THE SECRET TO SUCCESS (4 OF 31)
by Tim Badal
Scripture: Matthew 11:11, John 3:22-36
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The Secret to Success (4 of 31)
Series: The Gospel of John
Tim Badal
Matthew 11:11, John 3:22-36
Please take God’s Word and turn to the Gospel of John. We’ve been looking at the story line of Jesus told by the greatest friend He had in His earthly ministry. The Apostle John loved Jesus and loved to speak about Jesus and all Jesus had done. Today we’re at the end of John 3, starting with verse 22. This passage comes on the heels of Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus. In that conversation, we learned that we all must be born again. We’ve learned that we must be born of the Spirit in order to enter the Kingdom of God. Now that John has explained what it means to be born again-through believing in Jesus Christ Whom God sent to save us from our sins-the question we must answer is what does this new birth look like? What implications does it have for our lives? I believe that the little interlude we read about today, focused on the life of John the Baptist, will show us what the new birth looks like in the context of real life.
We’ll be looking to see what made John the Baptist so great. This will help us understand that when success comes our way, we can use this for the glory of God alone. I want to begin, however, by turning to a passage in Matthew. When we talk about success and greatness, we naturally ask who is the greatest? Jesus says this about John the Baptist in Matthew 11:11: ‘‘Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.’’ John the Baptist was a great man. He was a phenomenal human being. As we’ll learn though, he wasn’t great from the world’s perspective, but from God’s. As people, we have a yearning to be successful, no matter our age or where we are today. We desire to be successful in our work, our schooling, our relationships, our marriages. We want our kids to be successful. That’s not just true for us as believer ...
Series: The Gospel of John
Tim Badal
Matthew 11:11, John 3:22-36
Please take God’s Word and turn to the Gospel of John. We’ve been looking at the story line of Jesus told by the greatest friend He had in His earthly ministry. The Apostle John loved Jesus and loved to speak about Jesus and all Jesus had done. Today we’re at the end of John 3, starting with verse 22. This passage comes on the heels of Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus. In that conversation, we learned that we all must be born again. We’ve learned that we must be born of the Spirit in order to enter the Kingdom of God. Now that John has explained what it means to be born again-through believing in Jesus Christ Whom God sent to save us from our sins-the question we must answer is what does this new birth look like? What implications does it have for our lives? I believe that the little interlude we read about today, focused on the life of John the Baptist, will show us what the new birth looks like in the context of real life.
We’ll be looking to see what made John the Baptist so great. This will help us understand that when success comes our way, we can use this for the glory of God alone. I want to begin, however, by turning to a passage in Matthew. When we talk about success and greatness, we naturally ask who is the greatest? Jesus says this about John the Baptist in Matthew 11:11: ‘‘Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.’’ John the Baptist was a great man. He was a phenomenal human being. As we’ll learn though, he wasn’t great from the world’s perspective, but from God’s. As people, we have a yearning to be successful, no matter our age or where we are today. We desire to be successful in our work, our schooling, our relationships, our marriages. We want our kids to be successful. That’s not just true for us as believer ...
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