Lehman Ave Church of Christ lehmanavechurchofchrist

April 20, 2024 - Saturday 1:30PM Tent Speaker
 
Speaker: Scott Cain
John 20:31
Faith

Trust in an individual

a lot of description of Jesus in John


 
Faith faces the fact of…
Jesus' Facts (John 1:1-14)

Jesus’ Rationality (John 1:1-3)


Jesus’ Identity (John 1:1-17)


“The World”


Jesus


In the Beginning


Eternal


With God


Distinct from the Father


Was God


Deity/Godhead


All… Made by Him


Creator


Flesh… dwelt among us


Human


Only begotten


Son of God


Grace and Truth


Brought Grace and Truth


Jesus’ Reality (John 1:14)

John bases his description of Jesus on evidence


Gnostics - made up, what they claim they knew

Ex. Dualism: spiritual =good and humanity = bad

Jesus wasn’t actual physical


Others claim Jesus was physical but not deity


Know-it-alls that didn’t know anything




Jesus’ Forgiveness

John 1:29 words of John the Baptist


Isaiah 53:4-7 suffering servant


“It’s not ok, but it’s going to be ok”


John 12:32


Model of forgiveness (Personal and moving passages on forgiveness)

John 5:14 (general forgiveness)


John 4:17-18, 21 (woman at the well)


John 8:7, 11 (woman caught in act of adultery, failed to catch her accomplice)


John 13:38; 21:17 (Peter will deny Jesus 3x) why did Peter go back to tomb a 2nd time?  Peter wept bitterly over his own actions. 


Every time sin happens, someone made a choice



Motive of Forgiveness (John 3:16)

Jesus’ Friendship (John 15:13)

Out of Friendship…

He died for me (John 15:13)


I live for Him (John 15:14)


He shared His Father’s Will (John 15:15)


I have His Father’s Ear (15:15, 16:27)


 
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4ESJBRbG2k
 
Duration 41:43

April 20, 2024 - Saturday 1:30PM MPR 1 Speaker
 
Speakers: Kathy Pollard and Carla Moore
 
During the Equipped Workshop Kathy and Carla thought it would interesting to have a live crossover episode of their popular podcast Looking Up! With Kathy and Carla 
 
Along with some normal parts of their podcast, the two ladies start reviewing past notes from the margins in the book of John in their bibles.
 
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-RAWFsdQJc
 
Duration 42:09

April 20, 2024 - Saturday 1:30PM Auditorium Speaker
 
Speaker: Justin Rogers
 
A Friend of the Family

Divine absence

THE IRONY OF “LAZARUS”


DIVINE ABSENCE ENHANCES GOD’S GLORY (V. 4)


DIVINE ABSENCE DOES NOT SIGNAL A LOSS OF CONCERN (V. 5)



Personal confrontation

MARTHA—FAITHFUL FRUSTRATION (VV. 20-27)


MARY—PERSONAL INSULT (VV. 28-32)


Emotional Savior

JESUS IS EMOTIONAL (V. 33)


JESUS IS “SKEPTICAL” (V. 34)


JESUS IS JUDGED (V. 36-37)



Astonishing miracle

MARTHA’S INTERRUPTION (VV. 38-40)


JESUS’ PRAYER (VV. 41-42


LAZARUS’ RESURRECTION (VV. 43-44)



“Things are not always as they seem”

Conflicts in the narrative
   -Problem of pain
   -Problem of persecution
   -Problem of people-pleasing

 
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w80FGksOLIo
 
Duration 38:51

April 20, 2024 - Saturday 1:10PM Auditorium Speaker
 
Speaker: Maddox Wilson
 
John 13:34 - 34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
John 15:12 - 12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
Ephesians 4:32 - 32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
1 Corinthians 13:4-13 - 4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;[b] 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. 11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. 12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known. 13 So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
Luke 6:31 - 31 And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.
1 John 4:11 - 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
Matthew 22:36-40 - 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”
 
Using a few points Maddox illustrates the importance of love for each other and how we can show this love in our lives. We should follow the example shown by Christ. The power of love is in the actions we take.
 
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsFBdTXL1Vc&list=PL6RXulneS57-f64A4gRQRIrrFFpl2lKuj&index=38
 
Duration 4:57

April 20, 2024 - Saturday 11:00AM Tent Speaker
 
Speaker: Justin Rogers
 
General Principles - Read the Bible

Pay attention

Frequency and usage of words

Believe

verb 85x


Noun (belief) - never used in John



World

John 7:7, etc.





Ask Why questions

Thomas not mentioned much in Matthew, Mark, and Luke


Big role in John


Doubting Thomas


Even an apostle was a skeptic of Jesus


Themes in John

Jesus as the Word

Logos vs rhema (John 1:1-3, 14)


Jesus is the wisdom/mental process whereby the world is brought into existence



Jesus as a wonder-worker

Miracles were not the end, but way to end


Water to wine (power over sustenance)


Healing of nobleman’s son (power of distance)


Healing of the lame man (power over the body)


Feeding 5,000


Walking on water (power over water)


Healing the blind man (power over the soul)


Raising Lazarus



Jesus as the Passover lamb

Announced by John (John 1:29)


Explained at the crucifixion (John 19:39 ~ Ex. 12:46, 1 Corinthians 5:9)


Explains the “Last Supper” in John


Teaching Techniques in John

One-on-one conversations

Extended discussions with individuals more than lecture crowds



Opposition from Outsiders

The world?


The Jews? (John 16:2)

Primary persecutors of early Church, not Romans or Greeks



Christian groups? (John 20:25)

Doubting Thomas


“Did God really take on flesh and suffer?”




Oneness of all believers

John 17:20-21 probably means John’s readers are under persecution and are willing to compromise (Revelation 2-3)


Takeaways from John

Jesus is God

John 20:30-31



Jesus is Man

John 6:53-56 flesh and blood

Makes clear he is human


Not a discussion on Lord’s supper?




The Spirit Is Present

Half of the farewell discourse consists of discussions about the paracletos or pneuma tes aletheias (14:15-17)


Obedience is expression of love not oppression


 
Video: https://youtu.be/mPTIjwL36ws?feature=shared
 
Duration 38:45

April 20, 2024 - Saturday 11:00AM Auditorium Speaker
 
Speaker: Andrew Itson
 
John 10 -
I Am the Good Shepherd
10 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5 A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” 6 This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
7 So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9 I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. 11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. 17 For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.”
19 There was again a division among the Jews because of these words. 20 Many of them said, “He has a demon, and is insane; why listen to him?” 21 Others said, “These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
I and the Father Are One
22 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon. 24 So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” 25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name bear witness about me, 26 but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one.”
31 The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. 32 Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” 33 The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.” 34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’? 35 If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken— 36 do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? 37 If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; 38 but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and u