Fear & Peace

Fear & Peace

Dave Riddle - 4/14/2024

Key Passage: John 20:19-30

They were afraid

- John 20:19

- The disciples were deeply afraid

- John 19:38

- Joseph was deeply afraid

- Luke 24:37

Called to peace

- John 14:27

- Embrace peace, not fear!

The disciples rejoiced

- John 20:20-21

- Peace Be With You

God wants to give us peace

- Peace with Him

- The peace that only He can provide

- eirene: a national state of tranquility, harmony, and safety. In a Christian context: the tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Jesus, and so fearing nothing from God and content with his/her earthly lot of whatsoever sort that is.

- Peace: the absence of chaos.

The key to peace

- John 20:25-27

- it isn’t based on what we see or experience.

- Peace is found through faith in Jesus.

- John 20:28-29

- Believe

- John 20:30-31

- Are we foolish and slow to believe?

- Luke 24:25-27

Sent. Commissioned. Empowered.

Sent. Commissioned. Empowered.

Dave Riddle - 4/16/2023

Key Passage: John 20:19-31

They Locked Themselves Away in Fear

• John 20:19

• John 19:38

• We gather together today, not in fear, but with joy!

Peace Be With You

• John 20:19, 21

• eirene: a national state of tranquility, harmony, and safety. In a Christian context: the tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation

• Peace: the absence of chaos.

Sent On A Mission For The King

• John 20:21 - “as the Father has sent me, I also send you.”

• Sent in the same way He was sent.

• This mission is going to come with chaos, confusion, and resistance.

• Yet, he calls us to peace.

He Breathed on Them

• John 5:22

• A preview of Acts 2

He Validates their Message

• John 5:23

• their message is His message

The Purpose of This Gospel

• John 20:30-31

• So that you may believe!

• That you may come to believe (an evangelistic purpose.)

• That you may keep on believing (an edifying purpose)

• BOTH!

Why Was Jesus Crucified?

Why Was Jesus Crucified? 

Dave Riddle - 3/26/2023

Key Passage: John 19:17-27

The Place

• Golgotha (19:17)

• An intimidating location

• “If you cross us, we cross you”

The Proclamation

• “The King of The Jews” (19:19)

• Pilate was trying to be antagonistic, but he inadvertently stumbled on the truth.

• See also Caiaphus in John 11:50

The Prophecy 

• Dividing his clothes, casting lots. (19:23-24)

• Fulfillment of Psalm 22

The Provision

• Providing for his mom (19:25-27)

• Here is your mother. Here is your son.

• Providing for the criminal on the cross (Luke 23:39-43)

• Providing salvation for us

• John 12:32 - As for Me, if I am  lifted up from the earth I will draw all people to Myself.

The Person

• No one takes my life from me, I lay it down on my own. John 10:18

• He willingly laid down his own life.

The Point

• Redemption and Adoption!

• Galatians 4:4-5

• He bears so much love for us. A love that isn’t just spoken, but is demonstrated in the most powerful way.

• Are you part of those that have been redeemed, or are you not?

• Are you a child of the King, or are you not?

Jesus Condemned to Die

Jesus Condemned to Die

Dave Riddle - 3/19/2023

Key Passage: John 18:28-19:16

Jesus Brought Before Pilate

• John 18:28-30

• Pilate asks for a specific charge and they give him a general response.

A Private Conversation

• John 18:33 - Pilate: Are you the King of the Jews?

• 18:36 - Jesus: My kingdom is not of this world.

• 18:37 - Pilate: So you are a king then?

• Jesus: I have come into the world to testify to the truth.

• Pilate: “What is truth?”

• Pilate’s Question: Dismissive? Inquiring? We don’t know.

• The answer will be seen in Jesus’ actions from this point to the end of the book.

Barabbas 

• Literally “Son of a father”

• Compared to Jesus The Son of The Father.

Jesus Flogged and Mocked

• John 19:1-3

• Not an appeal to our emotions.

• Simply a straight-forward account of what Jesus endured for the sins of humanity.

Pilate find no grounds for charging Jesus

• John 18:38, 19:4, 6

A Second Private Conversation 

• Pilate is afraid. John 19:8

• “Where are you from”

• John 19:10 - Pilate appeals to his own authority

• John 19:11 - Jesus has the ultimate authority.

• 19:12 - Pilate makes every effort to release Jesus.

We Have No King But Caesar

• John 19:15 - they were so consumed with their mission that they said something that would typically be abhorrent for them to say!

• John 19:16 - so then, because of them, Pilate handed Jesus over to be crucified.

Romans - Government Matters

Romans - Government Matters

Dave Riddle - 1/05/20

Key Passage: Romans 13:1-7

The Authority of the State

• Romans 13:1 - let everyone submit

• “Submit” - hypotassō (Greek: ὑποτάσσω) to place; arrange under; to post under; to subject; to be obedient, to carry a burden

  • Luke 2:51 - Jesus submitted to his parents’ authority.

  • Ephesians 5:21 - submit yourself to one another

  • John 19:11 - you would have no authority over me if it had not been given to you from above.

The Function of the State

• Romans 13:3-4

  • We know that this isn’t always true.

  • Paul is expressing the ideal.

    • 1. The state should exist to restrict and punish evil.

    • 2. The state should promote and reward goodness

  • Is wrong to speak out against authority? No!

    • We have a right and a responsibility to do so when the state isn’t living up to these ideals.

Our Relationship with the State

• Romans 13:5

  • Therefore, you must submit.

    • What about when the will of the state is at direct odds with the will of God?

    • Acts 5:27-29

      • We must obey God rather than men.

  • Romans 12:18 If possible, on your part, live at peace with everyone

• Romans 13:6-7

  • what do we owe?

    • Tangible - tolls and taxes

    • Intangible - respect and honor