Breaking Barriers (3 of 3)
Series: Come Find Your Mercy
Craig Smith
John 4:1-3
I. Introduction
For the past few weeks, we've been talking about God's remedy for one of our most persistent pains. I'm talking about the pain of shame. As we've defined it in this series, shame is the persistent feeling that we're unworthy of love and belonging
Shame is different than guilt. Guilt says we've done wrong and need forgiveness, shame says we need forgiveness, but we'll probably never get it because God doesn't want anything to do with us.
Now sometimes shame comes from the wrong that we've done. And sometimes it comes from things that have happened to us. But wherever it comes from, shame does the same thing: it creates a barrier between us and God. And today as we wrap up the series, we're going to take a look at how Jesus responds to barriers . And I think two things are going to happen:
1. We're going to be encouraged when it comes to things that feel like barriers for us.
2. We're going to be challenged to follow Jesus' example when it comes to barriers that we might be tempted to put up for other people.
Why don't you go ahead and grab a bible and start making your way to John 4:1. We're just going to jump right in. By the way, if you want to follow along with the message notes, the Mission Hills app is a great way to make sure you don't miss anything.
II. Main Body
Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John- 2 although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. 3 So he left Judea and went back once more to Galilee. (John 4:1-3)
Ok, now this is very early in Jesus' ministry and what John's telling us is that Jesus was just coming onto the Pharisees radar. They were just starting to notice him and pay attention to him because he was gaining a big following.
Now to understand who the Pharisees were, we need to understand the big problem the Jewish peopl ...
Series: Come Find Your Mercy
Craig Smith
John 4:1-3
I. Introduction
For the past few weeks, we've been talking about God's remedy for one of our most persistent pains. I'm talking about the pain of shame. As we've defined it in this series, shame is the persistent feeling that we're unworthy of love and belonging
Shame is different than guilt. Guilt says we've done wrong and need forgiveness, shame says we need forgiveness, but we'll probably never get it because God doesn't want anything to do with us.
Now sometimes shame comes from the wrong that we've done. And sometimes it comes from things that have happened to us. But wherever it comes from, shame does the same thing: it creates a barrier between us and God. And today as we wrap up the series, we're going to take a look at how Jesus responds to barriers . And I think two things are going to happen:
1. We're going to be encouraged when it comes to things that feel like barriers for us.
2. We're going to be challenged to follow Jesus' example when it comes to barriers that we might be tempted to put up for other people.
Why don't you go ahead and grab a bible and start making your way to John 4:1. We're just going to jump right in. By the way, if you want to follow along with the message notes, the Mission Hills app is a great way to make sure you don't miss anything.
II. Main Body
Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John- 2 although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. 3 So he left Judea and went back once more to Galilee. (John 4:1-3)
Ok, now this is very early in Jesus' ministry and what John's telling us is that Jesus was just coming onto the Pharisees radar. They were just starting to notice him and pay attention to him because he was gaining a big following.
Now to understand who the Pharisees were, we need to understand the big problem the Jewish peopl ...
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