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Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 1:14
... THE INCARNATE WORD. I. WHAT DOES JOHN TELL US ABOUT THE WORD? A. That He was in the beginning with God. 1. This Greek word Logos translated "Word" has an interesting history in Greek thought. a. In about 560 B.C. there lived a Greek philosopher named Heraclitus. b. He taught that the world was in a constant state of flux, everything was constantly changin...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 1:1, 2, 14
... "THE WORD." I. WHAT DOES JOHN TELL US OF THE WORD? A. He existed in the beginning. 1. In the beginning God, Elohim. 2. "That which was from beginning." B. He was with God. 1. Co-existant with the Father. 2. Co-equal with the Father. Phil. 2:6 "Who ...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 19:5
... "BEHOLD THE MAN." I. CHRIST'S LIFE PROVED HE WAS A MAN. A. "Little Jesus, meek & mild." 1. Look with me at the scene in temple of Jerusalem. B. The bravest of men will back down before a crowd of people who are adverse to him. 1. Behold Jesus as he speaks his truths before the crowd ready to stone him. a. "O faithless ...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 3:16
... I. "FOR GOD." A. Who is God? 1. To many, just impersonal force. 2. The scriptural revelation. a. Creator and Originator of all life. b. Sustainer and purpose of all creation. c. Infinite in wisdom. Infinite in power. Infinite in duration. II. "FOR GOD SO LOVED THE ...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 16:7-11
... "THE TESTIMONY OF THE SPIRIT." Intro: All of us have had those moments when we realized life was more than just physical. The hint or consciousness of the spiritual dimension brings three awarenesses: sin, righteousness, judgment. I. SIN, BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE NOT ON ME. A. When you think of sin, you think of something else. 1. That lie that you told; that weakness of your flesh that traps you....
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 7:37-39
... "RIVERS OF LIVING WATER." I. "IN THE LAST DAY, THAT GREAT DAY OF THE FEAST." A. This was the Feast of Tabernacles, Succoth. 1. Made their booths beside their houses. 2. At the celebration in Jerusalem, the priests would pour water from their jugs on the pavement of the Temple Mount. a. This was a memorial of the water out of the rock in the wilderness. ...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 21:1-14
... "I'M GOING FISHING." Intro: This section is an epilogue in the story of Christ. It is a Chapter on Christian service. I. SYMBOLIC OF CHRISTIAN MINISTRY. A. Serving in energy of the flesh. B. Fruitfulness of such service. C. Lead by Christ in service - fruitfulness of such leading. D. The Lord's provision for His ...
Verse by Verse Study on 1 John 5 (C2000) — Through the Bible (C2000 Series)
... Chuck Smith Whosoever believes that Jesus is the Messiah is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him (1Jo 5:1). So I say, "I love Jesus. He is the Messiah. Yes, I'm born again. Oh, and how I love Him." Well, if I love Him who has begotten me into this new life, then I will also love those who have been begotten--the family of God, my brothers and sisters in Jesus. And ...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 15:1
... I. "I AM THE TRUE VINE, MY FATHER IS THE HUSBANDMAN." A. Note how many times Jesus uses this name for God and refers it to Himself. 1. 6:35: "I Am the bread of life." 2. 8:12: "I Am the light of the world." 3. 8:24: "If you believe not that I Am, you will die in your sins." 4. 8:58: "Before Abraham was, I ...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 1:14
... "AND THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH." Intro: To the Christian this is what the celebration of Christmas is all about. We rejoice for that day when the eternal One stepped into time to reveal God to a lost race. I. "AND THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH." A. Who? B. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was..." 1. God was made flesh. ...
Verse by Verse Study on John 15 (C2000) — Through the Bible (C2000 Series)
... Tonight let's turn now to John's gospel chapter 15, as we follow Jesus in His last hours prior to the cross. Jesus had been at the last supper with His disciples there in the upper room somewhere in Jerusalem. The fourteenth chapter of John ends with the words, "Arise, let us go hence." So, at that point, they left the upper room. And they began their journey which would ultimately lead them to the Garden of Gethsemane. And whether or not they went through the temple courts or whatever, we don't know. The gospels do not trace the steps of Jesus. I...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 5:39
... SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES. Intro. Jesus is speaking of the witnesses to His divine origin. He said if I witness of myself, you will not receive it, but Johnwitnessed of Me, and My works witness of Me, and the Father witnessed of Me, and the scriptures witness of Me. I. YOU DO SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES FOR IN THEM YOU THINK THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE, BUT THEY TESTIFY OF ME. A. This book we call the Bible is all about Jesus Christ. ...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 14:20
... I. "IN THAT DAY YOU WILL KNOW THAT I AM IN THE FATHER, AND YOU ARE IN ME, AND I AM IN YOU." A. In what day? In the day that the Comforter comes to teach them all things. 1. One of the great truths that the Holy Spirit emphasizes to the believer is the fact of the indwelling power of Jesus Christ in us. 2. In verse 23, Jesus said that if anyone loved Him and kept His words that His Father and He would come and make their abode with Him. ...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 7:37-39
... "RIVERS OF LIVING WATER." Intro: Last day of the feast, eighth day. For seven days, priests in procession from pool of Siloam chanting parts of Great Hallel. 1. God had provided water in wilderness. 2. Promise of latter rain. 3. Eighth day, no procession. 4. Christ stood. I. "THIRST." A. Every ...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 14:12
... I. VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, "HE THAT BELIEVETH ON ME, THE WORKS THAT I DO, SHALL HE DO ALSO." A. Jesus is still responding to the request of Philip to show them the Father that they may be sufficed. 1. He had said, that if you had seen Him, you had seen the Father. 2. He asked, "Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me." 3. He then declared that His words were n...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 1:11-13
... "BORN OF GOD." I. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE BORN OF GOD? A. To possess a new nature: "Now if any, man be in Christ he is a new creation; old things..." 1. Born to my parents, I inherited natural characteristics and body features. a. I received from them physical birth. b. My dominant consciousness was of my body needs. The world should move for me...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 16:20
... "WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MADE." I. "YE SHALL WEEP AND LAMENT." A. Mark 6:10, tells us that Mary came to the disciples as they mourned and wept. 1. Well might they weep. a. They were all convinced that Jesus was the Messiah, the Son of the living God. 1. They were expecting the establishment of God's Kingdom on the ...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 6:35
... "THE BREAD OF LIFE." The setting: Jesus had been in a deserted area near Bethsaida ministering to a great multitude of people. Toward evening He said to Philip, "Where can we buy enough bread to feed all these people?" Philip figured it would take about eight thousand dollars to buy enough bread. There were about 5,000 men beside the women and children. Andrew suggested that a small boy had five loaves and two fish, but that was nothing in light of the crowd of people. Jesus took the five loaves and two f...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 19:25, 26, 27
... "LORD LET ME LIVE FROM DAY TO DAY." I. FIRST THREE CRIES FROM CROSS CONCERNED OTHERS. A. "Father Forgive." B. "Today thou shalt be with me." C. Caring for His mother. 1. Agony of Mary standing at cross. a. Simeon's prophecy being fulfilled. "Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul ...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for 1 John 2:9
... Intro. John has been speaking about the keeping of the commandments of Jesus as a sign that we are truly abiding in Christ. The commandment being that we love one another even has Christ has loved us. John then declared that the darkness was past and the true light who is Jesus Christ was now shining. I. "HE THAT SAITH HE IS IN THE LIGHT." A. Back in chapter 1, John declared, "But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another."...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 17:24
... I. THE SECOND MAJOR REQUEST OF JESUS FOR HIS CHURCH. THAT THEY MAY BE WITH ME WHERE I AM. A. In the 13th chapter Jesus told His disciples that He was going away and where He was going they could not come now. 1. This brought up the questions of "Where are you going?" and "Why cannot we come now?" 2. Jesus in chapter 14, declared, "In My Father's house are many mansions, if it were not so, I would have told you, I go to...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 7:12
... ONE OR THE OTHER. Intro. Jesus came to unite men to God, but He has brought division to man. I. THE DIVISION THAT JESUS BRINGS TO MEN. VERSE 43, "SO THERE WAS A DIVISION AMONG THE PEOPLE BECAUSE OF HIM." A. Some said, "He is a good man." B. Others said, "No, He deceiveth the people." C. He has to be one or the other, He cannot be both....
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 16:24
... "FULLNESS OF JOY." Intro: Christianity is unlike any other religion in that it not only declares the ethic, but promises to infuse the ethic by the indwelling presence of the author. This is the final message of Jesus to His disciples before His crucifixion. His subjects are love, joy, and peace. In the face of the cross He speaks of My love, My joy, My peace. I. FULLNESS OF JOY, "THAT YOUR JOY MAY BE FULL." A. Difference between joy a...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 18:1
... I. "WHEN JESUS HAD SPOKEN THESE WORDS." A. The words of the prayer in chapter 17. 1. He went forth with His disciples over the Kidron brook. a. If as thought by some that the 15th chapter was spoken somewhere around the temple as Jesus and the disciples were passing the gates with the emblem of the grape vines upon it. That would put the prayer of Jesus somewhere between the Temple mount and the bottom of the Kidron valley. ...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 19:1-5
... I. AND SCOURGED HIM. A. Isaiah 53:5: "But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon Him and by His stripes we are healed." B. I Peter 2:24: "Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we being dead to sins should live unto righteousness, by whose stripes ye are hea...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 10:11
... "THE GOOD SHEPHERD." Intro: Culturally, we have moved into an industrial society. The figure of a shepherd is a little foreign to us. I. THE GOOD SHEPHERD'S CHARACTERISTICS. A. He knows His sheep and calls them by name. 1. His sheep as opposed to those who are not His sheep. 2. That puts all of us today in one of two categories. a. ...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 20:1
... I. "THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK COMETH MARY MAGDALENE EARLY, WHEN IT WAS YET DARK, AND SEETH THE STONE TAKEN AWAY FROM THE DOOR OF THE SEPULCHRE." A. The Sabbath day was over, the time has come for the beginning of a new week. 1. In the scriptures, the number 8 is the number of new beginning. a. Seven is the number of completion. 1. Seven notes on the ...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 6:7-11
... "THE SPIRIT'S REPROOF." Intro: Every person receives on various occasions that awareness that man is a spirit. Or perhaps you see that an accident is inevitable and there escapes from your lips an, "Oh, God." I. WITH THE SPIRITUAL AWARENESS COMES THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF SIN, RIGHTEOUSNESS, JUDGMENT. A. (Sin) The recognition of my own failure. 1. Word means "to miss the mark." ...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 14:9
... "THE PURPOSE OF HIS COMING; TO REVEAL THE FATHER." Intro: Jesus spending last hours with His disciples. As He spoke to them, interrupted four times. - Peter: "Lord, whither goest thou?" - Philip: "Lord, show us the Father and it sufficeth us." - Thomas: "Lord, we know not whither thou goest and how." - Jude: "How is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us and not unto the world?" What do you think Philip had in mind...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 16:26
... I. "AT THAT DAY." A. Which day? 1. Verse 23, He declared, "In that day, you shall ask Me nothing." a. The Greek word for ask is the word used for asking a question. b. The disciples had been asking Him many questions. c. He is probably referring back to the statement that when the Holy Spirit came, He would teach them all things, and would guide them into all truth...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 18:19
... I. THE HIGH PRIEST THEN ASKED JESUS OF HIS DISCIPLES AND OF HIS DOCTRINE. A. He is asking Jesus to testify against Himself, which is contrary to the law. 1. In our constitution we have the 5th amendment that protects a person from testifying against himself. 2. The legal procedure would have been to prefer some charge against Jesus and then bring in witnesses to prove that charge. 3. The judge who was supposed to listen to ...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 15:16
... "Bearing Fruit" Intro. In these final talks to His disciples Jesus seems to be weaving together five themes. Bearing fruit, keeping His commandments, the help of the Holy Spirit, prayer, loving one another. I. BEARING FRUIT. A. He is the true vine, the Father is the husbandman. 1. The branches that do not bear fruit are taken away. a. The parable of the Lord who went to a far co...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 7:37-39
... I. "THAT GREAT DAY OF THE FEAST." A. Double symbolism of water. 1. Wilderness supply. 2. Promise of water in desert places. B. Reason for not pouring out on last day. 1. No longer need water now in land. 2. Promise not yet fulfilled. C. In the midst of this background, Christ cries forth the Gospel in a ...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for 1 John 2:18
... I. LITTLE CHILDREN IT IS THE LAST TIME. A. The early church believed they were living in the last days. 1. On the day of Pentecost when Peter was explaining to the crowd concerning the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, he quoted the prophecy of Joel concerning the last days. 2. We read in 1 Peter, 1PE 1:20 Who verily was foreordained before the ...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for 1 John 1:3
... "1 JOHN 1:3" I. THAT (ONE) WHICH WE HAVE SEEN AND HEARD. A. The One who was from the beginning. B. The One who is eternal. C. The One we saw and heard. D. The One of whom we bear witness. E. We declare Him unto you. II. THE PURPOSE FOR SHARING ...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 3:30
... I. THE TESTIMONY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. A. "Behold the Lamb of God." "This is He." B. Disciples of John came to Him. II. HE MUST INCREASE. A. Because He is the Son of God. B. He is the most important person in the universe. C. None can compare with Him. D. "And if I be lifted ...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 21:18, 19
... "WELCOME BACK." Intro: At Ceasarea Philli, Peter began his movement away from the Lord when Jesus made the first mention of the cross. Here we see his final step of restoration as he is told of his own cross and challenged to follow. I. FIRST STEP BACK; Luke 22:31,32, "SATAN HAS DESIRED..." A. Peter is revealed to be in the midst of a ...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 17:10
... I. "ALL MINE ARE THINE, AND THINE ARE MINE." A. This is another claim for equality and unity with the Father. 1. What is mine is yours, and what is yours is mine. 2. This is a way that marriage is supposed to be. It is not yours or mine, it is ours. a. There are times where I make a semantic error, and when my wife asks me how I am going to get there, I respond, that I am going to drive my car. She will say, &...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for 1 John 3:2
... I. "BELOVED, NOW ARE WE THE SONS OF GOD." A. Meditate on that a moment. 1. Say it, "I am a child of God." 2. Think about what you have just said, "I am a child of the awesome, eternal God who created and sustains this whole vast universe. He has adopted me as His child, giving me all of the rights and privileges of being His child." B. Jesus, Himself sought to press home this truth....
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 15:18
... I. "IF THE WORLD HATES YOU." A. Jesus had earlier said to His disciples, "In this world you will have tribulation." Jn. 16:33. 1. Satan is in control of the world, he is called the god of this age, and Satan hates God. 2. Because you are of God, Satan hates you. 3. He hates righteousness, and all that is good. 4. Satan ...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 15:16
... BEARING FRUIT. Intro. In these final talks to His disciples, Jesus seems to be weaving together five themes. Bearing fruit, keeping His commandments, the help of the Holy Spirit, prayer, loving one another. I. BEARING FRUIT. A. He is the true vine, the Father is the husbandman. 1. The branches that do not bear fruit are taken away. a. The parable of the Lord who went to a far country and...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 7:37
... QUENCHING YOUR THIRST. I. THE LAST DAY, THE GREAT DAY OF THE FEAST. VERSE 2 LETS US KNOW THAT IT WAS THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. A. It was one of the three important feasts in the year where attendance was mandatory. 1. As Passover, it was a memorial feast. a. The passover feast had many symbolisms to remind them of the hardships their fathers endured during the days of slavery in Egypt. 1...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 13:18
... I. "I SPEAK NOT OF YOU ALL; I KNOW WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN." A. In John 6:70 Jesus said, "Have not I chosen you twelve yet one of you is a devil." 1. Judas was very skillful in deceiving the other disciples, but he never deceived Jesus. 2. When Jesus identified Judas as the one that should betray Him by handing him the sop, he then said to him, "What you do, do quickly." When Judas lef...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 3:17-19
... I. CHRIST. A. Who He is. 1. Creator. 2. Sustainer. 3. Adored One. 4. Ruler of universe. B. Why He came? (Not to condemn). 1. World was lost. 2. Satan was in control. 3. To save the world. a. Save from ...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 16:7-11
... "THE WITNESS OF THE SPIRIT." Intro: When a person begins to get a spiritual awareness, they become conscious of three things: sin, righteousness, judgment. I. OF SIN. A. What is sin? 1. Rebellion against God. a. Origin of word in English "missing the mark." God wants us to hit the mark. b. Origin of Greek word "not a ...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 1:1-14
... "THE WORD BECAME FLESH!" I. WHO IS THE WORD? A. He existed in the beginning. "In the beginning..." 1. Man has always sought to trace his origins. a. In the beginning was a gas cloud. b. In the beginning was a protoplasmic ooze. c. In the beginning was a big bang. d. None of these concepts have ...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 20:11
... I. "BUT MARY STOOD WITHOUT AT THE SEPULCHRE WEEPING." A. As we had suggested last week, after Peter and John had left the sepulchre, Mary lingered on, standing outside and weeping. 1. As she wept, she stooped and looked into the sepulchre. a. Usually the opening of the sepulchre was not very large, and it was usually low. b. In Jerusalem today you have three classic examples of sepulchres from the ancient d...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 7:37-39
... "TORRENTS OF LIVING WATER." Intro: "Great day of the feast." Feast of Tabernacles celebrating the preservation of their fathers in the 40 years of wilderness wanderings. I. "IF ANY MAN THIRST." A. Jesus not talking of physical, but spiritual thirst. 1. Man is an inferior trinity; body, soul and spirit. a. So integrated that it is difficult to separate for wha...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 21:1-17
... "LOVEST THOU ME? Intro: Last week we mentioned that when the Father came into His garden, the fruit He was seeking is love. Here we see a classic example. First, the setting. I. "LOVEST THOU ME, MORE THAN THESE?" A. What were the "these"? 1. Perhaps the 153 great fish in the net. a. Represented the epitome of success in his chosen profess...
Sermon Notes on Sermon Notes for John 13:1
... "NOW BEFORE THE FEAST OF THE PASSOVER, WHEN JESUS KNEW THAT HIS HOUR..." Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come that He should depart out of this world and return to the Father, having loved His own which were in the world, He loved them unto the end. And when the supper had ended and the devil had now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, to betray Him; Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come fr...
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