John 17

The Bible - Know it. Love it. Live it.

House Rules - Bible

Dave Riddle - 9/25/2022

Key Passage: 2 Timothy 3:15-17

Bible Engagement

  • Learning to know, love, and follow the teaching of scripture.

Originates with God Himself

  • All scripture is inspired by God

    • 2 Timothy 3:16

    • “All scripture is God-breathed”

  • 2 Peter 1:20-21

God’s Word and Truth

  • John 17:17

    • God’s Word = Truth

The Design For Our Lives

  • Hebrews 4:12

    • God’s Word = Living, effective, able to judge our thoughts and intentions.

  • Psalm 119:7, 9, 33, 36-37, 104-105, 160

    • The impact of God’s Word on our lives.

The Way of Salvation

  • 2 Timothy 3:15

    • Scripture reveals the way of salvation.

Equips God’s People

  • 2 Timothy 3:16-17

    • …So that the righteous person may be proficient, equipped for every good work.

Know it so you can Share it

  • Matthew 28:19-20

  • Acts 17:11-12 - The Bereans

    • Eagerness

    • Examination

Know it. Love it. Live it.

  • James 1:22-25

    • Not just hearers, but doers.

What is Communion?

Message begins around 30:00

What is Communion?

Dave Riddle • 07/27/2022

Key Passage: 1 Corinthians 11:24-28

Communion: A Jesus-ordained ceremony 

  • Baptism is the other “ordinance” that we regularly practice

  • Matthew 26:26-28

An Act of Commemoration 

  • Remember

    • 1 Corinthians 11:24

      • Remember who Jesus is, and what he has done for us.

    • Exodus 12:2-3, 6-7, 12-14

      • A permanent statute

      • A lasting ordinance

      • Jesus fulfilled the old Passover and, in a sense, instituted a new Passover.

A Gospel Proclamation 

  • Proclaim

    • 1 Corinthians 11:26

      • Communion preaches the Gospel.

An Opportunity for Contemplation 

  • 1 Corinthians 11:28

    • dokimazō - to test, examine, prove, scrutinise (to see whether a thing is genuine or not). To recognise as genuine after examination.

  • Galatians 2:20

  • Romans 6:11

A Way to Celebrate Unity

  • koinōnia (Greek: κοινωνία) - fellowship, association, community, intimacy, joint participation (the share which one has in anything), communion.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:16-17

    • One body (the Church)

    • One loaf of bread (Christ)

  • John 17:9-11

A Cause for Hopeful Anticipation

  • 1 Corinthians 11:26

    • “…until He comes”

  • Matthew 26:29

Jesus Prays for Us

Message begins around 26:30

Jesus Prays for Us

Dave Riddle • 07/10/2022

Key Passage: John 17:20-26

Jesus Prays for Our Unity

  • John 17:20-21

    • Not just organizational unity, but a deep, abiding, spiritual unity.

  • Philippians 4:2

  • Growth and maturity cannot exist in isolation from one another.

  • Perfectly united just as God is perfectly united.

    • John 17:22-23

  • Our unity is a priority to Jesus.

    • 4 times in this prayer

Why?

  • So the world will know that Jesus was sent by God (v.23)

    • ginosko: to know in a deeply experiential way.

We have to care about each other.

  • We have to show concern

  • We have to be affected

  • Our hearts have to break for each other

We have to be involved 

  • we have to have relationships

  • We have to be present

We have to accept one another

  • We have to accept our brothers and sisters in Christ despite our differences.

  • Unity in diversity

We have to contribute

  • Our faith is not a quest for individual blessings and happiness.

  • We belong together in the church of God.

  • “The Bible knows nothing of an individual religion” - John Wesley

Ask yourself: “Am I an agent of unity in the body of Christ?”

Our Upside Down Mission

Message begins around 35 minutes

Our Upside Down Mission

Dave Riddle • 04/03/2022

Key Passage: Matthew 4:19

Our God is both Sent and Sender

  • John 3:16-17

  • John 17:1-4, 18

  • John 20:21

Jesus followers are “sent ones”

  • Matthew 4:19

    • A challenge and a new identity

  • Mark 3:14

    • Why? To send them out.

    • Not to continue living their lives the same way they were before.

      • We say we believe… but we live like universalists.

  • Do we see ourselves as “sent ones”?

    • To whom are you sent?

What does this calling look like?

  • Matthew 28:18-20

    • Salt and light

  • Acts 1:18

    • You will receive power…

    • You will be my witnesses…

  • Matthew 28:19

    • Therefore go and make disciples…

  • 2 Corinthians 5:20

    • We are Christ’s Ambassadors

Our Content and Our Conduct

  • both must be in line with God’s calling for our life.

  • We can stand for everything that’s true, but does our conduct repel people before they can hear our words?

  • Philippians 2:14-16

    • Blameless, pure, faultless…

      • A high calling!

    • Hold firm to the word of life and hold it out to the world.

Hearts for Redemption and Restoration

  • We are citizens of God right now… But it’s not yet fully realized

    • An “Already… not yet” reality.

    • Citizen of the Kingdom of God should be our primary identity here on earth.

  • Revelation 21:5

United So The World Will Know Jesus

Message starts around the 30:00 mark

United So The World Will Know Jesus

01/30/2021 - Dave Riddle 

Key Passage: John 17:21 - 23

Mission:  That The World May Know

  • John 17:21 - 22

  • Our works are NOT the gospel, but they can hinder or facilitate the gospel.

    • Our unity accelerates the impact of the gospel.

    • Our disunity is a hindrance to the gospel.

      • It tarnishes God’s reputation.

Message: The love of God

  • A message that needs to be spoken.

  • A message that manifests in our relationships with one another.

    • John 17:23

    • John 3:17

    • Where have you been sent? What is your context?

    • John 13:34-35 - love one another… by this all people will know you are my disciples.

      • 1 John 3:11 - We MUST love each other.

Be Undivided

Message starts around the 30:00 mark

Be Undivided
01/09/2021 - Dave Riddle 
Key Verse: John 17:11

Our Current Reality

  • The last few years have been hard.

  • Evangelicalism is fracturing.

    • “Not merely dividing but becoming increasingly incomprehensible to each other.”

  • Relational dissonance.

  • Galatians 5:15 - But if you bite and devour one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.

  • The statistics are discouraging.

  • The Reality: we all sinners

Our Calling

  • The Calling: Unity

    • John 17:11 - …that they may be one.

      • This should be our starting point.

      • Not unanimity, not uniformity, maybe not even union… but absolutely Unity!

The Model

  • John 17:11 - …as we are one (Jesus & the Father).

    • Not my will, but the will of the Father. Not my words, but the words of the Father.

      • As humans this level of unity is only possible through the power of the Spirit.

Our Response

  • Repent and believe

  • Communion: look up, look back, look forward, look around.

    • Koinōnia (Greek: κοινωνία) - fellowship, association, community, intimacy, joint participation (the share which one has in anything), communion.

  • Do I have the humility to align myself with God?

Sent in His Name

Sent in His Name

Dave Riddle - 11/10/19

Key Passage: John 3:14-17

God is both Sent and Sender

  • John 17:18 - “As you sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world”

Jesus Followers are “Sent Ones”

  • Matthew 4:19 - follow me and I will make you fish for people.

    • Not, “I will make you perfect people”

  • Mark 3:13-14 - apostles (sent ones)

    • They were with him

    • They were sent out

Salt & Light

  • Matthew 5:13-16

    • Useful

    • Representatives of Christ

  • Philippians 2:15

Ambassadors

  • 2 Corinthians 5:20

  • Representing Jesus in everything we do.

  • He is making his appeal through us

Witnesses 

  • Acts 1:8

    • As witnesses, the only thing we’re called to be is truth tellers.

    • Not the judge, jury, prosecution, or defense.

    • We are witnesses that Jesus is alive and that he has changed our lives.

Disciple-Makers

  • Matthew 28:19 - therefore go and make disciples of all nations...

Content and Conduct

  • We have something to tell

    • euaggelizō (Greek: εὐαγγελίζω) - to announce good news ("evangelize") especially the gospel.

  • The way we live should show evidence of the Holy Spirit working in our lives.

    • The life of a Jesus follower should be aligned with the truth of God’s word.

Redeem and Restore

  • Has the Kingdom been fully realized? No. But we’re called, as members of the Kingdom, to play a role in that restoration.

    • Revelation 21:5 - “Look, I am making everything new”

What does it look like to live life as a Sent One?

  • That’s going to look different in each of our lives. One thing is certain though, for followers of Jesus, it isn’t optional.



The Will of God

The Will of God

Charles Bai - 10/13/19

Key Passage: Romans 12:2

Romans 12:2

  • The will of God... is good acceptable and perfect

    • Good: Luke 18:19 - no one is good except God alone.

    • Acceptable: Matthew 3:17 - This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.

    • Perfect: Revelation 4:11 - all things created by the will of God

Matthew 6:9-13

  • When we pray we need to think about three things.

    • The name of God

      • Holy

    • The Kingdom of God

      • Will come

    • The Will of God

      • On Earth as it is in Heaven

Matthew 7:21

  • Not everyone who says to me ‘Lord, Lord’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in Heaven.

    • So, what IS the will of God?

1 Thessalonians 4:3

  • For this is the will of God, your sanctification...

    • Sanctification

      • To be made holy

      • To be set apart

How are we sanctified?

  • by the Holy Spirit

    • Romans 15:16

  • Through the truth of God’s word

    • John 17:15-17

      • Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

    • Read the word of God!

Ephesians 4:24/Colossians 3:10

  • “Put on the new self/new man...”