A Fruitful Life Requires Death

A Fruitful Life Requires Death

Dave Riddle - 2/19/2023

Key Passage: John 12:20-33

Greeks Come Looking for Jesus

• John 12:20-22

Jesus’ Time Has Come

• John 12:23

• Compare to “my time has not yet come” in John 2, John 7, etc.

Fruitful Life Requires Death

• John 12:24-25

• Just as Jesus had to die to provide life, we have to die to our sin to have a fruitful life.

The Father Honors The One Who Serves

• John 12:26 - if anyone serves me, he must follow me.

• It has been said that “follow me” is the whole of a Christian’s duty, and “to be where Christ is” is the whole of their reward.

“My Soul is Troubled”

• John 12:27

• Troubled = tarassō (Greek) - stirred up, agitated, inward commotion, to take away one’s calmness of mind.

• Like a blender bottle 

Jesus knew what was coming

• John 12:30-33

What Are You Seeking?

Message begins around 31:00

What Are You Seeking?
02/20/2021 - Dave Riddle 
Key Passage: Colossians 3:1-2

Keep Seeking Christ

• Colossians 3:1

  • zēteō (ζητέω): to seek by thinking, meditating, or reasoning. As a Hebraism: to worship God.

• Colossians 3:2

  • Stay focused, set your attention.

Don’t Seek After The Things of Earth

• Colossians 3:2

  • phroneō (φρονέω) To direct one's mind to a thing, to seek, to strive for

• What has your truest, deepest, most foundational affection?

• Philippians 3:17-19

  • Enemies of the cross focus on earthly things.

• Matthew 16 - Peter rebukes Jesus.

  • 16:23 “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me because you’re not thinking about God’s concerns, but man’s.”

Pick up your cross and follow Jesus

• Matthew 16:24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.

• Galatians 5:24 - Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh.

• Galatians 2:20 - I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live but Christ lives in me.

  • Bonhoeffer- “When Christ calls a man, He bids him come and die”

Jesus flips the tables of our lives

• Matthew 21, John 2, Mark 11, Luke 19

  • Symbolic of what he does in our lives.

Water to Wine

Water to Wine

The Gospel of John - Part 4 - 8/30/20

Key Passage: John 2:1-12

It’s a party!

• John 2:2

• 7 days of festivities!

• The highlight of their life

We’ve got a problem.

• John 2:3

• They ran out of wine

  • A huge embarrassment 

I know a guy.

• John 2:5

  • “Do whatever He tells you...”

The first of seven signs 

• John 2:11

• sēmeion (σημεῖον) - an indication, especially ceremonially or supernaturally:—miracle, sign, token, wonder.

• phaneroō (φανερόω) - to make manifest or visible or known what has been hidden or unknown.

  • A sign for his followers to reveal his true identity.

How is Jesus inviting you to take a deeper step of faith?