Category: Series: Who Is This Jesus?

Who Is this Jesus? Light of the World

3/11/2018

John 8:12-20
Preacher: John Paul Westin

Take out your Bible and look up the scripture (or you can read it on Bible Gateway.) Over the next week we invite you to sit down (by yourself or even better) with your small group, a friend, family member or soul-mate, and (think about) discuss the following questions:

What is your most vivid memory as a child in a dark place (cave, tunnel, power blackout)? What feelings do you associate with darkness?
What is Jesus really claiming in v. 12? What is the promise? What does Jesus mean by “light” and “darkness”?
With what does Jesus bolster his claim (see 5:31-40)? What does it matter that Jesus knows where he comes from (vv. 14, 21-23; see 7:41-42)?
What does the Pharisees’ question in v. 19 reveal about their relationship with the Father?
What is at stake in this whole discussion (v. 24)? Why does everything hinge on who Jesus is (v. 25) and who sent him (vv. 16, 18, 26, 29)?

Who is this Jesus? The New Adam, Second Adam, Last Adam

3/4/2018

1 Corinthians 15:35-58
Preacher: Jonathan Springthorpe

Take out your Bible and look up the scripture (or you can read it on Bible Gateway). Over the next week we invite you to sit down (by yourself or even better) with your small group, a friend, family member or soul-mate, and (think about) discuss the following questions:

What do you believe happens to someone when they die?
What practical concern undercut belief in the resurrection of the dead for some of the Corinthians (v. 35)?
What are the characteristics of the resurrection body that Christians will receive?
How do the analogies of the seed and the different types of bodies deal with doubts about the resurrection of the dead (vv. 35-44)?
What is the point of the comparison between Adam and Christ (vv. 45- 49; also see 15:21-22)?

Who is this Jesus? Son of David & Lamb of God

2/25/2018

John 1:29-37
Preacher: Shawn Branch

Take out your Bible and look up the scripture (or go find it on Bible Gateway.) Over the next week we invite you to sit down (by yourself or even better) with your small group, a friend, family member or soul-mate, and (think about) discuss the following questions:

What does John the Baptist mean by calling Jesus “the Lamb of God” (v. 29; see Exodus 12:1-13; Isaiah 53:7) and the “Son of God” (v. 34)?
What proof supports these claims (Psalm 2:7)?
Who made straight the way of the Lord in your life?
How could you incorporate the submissive, sacrificial lifestyle of the Lamb of God into your own life?
Of the titles of Jesus given in the beginning of John’s gospel (the Word, the Light, the Christ, the Lamb of God, the Son of God) which means the most to you? Why?

WHo is this Jesus? Son of God & Son of Man

2/18/2018

Mathew 16:13-20
Preacher: John Paul Westin

Take out your Bible and look up the scripture (or you can find it on Bible Gateway). Over the next week we invite you to sit down (by yourself or even better) with your small group, a friend, family member or soul-mate, and (think about) discuss the following questions:

Why did people think Jesus was John the Baptist, Elijah or Jeremiah?
What was significant about Peter’s confession?
How do you interpret the insight (v. 17), power (v. 18) and authority (v. 19) given to Peter? What are the “keys of the kingdom”? What do they “bind” and “loose”?
What kind of Messiah was Peter expecting? Why was Jesus’ response to Peter so strong (see Mt. 4:1-11)?
What activities and attitudes are at the heart of Christian discipleship?

Who is this Jesus? Christ and Logos

2/11/2018

John 1:1-18
Preacher: Terrence Chandra

Take out your Bible and look up the scripture (or you can find it on Bible Gateway). Over the next week we invite you to sit down (by yourself or even better) with your small group, a friend, family member or soul-mate, and (think about) discuss the following questions:

Why does John’s gospel begin “In the beginning” rather than at Jesus’ birth?
What facts about “the Word” can you find in verses 1-5? Verses 10-18?
Who or what fails to comprehend the light (vv. 5,10-11)? Why?
From the image of receiving someone (v. 12), how would you explain what faith is about? What is the result of this type of faith?
How would someone “full of grace and truth” treat others?
From this passage, how can a person come to know God?

Who Is this Jesus? Rabboni and Rabbi

2/4/2018

John 9:1-12
Preacher: John Paul Westin

What idea lies behind the disciples’ question (v. 1)? Curiosity? Guilt-tripping? A trap? Compassion?
What does Jesus’ answer (vv. 3-5) reveal about how he views the man’s suffering?
In this story, what is the “work of God” (v. 3)? The “night” that is coming (v. 4)? The “light of the world” (v. 5)?
How are sin and suffering related?

The spirit of the Lord is upon us!

1/28/2018

Luke 4:14-21
Preacher: Hans Weichbrodt

When have you felt either under-or over-estimated because of where you were from or who you were related to?
Look at Luke 4:1,14,18. What does this tell us about the source of Jesus’ power?
What was different about Jesus that caused the crowd to ask in v. 22, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”
What is Jesus’ five-fold mission according to verses 18-19? How did Jesus fulfill it then? Now?

Who Is this Jesus? Master!

1/21/2018

Luke 5:1-11
Preacher: John Paul Westin

What do you think Simon Peter was thinking and feeling in verse 5? 7? 8?
How did this miracle affect Peter? Why does this have a more profound effect on him than the healing of his mother-in-law?
What is Peter starting to grasp about Jesus? About sin? About belief in himself?
When was the first time, if ever, that you responded to Jesus like Peter in verse 8?
In your “fishing business” (whatever your business is) how do you see Jesus?

Who is this Jesus? Emmanuel!

1/15/2018

Matthew 1:18-25
Preacher: Jonathan Springthorpe

How would you feel in Joseph’s place in verse 19? In verses 20-21? What would you say to family and friends? To God?
What reason does Joseph give as to why Jesus was born?
Did these incidents likely strain or strengthen Joseph and Mary’s future marriage relationships? How was God “with them” in all this?
Jesus was called Emmanuel/Immanuel - “God with us”. How do you feel about viewing Jesus as a role model?
When did Jesus become a warm person for you; more than just a name? When did he become God with you?

Sermons & Teachings Online

Who Is this Jesus? Light of the World

John 8:12-20
Preacher: John Paul Westin

Who is this Jesus? The New Adam, Second Adam, Last Adam

1 Corinthians 15:35-58
Preacher: Jonathan Springthorpe

Who is this Jesus? Son of David & Lamb of God

John 1:29-37
Preacher: Shawn Branch

WHo is this Jesus? Son of God & Son of Man

Mathew 16:13-20
Preacher: John Paul Westin

Who is this Jesus? Christ and Logos

John 1:1-18
Preacher: Terrence Chandra

Who Is this Jesus? Rabboni and Rabbi

John 9:1-12
Preacher: John Paul Westin

The spirit of the Lord is upon us!

Luke 4:14-21
Preacher: Hans Weichbrodt

Who Is this Jesus? Master!

Luke 5:1-11
Preacher: John Paul Westin

Who is this Jesus? Emmanuel!

Matthew 1:18-25
Preacher: Jonathan Springthorpe

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John 8:12-20​Preacher: John Paul Westin

1 Corinthians 15:35-58Preacher: Jonathan Springthorpe

John 1:29-37Preacher: Shawn Branch

Mathew 16:13-20Preacher: John Paul Westin

John 1:1-18​Preacher: Terrence Chandra

John 9:1-12​Preacher: John Paul Westin

Luke 4:14-21Preacher: Hans Weichbrodt

Luke 5:1-11Preacher: John Paul Westin

Matthew 1:18-25Preacher: Jonathan Springthorpe

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John 8:12-20
Preacher: John Paul Westin

1 Corinthians 15:35-58
Preacher: Jonathan Springthorpe

John 1:29-37
Preacher: Shawn Branch

Mathew 16:13-20
Preacher: John Paul Westin

John 1:1-18
Preacher: Terrence Chandra

John 9:1-12
Preacher: John Paul Westin

Luke 4:14-21
Preacher: Hans Weichbrodt

Luke 5:1-11
Preacher: John Paul Westin

Matthew 1:18-25
Preacher: Jonathan Springthorpe