Title: Tribulations and Trials
Author: Marvin Patterson
Text: John 15:23-16:11
A company, feeling it was time for a shake-up, hires a new CEO. This new boss is determined to rid the company of all slackers. On a tour of the facilities, the CEO notices a guy leaning on a wall. The room is full of workers and he thinks this is his chance to show everyone he means business!
The CEO walks up to the guy and asks, "And how much money do you make a week?"
Undaunted, the young fellow looks at him and replies, "I make $200.00 a week. Why?"
The CEO then hands the guy $200 in cash and screams, "Here's a week's pay, now GET OUT and don't come back!"
Feeling pretty good about his first firing, the CEO looks around the room and asks, "Does anyone want to tell me what that slacker did here?"
With a sheepish grin, one of the other workers mutters, "He's the pizza delivery guy."
Introduction:
Jesus is continuing instruction with the disciples letting them know that they would face persecution in the church, but to be of good cheer because Jesus has overcome the world! Let us continue to study what Jesus is saying on this last night of His earthly life.
Body:
23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
Jesus is saying here that He and His Father are One! We have seen this many times in our study of the Gospel of John! If you have seen Jesus, you have seen the Father. Now Jesus puts it in the context of Tribulation. If you hate Jesus, there is no need to say that you love the Father, because they are One! This goes on today! Someone says that they hate a person, and then they say that they hate their whole family! And we are a part of the family of Christ, therefore don't let it surprise you that people try to persecute you, for they persecuted the Son before they ever persecuted you!
This is an important verse. The world does not hate their idea of God, as some vague S ...
Author: Marvin Patterson
Text: John 15:23-16:11
A company, feeling it was time for a shake-up, hires a new CEO. This new boss is determined to rid the company of all slackers. On a tour of the facilities, the CEO notices a guy leaning on a wall. The room is full of workers and he thinks this is his chance to show everyone he means business!
The CEO walks up to the guy and asks, "And how much money do you make a week?"
Undaunted, the young fellow looks at him and replies, "I make $200.00 a week. Why?"
The CEO then hands the guy $200 in cash and screams, "Here's a week's pay, now GET OUT and don't come back!"
Feeling pretty good about his first firing, the CEO looks around the room and asks, "Does anyone want to tell me what that slacker did here?"
With a sheepish grin, one of the other workers mutters, "He's the pizza delivery guy."
Introduction:
Jesus is continuing instruction with the disciples letting them know that they would face persecution in the church, but to be of good cheer because Jesus has overcome the world! Let us continue to study what Jesus is saying on this last night of His earthly life.
Body:
23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
Jesus is saying here that He and His Father are One! We have seen this many times in our study of the Gospel of John! If you have seen Jesus, you have seen the Father. Now Jesus puts it in the context of Tribulation. If you hate Jesus, there is no need to say that you love the Father, because they are One! This goes on today! Someone says that they hate a person, and then they say that they hate their whole family! And we are a part of the family of Christ, therefore don't let it surprise you that people try to persecute you, for they persecuted the Son before they ever persecuted you!
This is an important verse. The world does not hate their idea of God, as some vague S ...
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