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7.09 The Pool of Bethesda
Friday April 1, 2022 Text: John 5:1-17 Passages: John 5:1-17
For thirty-eight years, a paralyzed man has lain by the pool of Bethesda, hoping to enter it and receive healing. Jesus asks if he desires healing and then tells the man to take up his bed and walk. When the Jews see the man carrying his bed on the Sabbath, they question who told him to do this, but the man doesn’t know who Jesus is. After encountering Jesus at the temple, the man reports back to the Jewish leaders, who persecute Jesus.
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Are You A King
Wednesday March 30, 2022 Text: John 18:37 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: John 18:37
Sometimes your following instructions and things happen as they should. For example, the instructions say hold down the button 15 sec until the light blinks twice. It is a relief to see that light blink, you know that you are doing it correctly. Or the recipe says bake 15 minutes until golden brown, after 15
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Nicodemus
Friday March 18, 2022 Text: John 3:1-21 Passages: John 3:1-21
Nicodemus, a leader of the Jewish Council, comes to see Jesus under cover of darkness. Puzzled by Jesus’ instruction that one must be born again to enter the kingdom of God, Nicodemus asks how someone can be physically reborn. Jesus gently instructs Nicodemus as He explains the spiritual rebirth found only in Christ. Christ alone
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7.06 Jesus Cleanses the Temple
Friday March 4, 2022 Text: John 2:13-22 Passages: John 2:13-22
Merchants and money-changers fill the outer courts of the temple in preparation for the Passover. Jesus overturns the tables and drives out the animals in His zeal to restore the temple to its proper purpose. When the Jews question His authority, Jesus tells them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up” (John 2:19). Only after His resurrection do the disciples realize that Jesus was referring to His body as the new temple.
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7.05 Jesus Baptism
Tuesday February 22, 2022 Text: John 1:29-34; Matthew 3:1-17 Passages: John 1:29-34; Matthew 3:1-17
John the Baptist lives in the wilderness, dressed in camel’s hair and eating locusts and honey. John’s message of repentance and preparation draws people to the banks of the Jordan, where they receive Baptism. As the prophet sent to point out the Messiah, John declares, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29), as Jesus approaches.
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Jesus Restores Fellowship
Sunday January 16, 2022 Text: John 2:1-11 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany Passages: John 2:1-11
Jesus restores our fellowship with the Father and with one another. Jesus blesses us so that one comes later is better than what came before. Jesus directs us so that we do not crash.
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JESUS MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE
Saturday December 25, 2021 Text: John 1:1-14 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Christmas Passages: John 1:1-14
Supposedly the genetic difference between chimps and humans is 1.2%. That doesn’t sound like much. But it makes a big difference. The difference between a c and a c sharp is only half a step but it makes a big difference. Come home from work and tell your spouse you appreciate them. It is a
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Jesus Only Has the Words of Life
Thursday August 19, 2021 Text: John 6:51-69 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Passages: John 6:51-69
Things that are hard: The fundamental theorem of calculus is hard for a lot of people to understand. It describes the relationship between differentiation and integration. There is a rock known as Jacob’s pillow in Becket, Massachusetts. It is not the actual rock that Jacob slept on but it would be hard to sleep on.
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The Wonder Bread From Heaven
Thursday August 12, 2021 Text: John 6:24-35 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Passages: John 6:24-35
Some twisty things are good, like rope and twizzlers others are not so good. In our text everything that Jesus says the Jews attempt to twist it back to earthly things. Every time the Jews try to twist it back to the earthly, Jesus attempts to call them on to the heavenly. Jesus wants us
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