May 8, 2011Today's worship set list included the following:
You, Hillsong
Forever Reign, Hillsong
I Will Exalt You, Hillsong
Chris Mileski and Shannon Johnson had a lot of fun with announcements and Mother's Day. The band blew away two item numbers:
Everybody, Ingrid Michaelson
Lifegiver, Hyper Static Union
We launched a brand new series on the Letters of John today titled, PROOF OF LIFE.
Extended message notes are included below. (Thanks to Mosaic for the really cool graphic...)
The Life You’ve Always Wanted
PROOF OF LIFE – Part 1
May 8, 2011 • Chris Goins
1 John 5:13 (NLT), I have written this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know you have eternal life.
1 John 5:13 (AMP), I write this to you who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) the name of the Son of God…, so that you may know [with settled and absolute knowledge] that you [already] have life, yes, eternal life.
1 John 1:1-4 (NLT), We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is the Word of life. 2 This one who is life itself was revealed to us, and we have seen him. And now we testify and proclaim to you that he is the one who is eternal life. He was with the Father, and then he was revealed to us. 3 We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 4 We are writing these things so that you may fully share our joy.
1 John 1:2 (NLT), This one who is life itself was revealed to us, and we have seen him. And now we testify and proclaim to you that he is the one who is eternal life.
NOTES: Don’t miss what John says in Verse 2… “I know what LIFE looks like… I’ve seen it up close and personal…”
1 John 1:4 (NLT), We are writing these things so that you may fully share our joy.
“The glory of God is man fully alive.” — Saint Irenaeus
NOTES: Listen to the way John describes Jesus in His gospel…
John 1:4 (NIV), In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. (John 3:16; 6:35; 10:10; 11:25; 14:6; 17:3-4; 20:31)
NOTES: According to John, the defining characteristic of Jesus’ life and ministry wasn’t His amazing miracles, transformational teaching or unconditional compassion…
John says, “When I saw Him… When I met Him… When I got up close and personal to Him… This is what I saw… This is what blew me away… In Him was LIFE, and that LIFE was the light of all mankind… That life was so powerful that it radiated light that illuminated the darkness, and the darkness could not overpower the light and life that was and is Jesus.”
When John writes, “In Him was LIFE…” He’s letting us know that everything else paled in comparison to the LIFE that just flowed out of Jesus… He’s saying, “I experienced something / someone who made everything else seem like LESS…”
life – zoe: a) life as a principle, b) the absolute fullness of life or life in the absolute sense, c) life as God has it, d) life real and genuine, a life active and vigorous.
NOTES: One of the over riding narratives of Scripture… A narrative that is so simple that sometimes it can seem almost simplistic, but it’s the narrative that THIS IS ALL ABOUT LIFE and DEATH… Not “life” and “death” and then “eternal life.”
No! This is all about “LIFE” – LIFE the way God intended it and DEATH – which is basically being a walk on cast member of The Walking Dead…
This has been one of the overriding narratives of Scripture since the beginning…
John 1:1-2 (NIV), In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.2 He was with God in the beginning.
John 1:4 (NIV), In Him was life…
NOTES: In Genesis 2:7, the Bible begins in the key of life. It wraps up in the same key in Revelation 22.
Deuteronomy 30:19-20, This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you LIFE and DEATH, blessings and curses. Now CHOOSE LIFE, so that you and your children may LIVE 20 and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him, for He is your LIFE and the length of your days…
NOTES: Life is the central theme in the writings of John. In fact, the word “life” gets used at least 36 times in the Gospel and 10 times in the Letter of 1 John.
John 1:4 (NIV), In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. (John 3:16; 6:35; 10:10; 11:25; 14:6; 17:3-4; 20:31)
John 3:16 (NIV), For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal LIFE.
In John 6:35 Jesus said that he was “the bread of life.”
In John 7:35 Jesus promised, “Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of LIVING WATER will flow from within them."
In John 11:25 Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the LIFE…”
In John 14:6 Jesus said that He alone is “…the way, the truth, and the LIFE…”
John 17:3 (NIV), …this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
John 20:31 (NIV0, But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
John 10:10 (AMP), The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).
The Life You’ve Always Wanted:
1. A life that gets lived out in the context of authentic, deep-level, life-giving relationships with God and people (1:3).
1 John 1:3 (NLT), We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
2. A life rooted and grounded in objective truth (1:1-2a).
1 John 1:1-2 (NIV), That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched…
3. A life so full that you can’t possibly keep it to yourself. You’ve got to share it with someone else (1:2-3a).
1 John 1:2-3a (NLT), This one who is life itself was revealed to us, and we have seen him. And now we testify and proclaim to you that he is the one who is eternal life. He was with the Father, and then he was revealed to us. 3 We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard…
4. A life filled with supernatural, defiant joy in the face of whatever life throws at you (1:4).
1 John 1:4 (NLT), We are writing these things so that you may fully share our joy.
“The glory of God is man fully alive.” — Saint Irenaeus
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