Published: Nov 26, 2017 | Tags:
A message from the series “Encountering Jesus.” In John 11, we see the grief and disappointment of Lazarus’s sisters after the death of their brother. They wonder why their friend Jesus arrived “too late.” Based on Jesus’s response, we learn that: (1) God’s delays are not necessarily God’s denials; (2) With God, a waiting season is never a wasted season if you are connected to Him; and (3) Sometimes God wants to do something IN you before He does something FOR you.
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Published: Nov 19, 2017 | Tags:
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.
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Published: Nov 12, 2017 | Tags:
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.
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Published: Nov 5, 2017 | Tags:
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.
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Published: Oct 29, 2017 | Tags:
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.
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