John - The Jesus Is Gospel

In this conclusion to our Journey Through John's Gospel, the truth is declared from Chapter 21 concerning our calling to follow Jesus Christ, while dealing with anything that would distract us from doing so.

From his own life and the story Simon Peter's restoration, Elder Greg Harrell boldly declares and teaches keys to walking out genuine reconciliation, even if it is not easy.

Learn the importance of being a disciple, empowered by the Holy Spirit, willing to continue Christ's ministry by doing outreaches and living as team-players, as well doing our part in sending others out, along with important resources, in answer to the prayer request of Jesus for more laborers in His harvest fields.

May the Lord use these nuggets of truth - relating to His resurrection - to strengthen your faith in Him.

While Jesus has "finished" His redemptive work for us on His cross, now He is continuing His works by bringing others into the full benefits of that redemption, through His redeemed people, according to His statement, "...as the Father has sent Me, so send I you..."

While suffering for our salvation, Jesus was given distasteful vinegar on a nasty sponge at the end of a stick, after which He said, "It is finished" and died. Having experienced humanity's wickedness and sin's cruelty at its worst, up to the very end of His innocent life, our redemption was purchased and our ransom fully paid.

Be encouraged by the truths of the Gospel concerning how Jesus Christ was the perfect offering for our salvation from the power of and penalty for our sins.

Be inspired by the example of Jesus Christ, Who although He had divine rights and royalty, He gave them all up for the sake of the God's Kingdom.

Encouraging words for us are gleaned from the story of Christ's betrayal, as to how we were benefited by it through His resurrection and for how we should respond when we taste such pain from the hand of a friend.

From the real Lord's prayer in JOHN 17, we can see His heart for our unity and it's relevance to effective evangelism. In this sermon, the hearers are challenged to submit their selfish desire to His desires.

While predicting great sorrow, Christ promised His disciples greater joy that could not be taken from them. In this sermon, the truth is declared concerning hard times and our assured joy with ultimate victory.

Jesus Christ promised what had already been predicted when speaking of the Holy Spirit. In this teaching, you will hear several Biblical reasons for believing and receiving this promise, Who is our Helper.

Unlike our attempts to frame Jesus Christ in our own image, the real One is real honest, really unpopular and real comforting. In this continuation of our journey through John's Gospel, you will hear more encouraging words and also some very true things that will not be very enjoyable but - when realized - are necessary for our being real Christ followers.

From making His borrowed tomb empty to filling our empty hearts, the influence and ministry of Jesus Christ continues on the earth today. In this sermon, you will hear the Good News of the Resurrection - as well as several logical reasons to believe it - communicated in a memorable and encouraging way.

While expressing His love for His disciples, Jesus called them His friends. Based on His choosing, this loving friendship is one to enjoy and never take for granted and one to invite others into.

Our strength and fruitfulness as believers is derived from a real and ongoing relationship with Jesus Christ, starting with believing in and receiving His love for us always.

As the Word, Jesus was in the beginning with God, as the Messiah, He was in the beginning with His disciples and as our Savior, He was the beginner of His Church. In this sermon, Dr. Wayne Wilks teaches the importance of how things begin, while emphasizing the Jewishness of our faith and our need to recognize such, for the sake of our unity and witness to all ethnicities.

While many hated Jesus Christ, He never stopped loving people. In this sermon, Greg Harrell declares the truth concerning our call to follow Jesus and represent Him to a fallen world.

Like a jeweler displaying his jewels on dark fabric, so Jesus used his impending - though temporal - doom and gloom as a back drop to display precious promises to His followers who would need such encouragement in a few hours. May this attitude and practice be ours, enabling us to encourage others in the midst of our own possible discouragement.

From Jesus Christ's exclusive declaration for His being the only way to the Father, the truth is declared about the life we are called to live for the glory of His name.