DOWNLOAD PDF SERMON NOTES August 11, 2024 They Are Not of the World John 17:14-16 Dr. Tony Chute, Lead Pastor Overview: As Jesus prepares to leave this world and return to the Father, He prays on behalf of His disciples, who will remain in the world. The disciples are distinguished from the world by their… Continue Reading
DOWNLOAD PDF SERMON NOTES August 4, 2024 My Joy John 17:13 Dr. Tony Chute, Lead Pastor Overview: In preparing to leave this world, Jesus entrusts the disciples to His Father’s care, and He prays that they will have His joy fulfilled in themselves. He knows the disciples are sorrowful and will be hated by the… Continue Reading
DOWNLOAD PDF Keep Them in Your Name John 17:10-12 Dr. Tony Chute, Lead Pastor Overview: This portion of the High Priestly prayer reveals the heart of Jesus for the eternal security of His disciples. He prays specifically for them because they belong to Him, and He is glorified through them. As Jesus prepares to leave… Continue Reading
DOWNLOAD PDF You Are Witnesses of These Things Luke 24:44-49 Taylor Mendoza, Pastor of Adults and Students Overview: Two of the disciples were traveling on the road to Emmaus from Jerusalem when Jesus revealed himself to them by opening up the Scripture with them. When they realized it was Jesus, they ran back to Jerusalem.… Continue Reading
DOWNLOAD PDF Because I Feared the People 1 Samuel 15 Tyler Van Horssen, Director of Student Ministry Overview: 1 Samuel 15 shares the story of Saul’s continued moral decline as king of Israel. Saul is commanded by God to devote the Amalekites to complete destruction. It becomes quickly apparent that Saul fails to do so,… Continue Reading
DOWNLOAD PDF I Am Not Praying for the World John 17:9 Dr. Tony Chute, Lead Pastor Overview: The high priestly prayer demonstrates the mediatorial role of Jesus as He prays for His church without praying for the world. Throughout the prayer, Jesus notes various distinctions between the church and the world: those who comprise the… Continue Reading
DOWNLOAD PDF The People You Gave Me John 17:6-8 Dr. Tony Chute, Lead Pastor Overview: As Jesus prays to the Father prior to going to the cross, His attention turns to the disciples for whom He will soon give His life. Jesus acknowledges that they are separate from the world, having been given to Him… Continue Reading
DOWNLOAD PDF I Glorified You on Earth John 17:4-5 Dr. Tony Chute, Lead Pastor Overview: The High Priestly Prayer of Jesus alternates between assertion and petition, whereupon Jesus presents requests for Himself or His followers based upon past, present, and future realities. In our text today, Jesus asserts that He has glorified the Father on… Continue Reading
DOWNLOAD PDF How to Make Disciples in a World Gone Mad John 17:16-19; John 13:34-35; Romans 10:13-17; Mark 1:16-20 Taylor Mendoza, Pastor of Youth and Adults Overview: Within the first 400 years of church history, the church moved from being a small, marginalized group of Christians to one of the most influential groups of people… Continue Reading
DOWNLOAD PDF That They Know You – Part III John 17:2-3 Dr. Tony Chute, Lead Pastor Overview: In His High Priestly Prayer, Jesus defines eternal life as knowing God. The fact that Jesus speaks about knowing God in relational terms tells us that God can be known and that God desires to be known. This relationship with… Continue Reading