Sermon Notes
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Christ the King
On Christ the King Sunday, Pastor Jon challenges us to consider whether we treat Jesus like a politician, rather than our King. Do we live life as though we have no king, or as though we are our own king. Following Jesus as King means sacrificial submission that mirrors the sacrificial submission of Jesus.
To Whom Shall We Go?
This week Pastor Jon studies John 6:56, 60-69 and reflects on one of the greatest dangers in Christian life: the belief that God isn’t powerful enough to forgive our sins. The scandal of grace, which we experience in our liturgy every Lord’s Day, reminds us that God’s love overcomes all sin once and for all on the Cross.
Living Bread
This week Pastor Jon studies John 6:51-58 to answer the question: what happens when Christians gather for worship? From the early church into today, leaders and governments have feared what might happen when Christians gather around the table and worship the God whose life is poured out on the Cross and celebrated in the bread and wine at communion. Why do we fail to gather regularly and how might weekly communion with Jesus help us?
The Means of Grace
This week guest speaker Rev. Chesna Hinkley explores what it means to spend time with Jesus as a friend. Drawing from John 6:41-51, we learn that the sacraments offer a visible means of God’s invisible grace, and that we experience God in a new and different way every time we celebrate the Lord’s Supper. If we are to grow in Christ, we must commit to doing what it takes to build our relationship with him in our daily life.
The Bread of Life
This week Pastor Jon continues the second part of our summer series on evangelism. John 6:24-35 introduces the church to a theology of the table where Jesus - the Bread of Life - gives himself for the world. At the table we are fed with sustaining and everlasting life, the result of Christ’s body and blood poured out for the church. At the table, we invite our neighbor to tangibly experience God, to be fed by his hand, and thereby be sustained by his indwelling Spirit.
Go and See
This week Pastor Jon begins the second part of our summer series on evangelism. John 6:1-15 outlines 3 key truths about how the church bears witness: i. Disciples are responsible for feeding the crowd; ii. following Jesus for sustenance is enough; iii. we are all fed by Jesus’ hand. Following these truths means practicing a self-sacrificial form of evangelism that prioritizes the needs of our neighbor above our own.