their popular podcast Looking Up! With Kathy and Carla
Along with some normal parts of their podcast, the two ladies start reviewing past notes from the margins in the book of John in their bibles.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-RAWFsdQJc
Duration 42:09
Thursday May 16, 2024
Thursday May 16, 2024
April 20, 2024 - Saturday 1:30PM Auditorium Speaker
Speaker: Justin Rogers
A Friend of the Family
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Divine absence
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THE IRONY OF “LAZARUS”
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DIVINE ABSENCE ENHANCES GOD’S GLORY (V. 4)
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DIVINE ABSENCE DOES NOT SIGNAL A LOSS OF CONCERN (V. 5)
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Personal confrontation
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MARTHA—FAITHFUL FRUSTRATION (VV. 20-27)
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MARY—PERSONAL INSULT (VV. 28-32)
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- Emotional Savior
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JESUS IS EMOTIONAL (V. 33)
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JESUS IS “SKEPTICAL” (V. 34)
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JESUS IS JUDGED (V. 36-37)
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Astonishing miracle
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MARTHA’S INTERRUPTION (VV. 38-40)
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JESUS’ PRAYER (VV. 41-42
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LAZARUS’ RESURRECTION (VV. 43-44)
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“Things are not always as they seem”
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Conflicts in the narrative
-Problem of pain
-Problem of persecution
-Problem of people-pleasing
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Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w80FGksOLIo
Duration 38:51
Thursday May 16, 2024
Thursday May 16, 2024
April 20, 2024 - Saturday 1:10PM Auditorium Speaker
Speaker: Maddox Wilson
John 13:34 - 34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
John 15:12 - 12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
Ephesians 4:32 - 32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
1 Corinthians 13:4-13 - 4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;[b] 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. 11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. 12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known. 13 So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
Luke 6:31 - 31 And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.
1 John 4:11 - 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
Matthew 22:36-40 - 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”
Using a few points Maddox illustrates the importance of love for each other and how we can show this love in our lives. We should follow the example shown by Christ. The power of love is in the actions we take.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsFBdTXL1Vc&list=PL6RXulneS57-f64A4gRQRIrrFFpl2lKuj&index=38
Duration 4:57
Thursday May 16, 2024
Thursday May 16, 2024
April 20, 2024 - Saturday 11:00AM Tent Speaker
Speaker: Justin Rogers
General Principles - Read the Bible
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Pay attention
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Frequency and usage of words
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Believe
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verb 85x
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Noun (belief) - never used in John
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World
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John 7:7, etc.
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Ask Why questions
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Thomas not mentioned much in Matthew, Mark, and Luke
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Big role in John
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Doubting Thomas
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Even an apostle was a skeptic of Jesus
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Themes in John
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Jesus as the Word
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Logos vs rhema (John 1:1-3, 14)
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Jesus is the wisdom/mental process whereby the world is brought into existence
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Jesus as a wonder-worker
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Miracles were not the end, but way to end
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Water to wine (power over sustenance)
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Healing of nobleman’s son (power of distance)
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Healing of the lame man (power over the body)
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Feeding 5,000
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Walking on water (power over water)
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Healing the blind man (power over the soul)
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Raising Lazarus
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Jesus as the Passover lamb
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Announced by John (John 1:29)
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Explained at the crucifixion (John 19:39 ~ Ex. 12:46, 1 Corinthians 5:9)
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Explains the “Last Supper” in John
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Teaching Techniques in John
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One-on-one conversations
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Extended discussions with individuals more than lecture crowds
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Opposition from Outsiders
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The world?
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The Jews? (John 16:2)
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Primary persecutors of early Church, not Romans or Greeks
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Christian groups? (John 20:25)
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Doubting Thomas
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“Did God really take on flesh and suffer?”
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Oneness of all believers
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John 17:20-21 probably means John’s readers are under persecution and are willing to compromise (Revelation 2-3)
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Takeaways from John
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Jesus is God
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John 20:30-31
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Jesus is Man
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John 6:53-56 flesh and blood
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Makes clear he is human
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Not a discussion on Lord’s supper?
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The Spirit Is Present
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Half of the farewell discourse consists of discussions about the paracletos or pneuma tes aletheias (14:15-17)
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Obedience is expression of love not oppression
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Duration 38:45
Saturday May 11, 2024
Saturday May 11, 2024
April 20, 2024 - Saturday 11:00AM Auditorium Speaker
Speaker: Andrew Itson
John 10 -
I Am the Good Shepherd
10 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5 A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” 6 This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
7 So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9 I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. 11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. 17 For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.”
19 There was again a division among the Jews because of these words. 20 Many of them said, “He has a demon, and is insane; why listen to him?” 21 Others said, “These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
I and the Father Are One
22 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon. 24 So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” 25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name bear witness about me, 26 but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one.”
31 The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. 32 Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” 33 The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.” 34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’? 35 If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken— 36 do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? 37 If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; 38 but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.” 39 Again they sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.
40 He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing at first, and there he remained. 41 And many came to him. And they said, “John did no sign, but everything that John said about this man was true.” 42 And many believed in him there.
I am The Good Shepherd
- The Message of the Gospel is this: God Became Human so That We Would Have a Shield.
- Context: So Jesus again said to them, "Truly, Truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep" - John 10:7
- On the other side of the door is more freedom not less.
- Why do we need a shepherd?
- Sheep get lost easily
- Sheep are defenseless
- Sheep are very stubborn
- Sheep are filthy
- Everyone has a shepherd
- _______ is going to fill the place of shepherd if you don't put Jesus where he says he deserves to be in your life.
- The test of a shepherd's goodness comes down to what the shepherd does when life gets hard. - John 10:12-13
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- Ownership - John 10:13
- God's ownership in Psalm 23: The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
3 He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows
- God's ownership in Psalm 23: The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
- Friendship - John 10:3-4; 14
- How do I know it is his voice? Your shepherd is whoever gets your ear the most.
- Partnership - Luke 15
- Passion for the lost - John 10:16; Luke 15
- Ownership - John 10:13
- Church leadership has always been about shepherd leadership
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- Acts 20:28 - 28 Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
- 1 Peter 5:1-2 - So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: 2 shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly;
- Hebrews 13:17 - 17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
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- Qualities of a shepherd-leader
- Example
- Trustworthy
- Provision / Protection
- Sacrificial
- Relational
- Visionary
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayka7hN5DAs
Duration 37:43
Saturday May 11, 2024
Saturday May 11, 2024
April 20, 2024 - Saturday 10:00AM Tent Speaker
Speaker: Eric D. Garner
The ears of the Lord are open to the righteous.
There are many blessings from being a Christian
- Because Christians are in Christ then there must also be an outside of Christ. But there is no condemnation for those who walk in Christ.
- 2 Peter1:3-4 We have God’s word.
- We can have fellowship. 1 John.
- We get to worship
- We can pray to God and have his attention. Hebrews 4. God talks to us through study but we talk to God through prayer.
Things to learn from Jesus's prayer, Luke 11
- Adoration for God. He wants us to view him as a caring father. Ephesians 3:14-15
- Make sure to confess. Pray with humility. 1 John 1:9.
- Thank God. James 1:17. Everything good comes from God. We are blessed.
- Ask for supplications. 1 Timothy 2:1-2
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_58d9Xh9E5E
Duration 40:28
Saturday May 11, 2024
Saturday May 11, 2024
April 20, 2024 - Saturday 10:00AM MPR 1 Speaker
Speaker: Mike Vestal
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Everyone wants to be heard and understood
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Everyone needs affirmation
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Who you are and what you do are valued
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Psalm 8
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Everyone needs blessing, to be cherished
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Every person needs safety
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We seek to give them that in Christ
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Every person needs to be touched
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Jesus went out of the way to touch lepers
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Every person needs to belong
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Every person needs to be chosen
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Jesus has chosen us
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Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNS3jBU5z4c
Duration 40:55
Saturday May 11, 2024
Saturday May 11, 2024
April 20, 2024 - Saturday 10:00AM Auditorium Speaker
Speaker: Bud Woodall
The Difference Between Light and Darkness
John 9 -
Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
9 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” 6 Having said these things, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man's eyes with the mud 7 and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing.
8 The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?” 9 Some said, “It is he.” Others said, “No, but he is like him.” He kept saying, “I am the man.” 10 So they said to him, “Then how were your eyes opened?” 11 He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed and received my sight.” 12 They said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.”
13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. 14 Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. 15 So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.” 16 Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them. 17 So they said again to the blind man, “What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.”
18 The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight 19 and asked them, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?” 20 His parents answered, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. 21 But how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself.” 22 (His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess Jesus to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.) 23 Therefore his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”
24 So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.” 25 He answered, “Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” 26 They said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?” 27 He answered them, “I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?” 28 And they reviled him, saying, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. 29 We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.” 30 The man answered, “Why, this is an amazing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. 31 We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him. 32 Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. 33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.” 34 They answered him, “You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?” And they cast him out.
35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” 36 He answered, “And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?” 37 Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and it is he who is speaking to you.” 38 He said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him. 39 Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.” 40 Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?” 41 Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.
- There are many people devoted to darkness. There is darkness all around us - John 3:19.
- "It's not about the man being healed, it's about the light of the world giving him his sight"
- "It's not about us, it's about Him."
- We need the light of Christ; the light of the world.
- Someone know how to turn on the light to get your life going in the right direction.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVV0ZnAEvKE
Duration 39:50
Saturday May 11, 2024
Saturday May 11, 2024
April 20, 2024 - Saturday 9:00AM MPR 4 Speaker
Speaker: Bart Warren
Why are these brackets and footnotes here?
No missing verses controversy
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Those searching the ancient manuscripts and trying to be faithful
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In year 1611, KJV was made with about 25 manuscripts
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Now we have about 5,000 manuscripts
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Thankful for those who have found these manuscripts
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2 Peter 1:3
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Psalm 19:7
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Proverbs 30:5
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Acts 24:14
Where does it fit historically?
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Textual criticism
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Original manuscripts were copied by hand on perishable material
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Seeks to retrieve original texts from manuscript descendants
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We have so many manuscripts, experts believe the original text can be found
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A few things that sound ominous
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NIV archeological study Bible - no early New Testament text or early church father includes this text
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Incorrect
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Daniel Wallace - inclusion of this text is a tradition of timidity should be removed
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Incorrect
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This passage found 5 different places in ancient manuscripts
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Possible explanations to stay
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Widely believed to be a true story about Jesus that was preserved through oral tradition then written down later
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David Chapman - while earliest Greek manuscripts omit, some testimony of early fathers includes
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Bruce - has all earmarks
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Case for inclusion
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Decasalia (sp?)
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Ditimis the Blind - story of the adulterous found in certain gospels
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Codex D includes
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Greek orthodox includes
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Catholic includes
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Leon Morris - can profitably study
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Wayne Jackson - widespread evidence
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How does this passage fit theologically?
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Does not mention how many caught her?
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Need more than one witness
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Insincere accusers are trying to test Jesus
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Where's the man caught in the act?
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Unfair trial
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The trap is:
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If execute - violates Roman law
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If doesn't execute - violates Old Testament law
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Jesus' First response is quiet time
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Let them think
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What does it mean - let him without sin, cast the first stone
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Does not mean No one can charge because we are all sinners
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Take the plank out of your own eye
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The sick need a physician
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Jesus didn't forgive her here but opened the door for forgiveness
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We don't know what happened to the woman.
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Video: https://youtu.be/IPVyod_goZA?feature=shared
Duration 39:27