Crazy Things That Jesus Said

Week 5: “I Am the Way the Truth and the Life”

John 14:1-7

12/22/24

Justin Scarberry

 

Message Notes

John 14:1-7

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God^[a]; believe also in me. ² My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? ³ And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. ⁴ You know the way to the place where I am going.” ⁵ Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” ⁶ Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. ⁷ If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”

At some point __________________ was taken out of Christmas!

Jesus birth was the ___________ of several prophesies written hundreds of years before His birth!:

 

Born of a virgin:

Isaiah 7:14

¹⁴ Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.

 

Born in Bethlehem:

Micah 5:2

² “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”

The disciples, who learned from Jesus for 3 years didn’t know where He was going!

Jesus tells them where He’s going & how they can get there!

 

3 Ways to Get into Heaven:

1. Through ____________
2. ________ Jesus
3. ________ __________

 

Unnecessary Extra’s (we try and add)

1. Jesus+ _____________
2. Jesus+______________
3. __________+doing good things

 

Atonement (definition): __________________________________

In the Old Testament/covenant  sin was atoned for by ________________________.

 

God promised to make a new covenant/agreement with people:

Jeremiah 31:31

³¹ “The days are coming,” declares the Lord,“ when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah.

The Jewish people seemingly discarded the scriptures that pointed ahead to the arrival of Jesus and the New Covenant!

 

Job was a man in the Bible who may have felt like he was discarded:

Job 2:9-10

⁹ His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!” ¹⁰ He replied, “You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”

 

Job knew that he needed a savior and that he could not approach God on his own:

Job 9:32-35

³² “He is not a mere mortal like me that I might answer him, that we might confront each other in court. ³³ If only there were someone to mediate between us, someone to bring us together, ³⁴ someone to remove God’s rod from me, so that his terror would frighten me no more.³⁵ Then I would speak up without fear of him, but as it now stands with me, I cannot.

Jesus’ claim to be the only way to God would have turned thousands of years of religion upside down!

 

• Dan Hall is the transition team lead.  Please contact him with any questions.
• Transition Team Needs
  • Areas that still need to be covered. If interested, contact Dan Hall:
    • Tech—Audio/Video and worship lyric technician.
    • IT/Hardware—manage the various connections of the service IT components/internet/wifi, etc.
    • Worship team/leader—play an instrument? Able to carry a tune?  Ready to use that gift for God?
    • Donut & Coffee Ministry—bring in donuts and make that oh so important drink for many of us, coffee!

• A Search Team will be put together to start the process of finding a new pastor.
  • The typical time to replace a Pastor is 12-18 months. Please wait on the Lord with us!
  • The team will update the church regularly

• Prayer is a critical part of this process! Please pray continually for the board’s guidance in seeking God’s will.

 

Voting results from 12/15/24

Unanimously voted for the 2025 budget approval for 2025

and also for Paul Adamson and John Arobio for another

2-year term as board members

 

Christmas Eve Service 3:30 PM

Please invite someone out for a message form God’s Word

and a reminder of why we celebrate Christmas!

 

BYO Bible!-January

Have a Bible just sitting around the house not getting any use?  Looking to get a new Bible?  Calling on everyone to bring your Bible to church for the next series starting in January (now is good too!).  The church also has extra Bibles if you need one.  Digital Bibles are great tools to use but also can sometimes be a distraction.  Dust off that old print Bible and bring it on in so we can all dig into God’s Word together.

 

Zelle

The board is working on setting up Zelle to use for a digital option for giving.

Should have it up and running in January!

 

Small Groups will resume in January!  Would you like to start the year digging in a little deeper to God’s Word in a small group?  Or maybe God has put it on your heart to host a small group.  Reach out to Justin or Paulette and we can help guide you to where God wants you to be!

 

2 Corinthians 5:21

He made Him who knew no sin to be sin in our behalf,

so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

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