Fr. Larry Richards is the founder and president of The Reason for our Hope Foundation, a non- profit organization dedicated to āspreading the Good Newsā by educating others about Jesus Christ. His new homilies are posted each week.
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John 18:1-27
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Sermon notes š What part of Jesus as Lord and Savior are you willing to believe? What parts do you struggle with? John 18:1-27 has to do with Jesusās arrest, but there is another story intertwined with it, and it is that of Peter denying Jesus 3 timesā¦just as Jesus foretold. As these two scenarios are contrasted, we are guided to recognize and confront some of our own areas of disbelief. In the Gospel of John, weāve seen 7 times where Jesus has claimed particular things about who He is, using āI AMā languageā¦ I Am the Bread of Life (6:35) I Am the Light of the World (8:12) I Am the Gate for the Sheep (10:7) I Am the Good Shepherd (10:11) I Am the Resurrection (11:25) I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life (14:6) I Am the True Vine (15:1) And there are 6 other times where Jesus simply uses this language of āI Amā to identify Himselfā¦. And this passage we see the 7th time, and it is sort of this culminationā¦ In John 17, Jesus just prayed this prayer that we now know as the High Priestly Prayerā¦where He clearly identified Himself as God Himselfā¦ Then He responds to those who have come to arrest Him sayingā¦āI Am Heā...essentially uttering this name of God to identify Himself as the Jesus whom they seek. Jesus identifies Himself as āI Am.ā Peter rejects being identified with Jesus, denying Him, using the language of āI am not.ā Ironically, Peterās denial of Jesus also held the confession he needed to believe - a confession John the Baptist made in the first chapter of the Gospel of John - āI am not the Christ.ā Jesus is strong and able and holds all power, He cannot lose it. We are completely weak and unable without Him. When are you going to put your trust in Him entirely? When will we find our confidence in Him, even when it seems dangerous to us? Thatās our prayer and our confession this morning, turning Peterās denial into John the Baptistās confessionā¦ I am not the Christ. Jesus is.
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Sermon notes š What part of Jesus as Lord and Savior are you willing to believe? What parts do you struggle with? John 18:1-27 has to do with Jesusās arrest, but there is another story intertwined with it, and it is that of Peter denying Jesus 3 timesā¦just as Jesus foretold. As these two scenarios are contrasted, we are guided to recognize and confront some of our own areas of disbelief. In the Gospel of John, weāve seen 7 times where Jesus has claimed particular things about who He is, using āI AMā languageā¦ I Am the Bread of Life (6:35) I Am the Light of the World (8:12) I Am the Gate for the Sheep (10:7) I Am the Good Shepherd (10:11) I Am the Resurrection (11:25) I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life (14:6) I Am the True Vine (15:1) And there are 6 other times where Jesus simply uses this language of āI Amā to identify Himselfā¦. And this passage we see the 7th time, and it is sort of this culminationā¦ In John 17, Jesus just prayed this prayer that we now know as the High Priestly Prayerā¦where He clearly identified Himself as God Himselfā¦ Then He responds to those who have come to arrest Him sayingā¦āI Am Heā...essentially uttering this name of God to identify Himself as the Jesus whom they seek. Jesus identifies Himself as āI Am.ā Peter rejects being identified with Jesus, denying Him, using the language of āI am not.ā Ironically, Peterās denial of Jesus also held the confession he needed to believe - a confession John the Baptist made in the first chapter of the Gospel of John - āI am not the Christ.ā Jesus is strong and able and holds all power, He cannot lose it. We are completely weak and unable without Him. When are you going to put your trust in Him entirely? When will we find our confidence in Him, even when it seems dangerous to us? Thatās our prayer and our confession this morning, turning Peterās denial into John the Baptistās confessionā¦ I am not the Christ. Jesus is.
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