Sermon Rewind 6/2/13 - More Than Words

John 14:15-24
New International Version (NIV)
Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

15 “If you love me, keep my commands. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be[a] in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19 Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20 On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. 21 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”

22 Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?”


23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.



Dave Brubaker paraphrased Jesus' words from John 14 by quoting the song More Than Words by Extreme: "...if you only knew how easy it would be to show me how you feel ... then you wouldn't have to say that you love Me, cuz I'd all ready know."  Just as we are called to demonstrate our faith by our works (James 1:14-18), we are called to show our love for Christ in our obedience.  Dave also quoted Howard Hendricks: "The opposite of ignorance is not knowledge; it's obedience."  Jesus followed this principle when He acted out both his love for us and His obedience to the Father by going to the cross. Dave closed by asking all of us what act of love we felt the Holy Spirit was placing on our hearts to show someone right now.

by Chris Cheung

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Five Things That Aren't in the Bible (humor)

by Chris Cheung

Okay, fair warning. This is an article from Cracked.com. The language is a bit salty and the idioms are unlikely to grace a Sunday worship. Still, it is 1) funny, and 2) actually mostly accurate.

It also begs a question: do you really know what's in our Bible?

http://www.cracked.com/article_18757_5-things-you-wont-believe-arent-in-bible.html

"You're not helping" defined...

by Chris Cheung

As a fundamentalist Christian who loves science, I watch with awe and fascination as new scientific discoveries mesh with our understanding of the universe as GOD created and sustains it. I truly believe that science and GOD do not fight and those cases where there is apparent controversy are places where the patient, insightful observer will eventually see science correct itself.

At the same time, I understand how many who do not believe in any god, much less our GOD, see the church as backwards, ignorant, and closeminded when confronted with reasonable questions and doubts. Since my college days, I have tried to be a rational, well-grounded Christ-follower willing to have a non-judgemental conversation with scientific atheists. And then I find sites like this: http://www.galileowaswrong.com/. And I sigh.

Creation as an 8-bit video game...

SUPERNATURAL CREATOR 2 from Mareike on Vimeo.

Not everything needs to be so serious! Enjoy -- chris cheung :)