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Introduction: this is one of the most astounding claims ever made—Jesus Christ is the very embodiment of God Himself. 1. The request of Philip: show us the Father, some dazzling sight (v.8). 2. The revelation: Jesus is the full embodiment of God (v.9). 3. The clear evidence (v.10). 4. The clear challenge:…

How many of us remember the days of waiting on the Christmas catalogs to arrive so we could go through the books and see what new toys were going to be the latest and greatest thing to grace our Christmas trees? I can remember going through and finding the toys I didn’t think I could live without! I’m…

Jesus’ death would deliver troubled hearts. The disciples had reason to be troubled. Several things had just happened that would disturb any body of people. ⇒ Divisiveness had set in among them (see note— Lu. 22:24–30 ). ⇒ Desertion and betrayal by one of them was now known ( Jn. 13:18f ). ⇒ Separation…

As we begin December, many of us are either thinking of what gifts we will buy, what we have already bought, or panic because we haven’t figured anything out yet. While that is okay, I want us to truly think on this one question - “What is the true purpose of Christmas?” What is the true purpose of Christmas?…

31 When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. 32 If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once. Jesus’ death brought a threefold glory. a. There was the Son of Man’s glory. The glory of Jesus was the cross.…

Was Paul right in his insistence to go up to Jerusalem? There is no doubt that he sensed a deep compulsion to go. A man with so intense a conviction has to be respected and heard. Yet, great men are not beyond mistakes in judgment, and the Bible is pointedly frank in showing the errors of God’s great…

These words are the last words of Paul to church leaders that are recorded. It is a critical message, a message that needs to be studied time and again by every church leader. 28 Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the…