28Aug, 2022
    Pastor Carl (John 10:11-18) August 28, 2022

     

    Jesus is the Good Shepherd, the true provider of eternal life.

    John 10:11-18 English Standard Version

    11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. 17 For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.”

    22Aug, 2022
    Pastor Carl (John 10:1-9) August 21, 2022

     

    John 10:1 (ESV) “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. John 10:2 (ESV) But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. John 10:3 (ESV) To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. John 10:4 (ESV) When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. John 10:5 (ESV) A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” John 10:6 (ESV) This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. John 10:7 (ESV) So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. John 10:8 (ESV) All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. John 10:9 (ESV) I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.

     

    15Aug, 2022
    Pastor Carl (John 9:33-41) August 14, 2022

     

    30 The man answered and said to them, “Why, this is a marvelous thing, that you do not know where He is from; yet He has opened my eyes! 31 Now we know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will, He hears him. 32 Since the world began it has been unheard of that anyone opened the eyes of one who was born blind. 33 If this Man were not from God, He could do nothing.”

    34 They answered and said to him, “You were completely born in sins, and are you teaching us?” And they cast him out.
    True Vision and True Blindness

    35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had found him, He said to him, “Do you believe in the Son of God?”

    36 He answered and said, “Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?”

    37 And Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him and it is He who is talking with you.”

    38 Then he said, “Lord, I believe!” And he worshiped Him.

    13Aug, 2022
    Pastor Carl: All I Know Part 2 (John 9:13-30) August 7, 2022

    Pastor Carl continues his series from the book of John.

    The Pharisees Excommunicate the Healed Man

    13 They brought him who formerly was blind to the Pharisees. 14 Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. 15 Then the Pharisees also asked him again how he had received his sight. He said to them, “He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”

    16 Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This Man is not from God, because He does not [e]keep the Sabbath.”

    Others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them.

    17 They said to the blind man again, “What do you say about Him because He opened your eyes?”

    He said, “He is a prophet.”

    18 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind and received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight. 19 And they asked them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”

    20 His parents answered them and said, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; 21 but by what means he now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do not know. He is of age; ask him. He will speak for himself.” 22 His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already that if anyone confessed that He was Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue. 23 Therefore his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”

    24 So they again called the man who was blind, and said to him, “Give God the glory! We know that this Man is a sinner.”

    25 He answered and said, “Whether He is a sinner or not I do not know. One thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see.”

    26 Then they said to him again, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?”

    27 He answered them, “I told you already, and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become His disciples?”

    28 Then they reviled him and said, “You are His disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples. 29 We know that God spoke to Moses; as for this fellow, we do not know where He is from.”

    30 The man answered and said to them, “Why, this is a marvelous thing, that you do not know where He is from; yet He has opened my eyes!

     

     

    13Aug, 2022
    Pastor Carl: All I Know Part 1 (John 9:13-30) July 31, 2022

     

    The Pharisees Excommunicate the Healed Man

    13 They brought him who formerly was blind to the Pharisees. 14 Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. 15 Then the Pharisees also asked him again how he had received his sight. He said to them, “He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”

    16 Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This Man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.”

    Others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them.

    17 They said to the blind man again, “What do you say about Him because He opened your eyes?”

    He said, “He is a prophet.”

    18 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind and received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight. 19 And they asked them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”

    20 His parents answered them and said, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; 21 but by what means he now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do not know. He is of age; ask him. He will speak for himself.” 22 His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already that if anyone confessed that He was Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue. 23 Therefore his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”

    24 So they again called the man who was blind, and said to him, “Give God the glory! We know that this Man is a sinner.”

    25 He answered and said, “Whether He is a sinner or not I do not know. One thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see.”

    26 Then they said to him again, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?”

    27 He answered them, “I told you already, and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become His disciples?”

    28 Then they reviled him and said, “You are His disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples. 29 We know that God spoke to Moses; as for this fellow, we do not know where He is from.”

    30 The man answered and said to them, “Why, this is a marvelous thing, that you do not know where He is from; yet He has opened my eyes!