Troy Mills Christian Church
Sunday, March 14, 2021
Isaiah 61:1-3 ““The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, Because the Lord has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, And the day of vengeance of our God;
To comfort all who mourn, 3 To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.”
The Characters of Easter—John
Text: 1 John 3:14-16
From fisherman to Apostle—Matthew 4:18-22.
Zebedee—would have had to give his blessings.
From “Son of Thunder to Apostle of Love”
Mark 3:17–Jesus names John and his brother James—Boanerges, Sons of Thunder
Luke 9:54—Willing to call fire down on a village in Samaria.
Matthew 20:20–Requested positions of power in Jesus’ Kingdom.
John and James’ mother, Salome, was a sister to Mary, the mother of Jesus.
The Upper Room—John 13
Jesus used the disciples’ fascination with who was the greatest (Mark 9:34) to teach
what it meant to serve one another.
Philippians 2:5-11; Mark 10:45
John—author of 5 New Testament books; Elder of the Ephesian church; fisherman; sentenced to death in boiling oil; sentenced to the Island of Patmos; given of Jesus’ mother, Mary; last living Apostle; only Apostle to die of natural causes.
Ecclesiastes 7:8a— “The end of a thing is better than its beginning.”
1 John 3:14-16—Two transitions:
#1—From death to life—from self-serving to serving others.
#2—Loving the brethren [others]
True living, really living, is a life spent serving others!
In Pursuit! 