SERMON

Pastor Gary Findley

“Our Trustworthy Savior”

John 4:39-45

1. His Preeminent Shrewdness

2. His Prolonged Stay

3. His Persuasive Statements

4. His Persistent Stride

“Our Trustworthy Savior”  Pastor Gary Findley

SCRIPTURE

Joh 4:39 Many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me all that I ever did.”
Joh 4:40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days.
Joh 4:41 And many more believed because of his word.
Joh 4:42 They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.”
Joh 4:43 After the two days he departed for Galilee.
Joh 4:44 (For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.)
Joh 4:45 So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast. For they too had gone to the feast.”‘

INSIGHTS

1. His Preeminent Shrewdness
2. His Prolonged Stay
3. His Persuasive Statements
4. His Persistent Stride

SERMON

Pastor Gary Findley

Sermon Insights

1. Its MysteriousPlanting

2. Its measured Progress

3. Its Mature Profile

Joh 4:28 So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people,
Joh 4:29 “Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?”
Joh 4:30 They went out of the town and were coming to him.
Joh 4:31 Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.”
Joh 4:32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.”
Joh 4:33 So the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought him something to eat?”
Joh 4:34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
Joh 4:35 Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest.
Joh 4:36 Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.
Joh 4:37 For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’
Joh 4:38 I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”
Joh 4:39 Many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me all that I ever did.”
Joh 4:40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days.
Joh 4:41 And many more believed because of his word.
Joh 4:42 They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.”

SERMON

“The Fear Of The Lord”

Scripture

Jon 1:1 – 1:17

Pastor Gary Findley

“The Fear of The Lord”

Jonah 1

1. I. His Distinct Calling

2. II. His Deliberate Contempt

3. III. His Detailed Confession

Jonah Flees the Presence of the Lord
Jon 1:1 Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
Jon 1:2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.”
Jon 1:3 But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.
Jon 1:4 But the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up.
Jon 1:5 Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep.
Jon 1:6 So the captain came and said to him, “What do you mean, you sleeper? Arise, call out to your god! Perhaps the god will give a thought to us, that we may not perish.”
Jonah Is Thrown into the Sea
Jon 1:7 And they said to one another, “Come, let us cast lots, that we may know on whose account this evil has come upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.
Jon 1:8 Then they said to him, “Tell us on whose account this evil has come upon us. What is your occupation? And where do you come from? What is your country? And of what people are you?”
Jon 1:9 And he said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”
Jon 1:10 Then the men were exceedingly afraid and said to him, “What is this that you have done!” For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.
Jon 1:11 Then they said to him, “What shall we do to you, that the sea may quiet down for us?” For the sea grew more and more tempestuous.
Jon 1:12 He said to them, “Pick me up and hurl me into the sea; then the sea will quiet down for you, for I know it is because of me that this great tempest has come upon you.”
Jon 1:13 Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they could not, for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.
Jon 1:14 Therefore they called out to the LORD, “O LORD, let us not perish for this man’s life, and lay not on us innocent blood, for you, O LORD, have done as it pleased you.”
Jon 1:15 So they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging.
Jon 1:16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows.
A Great Fish Swallows Jonah
Jon 1:17 And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

SERMON

“A Crowd of Confessors”

1. Its Differing Assumptions
2. Its Divided Aim
3. Its Deceitful Assetion

Scripture: John 7:40-52

Division Among the People
Joh 7:40 When they heard these words, some of the people said, “This really is the Prophet.”
Joh 7:41 Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “Is the Christ to come from Galilee?
Joh 7:42 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the offspring of David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”
Joh 7:43 So there was a division among the people over him.
Joh 7:44 Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.
Joh 7:45 The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?”
Joh 7:46 The officers answered, “No one ever spoke like this man!”
Joh 7:47 The Pharisees answered them, “Have you also been deceived?
Joh 7:48 Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him?
Joh 7:49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.”
Joh 7:50 Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them,
Joh 7:51 “Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?”
Joh 7:52 They replied, “Are you from Galilee too? Search and see that no prophet arises from Galilee.”

SERMON

“God’s Shining Light & Saving Purpose”

Pastor Gary Findley

“God’s Shining Light & Saving Purpose”

Scripture:

John 3:16-21

For God So Loved the World
Joh 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Joh 3:17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Joh 3:18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
Joh 3:19 And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
Joh 3:20 For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.
Joh 3:21 But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”

OUTLINE

1.  Its Vibrant Future

2. Its Vulnerable Family

3. Its Visible Fruit

SERMON

“Our Snake-bitten flesh

Scripture

John 3:7-15

Joh 3:7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’
Joh 3:8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
Joh 3:9 Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?”
Joh 3:10 Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things?
Joh 3:11 Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony.
Joh 3:12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
Joh 3:13 No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.
Joh 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
Joh 3:15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.

Outline:

Our Snake-bitten flesh

1. It’s Prescribed Antidote

2. It’s Postponed Acceptance

3. It’s Proven Authority