FOLLOW JESUS
WHY DID PEOPLE FOLLOW JESUS?
WHY DID PEOPLE FOLLOW JESUS?
CONSIDER HOW JESUS CLAIMS TO BE GOD'S PROMISED DELIVERER - THE MESSIAH.
HIS TEACHING IS PRACTICAL, HIS UNDENIABLE COMPASSION EMBRACES EVERYONE, AND HIS MIRACULOUS SIGNS
POINT TO HIM BEING EMPOWERED BY GOD TO DO WHAT ONLY A CREATOR GOD CAN DO.
NICODEMUS: A TEACHER'S TENSION
COME & SEE: WHEN THE UNDENIABLE FACTS MESHES WITH THE UNBELIEVABLE ACTIONS OF A MURDERER, A JURY CAN EASILY REACHES A GUILTY PLEA! DOES KNOWING = LIFE-CHANGE?
WHEN THE UNDENIABLE FACTS MESHES WITH THE
UNBELIEVABLE ACTIONS
OF A MURDERER,
A JURY HAS NO PROBLEM
REACHING A GUILTY VERTIC!
Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we KNOW that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.” John 3:1-2
UNDENIABLE GOOD TEACHER PLUS MIRACULOUS SIGNS = KNOW
IF YOU LEARNED A NEW WAY TO LIVE YOUR LIFE WOULD IT BE EASY FOR YOU OR DIFFICULT TO CHANGE TO LIVE INTO THAT NEW WAY?
IF GOD WAS COMING IN THE FLESH WOULD YOU EXPECT HIM TO BE PRE-ANNOUNCED?