Sunday, November 22, 2020 ~ The Book Of John ~ Series: LOVED BY JESUS ~ Message: The Protegé ~ Scripture: John 5:18–47 ESV ~ Pastor Philip Miller

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Sunday, November 22, 2020

The Book Of John

Series: LOVED BY JESUS

Message: The Protegé

Scripture: John 5:18-47 ESV

Pastor Philip Miller

Image: Thanksgiving for God’s Mercies

Scripture Reading Psalm 100 ESV

Psalm 100 ESV

Audio: Psalm 100 ESV

His Steadfast Love Endures Forever

A Psalm for Giving Thanks.

100 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!

Serve the Lord with gladness!

Come into his presence with singing!

Know that the Lord, he is God!

It is he who made us, and we are his;

we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving,

and his courts with praise!

Give thanks to him; bless his name!

For the Lord is good;

his steadfast love endures forever,

and his faithfulness to all generations

Scripture Reading John 5:18-47 ESV

John 5 ESV

Audio: John 5 ESV

Jesus Is Equal with God

18 This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

The Authority of the Son

19 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel. 21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will. 22 For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, 23 that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

25 “Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. 27 And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. 28 Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

Witnesses to Jesus

30 “I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me. 31 If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not true. 32 There is another who bears witness about me, and I know that the testimony that he bears about me is true. 33 You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth. 34 Not that the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. 35 He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. 36 But the testimony that I have is greater than that of John. For the works that the Father has given me to accomplish, the very works that I am doing, bear witness about me that the Father has sent me. 37 And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen, 38 and you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe the one whom he has sent. 39 You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, 40 yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life. 41 I do not receive glory from people. 42 But I know that you do not have the love of God within you. 43 I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him. 44 How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God? 45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, on whom you have set your hope.46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote of me. 47 But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”

The Book Of John

Series: LOVED BY JESUS

Message: The Protegé

Scripture: John 5: 5:18-47 ESV

Pastor Philip Miller

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“Great Is Thy Faithfulness” Thomas O. Chisholm 1923

The Protégé: Who does Jesus think he is?

Sunday, November 22, 2020

Jesus was a force for disruption during his ministry. At Passover he cleared the temple, sent livestock and moneychangers running, and acted like he owned the place. He started baptizing in the Judean countryside, becoming even more popular than John the Baptist. Jesus healed an invalid at pool of Bethesda on the Sabbath, and the religious leaders said you can’t heal on the Sabbath. It drove the religious leaders crazy. They asked, "Who does he think he is!?" In response, Jesus gives his first extended discourse in John 5:18-47. Jesus tells us just who he thinks he is…and holds nothing back. This sermon explores the resume of Jesus—experiences, qualifications, and references—that forms that basis for the extravagant claims of deity that he made during his ministry. Is Jesus really the Messiah, the Son of God? After exploring these claims and Jesus' response, the resounding answer is YES! Our take-aways are two-fold: 1) Jesus is the only one really able to help us. He can, with a word, make us alive again. Jesus is the resurrection and the life. 2) If Jesus is for us, we have much to be thankful for. If we have heard Jesus’ word, and believed on his name, we will never face him as a judge. We have passed from death to life, and nothing can ever take that away from us.

Sunday, November 22, 2020

The Book Of John

Series: LOVED BY JESUS

Message: The Protegé

Scripture: John 5: 5:18-47 ESV

Pastor Philip Miller

Jesus’ résumé

His experience

• Apprentice

• Emissary

• Executor

His qualifications

• Resurrecting voice

• Inherent vitality

• Judicial authority

His references

• John the Baptizer

• Authenticating works

• God the Father

• The holy Scriptures

• The prophet Moses

Takeaways:

• Jesus is the only one really able to help us.

• If Jesus is for us, we have much to be thankful for.

SERMON NOTES

The Book Of John

Series: LOVED BY JESUS

Message: The Protegé

Scripture: John 5: 5:18-47 ESV

Pastor Philip Miller

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Message: The Protegé

PASTOR TO PEOPLE

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:4–7)

Rejoicing may be the last thing on our minds in these days of Covid-19. Like you, I’m concerned, frustrated, and grieving the accumulating losses. Yet it helps me to remember that the Apostle Paul wrote these words not from a place of freedom, hope, and prosperity, but from confinement and devastation. He wrote these words from prison, and his call was to rejoice—not in our circumstances, but in the Lord.

We may be in chains, but in the Lord we are free. We may be isolated, but in Him we have fellowship. We may be devastated, but in Him we are consoled. We may be grieving, but in Him we have hope. When we remember Whose we are, we are reminded who we are and remember to act accordingly: to be reasonable, non-anxious, thankful, and peaceful.

Neurobiologists tell us that in crisis, the brain shuts down its executive functions and slips into survival mode. In other words, we stop reasoning proactively and begin reacting for survival. What’s fascinating is that counselors have found that the fastest way to “reboot” is actually gratitude. Taking just a few minutes to focus on appreciation, thankfulness, and rejoicing actually restarts our brain’s executive functions and reignites our ability to navigate stressful situations.

Even though Paul didn’t know the science, he knew the reality: under stress we forget to be grateful, anxiety steals our joy, and we take our eyes off the Lord. He also knew that thanksgiving increases our resilience, and that the fastest way back to health is through rejoicing in the Lord always.

So let me encourage you this week to rejoice in the Lord. Maybe sit down with your family for 10 minutes and simply write out a list of gratefulness, appreciating all that is ours in the Lord and rejoicing together in His blessings. Let's remember Whose we are, so we can remember—and act like—who we are.

You are loved, more than you know!

Pastor Philip