John 2021
Sermons in series
- 1 In the dark about God?
- 2 Is Jesus really relevant to me?
- 3 The Incarnation of Grace & Truth
- 4 I Am Not
- 5 It’s not rude to point
- 6 Be a radical, not a moderate.
- 7 Your Best Life to Come
- 8 They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
- 9 You must be born again.
- 10 The Snake and the Cross
- 11 The Groom Who Cleanses
- 12 Why do you feel so empty?
- 13 What Does Jesus Like to Eat?
- 14 Seeing is Believing… or is it?
- 15 Get Up, Take Your Mat and Walk
- 16 Supreme Imitation
- 17 The deadly danger of Bible Study
- 18 What do you want Jesus to do for you?
- 19 Who do you think Jesus is in the storm?
- 20 The Work of God
- 21 Did somebody say: Just eat? Yes, Jesus did.
- 22 The Bread of Life: Stale or Fresh?
- 23 Union with Christ
- 24 Exposing Unbelief
- 25 Questioning Unbelief
- 26 Non-thirsty people need not apply.
- 27 Sham Courtroom, Real Grace
- 28 The Light and Life of Christ
- 29 A Spiritual Self-assessment
- 30 Are You Really Free?
- 31 Whoever obeys my words will never see death
- 32 Can you see?
- 33 Do You Believe?
- 34 The Gate for the Sheep
- 35 The Faithfulness of Our Shepherd
- 36 The Temple has left the building
- 37 Death vs Jesus
- 38 Do you really believe the Queen, and The King?
- 39 Believe? Or Kill?
- 40 Which crowd are you in?
- 41 The Troubles & the Triumphs of the Son of Man
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The Ekraxen of Jesus
- 43 Go Low
- 44 Deep Fake - Deeper Love
- 45 Tonic for the troubled heart
- 46 Another Advocate
- 47 To live is to love
- 48 Where are you from?
- 49 Illuminating the Conquering King
- 50 Probably the best prayer in the world, EVER… And you’re included!
- 51 The Arrest, the Name and the Cup
- 52 Traitors
- 53 What is Truth?
- 54 Who’s to blame?
- 55 Coronation of the King: What happens?
- 56 It is Finished.
- 57 Seeing is believing… right?
- 58 You must follow me.
The Ekraxen of Jesus
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The Book of John was authored by one of Jesus’ twelve disciples, John, who features in the gospel. John makes his mission for writing the book plain in 20:31; “that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.” He details the many words and claims of Jesus, as well as the various responses from those listening; in either faith, amazement, caution or rejection. Listen as Cornerstone preachers unpack the narrative and invite us to reflect on our own response to Jesus.
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The Ekraxen of Jesus
Ben Read, John 12:37 - 12:50, 16 October 2022
Ben continues our series in John’s gospel, preaching to us from John 12:37-50. In this passage we see the consequences of listening or not listening to God, Jesus’ fervent cry to anyone who will hear him - and what it all means for us today.
John 12:37 - 12:50
37 Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him, 38 so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:
“Lord, who has believed what he heard from us,
and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
39 Therefore they could not believe. For again Isaiah said,
40 “He has blinded their eyes
and hardened their heart,
lest they see with their eyes,
and understand with their heart, and turn,
and I would heal them.”
41 Isaiah said these things because he saw his glory and spoke of him. 42 Nevertheless, many even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue; 43 for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.
44 And Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me. 45 And whoever sees me sees him who sent me. 46 I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. 47 If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. 48 The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day. 49 For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment—what to say and what to speak. 50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me.”
(ESV)
Preached by Ben Read
Ben is a Trainee Pastor at Cornerstone and lives with his wife Ceri who is a youth leader and helps run the women’s ministry in the church.
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