Hurting People, Healing Savior
Over the last two weeks we have explored conversations that Jesus had with two very different people – but the message to each was the same: I am the Savior of the world, believe in me. This morning we see this same message demonstrated through the healing power of Christ. Jesus is not simply a Savior we talk about; He is a Savior who changes our lives forever.
(John 4:42 NIV) "They said to the woman, "We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.""
(John 4:46-54 NIV) "Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. 47 When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was close to death. 48 "Unless you people see miraculous signs and wonders," Jesus told him, "you will never believe." 49 The royal official said, "Sir, come down before my child dies." 50 Jesus replied, "You may go. Your son will live." The man took Jesus at his word and departed. 51 While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living. 52 When he inquired as to the time when his son ...
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This morning we examine another encounter with Jesus. Last week we saw Jesus interact with a respected leader; this week he connects with a disrespected Samaritan woman. The people are very different, the dialogues are very different and the responses are equally different. “Come and see” the woman says to her friends. This morning we will do just that.
(John 4:1-42 NIV) "The Pharisees heard that Jesus was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John, 2 although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. 3 When the Lord learned of this, he left Judea and went back once more to Galilee. 4 Now he had to go through Samaria. 5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour. 7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, "Will you give me a drink?" 8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) 9 The Samaritan woman said to him, "You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?" (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.) 10 Jesus answered her, ...
Why Do You Follow Jesus?
This morning we meet a man who comes to Jesus with questions. The answers he receives are at the same time both simple and confusing. But in the dialogue with Jesus Nicodemus finds that while there are compelling reasons to follow Jesus there is only one life changing reason.
(John 2:23-25 NIV) "Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the miraculous signs he was doing and believed in his name. 24 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all men. 25 He did not need man's testimony about man, for he knew what was in a man."
(John 3:1-21 NIV) "Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, "Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him." 3 In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again." 4 "How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!" 5 Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God ...
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