{"id":2057,"date":"2011-07-06T17:25:10","date_gmt":"2011-07-06T23:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/?p=2057"},"modified":"2011-07-06T17:26:34","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T23:26:34","slug":"sermon-follow-up-god-speaks-in-the-book-of-john","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/sermon-follow-up-god-speaks-in-the-book-of-john\/","title":{"rendered":"Sermon Follow-up: “God Speaks in The Book of John”"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Sunday’s sermon, “God Speaks in the Book of John<\/a>,” we explored the book of John to better understand John’s purpose for writing, expressed in John 20:30-31<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What does it mean to believe? What does it mean that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of God? What does it mean to have life in his name?<\/p>\n

Of course, we want more than to understand what John has said here, but to know what he means in our very hearts. We want to believe that Jesus is the Christ, to apprehend all that that entails, and to know eternal life first hand, which is nothing less than knowing Christ Jesus himself.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the sermon we sang a song that is new but becoming familiar to us at DSC: “Jesus, I Come.<\/a>” The lyrics are worth praying through as we listen to the gospel of John this month:<\/p>\n

Jesus, I Come<\/strong><\/p>\n

Out of my bondage, sorrow and night,
\nJesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
\nInto Thy freedom, gladness, and light,
\nJesus, I come to Thee;
\nOut of my sickness, into Thy health,
\nOut of my want and into Thy wealth,
\nOut of my sin and into Thyself,
\nJesus, I come to Thee.<\/p>\n

Out of my shameful failure and loss,
\nJesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
\nInto the glorious gain of Thy cross,
\nJesus, I come to Thee;
\nOut of earth\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sorrows, into Thy balm,
\nOut of life\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s storms and into Thy calm,
\nOut of distress to jubilant psalm,
\nJesus, I come to Thee.<\/p>\n

Out of unrest and arrogant pride,
\nJesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
\nInto Thy blessed will to abide,
\nJesus, I come to Thee;
\nOut of myself to dwell in Thy love,
\nOut of despair, into raptures above,
\nUpward for aye on wings like a dove,
\nJesus, I come to Thee.<\/p>\n

Out of the fear and dread of the tomb,
\nJesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
\nInto the joy and light of Thy home,
\nJesus, I come to Thee;
\nOut of the depths of ruin untold,
\nInto the peace of Thy sheltering fold,
\nEver Thy glorious face to behold,
\nJesus, I come to Thee.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click\u00c2\u00a0here<\/a> or here<\/a> to listen to or\u00c2\u00a0purchase\u00c2\u00a0this great song.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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