A message from the series “Encountering Jesus.” In John 9, Jesus heals a beggar who was born blind. We see through five conversations, that the former beggar’s spiritual eyes are opened as well so that he acknowledges Jesus as not only his healer but as the Messiah.
A message from the series “Encountering Jesus.” Pastor Matthew preaches on John 8:2-11, the story of the woman caught in adultery and her encounter with Jesus. Through this encounter, the tension between unyielding judgment and unmerited grace explodes.
A message from the series “Encountering Jesus.” Jesus’s healing encounter with the crippled man demonstrates his compassion on “the one.” In John 5, we see how Christ is moved by our suffering and how He acts on our behalf. Ultimately, Jesus is most concerned about our spiritual condition for eternity.
A message from the series “Encountering Jesus.” In John 4, Jesus has an “awkward” encounter with a Samaritan woman. He exposes the woman’s physical thirst and reveals His offer of living water that will quench her spiritual thirst – and ours – for eternity.
A message from the series “Encountering Jesus.” Nicodemus, an esteemed Jewish intellectual and ruler, approaches Jesus as a fellow teacher who is doing God’s work. He learns that his acceptance before God is not based on his good works or cultural inheritance. Instead, Jesus tells Nicodemus that he needs to be born again, referring to a spiritual cleansing and re-birth that only comes through faith in Jesus Christ.