The Epic Life - Bob Hallman

8. Taking Jesus At His Word (John 4:43-54)

This text has kind of a special meaning for me, as many of you know, because our son was in crisis. Gosh, it seems like years ago, but it was just a few months ago, when he was medevacked out of Kauai. And we went with a real understanding that we probably wouldn't come back with him, that that was a good likelihood that he wouldn't live.
 
And so, as I go through this today, I'm going to be sharing some of our own experiences, some of the blessings that God poured out on us, as well as some of my failures as a Christian and as a pastor through this process.
 
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7. Three Strikes: The Woman At The Well (John 4:1-42)

I thought that this was their kingdom that they had to defend, and John the Baptist's disciples were confused about that. But John wasn't confused, and John straightened them out and explained that the kingdom isn't their kingdom, it's God's kingdom. And however, it grows, and however God chooses to use us in his kingdom, that's his business, our business is to be faithful in building the kingdom, not building our kingdom, we're building God's kingdom. So today we're going to be taking a look at a message that I've entitled, Three Strikes, The Woman at the Well.
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6. Don’t Believe Everything You Hear (John 4:1-66)

We've been, again, looking through the book of 1 John at the qualities of the authentic Christian life. And, you know, that's what living the Christian life is all about.
 
In fact, when I was at Kapa 'a High the other day, I had a question-and-answer time for about 15 minutes. And one of the kids said that the biggest turnoff for them is hypocrisy. That's only about, by the way, only about four kids out of 25 go to church in that class.
 
And which is, I think, fairly typical. And one of the questions I asked him right at the start is, you know, when you think of a pastor, what do you think of? And of course they said, "Oh, a holy man and a righteous person." And I said,
 
"Come on, tell me what you really think." And then all the stuff came out, you know? And I explained to him that's why I couldn't think of anything worse in life than being a pastor when I was a young person.
 
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Blessings, 
 
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5. Kingdom Rivalry (John 3:22-36)

Last podcast, we spoke about Nicodemus and being born again. And on the heels of that, we have a very interesting story, a very interesting account of the disciples. And I've called this message "Kingdom Rivalry." And that's exactly what's going on here. Jealousy, envy, pride, all kinds of ugly sin in the kingdom of God.
 
And lest we get too judgmental, I have to confess myself that I struggle with some of the same things that the disciples did. And I'm sure that all of us do at times. And so we have some really important things that I think we can learn today, not only about ministry, but about life in general and how God wants us to live it
 
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4. You Must Be Born Again (John 3:1-21)

People in our culture just have this very negative view of born -againers. But the fact is that these people would be shocked if they realized that Jesus is the one who delivered that term.
He is the one that coined that term. He is the one that said that. And they probably think it just came up out of the cultural milieu of evangelical Christianity. We kind of came up with this term of being a born -again believer.
 
But Jesus was the one that spoke these words and he spoke them to a man named Nicodemus.
 
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Blessings, 
 
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3. The Power to Change (John 2:1-25)

The Father, to make known the Father, that was why He came. Everything else is an outflow and an overflow of that.
 
His death on the cross, the healings, all the miracles, His training of the disciples, all of that was a subset of His primary objective, which was to make the Father known. And John, as we look at John chapter 2 today. 
 
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2. Won by One (John 1:35-42)

I've been a little overwhelmed the last few days. You know, when you get so much on your plate, it's like you just feel like this is just one thing more than I can handle. Anybody ever feel like that? Okay, probably most of us on probably more occasions than we'd like to admit.
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1. What’s the Good Word? (John 1: 1-18)

The book of John was written by the Apostle John, who was one of the primary disciples of Christ. It was always James, John, and Peter. They were kind of on the inner circle. And so John had a real close, up close and personal inside look at the life of Jesus. And he knew him very well. And he knew his ministry very well. He knew the heart of God through Christ very well. And he also, because of the proximity of his relationship with Christ, knew many, if not most, of all the things that Jesus ever spoke or did during his earthly ministry.
 
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38. The Lifestyle of Worship (Psalm 100)

A Psalm of Thanksgiving.
100 Make a joyful shout to the Lord, [a]all you lands!2 Serve the Lord with gladness;Come before His presence with singing.3 Know that the Lord, He is God;It is He who has made us, and [b]not we ourselves;We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,And into His courts with praise.Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.5 For the Lord is good;His mercy is everlasting,And His truth endures to all generations.
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37.Jehoshapat (2 Chronicles 20)

God is determined to finish and complete His work in you. 
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