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Who gets the glory? (John 17:1-10), April 15, 2017

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Do you ever get confused about who should get the praise or reward for the work you do? We probably all feel that little twinge of jealousy sometimes when someone else gets the glory for our work, but should we?
Scripture
1. John 17:1-10
2. Jesus (lifting His face to the heavens): Father, My time has come. Glorify Your Son, and I will bring You great glory because You have given Me total authority over humanity. I have come bearing the plentiful gifts of God; and all who receive Me will experience everlasting life, a new intimate relationship with You (the one True God) and Jesus the Anointed (the One You have sent). I have glorified You on earth and fulfilled the mission You set before Me.

In this moment, Father, fuse Our collective glory and bring Us together as We were before creation existed. You have entrusted Me with these men who have come out of this corrupt world order. I have told them about Your nature and declared Your name to them, and they have held on to Your words and understood that these words, like everything else You have given Me, come from You. It is true that these men You gave Me have received the words that come from You and not only understood them but also believed that You sent Me. I am now making an appeal to You on their behalf. This request is not for the entire world; it is for those whom You have given to Me because they are Yours. Yours and Mine, Mine and Yours, for all that are Mine are Yours. Through them I have been glorified.

Devotional
1. As a new officer in the Army, it bothered me when my commander would praise me for the work my platoon did. I had some really good soldiers in my platoon and they provided really great support for the unit in which we served.
  1. Medical support for a battalion
  2. Dining facility officer with soldiers that won Army competitions for their excellence in foodservice and culinary excellence
  3. High scores on inspections and competitions
  4. Soldiers did the work, but I got the praise from the commander
2. I always tried to share the praise with my soldiers
  1. Shared what the commander said
  2. Tried to give them awards and decorations for the work they did
  3. Recognized their individual efforts whenever possible
  4. But I still often got credit for the team effort
3. Learned over time to accept the praise because I was the leader responsible for whatever success or failure happened
  1. I also took the blame for the failure of any soldier in my charge
    1. Answered to the commander for DWI, AWOL, other disciplinary problems
    2. Described in detail why any particular soldier didn’t mean the training standard and what I was doing to correct it
    3. I took and accepted responsibility for good and bad within my unit
  2. My leaders taught me to accept both, success and failure, for the actions within my unit because I was their leader, just as my actions and performance reflected on my commander
4. In some small way, I learned a little of what Jesus let His disciples hear as He prayed
  1. Their actions would give glory to Him, not them
  2. His actions would give glory to the Father
  3. We don’t need to seek glory for ourselves, we just need to do the work He gives us to the best of our abilities and let Him receive all the glory
  4. We are His soldiers and He is our leader, He deserves all the credit, all the recognition, all the glory we can give Him
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Times of trouble (John 16:31-33), April 14, 2017

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Have you ever thought what times of trouble means? If you think back, I believe every generation thinks they lived in times of trouble. But look at where we are today!
Scripture
1. John 16:31-33
2. Jesus: So you believe now? Be aware that a time is coming when you will be scattered like seeds. You will return to your own way, and I will be left alone. But I will not be alone, because the Father will be with Me. I have told you these things so that you will be whole and at peace. In this world, you will be plagued with times of trouble, but you need not fear; I have triumphed over this corrupt world order.
Devotional
1. I started with a question, what does times of trouble mean?
  1. For disciples: expectation of arrest, abuse, execution
  2. For early Christians: separation from families, torture and martyrdom
  3. During middle ages: crusades, kings and lords abusing power
  4. Industrial revolution: included machinery of war and weapons that killed from great distance; homes broken as men went off to work
  5. Early 20th Century: prohibition, roaring twenties, smoky back rooms where more than just illegal drinking happened, rise of the mobs
  6. World War I and II atrocities with chemical warfare; introduction of air power and short range missiles,
  7. 60’s and 70’s: flower power, drugs, sexual promiscuity
  8. 80’s and 90’s: energy crisis, financial crises, double digit inflation,
  9. 2000: Y2K, doomsday prophecies,
  10. Today: crime, finance, sexual promiscuity, drugs, terrorism, wars, religious jihad
2. Christians are an easy target for the blame
  1. We don’t retaliate
  2. We don’t apologize
  3. We predict things will get worse, not better until Jesus returns
  4. We embrace suffering because Jesus embraced suffering
  5. World doesn’t understand and so blames us for things that go wrong
3. We are in times of trouble, but…
  1. We need not fear
  2. Why? With everything that is going on, why shouldn’t we fear?
  3. The answer is Jesus has already triumphed over this corrupt world order.
4. What does it mean that Jesus has triumphed?
  1. Satan tried his hardest to defeat Him
  2. Threw the worst fear possible at Jesus, death
  3. Death is a predator with humans as it’s prey
  4. Jesus overcame death proving it with His resurrection
  5. We don’t need to fear because He has triumphed over the greatest fear we as humans have – death
  6. If He has already done that and lives in us, we have at our disposal the power of the resurrection that helps us face the worst Satan can throw at us
5. Will we have trouble? Yes. Do we need to fear that trouble? No.
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Make an appointment (John 16:23-28), April 13, 2017

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You can have an appointment with the creator of the cosmos. All you have to do is call His name and He will make time on His calendar for you.
Scripture
1. John 16:23-28
2. Jesus: When all this transpires, you will finally have the answers you have been seeking. I tell you the truth, anything you ask of the Father in My name, He will give to you. Until this moment, you have not sought after anything in My name. Ask and you will receive so that you will be filled with joy.

I have been teaching you all of these truths through stories and metaphors, but the time is coming for Me to speak openly and directly of the Father.

The day is coming when you will make a request in My name, but I will not represent you before the Father. You will be heard directly by the Father. The Father loves you because you love Me and know that I come from the Father. I came from the Father into the cosmos, but soon I will leave it and return to the Father.

Devotional
1. I’m not sure we understand the implications of Jesus’ words to the disciples most of the time or we would do things a lot differently
2. You will be heard directly by the Father
  1. Think about who He is
    1. Creator of the cosmos
    2. Billions of galaxies, farthest one we can see is 32 billion light years away
    3. Each galaxy has billions of stars
    4. 960,000 earths in our star, the sun, not even mid-sized, more on the small size
  2. If our solar system was the size of the United States, earth would be the size of a quarter
  3. God spoke and it came into being
3. God keeps everything running smoothly just for His pleasure
  1. Created this earth with just the right amount of air and water and all the elements necessary for life
  2. Created you
  3. Miracle of birth, life started, you took a breath, an impossibility when you count the odds
4. Think of how insignificant we are in comparison
  1. What have you created lately?
  2. Anything you created came from ingredients that already existed
  3. God made everything out of nothing, He provided the raw materials you might use for your creative bent
5. Yet He calls us to talk with Him and ask for His help, to ask for things that will bring glory to Him
6. He opens His appointment book for us
  1. We don’t understand just who He is
  2. We become too familiar and fail to stand in awe of the Creator of all things
  3. We don’t take advantage of His open invitation to come into His presence
7. Balance between the two.
  1. Creator
  2. Father
  3. Talk with Him today
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The emotions of childbirth (John 16:19-22), April 12, 2017

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Childbirth is filled with emotion. It starts out painfully, but ends with great joy.
Scripture
1. John 16:19-22
2. Jesus: Are you trying to figure out what I mean when I say you will see Me in a little while? I tell you the truth, a time is approaching when you will weep and mourn while the world is celebrating. You will grieve, but that grief will give birth to great joy. In the same way that a woman labors in great pain during childbirth only to forget the intensity of the pain when she holds her child, when I return, your labored grief will also change into a joy that cannot be stolen.
Devotional
1. If you’ve never witnessed a childbirth first hand, I have to tell you, it’s an incredible event.
  1. My wife is a Registered Nurse and the first several years of her career worked in neonatal care
  2. Witnessed a lot of births
  3. Cried every time
  4. I saw my own children being born
  5. Words can’t describe the experience
2. But for my wife
  1. Both kids were a month late
  2. Don’t let mothers do that today
  3. Both were good sized kids over 8 and 10 pounds
  4. Pregnancy and especially labor with those two was not fun for her
  5. Neither labor was short 36 and 24 hours of intense pain; no C-section
  6. An emotional roller coaster, though
  7. Pain followed by indescribable joy
3. That’s what the disciples were about to go through
  1. Master arrested, tortured, and crucified
  2. Buried in a borrowed tomb
  3. But then comes Easter
  4. That joy cannot be stolen
4. Unlike those Jesus raised from the dead:
  1. Widow’s son died again
  2. Jairus’ daughter died again
  3. Lazarus died again
  4. Jesus rose never to die again
5. Easter is just around the corner, but we can celebrate every day
  1. He is still alive
  2. He lives in us
  3. We can celebrate Him when He lives in us
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Insider trading or not (John 16:6-15), April 11, 2017

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Insider trading is not a good thing in this country and many other, but when it comes to Jesus’ words to His disciples, insider information is what He promised.
Scripture
1. John 16:6-15
2. Jesus: Rather, you are filled with grief because I have said these things. But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: about sin, because people do not believe in me; about righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; and about judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.

I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you. All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what he will make known to you.

Devotional
1. In the stock market there is something that will get you in really big trouble if you’re part of a publicly traded corporation
  1. Insider trading is the trading of a public company’s stock or other securities (such as bonds or stock options) by individuals with access to nonpublic information about the company. In various countries, some kinds of trading based on insider information is illegal.
  2. In trouble even if you give that information to someone else and they benefit from the information
  3. Ask Enron executives about insider trading, it doesn’t turn out well for anyone
2. In our Christian walk, though, Jesus gives us some insider trading information all the time
  1. His spirit will live in us
  2. Spirit of truth
  3. Guide you into all truth
  4. Speaks only what He hears
  5. Will tell you what is to come
3. Does that make us fortunetellers?
  1. No
  2. Something about knowing the truth
  3. Gives insight into how others behave
  4. What the future holds because God is a God of truth
  5. Enlightens us through His word
4. Know the final outcome of how all this ends when we let Him live in us
  1. But we must listen
5. Inside traders don’t profit if they don’t listen to those that know what will happen within the company in the next weeks or months
6. We will not profit if we don’t listen to God’s spirit speaking truth us
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Hate can run deep (John 16:1-5), April 10, 2017

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If you lived shortly after World War II, you’ll remember the war crime tribunal headlines that plastered every paper around the world for months. People thinking they were doing good, tried and convicted for horrendous crimes against their fellow man. But that really wasn’t news. It had gone on long before, is going on today, and will go on until Jesus comes again.
Scripture
1. John 16:1-5
2. Jesus: I am telling you all of this so that you may avoid the offenses that are coming. The time will come when they will kick you out of the synagogue because some believe God desires them to execute you as an act of faithful service. They will do this because they don’t know the Father, or else they would know Me. I’m telling you all this so that when it comes to pass you will remember what you have heard. It was not important for Me to give you this information in the beginning when I was with you. But now, I am going to the One who has sent Me, and none of you ask Me, “Where are You going?”
Devotional
1. Because in some armies soldiers follow their leaders blindly without any thought as to the morality or legality of what they do, our Uniform Code of Military Justice has some peculiar articles in it.
  1. Carrying out illegal orders is not a defense in a court-martial
  2. Commander who tells you to kill prisoners – illegal order
  3. Commander and any who carry it out are guilty
  4. Following orders is not a defense
2. Temple leaders thought they were doing good when they threw Jesus’ followers out of the temple and synagogues
  1. Tried to stop Jesus’ teaching
  2. Didn’t matter by what means
  3. Even in violation of their own commandments
  4. Hate got in the way
  5. Christian martyrs have felt the promise throughout the centuries
3. Sometimes we can get blinded by hate if we’re not careful
  1. War crimes
  2. Atrocities against civilians or prisoners
  3. World War I/II
4. Even thinking we are doing things in the name of religion
  1. Crusades
  2. Jihad
  3. Abortion clinic violence
  4. Violence against ethnic groups or the LTGB community
  5. Violence against anyone that doesn’t agree with us
5. Vengeance is mine says the Lord
  1. Tells us it is coming
  2. Tells us so we can avoid it
  3. But promises trouble, not peace with the world
  4. Warns us this is not the place for us, but we must live here until He comes again
  5. Be prepared for the worst, give thanks if things turn out better than expected
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We all need expert help at times (John 15:26-27), April 9, 2017

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We often think we can do things alone, but we’ve all run into things we just can’t handle by ourselves. We need someone to help, an expert, someone with more experience than we have. When it comes to spiritual things, there is really only one who can help us, though.
Scripture
1. John 15:26-27
2. Jesus: I will send a great Helper to you from the Father, one known as the Spirit of truth. He comes from the Father and will point to the truth as it concerns Me. But you will also point others to the truth about My identity, because you have journeyed with Me since this all began.
Devotional
1. My grandson is an up and coming engineer.
  1. At about four or five built catapults out of paper, duct tape and rubber bands
  2. Bows and arrows
  3. At six built the titanic out of legos
  4. When it came to a tree house he needed help
  5. Asked for help, “Papaw, can you build a treehouse for me?”
  6. “Can you build an elevator to the treehouse for me?”
  7. Got a little over his head although he likes to work with wood and hammers and nails
2. Cute story about grandkids, but we run into the same problem
  1. Sometimes our pride gets in the way, though
    1. Finances
    2. Health
    3. Relationships
  2. Sometimes we let ourselves get in terrible straits before we seek help
  3. Sometimes by the time we let the professionals in we’ve made such a mess, it seems it will be impossible to get out
3. When it comes to spiritual things, there’s a better answer
  1. We can never fix what’s wrong
  2. We can’t be good enough
  3. We can’t pay enough
  4. There’s nothing we can do to make things right
  5. We’re sinners, every one of us
4. There is a solution
  1. The cross
  2. Jesus died so we can live
  3. Then promised the comforter, His spirit, to come and be with us and in us
  4. The question, will we stop and listen to Him when He gently calls
  5. Will we pay attention when He says stay out of that place or go to that one
  6. Will we stop talking or texting when He tells us to?
5. He’s the expert, He’ll answer our questions.
6. I wasn’t the expert at building a treehouse. It will come down one day. In fact, I’ll tear it down in a few years to make sure no one gets hurt on it. But God’s spirit in us will never let us down.
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One more is worth the cost (John 15:18-22)

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Stereotypes are awful, but they are everywhere and just part of our nature. The question is whether we let them rule us or do we rule them. We can get over them with some effort. Is it worth the cost? Think about those who pushed through their stereotypes to reach you.
Scripture
1. John 15:18-25
2. Jesus: If you find that the world despises you, remember that before it despised you, it first despised Me. If you were a product of the world order, then it would love you. But you are not a product of the world because I have taken you out of it, and it despises you for that very reason. Don’t forget what I have spoken to you: “a servant is not greater than the master.” If I was mistreated, you should expect nothing less. If they accepted what I have spoken, they will also hear you. Everything they do to you they will do on My account because they do not know the One who has sent Me. If I had not spoken within their hearing, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for ignoring My voice.

If someone despises Me, he also despises My Father. ²⁴If I had not demonstrated things for them that have never been done, they would not be guilty of sin. But the reality is they have stared Me in the face, and they have despised Me and the Father nonetheless. ²⁵Yet their law, which says, “They despised Me without any cause,”^[a] has again been proven true.

Devotional
1. The words cliché and stereotype have a good deal in common. Both come from French, both were originally printers’ terms, and both have come to take on somewhat negative meanings in modern use.
2. Their original meanings are essentially synonymous, referring to printing blocks from which numerous prints could be made. In fact, cliché means stereotype in French. Their modern meanings, however, are quite distinct. Cliché is today overwhelmingly encountered in reference to something hackneyed, such as an overly familiar or commonplace phrase, theme, or expression. Stereotype is most frequently now employed to refer to an often unfair and untrue belief that many people have about all people or things with a particular characteristic.
  1. a plate cast from a printing surface
  2. something conforming to a fixed or general pattern; especially : a standardized mental picture that is held in common by members of a group and that represents an oversimplified opinion, prejudiced attitude, or uncritical judgment
  3. We’re bad about stereotyping people
    1. Ethnic groups
    2. Political parties
    3. Socioeconomic sectors
    4. Religious affiliation
3. World views Christians as the cause of the problems in the world order
  1. Demand human rights, sometimes go about it the wrong way
  2. Tie political agendas to Christian views detracting from gospel message smearing Christian values and worldview of who we should be
  3. Fail to meet standards we say we hold then blame others or sin which we cannot help but commit
4. Jesus warns of the stereotype His followers would receive
  1. From the political realm – fail to kneel to Caesar means rebelling against the state
  2. From the Jewish community – usurp the thought of one God with Jesus coming to live among us as the God/Man; God incarnate – confusion of the triune godhead
  3. From the Gentile community – setting standards of living condemning satisfaction of base desires in any way we please; sexual immorality, lying, stealing, injury to others through gossip/slander, idol worship
  4. All evils of the world would be blamed on the Christian community – if they would just leave everyone else alone, tolerate everyone else and stop this “Jesus is the only way” teaching
  5. Guilt would stop; fighting would stop; pain would stop
5. The stereotyping will not end until time stops
  1. Jesus promises the world will continue to despise us and abuse us
  2. He promises they will not listen to us if they will not listen to Him
  3. He promises they will close their eyes and fail to see
  4. He also promises some will come to know Him and be saved from their sins
  5. That one who listens and clings to Him is worth the pain and suffering
6. Don’t give up; one more is worth the cost
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Don’t wait until Friendship Day to celebrate (John 15:12-17)

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Topic Introduction with headline.
Scripture
1. John 15:12-17
2. Jesus: My commandment to you is this: love others as I have loved you. There is no greater way to love than to give your life for your friends. You celebrate our friendship if you obey this command. I don’t call you servants any longer; servants don’t know what the master is doing, but I have told you everything the Father has said to Me. I call you friends. You did not choose Me. I chose you, and I orchestrated all of this so that you would be sent out and bear great and perpetual fruit. As you do this, anything you ask the Father in My name will be done. This is My command to you: love one another.
Devotional
1. Friendship day is August 6th this year. You might not even know we have a friendship day, but there is it.
  1. Jesus tells us to celebrate friendship with Him if you obey His command to love one another.
  2. That’s one real friendship is all about
  3. Love God and love each other as we love ourselves
2. But what is friendship?
  1. The history of friendship day is a little shady, a little commercial.
  2. Joyce Hall, founder of Hallmark Cards 1930 to sell cards to send to friends
  3. Definition of friendship
    1. the emotions or conduct of friends; the state of being friends
    2. a relationship between friends
    3. a state of mutual trust and support between allied nations
  4. Friend
    1. a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another person
    2. a person who is not an enemy
    3. a person who helps or supports something
3. We don’t have many real friends in our society today; we live in isolation in crowded places
  1. Go to any restaurant or park or place where groups of people are gathered
  2. Watch their interactions
  3. Most are tied to their smartphones texting
  4. We isolate ourselves from each other without human touch and emotion
  5. We can avoid commitment by cutting the phone connection
4. Jesus said no greater love than to give His life for a friend
  1. Does that mean death?
  2. In His case it did
  3. But it might mean life; servanthood; caring enough to be present in times of need
  4. Give life when life crashes in around a friend; when they need help or support for something
  5. “A friend in need is a friend indeed” as far as Euripides in 424 BC
5. Friendship Day is not the time to celebrate friendship
  1. Today is the day
  2. Everyday is the day to celebrate friendship
  3. Be a friend
  4. Give your life to someone in need; serve with love and make a friend
  5. Jesus expected nothing in return for His friendship and says we are to be like Him
  6. Hard steps to follow but that is the command He give and it starts with love
  7. He loves us so we can love others and express genuine friendship to those around us
6. Go celebrate a few months early
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Are you a laborer, apprentice, or journeyman? (John 15:9-11), April 6, 2017

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Trades have three kinds of people, laborers, apprentices, and journeymen. Where are you in your walk with Christ? Have you followed Him enough to be an apprentice, or a journeyman?
Scripture
1. John 15:9-11
2. Jesus: I have loved you as the Father has loved Me. Abide in My love. Follow My example in obeying the Father’s commandments and receiving His love. If you obey My commandments, you will stay in My love. I want you to know the delight I experience, to find ultimate satisfaction, which is why I am telling you all of this.
Devotional
1. When I was a teenager, I worked some with a journeyman mason.
  1. Never picked up a brick or stone twice
  2. Knew exactly where and how to place each piece
  3. Wasted no energy
  4. Created beautiful structures
2. His son was his apprentice along with one or two others in his employment
  1. Did some jobs on their own
  2. Were pretty good at standard brick laying
  3. Admitted stonework caused them problems
  4. Couldn’t envision how all the pieces would fit together and took them twice as long to complete the job
  5. Still the journeyman would let them do some of those smaller stonework jobs
  6. always brought at least one of his apprentices with him to learn when he faced a tough job
3. Employed several laborers
  1. I was one of many
  2. Brought bricks and mortar to the their sides
  3. Ran back and forth for tools or more supplies
  4. Got water or rags or whatever they needed to keep them from having to do anything other than execute their skills at placing brick or stone in just the right place
  5. Still got to watch and learn and a few of those apprentices had started out as laborers
  6. Showed aptitude, attitude, and interest in becoming skilled in the trade
4. Spent a lifetime learning and mastering his trade
  1. Journeyman in his late 50’s
  2. Apprentices in their late 30’s and 40’s
  3. Laborers teens and twenties, a few older but not interested in learning the skill
5. Following Christ is like that
  1. Interest
  2. Time
  3. Mimic the Master’s moves, words, deeds
  4. Listen to His instruction
  5. Go on the job with Him and allow Him to make correction, sometimes very minute, but will improved the final product
6. Where are you in your path? Laborer, apprentice, or journeyman?
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