Trinity
Learning to delight in God deeply, is the essence of the gospel, the end of discipleship and Heaven’s final purpose. Together we want to take a journey through the gospel of John, looking at the beauty of Spirit, Father and Son. We will see that because the gospel comes from a trinitarian God, we are invited to be part of a family with father, son and spirit. We will see that we are called into this relationship of endless delight with one another.
John is a wonderful guide to beholding the beauty of God, he is after all the self-appointed ‘disciple whom Jesus loves’. He knows how to revel in the beauty of the Father, Spirit and Son and invites us to join him as he lays his head upon Jesus’ chest.
Guarding our unity
Luke talked about how individualist culture impacts our unity with God and one another. He encouraged us to keep and guard our unity, so we can be full of joy and witness to the Glory of God in Christ.
Remaining in God’s love
Rachel spoke from John 15: 9-17 encouraging us to remain in God’s love, the right place for us to live our lives. We are now called God's friends because of what Jesus has done for us. God has called us to love our friends and lay down our lives for them, what does that look like?
We can only do it with the Holy Spirit
Sami looks at a passage in John 14, where Jesus talks to his followers about how he was going to return to heaven. He assured them they would not be alone in telling the world the good news about Him and it’s the same truth for us today, we can only do it with the Holy Spirit.
Presence, power and adoption
Martin unpacks John 14 where Jesus describes how the Christian life works and the ways that God comes to us to meet the deepest needs of our lives.
Jesus takes away the sin of the world
Richard looks at how Jesus became our substitute and was slain on the cross, fulfilling the picture that the passover presented for nearly 1,500 years. Accepting Jesus means amongst other things we can be a friend of God’s.
Sons not dogs
Marce looks at part of Jesus’ prayer in John 17 and sees that it means a radical invitation into the family of God and a radical call to unity.
