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Date: 02 Dec 2018
Bible: John 12:37-50
Speaker: Andrew Sach

“A matter of life and death:
the rejected inviter”

John 12:36-50

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Introduction: who are you expecting to come to our Carol Services?

 

 

 

1. The Jews' unbelief is both shocking and Sovereignly-planned

 

 

 - shocking (v37)

 

 

 

 - Sovereignly-planned (v38-41)

 

  Isaiah 52

  Isaiah 6

 

 

 - shocking and Sovereignly-planned

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. But "silent belief” is just as shocking

(v42-43 cf. 5:44)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Jesus continues to call people to believe in him, that they may receive eternal life!
(v44-50)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COFFEE QUESTION

 

How does this passage motivate us to believe the gospel and to share the gospel?

What could this mean for you at Christmas?