Benjamin Murphy
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Benjamin Murphy
Sermon Series Highlights
Sermon Series Highlights

Knowing Jesus - Knowing His Mission

Introduction:

When I See the Mission Like Jesus (John 4:27-42):

  1. Make it the Priority . (John 4:31-34)
  2. I see it as a Team effort. (John 4:35-38)

    1 Corinthians 3:6-8 - I (Paul) planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor.

  1. I invest in those who are Responding . (John 4:39-42)

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Small Group Discussion
Read John 4:27-42

  1. What was your big “take-away” from the passage / message?

  2. Tell of a time you saw God’s timing in an amazing and obvious way (John 4:27).

  3. How fired up are you about Jesus’ mission, on a scale of 1-10. Be honest!
    What would fire you up more?

  4. Christmas is coming! Who are you inviting to our upcoming Christmas series?

BREAKOUT
Pray for one another, and the rest of HBC, to share Jesus’ passion for the work of God.

Knowing Jesus - Knowing His Gift

Introduction:

4 Things You Need to Know about the Gift of God (John 4:1-26):

  1. God's gift is for All people - even people whom You may not want to have it. (John 4:4, 9)
  2. God's gift brings true Satisfaction . (John 4:13-18)
  1. God's gift leads to true Worship . (John 4:20-24)
  2. God's gift is a Gift . (John 4:10)

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Small Group Discussion
Read John 4:1-26

  1. What was your big “take-away” from this passage / message?

  2. Reread John 4:23-24. Explain what it means to worship in “spirit and truth”. Do you tend to be more spirit or truth in worship? How can you adjust to be more “balanced”?

  3. What are some things YOU have looked to for satisfaction before you came to Christ? How have you found Christ to be the living water that keeps you from being thirsty (John 4:14)?

BREAKOUT
Pray for one another!

Knowing Jesus - Knowing His Worth

Introduction:

Knowing Jesus' Worth (John 3:22-36):

  1. Makes Jealousy a non-issue. (John 3:27)

    1 Sam 18:7 - "Saul has struck down his thousands, and David his ten thousands."

    Col 1:25 - ...I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was

  2. Makes me Understand who I am. (John 3:28-30)
  3. Makes believing in Jesus the only Appropriate response . (John 3:31-36)

Three Reasons Jesus has Ultimate Worth:

  1. Jesus has ultimate Perspective . (John 3:31-32)
  2. Jesus has ultimate Truth . (John 3:33-34)
  3. Jesus has ultimate Authority . (John 3:35-36)

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Small Group Discussion
Read John 3:22-36

  1. What was your big “take-away” from this passage / message?

  2. What are some ways you’ve seen ministries / pastors draw more attention to themselves than to Jesus? How should you address this if you saw it happening in your church?

  3. Specifically - how can YOU decrease and allow Christ to increase in your life?

BREAKOUT
Pray for one another to grow in humility - that Christ may increase and we may decrease (John 3:30)!

Knowing Jesus - Knowing His Salvation

Introduction:

Three Things You Need to Know About How Salvation Works (John 3:1-21):

  1. Salvation is Solely a work of the Holy Spirit . (John 3:1-8)
  2. Salvation is only understood Correctly as Jesus describes it. (John 3:9-15)
  3. Your part of salvation is Believing . (John 3:16-21)

Three Things You Must Believe About Believing:

  1. God's heart is to Save . (John 3:17)
  2. Believing is what makes the difference. (John 3:18)
  3. Where You stand with the Light reveals where you stand with God. (John 3:19-21)

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Small Group Discussion
Read John 3:1-21

  1. What was your big “take-away” from this passage / message?

  2. Someone once said to me, angrily, “It doesn’t matter, God just picks who He wants saved anyways.” How would you respond to that?

  3. When it comes to salvation, are you more Calvinist (God chooses who comes to Him) or Armenian (man makes the choice to come to God)? Why? What about the side where you don’t lean makes it harder to believe? (That is, if you believe God chooses, why do you struggle thinking man has a choice? Or if you believe it’s man’s choice, why do you struggle believing it’s God that chooses?)

  4. Jesus used the word “believe” seven times in this passage. How would you define what it means to believe?

BREAKOUT
Pray for one another to truly understand what it means to be “born again”. Ask the Holy Spirit to move in your heart and the hearts of those who come to HBC.

Knowing Jesus - Knowing His Zeal

Introduction:

Jesus Knows Your Heart... (John 2:13-25):

  1. And He won't Ignore your Irreverence . (John 2:13-17)

    Psalm 69:9 - For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

  2. And He won't Appease your into Animosity . (John 2:18-22)

Mark 14:56-58 - For many bore false witness against him, but their testimony did not agree. And some stood up and bore false witness against him, saying, "We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another, not made with hands.'"

Matthew 27:39-40 - And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, "You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross."

  1. And He won't be Fooled by your "Faith" . (John 2:23-25)

3 Danger Signs that your Faith is a Show:

  1. You don't exercise personal / private disciplines
  2. You harbor secret sin
  3. You don't see the Fruit of the Spirit in your life (see Gal 5:22)

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Small Group Discussion
Read John 2:13-25

  1. What was your big “take-away” from this passage / message?

  2. Jesus was obviously angry at the sellers in the Temple. When is it appropriate to be angry? When is it inappropriate?

  3. What are some ways churches today can become a “house of trade” (John 2:16)?

  4. Why do you think the Jews weren’t satisfied with the signs they saw? See John 2:23 and John 2:18 for reference.

  5. Why is the testimony of Scripture more important than seeing a “flashy” sign by God? See also Luke 16:31 and 2 Peter 1:17-19

BREAKOUT
Pray for one another. And pray for HBC to be a sincere house of worship with godly motives.