Sunday, April 26th, Michiana Chinese Christian Church Worship service
CALL TO WORSHIP:
WORSHIP: English
WORSHIP: English
Oh Lord
You're Beautiful, Keith Green
You
Raise Me Up, Josh Groban
The
Word is a Lamp Unto My Feet and a Light Unto My Path, Amy Grant
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
SCRIPTURE READING: John 6: 60-69 NKJV
60 Therefore many
of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying; who can
understand it?”
61 When Jesus knew
in Himself that His disciples complained about this, He said to them, “Does
this offend you? 62 What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He
was before? 63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The
words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. 64 But there are some
of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who
did not believe, and who would betray Him. 65 And He said, “Therefore I have
said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My
Father.”
66 From that time
many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more. 67 Then Jesus said
to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”
68 But Simon Peter
answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.
69 Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of
the living God.”
SERMON:
THE RED LETTER WORDS OF JESUS
THAT CHANGED MY LIFE! part 1
THAT CHANGED MY LIFE! part 1
1 Corinthians 3:1 could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to
babes
We know the truth of the matter. We know what we should do, we just don't want to do it.
Matthew 6: 22-24 “The lamp of the body is the eye." “No one can serve two masters;"
Red letter words of Jesus changed my life, and they will change yours
John 6: 68-69 Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.
Purchase a Bible where the actual words of Jesus are highlighted in red ink in the Gospels.
John 6: 47-56 Jesus is the bread of Life...
God provided manna daily to the people of Israel when they were in the wilderness those 40 years. But they died.
Jesus is the bread of life, and by our being filled by Him, we have everlasting life.
Matthew 4: 3, 4 Jesus told the tempter: ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’
John 17: 14-19 Jesus prays to His Father to sanctify His disciples.
Matthew 6: 22-24 The world hates the truth! “No one can serve two masters;"
The truth of God and the world’s ways and desires are totally at odds with one another. We all stand 'shame-faced' before God because of sin in our lives.
Justification is a free gift of God in Christ Jesus!
Jesus prays for His followers in the Garden of Gethsemane, “Sanctify them by your truth…”
The red letter words of Jesus, compel us to obey as He leads and directs us.
Matthew 25:40 "...inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me."
Matthew 24: 12-14 "lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold." "and then the end will come."
Matthew 20: 25-28 "...but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant."
I love to live by the red letter words of Jesus!
We know the truth of the matter. We know what we should do, we just don't want to do it.
Matthew 6: 22-24 “The lamp of the body is the eye." “No one can serve two masters;"
Red letter words of Jesus changed my life, and they will change yours
John 6: 68-69 Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.
Purchase a Bible where the actual words of Jesus are highlighted in red ink in the Gospels.
John 6: 47-56 Jesus is the bread of Life...
God provided manna daily to the people of Israel when they were in the wilderness those 40 years. But they died.
Jesus is the bread of life, and by our being filled by Him, we have everlasting life.
Matthew 4: 3, 4 Jesus told the tempter: ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’
John 17: 14-19 Jesus prays to His Father to sanctify His disciples.
Matthew 6: 22-24 The world hates the truth! “No one can serve two masters;"
The truth of God and the world’s ways and desires are totally at odds with one another. We all stand 'shame-faced' before God because of sin in our lives.
Justification is a free gift of God in Christ Jesus!
Justice
is getting what you deserve!
Mercy
is not getting quite what you deserve!
Grace is getting what
you don’t deserve at all! Grace is the
full, unmerited and undeserved favor and forgiveness of all sins by God!Jesus prays for His followers in the Garden of Gethsemane, “Sanctify them by your truth…”
Sanctification
requires we live our lives in obedient faith by allowing God to move and work
in us through the power of His Holy
Spirit!
John 6: 68-69 Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of
eternal life.The red letter words of Jesus, compel us to obey as He leads and directs us.
Matthew 25:40 "...inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me."
Matthew 24: 12-14 "lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold." "and then the end will come."
Matthew 20: 25-28 "...but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant."
I love to live by the red letter words of Jesus!
My
hope for you is that this message is the beginning of a new found love and
amazement to your life and spirit as YOU read the red letter words of
Jesus. That in the same way these words
of Jesus so impacted and transformed the lives of the Gospel writers and the
Apostles 2,000 years ago, they will impact and transform your life just as
powerfully!
John 14: 1-6 “I am the way, the truth, and the life."
‘It is not great talents God blesses so much as great likeness to Jesus. A holy Christian is a powerful vessel in the hand of God.’
BENEDICTION:
16 Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 in everything give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
19 Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do not despise prophecies. 21 Test all things; hold fast what is good. 22 Abstain from every form of evil.
23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.
1st Thessalonians 5: 16-28 NKJV
Lord, make us more like you, to be people who seek to hear from you and to be obedient to your will in our lives. In Jesus name, Amen!
RESPONDING HYMN:
Via Dolorosa,
Sandy Patti
English Pastor Chinese Pastor
Pastor Kevin Haislip Pastor Rocky Yang
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