Sermons On John
The Lady on the Park Bench
John Hugh talks about what people are really looking for Christians to be.
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Deliverance from Our Shame
"Deliverance from Our Shame" Part 4 John 21:1-23 1. Shame is a result of our failures. Through the life of Peter we see: * The place of failure * The pain of failure * The price of failure Our failure involves our: * Choices * Companions * Consequences 2. Shame is removed through the words of a faithful friend. Jesus: * Found him * Fed him * Freed him 3. Shame is reversed through an obedient future. This reversal involves a life of: * Service * Surrender * Selflessness
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Launch Service, John 21
How Does Jesus Respond to Failures?: A Look at the Life of Peter Many of us are afraid of what others would think about us if they really knew us—all of our secrets, hidden thoughts, and actions. This fear causes us to set up walls and keep certain parts of our lives private. But what about God? What does the God who sees everything about us think? How does the God who sees everything respond to our failures? Until we know how God responds to failures, we will never truly be able to trust him with our hearts. To answer this question I want to look at one of the biggest failures in the Bible and see how Jesus responds to him. His name is Peter and we will find that we are more like him than we might think.
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Love's Confrontation
When John's account of Jesus' life and his suffering for sin was completed by his relating the resurrection it still was not over. The last chapter of his Gospel is the perfect capstone. After all, the Gospel is so much more than just a great story of sacrifice, it is the real benefit of that sacrifice the is demonstrated as Jesus seeks out Peter and brings him to the place of realizing the magnitude of his sin and the magnitude of Jesus' forgiveness. This is the part of the story that we need not just to hear but experience!
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