Preacher: Jeremy Herbert
Theme: Gather, Grow, and Go
Text: John 4:1-26
Notes:
Jesus is a real Savior for real people–and that is good news worth talking about.
Book of John
- An evangelistic book
- God is an evangelistic God
- Jesus is an evangelistic Savior
- Worship
- Worship is about sharing with those who do not deserve it the very best that He has–Himself
- An apologetic book
- Key words in the book of John:
- signs
- belief
- life
John 4: The Woman At The Well
- Christ takes real time to talk to real people
- Christ moves toward needy people
- Christ cares about people on the fringe
- Christ isn’t afraid of the “wrong” kind of people
- Samaritans
- Publicans
- Those medically disabled or unclean
- “Jesus was a magnet for messed-up people”
- Christ still meets with messed-up people today
- 1 Peter 2:5-6
- Christ is not afraid to call us brothers
- Christ meets us where we are
- …and He takes us where we need to go
How Ought We To Apply This Passage?
- If Christ cares about messed-up people, He cares about you
- He loves you where you are
- He loves you too much to leave you there
- He always transforms those whom He calls
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