By knowing the written word of God, we come to know the Living Word of God–Jesus Christ. A sermon series from the Gospel of John.
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The Word part five
Message preached on February 5th, 2012 by Tom Hendrikse.
From John chapter two, we read the story of Jesus driving the merchants and the money-changers out of the temple. There is a lot to learn from this passage. Jesus is furious about where this commerce is taking place, and the connection between the temple then and the temple now ought to cause each one of us to sit up and take notice. Tom takes us through this passage bite by bite, stopping to taste all the metaphors and images John has put here so that we might learn their meaning.
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The Word part four
Message preached on January 29th, 2012 by Tom Hendrikse.
This week, we hear the story of the first miracle Jesus performed in public, the changing of water into wine at the wedding feast in Cana. It is a familiar story, but there may be things you miss if you read through it too fast. Tom slows us down and goes through the metaphors and images, savoring each one, to get at what’s really happening in this story. Yes, there is water and there is wine, and yes, there is a wedding feast with a bride and bridegroom. However, the water isn’t only water, the wine isn’t just wine, and there are more than one bride and bridegroom in view.
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The Word part three
Message preached on January 22nd, 2012 by Tom Hendrikse.
Our study from John’s Gospel continues with a message on Jesus beginning to assemble the group of twelve men who would become His apostles. In the beginning, some of these men had been followers of John the Baptist up until the arrival of Jesus, and some of John’s other disciples complained to him about Jesus taking over. John’s response was to remind them that his mission was to point people to Jesus, and seeing people go to Jesus made his joy complete.
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The Word part two
Message preached on January 15th, 2012 by Tom Hendrikse.
Our study from John’s Gospel continues with a message examining the life and ministry of John the Baptist (not the same John as the author of this book, in case you wondered). Jesus said Himself that among those born of women, there was no one greater than John the Baptist. What made him great? Pastor Tom Hendrikse explains that it came from him knowing who he was not, and then knowing clearly what his mission was.
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The Word part one
Message preached on January 8th, 2012 by Tom Hendrikse.
This week we are beginning a new study, taking another step on our journey to Know the Word and Live the Word. This wasn’t just the mantra for 2011, something we would do and be done with it, but it is the unending pursuit of the Christian life! Because it is through this pursuit that we come to know the Living Word that is Jesus Christ. Knowing the Living Word is how we can live a life, by faith, that more and more begins to resemble His. Today we consider that the Word that was with God in the beginning, Who brought order out chaos and light into the darkness at the creation of this world, is the same Word who became a man and lived among us, to bring order and light into our lives!
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