A Word to Jesus Killers

Published: April 14, 2019, 10 a.m.

Beloved: Gospel of John\nA Word to Jesus Killers\nApril 14, 2019\n\nPlease turn in your Bibles to John 5:19-30\n\nQuestion: Is Jesus a liar, a lunatic or something worse\u2026or is He Lord? \n\nJesus Pushing the Envelope (ref. John 4:17)\nFurther (V 19-20): \u201cI Am equal to God\u201d \nFurther (V 21): \u201cI Am is the giver of life\u201d\nFurther (V 22-23): \u201cI Am the final judge\u201d \nFurther (V 24): \u201cI Am the determiner of your final destiny\u201d \nFurther (V 25): \u201cI Am He who will raise the dead\u201d \n(ref. Romans 8:7, Matthew 12:30)\n\n1: lost sinner into real life (V 24)\n \u201cThis day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you \nlife and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live.\u201d \nDeuteronomy 30:19\n\n2: Jesus defeats the grave (V 26) \n\n3: Future of eternity in His presence (V 27-29a)\n \n4: Future of separation from God (V 29b-30) \n\n \u201cThe work of God is this: to believe in the one He has sent.\u201d John 6:29\n\nFor it is by grace you have been saved, through faith\u2014and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God\u20149 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God\u2019s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:8-10\n\nWhat is God\u2019s Spirit speaking into your life today? \nHow must you respond?