10. The Well is Deep (John 4:1-26)

Preached on Sunday 22nd May 2022, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor

The tenth sermon of our series in the Gospel of John: From the Father’s Heart

If only you knew the Gift of God!

• “Living water”?

• Satisfaction?

• Cleansing?

• Eternal life?

• The Holy Spirit?

• True, spiritual worship?

1. What Jesus gives to us: Not just benefits, but a bridegroom

The Gift: Christ himself, though his Spirit, with every blessing in his hands

• Christ alone possesses the Spirit “without measure”, and every gift of the Father is placed in his hands (3:34-35)

• God himself is “living water” his people need (Jer 2:13)

• Drink from Christ, receive the living water of his Spirit (7:37, 39)

So What: No a ‘second blessing’, but more of Jesus

2. What Jesus wants for us: Not just mercy, but a marriage

A thirst we never knew we had: a temple for honest sinners to worship in

9. Here Comes the Bride! (John 4:1-26)

Preached on Sunday 15th May 2022, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor

The ninth sermon of our series in the Gospel of John: From the Father’s Heart

Listen for the wedding bells…

The shocking bride: From heaven he came and sought her
The shocking gift: …to be his holy bride!

So how wide is Jesus’ great ‘whoever’?  (3:16)

The scandalous bride Christ loves and redeems:

1. Discarded

2. Disgraced

3. Disinterested

4. Desperate

5. Dirty

Water that brings beauty out of brokenness (Ezek 47:1-12)

5. Living in the world and loving God's people (James 2:1-13)

Preached on Sunday 8th May 2022 by Rob Cardew

The fifth sermon in an occasional series on the book of James: No Direction Home

Sermon Notes:

1. Love Born of desire shows partiality (1-7)

2. Love born of mercy shows mercy (8-13)

4. Living in the world and loving God

Preached on Sunday 1st May 2022 by Rob Cardew

The fourth sermon in an occasional series on the book of James: No Direction Home

Sermon Notes:

1.God’s word leads to living in purity and truth (19-21)

2. God’s word leads to a special selfless love (22-27)

8. How to be less, and still have more (John 3:22-36)

Preached on Sunday 24th April 2022, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor

The eighth sermon of our series in the Gospel of John: From the Father’s Heart

1. Rejoice when only Jesus gets the Bride (22-30)

2. Rejoice in what only Jesus can give her (31-36)

2. The Dawn Overcomes (Lam 3)

Preached on Easter Sunday, 17th April 2022, by Rupert Hunt Taylor

1. Hope Buried: 15-18

When God is angry, human hope is stifled in the grave

2. Hope Remembered 19-24

Because God is God, hope can always be found in Him

3. Hope Shared 25-27

Because Jesus rose, we can trust God’s goodness to us

1. The Enemy Has Triumphed (Lam 1)

Preached on Palm Sunday, 10th April 2022, by Rupert Hunt Taylor

A soundtrack to the suffering of exile

1. The Crimson Stain

• Lonely isolation

• Shameful degradation

• Bitter realisation

“Is there any sorrow like my sorrow?” (v12)

2. The Crucified Saviour

• Departed majesty

• Desecrated temple

• Deriding foes

7. The most shocking verse in the Bible (John 3:16-21)

Preached on Sunday 3rd April 2022, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor

The seventh sermon of our series in the Gospel of John: From the Father’s Heart

1. “For” | The shocking result of God’s love (16a)

The giving over to death of his only Son

2.“World” | The shocking reach of God’s love (16a)

This entire, dark, God-hating world

3. “Whoever” | The shocking reason for God’s love (16b-17)

The salvation of anyone… who looks with faith at the cross

• A very moral man? (3:1-15)

• A very immoral woman? (4:7-42)

4. “Loved” | The shocking response to God’s love (18-21)

The rejection of goodness, or the embrace of exposure