We are SENT into the world and yet we are not to love the world or be conformed to it. How do we do separation AND incarnation?
Grace. Grow! Groups. Go!
Grace. Grow! Groups. Go!
Sermons by Tom Oster
Jesus was a man of prayer. Jn. 17 is an extensive listening-in on the prayers of the Son to the Father. We begin with God being jealous for the glory of God. Why? How?
Jesus is hard in a pluralistic society! What does He mean to claim that He is the light of the world? What does it mean for HIm to be the ‘light of life’?
We are sheep and we need nothing so much as we need a Good Shepherd…one who will lay down His life for us.
Jesus is the vine. Every branch that abides in Him will bear much fruit. That is His will for our lives: to go and bear much fruit. He does that in us. He will do that in us.
The gift Jesus wants to give us is to incorporate us into His own relationship with the Heavenly Father.
John tells the story of the Resurrection by telling us the story of 3 people, Mary Magdallen, Thomas and Peter who the resurrected Christ came and found and reoriented their lives!
When Jesus washed His disciples’ feet, it was more than an object lesson in humility. It was a prophetic representation of all that was going to happen the next day.
One of the simplest examples of Faith comes from this man in Jn. 4 who begs Jesus to heal his son. Jesus tells him, “Go. Your son will live” and then “The man took Jesus at his word and departed.” Wow! Boom! Such amazing faith!
Jesus, living SENT, goes out of His way to to bring living water to the woman at the well in Samaria.