Saturday, January 16, 2010
Jesus Makes the Difference!
JESUS MAKES THE DIFFERENCE!
John 2:1-11
INTRO: John tells us in chapter 20 that he wrote to help people know and believe Jesus as Savior. He chose 7 miracles which he called signs. Here is the first one, a wedding in
THE SCENE
Wedding at Cana, this is near
Jesus mother is there and Jesus and disciples are invited
Apparently a family situation
A usual part of life
THE SITUATION
Mary came and told Jesus they were out of wine.
Jesus seems to dodge any responsibility.
Mary simply told the servants to do whatever he said.
THE SUPPLY
Six large water pots used for cleansing
Jesus had them filled with water
Then some was taken to the head waiter
It became wine better than any other
THE SIGNIFICANCE
Jesus made the difference
The old (cleansing water) replaced with new
He revealed His glory
The disciples believed
Best saved for last
When we come to faith in Jesus, we find that He does indeed make the difference. He is concerned about our every need. Life with Him is better than any life without Him was or could be. The glory of the Father shines on our everyday lives!
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Presented Sunday, January 17, 2010, Greenville (CA) Southern Baptist Church
Pastor Fred D. Kerr fred.kerr@frontier.com
Main outline from John MacArthur
Who knows, maybe John (Reformedispy) MacArthur is right and the greatest Greek scholars (Google "Famous Rapture Watchers"), who uniformly said that Rev. 3:10 means PRESERVATION THROUGH, were wrong. But John has a conflict. On the one hand, since he knows that all Christian theology and organized churches before 1830 believed the church would be on earth during the tribulation, he would like to be seen as one who stands with the great Reformers. On the other hand, if John has a warehouse of unsold pretrib rapture material, and if he wants to have "security" for his retirement years and hopes that the big California quake won't louse up his plans, he has a decided conflict of interest. Maybe the Lord will have to help strip off the layers of his seared conscience which have grown for years in order to please his parents and his supporters - who knows? One thing is for sure: pretrib is truly a house of cards and is so fragile that if a person removes just one card from the TOP of the pile, the whole thing can collapse. Which is why pretrib teachers don't dare to even suggest they could be wrong on even one little subpoint! Don't you feel sorry for the straitjacket they are in? While you're mulling all this over, Google "Pretrib Rapture Dishonesty" for a rare behind-the-scenes look at the same 180-year-old fantasy.
Trent
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