All Things (The Gospel Of John)

Big Idea: Everyone

“Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.” – John 20:30-31

Quadrants:

“The principle runs thru all life from top to bottom. Give up yourself and you will find your real self. Lose your life and you will save it. Submit to death – death of your ambitions and favorite wishes everyday and death of your whole body in the end. Submit with every fiber of you being and you will find eternal life. keep back nothing. Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours. Nothing in you that has not died will ever be raised from the dead.” – C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

“Look to Me, and be saved, All you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.” – Isaiah 45:22

“As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.” – 1 Timothy 6:17

“…waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had.” – John 5:3-4 (KJV)

“There are two great tragedies in life. The first is not getting what you want. The second is getting it. When you get the thing you think you want… you realize that it can’t ultimately satisfy you.” – Oscar Wilde, 19th century Irish playwright.