JESUS IS THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD (1 OF 32)
Scripture: John 4:1-34, John 4:36-37
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Jesus Is the Savior of the World (1 of 32)
Series: John
Patrick Edwards
John 4:1-42
Introduction
Do you ever feel stuck in life? Maybe stuck in a job; stuck in a financial circumstance; just stuck in general? And it may not necessarily be a bad thing, like life may not be going poorly, but it is just kind of 'blah,' routine, uneventful. Day-in and day-out this is just the way things are, you're just getting by and making it through the day. You find things to make you happy or to entertain you and mix things up, but when it comes down to it this is life, and there's no real changing that.
I think that's why we as people tend to enjoy New Year's so much. It's something about the calendar changing and the new year beginning that creates in us this sense of newness, whether it be in hopes or plans that the new year will bring new opportunities or that the passing of the old year means some things in our life will go away, many of us look at the new year as a time for change, a new chapter to begin. It's really quite silly, though, right? I mean what does the revolution of the earth around the sun have to do with our life's circumstances? Nothing at all really! January really the beginning of any new chapter of life; the problems and issues you had on December 31 will still most likely be there on January 1. I mean I'm not trying to be depressing this morning, but, come on, life isn't any different for any of us this Sunday then it was last Sunday just because the year has changed. But we lie to ourselves; we pretend it's different and we do so because deep down inside most of us just feel stuck in life. 'This is the way it is and the way it'll always be.' For better or worse this is life.
We meet a woman, this morning, in John 4 who is stuck. She seems to be a little bit of a social outcast, and yet very intelligent, very confident and sure of herself. Though an outcast, she still seems to have some influence in her community. My point is that we lo ...
Series: John
Patrick Edwards
John 4:1-42
Introduction
Do you ever feel stuck in life? Maybe stuck in a job; stuck in a financial circumstance; just stuck in general? And it may not necessarily be a bad thing, like life may not be going poorly, but it is just kind of 'blah,' routine, uneventful. Day-in and day-out this is just the way things are, you're just getting by and making it through the day. You find things to make you happy or to entertain you and mix things up, but when it comes down to it this is life, and there's no real changing that.
I think that's why we as people tend to enjoy New Year's so much. It's something about the calendar changing and the new year beginning that creates in us this sense of newness, whether it be in hopes or plans that the new year will bring new opportunities or that the passing of the old year means some things in our life will go away, many of us look at the new year as a time for change, a new chapter to begin. It's really quite silly, though, right? I mean what does the revolution of the earth around the sun have to do with our life's circumstances? Nothing at all really! January really the beginning of any new chapter of life; the problems and issues you had on December 31 will still most likely be there on January 1. I mean I'm not trying to be depressing this morning, but, come on, life isn't any different for any of us this Sunday then it was last Sunday just because the year has changed. But we lie to ourselves; we pretend it's different and we do so because deep down inside most of us just feel stuck in life. 'This is the way it is and the way it'll always be.' For better or worse this is life.
We meet a woman, this morning, in John 4 who is stuck. She seems to be a little bit of a social outcast, and yet very intelligent, very confident and sure of herself. Though an outcast, she still seems to have some influence in her community. My point is that we lo ...
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