God Can Use Anyone For His Ends
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God Can Use Anyone For His Ends
God Can Use Anyone For His Ends
Some on the bright side, some on the flip side
John 14:21-32
He Uses the Sent and Unsent
He Uses the Sent and Unsent
Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.”
After saying these things, Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, “Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”
He Uses the Sent and Unsent
He Uses the Sent and Unsent
The Sent Ones are Ambassadors
Ambassadors of Christ
Ambassadors of God
The Unsent bring problems
On their own agenda
Creating distress
Becoming traitors
He Uses Best and Least
He Uses Best and Least
The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he spoke. One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining at table at Jesus’ side, so Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus of whom he was speaking. So that disciple, leaning back against Jesus, said to him, “Lord, who is it?”
He Uses Best and Least
He Uses Best and Least
We may be unsure
The least one may be closest
The stronger may be set back
God will work
We don’t know how
Through whom
He Uses the Worst Enemy
He Uses the Worst Enemy
Jesus answered, “It is he to whom I will give this morsel of bread when I have dipped it.” So when he had dipped the morsel, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. Then after he had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, “What you are going to do, do quickly.”
He Uses the Worst Enemy
He Uses the Worst Enemy
We think we know the enemy
We focus on the human
God knows His enemy
Satan wants to accuse
Jesus is still in control
He Uses a Traitor to the Cause
He Uses a Traitor to the Cause
Now no one at the table knew why he said this to him. Some thought that, because Judas had the moneybag, Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor. So, after receiving the morsel of bread, he immediately went out. And it was night.
He Uses a Traitor to the Cause
He Uses a Traitor to the Cause
We miss the purpose of Jesus
We make up our own plot
We have good reasons
We don’t really know people
But Jesus knows our agendas
And still will use us
He Uses All For His Glory
He Uses All For His Glory
When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
He Uses All For His Glory
He Uses All For His Glory
There is glory in the plans of God
There is glory in the person of God
There is glory in the purposes of God