Sermon Archives

Jesus challenges the most basic assumptions about our society in his exchange with Nicodemus. The problem with the world is much worse than we think, but the solution is much better than we can imagine.

In John chapter 2, Jesus drives out the money-changers from the Temple. He acts in such a dramatic way to address the corruption and abuse within the establishment of Israel. He cleans out the outward corruption as well as the inner corruption of our hearts–the sin that keeps us from coming to God.

The Wedding at Cana in John chapter 2 is not a simple display of Jesus’ power. It is a sign that Jesus is the only way to experience God’s blessing in both this life and into eternity.

No matter who we are, all of us can be found by Jesus Christ. In our text today, we see a spectrum of attitudes and responses to spiritual matters. But whether someone is a seeker of spiritual truth or a skeptic, we are all sought by Jesus Christ.

Following Christ requires s a type of Copernican Revolution. Left to own devices, we will put ourselves at the center of our everything thinking: “the world orbits around me.” John’s testimony teaches us that to follow Christ is to embrace the true center of all things: Jesus.

The Apostle John begins his Gospel proclaiming that the Divine nature of God is united in Jesus, someone John personally met. John writes to teach us about this unseen God is (who we now see in Jesus) and how He came to rescue us from our sins.