Mary's song glorifying the Lord God and the child Jesus: called the "Magnificat", Mary's powerful hymn of praise.

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• Mercy
• Momentum

Living Water: The Well that never Runs Dry.

A message from the Gospel of John 19:16-30 about Jesus, the Living Water.

On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.

Revelation's Credibility A message from Revelation 1:4-19

• We will have trials in this life
• Jesus had trials too
• He is God Almighty and urges us not to be afraid
• Jesus is our destination
• We will suffer as Christians but need to endure.

Life in Christ Jesus: John 1

Theme:

‘That you might have life in the [pre-existent Christ’s] name’ John 20:31.

Developing the theme:

• The human struggle with mortality and meaning versus God’s purposes for humankind through Jesus Christ, His Son.
• Jesus’ birth life, death and resurrection form the hinge and measuring for human history.
• Why did John write his unique gospel account? Jn. 20:30-31 says so ‘That you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God and by believing you may have life in His name’.
• John’s Prologue establishes a beginning to the universe - in line with modern scientific thought, though it’s a created, not evolutionary universe. He also establishes that Jesus was the pre-existent Creator while also the Emmanuel born 2000 years ago.
• Jesus as the Word/Logos - shows us a picture of ‘God in action’.
• John 1 Parallels the Creation account in Genesis 1 which John recounts as being integral to Jesus as the Word.

Application:

Jesus said ‘I am the way, the truth and the life’ 14:6 and in following Jesus we are welcomed into fellowship and eternity with the Godhead through the Holy Spirit.