Barrier (defn): any obstacle that prevents movement or access. Anything that restrains or obstructs progress. A limit or boundary of any kind.
John 20,21
Jesus broke the barrier of sin. Jesus broke the barrier of death. Jesus wants to break through the belief barrier. John 20:30-31 The only barrier Jesus won’t break through is a heart that won’t let him in.
This was our Good Friday worship, and the readings for this day were from the following sections of John’s gospel:
John 13:1-2, 21-22, 31-38 John 14:32-33 John 18:1-13, 17-1825-32, 38-40 John 19:1-8, 12-16
Matthew 27:62-66 text
Hold on to DAY THREE HOPE when we’re going through days one or two.
John 14:32-33 Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home… I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
Have you ever given orders to the morning, or shown the dawn
its place, that it might take the earth by the edges and shake the wicked out
of it? Job 38:12-13
3 Belief Lessons Taught by Jesus
#1 Change from What Jesus is to Who Jesus is!
Jesus said, “When you
have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am the one I claim to
be…
To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, If you hold on
to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and
the truth will set you free.”
#2: Trade your Status in for Relationship
He who belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do
not hear is that you do not belong to God.
My Identity in Christ: Because of Christ’s redemption, I am
a new creation of great worth. I am deeply loved completely forgiven, fully
pleasing, totally accepted by God and absolutely complete in Christ.
Isaiah 55:1, Isaiah 12:3: Come to the water all who are thirsty…with joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation!
Our souls are thirsty, and Jesus is the source of living water.
Zechariah 14:8 On that day living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea…
Jesus will give living water to anyone who believes and comes to him.
Zechariah 12:10 And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced…
The Holy Spirit is the living water Jesus will pour out on us.
Why is it you are thirsty this morning? What do you need from the Holy Spirit?
Key Idea: We need to open our hearts and minds wider to truly embrace who Jesus is.
Jesus is the Word, the Light, the Life, the Fullness of God, the Only God, the Lamb of God, the Son of God, Rabbi (teacher), Messiah and Christ, King, the son of Joseph from Nazareth, the Son of Man