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John 15:1-2, 6 - The True Vine Part 1
This message unpacks John 15:1–11, where Jesus describes Himself as the "true vine" and His followers as branches who must abide in Him to bear fruit. It shows how Jesus fulfills the role Israel failed to occupy, then distinguishes three respon...
Faith, Joy, and Peace to You - John 14:27-31
This message explores John 14:27–31, where Jesus, hours before His crucifixion, leaves His disciples three eternal gifts: faith, joy, and peace. It highlights His sovereign choice to go to the cross out of love and obedience rather than coercio...
The Promise of the Spirit - John 14:15-26
This message explores John 14:15–26, where Jesus promises the Holy Spirit as a permanent, personal Helper who will indwell believers and ensure they are never left as spiritual orphans. It contrasts genuine faith, marked by joyful obedience, wi...
Comprehending Christ - John 14:7-14
This message unpacks John 14:7–14, focusing on Thomas and Philip's requests for clarity about the Father and Jesus's response that "whoever has seen me has seen the Father." The message walks through Philip's request to "see the Father," explai...
A Home for the Redeemed - John 14:1-6
This message examines John 14:1–6, Jesus's comforting words to His disciples as He prepares them for His departure and death, promising that He goes to prepare a place for them in His Father's house and declaring Himself "the way, the truth, an...
Redemption Through Weakness - John 14:36-38
This message unpacks John 13:36–38, the exchange where Peter boldly declares he will lay down his life for Jesus, only to be told he will instead deny Him three times before the rooster crows. Using Watergate figure Charles Colson's dramatic fa...
Love Displayed - John 14:31-35
This message explores John 13:31–35, the intimate final words Jesus speaks to His believing disciples after Judas departs to set his betrayal in motion. Set in the upper room in the hours before the crucifixion, the passage captures Jesus givin...
The Way to Judas Part 2 - John 13:18-30
This sermon continues the study of John 13:18–30, shifting focus from the moment of Judas's betrayal to the deeper question of how someone entrusted with such a close relationship to Jesus could fall so far. It traces two paths that lead a pers...
The Way to Judas Part 1 - John 13:18-30
This sermon opens the Gospel of John's account of the Last Supper (John 13:18–30), focusing on the identity and role of Judas Iscariot within Jesus's inner circle. It examines why Judas—described as the "son of perdition" and a foreshadowing of...
Love is Acceptance - Doctrines of Devils
This installment of the *Doctrines of Devils* series confronts the popular but unbiblical notion that true love means unconditional acceptance of sin. Using the account of Herod, Herodias, and the beheading of John the Baptist from Mark 6:14–29...
God is an Experience - Doctrines of Devils
This installment of the Doctrines of Devils series confronts the pervasive lie that God is primarily an experience to be chased rather than a divine Person to be known. Drawing from Romans 12:1–2, it examines how the modern church's obsession w...
Deifying Man and Humanizing God - Doctrines of Devils
This sermon warns against false teachings that “deify man and humanize God.” Grounded in 2 Timothy 4, it argues that many modern distortions, from occultism and New Age spirituality to Word of Faith practices, repeat Satan’s ancient lie that hu...
Doctrinal Fidelity
True biblical doctrine glorifies God and unites believers, while false doctrine originates from demonic influence and destroys. Churches must guard certain non-negotiable, close-handed truths — the nature of the Trinity, salvation by grace thro...
Lessons from Peter - John 13:1-17 Part 2
This sermon on John 13:1–17 highlights lessons from Peter during Jesus washing the disciples’ feet. First, believers must be patient with one another, as Jesus was patient with Peter’s immaturity and misunderstanding. Second, Peter reminds us t...
Take the Hit - John 13:1-17 Part 1
Jesus Christ, the most powerful being in existence, knelt before His disciples and washed their feet — the most degrading task in the ancient world. In doing so, He painted a picture of His entire mission: descending from glory, taking the form...
The Final Sermon Part 3\The Hope of Judgement Day - John 12:44-50
In Jesus’ final public sermon, He cries out with urgency that to believe in Him is to believe in the Father who sent Him. Jesus is the light of the world, and apart from Him people remain in darkness. His first coming was not to judge the world...
The Final Sermon Part 2\The Way of Salvation - John 12:37-43
In John 12:37–43, Jesus’ final public appeal exposes the tragedy of unbelief and the way of salvation. Though the Jews had overwhelming revelation, miraculous signs, Scripture, and the prophets, they still rejected Christ, fulfilling Isaiah’s p...
The Final Sermon Part 1\The Light - John 12:35-36
This message emphasizes God’s patience, the urgency of repentance, and the transforming power of walking in Christ’s light. God is merciful and does not desire that any should perish, yet His patience should never be mistaken for approval of si...
The Cross of the Christ - John 12:27-34
In John 12:27–36, Jesus faces the terrible weight of the cross with a troubled soul, yet remains resolved to fulfill the very purpose for which He came. The cross reveals both unimaginable suffering and the glory of God, as the Father confirms ...