Arresting Words
the gospel of ST JOHN • Sermon • Submitted
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What was the festival all about, 8 days, poured out water.... Future, Nehimiah/Zechariah...
Importance of Jesus’ statement
On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
John 7:
Mini Sermon time...
Functions of Faith
Functions of Faith
faith comes by hearing...
Fake Faith
Fake Faith
-belief absent of change
-belief if convenient
-belief as long as it benefits me
Firm Faith
Firm Faith
-belief in Jesus
-knowing Him for who He is
-understanding the scriptures...
Flowing Faith
Flowing Faith
John 7:3
But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
we should strive for Flowing Faith...
OKAY, Intro over...
Therefore many from the crowd, when they heard this saying, said, “Truly this is the Prophet.” Others said, “This is the Christ.”
But some said, “Will the Christ come out of Galilee? Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the seed of David and from the town of Bethlehem, where David was?” So there was a division among the people because of Him. Now some of them wanted to take Him, but no one laid hands on Him.
Then the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why have you not brought Him?”
The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this Man!”
Then the Pharisees answered them, “Are you also deceived? Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed in Him? But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.”
Nicodemus (he who came to Jesus by night, being one of them) said to them, “Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing?”
They answered and said to him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search and look, for no prophet has arisen out of Galilee.”
And everyone went to his own house.
pray...
Jesus Speaks, People Listen.
Jesus Speaks, People Listen.
God still speaks, are we listening...
So what does it mean when someone says, God said or God spoke to me?
So what does it mean when someone says, God said or God spoke to me?
1. Through His Word
1. Through His Word
2. Through His People (Church/Community)
2. Through His People (Church/Community)
3. Through Experience/Personal Revelation
3. Through Experience/Personal Revelation
knowing its God and not me… His track record...
- Seems right...
Do we trust God is good? Google Maps v. God
He is in control...
hearing from God and God speaking is more about Him not us...
John 7:
Therefore many from the crowd, when they heard this saying, said, “Truly this is the Prophet.” Others said, “This is the Christ.”
But some said, “Will the Christ come out of Galilee?
Differing Views of Messianic Prophecies
Differing Views of Messianic Prophecies
Prophet
Christ
Lamb
Lion
Have we pigeon holed God to one of these aspects and as a result become deaf to the others, He is all...
John 7:
Then the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why have you not brought Him?”
The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this Man!”
They sought to arrest Him for His words, They left arrested by His Words.
They sought to arrest Him for His words, They left arrested by His Words.
are we arrested by His Word, do we marvel at what He says?
For the Jewish understanding of Listening
In , God equates listening to Him with keeping the covenants made by Him. Listening then, according to the wisdom of God, is to listen AND to obey. In Hebrew, which is the original language of the Old Testament, there is no distinct word for “obey”. In fact, according to Old Testament usage, to listen and to obey is the singular word of “shema”. So in light of the following video: How are we doing at truly listening to God.
If we say we hear God, it should be evidenced by our Obedience.
By Megan Briggs -July 2, 2018📷Share on FacebookShare on Pinterest
Oftentimes we falsely assume that having ears equates to listening. This is especially applicable to a western culture that is saturated with headlines, texts, hashtags, posts, ear buds, and tweets. We are swimming in a sea of words while listening to very few of them.
When we Obey we Flow.
When we Obey we Flow.
this is Faith in action, faith that arrests our actions, faith that makes us new...
I remember as a Communications major in college taking a class on listening (the only one of its kind in the nation at that time). I learned that research indicates that we “listen” more than we do any other communicative activity. However, that same research showed that we do a poor job of listening. An argument can be made that we shouldn’t have to listen to so much of the useless information that bombards us daily. As believers, we have someone—the Grand Informer Himself, God—we really need to listen to.
New Creations...
Do the scriptures address this important issue of listening? The answer is a resounding and ancient “yes”!
The Officers no longer do what they set out to do...
In the following video from The Bible Project, a short word study is provided for the Hebrew word “shema”, which means “listen” or “hear”. Shema is the first word of the daily confession about God Jewish people have made ever since antiquity. The confession is referred to as the Shema and upholds the important theological truth about the oneness of God. The first mention of the shema is located in Deuteronomy:
Nicodemus...
“Hear, (or “Shema”) O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love theLord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might and these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. (ESV)
We read in scripture that God is the maker of our ability to shema (, God equates listening to Him with keeping the covenants made by Him. Listening then, according to the wisdom of God, is to listen AND to obey. In Hebrew, which is the original language of the Old Testament, there is no distinct word for “obey”. In fact, according to Old Testament usage, to listen and to obey is the singular word of “shema”. So in light of the following video: How are we doing at truly listening to God?
We must Obey and Live out our Faith.
We must Obey and Live out our Faith.
In , God equates listening to Him with keeping the covenants made by Him. Listening then, according to the wisdom of God, is to listen AND to obey. In Hebrew, which is the original language of the Old Testament, there is no distinct word for “obey”. In fact, according to Old Testament usage, to listen and to obey is the singular word of “shema”. So in light of the following video: How are we doing at truly listening to God?
so do works save?
no, Grace, Paul in Ephesians… but James says… doesn’t this not match, No. Is James right, Yes… context… faith made tangible by action. Living Faith one may say Flowing Faith...
Are we Flowing in Faith and are we Arrested by His Words?
Are we Flowing in Faith and are we Arrested by His Words?
context moving forward...
ch. 8
Mt. Olives
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Close, Prayer Response- Faith Levels and Hearing Ability