John 1:12, 3:16-18, 5:24, 6:29, 8:24 (ESV)
April 3, 2022
preached by Pastor Ryan Bouton
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Time of Reflection Quotations

“When all is said and done, the life of faith is nothing if not an unending struggle of the spirit with every available weapon against the flesh.”

~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship

“Didn’t I need to break out, want to be king
Wouldn’t I face the gallows if I return
Or is a man freely pardoned
As I have heard.

I’m a long, long way
From where I left to begin this refrain
From where Your mercy and grace remain
From where you sit is it true
It’s not that far to You.”

~ Smalltown Poets, “Long, Long Way”

“A perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us are partly unbelievers.”

~ John Calvin (1509-1564), French-Swiss reformer and theologian

Sermon Passage

John 1:12, 3:16-18, 5:24, 6:29, 8:24 (ESV)

John 1

¹² But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,

John 3

¹⁶ “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. ¹⁷ For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. ¹⁸ Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

John 5

²⁴ Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. 

John 6

²⁹ Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” 

John 8

²⁴ I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.