To understand the impact of Jesus' teachings and the divisions it has caused to this day.

1. John 7:1-53
foundations

2. Worldviews…are everywhere!

3. “Understanding the worldview of
Jesus and developing the courage
to speak it and to live it.”
Discipleship

4. “No one ever spoke like this man!”
Temple Officer

5. Translation:
“If all you desire is for Me to meet your
needs, then you’ll always be needy. But
if I, alone, am your greatest longing,
then you’ll always be satisfied.”
V.25-26

6. What would you endure for
Truth?

7. Oh, Pastor
Tom… We
love you, man!
Pastor, your
words make me
feel so good!
You’re my BFF!

8. What did you
say??
You’re the
worse ever!

9. What Did Jesus Say?
Jesus’
Worldview

10. What Did Jesus Say?
V.6: “Your opportunity to hear God’s
truth is now, and I’m the One
bringing it.”

11. What Did Jesus Say?
V.6: “Your opportunity to hear God’s truth is now, and I’m the One bringing it.”
V.7: “The world hates Me because the
truth I speak reveals how evil it is.”

12. What Did Jesus Say?
V.6: “Your opportunity to hear God’s truth is now, and I’m the One bringing it.”
V.7: “The world hates Me because the truth I speak reveals how evil it is.”
V.16-17: “Whoever wants to walk in
God’s will embraces what I teach.”

13. What Did Jesus Say?
V.6: “Your opportunity to hear God’s truth is now, and I’m the One bringing it.”
V.7: “The world hates Me because the truth I speak reveals how evil it is.”
V.16-17: “Whoever wants to walk in God’s will embraces what I teach.”
V.18: “I come to glorify God by
speaking and living blamelessly.”

14. What Did Jesus Say?
V.6: “Your opportunity to hear God’s truth is now, and I’m the One bringing it.”
V.7: “The world hates Me because the truth I speak reveals how evil it is.”
V.16-17: “Whoever wants to walk in God’s will embraces what I teach.”
V.18: “I come to glorify God by speaking and living blamelessly.”
V.19: “You live in total hypocrisy, but
think you’re righteous by killing Me.”

15. What Did Jesus Say?
V.6: “Your opportunity to hear God’s truth is now, and I’m the One bringing it.”
V.7: “The world hates Me because the truth I speak reveals how evil it is.”
V.16-17: “Whoever wants to walk in God’s will embraces what I teach.”
V.18: “I come to glorify God by speaking and living blamelessly.”
V.19: “You live in total hypocrisy, but think you’re righteous by killing Me.”
V.28: “I AM from God, and you see it,
but still, you have no clue who God is!”

16. What Did Jesus Say?
V.6: “Your opportunity to hear God’s truth is now, and I’m the One bringing it.”
V.7: “The world hates Me because the truth I speak reveals how evil it is.”
V.16-17: “Whoever wants to walk in God’s will embraces what I teach.”
V.18: “I come to glorify God by speaking and living blamelessly.”
V.19: “You live in total hypocrisy, but think you’re righteous by killing Me.”
V.28: “I AM from God, and you see it, but still, you have no clue who God is!”
V.33-34: “Soon I’ll go back to heaven,
but not you. You’ll never get there.”

17. What Did Jesus Say?
V.6: “Your opportunity to hear God’s truth is now, and I’m the One bringing it.”
V.7: “The world hates Me because the truth I speak reveals how evil it is.”
V.16-17: “Whoever wants to walk in God’s will embraces what I teach.”
V.18: “I come to glorify God by speaking and living blamelessly.”
V.19: “You live in total hypocrisy, but think you’re righteous by killing Me.”
V.28: “I AM from God, and you know it, and still, you have no cue who God is!”
V.33-34: “Soon I’ll go back to heaven, but not you. You’ll never get there.”
V.37-38: “If anyone feels dead inside,
believe in Me, and new life will burst
forth without containment.”

18. Since John 5 (for a whole Year),
Jesus said the same thing…
I AM God!

19. CS Lewis
“We should note that
Jesus was never
regarded as a mere
moral teacher. He
never had that effect on
anyone who actually
met Him. His words
produced either hatred
or adoration…

20. CS Lewis
“There is no trace of
people with a mild
opinion of Christ. If you
had gone to Buddha and
asked, ‘Are you the son
of Brahma?’ He would
answer, ‘You are under a
vale of illusion’…

21. CS Lewis
“If you had gone to
Mohammed and asked,
‘Are you Allah?’ he
would rent his clothes
and cut your head off.
Only Christ claimed to
be God. To say He was
a great moral teacher is
out of the question.

22. CS Lewis
“He was either God or
a complete lunatic.”

23. Paul David
Houston
“No, not to me. Look,
the secular response to
Jesus goes like this: He’s
a great prophet or
interesting guy like
Buddha, Muhammed or
Elijah. But Christ didn’t
allow you that…”

24. Paul David
Houston
“Jesus said, ‘I am not a
teacher; I’m not a
prophet; I AM GOD.’
Secularists respond,
‘No, please, just say
you’re a prophet. If you
say that you’re God,
we’re gonna have to
crucify you…

25. Paul David
Houston
“Christ had to be either
GOD or a total NUT
CASE on the level of
Charles Manson. The
whole idea that the entire
course of civilization for
half the globe could have
its fate…

26. Paul David
Houston
“changed and turned
upside-down by a ‘great
thinker’ or ‘interesting
character’,? Now, that’s
far fetched!”

27. Maintaining Your
Best Witness
As a Christian be thoroughly convinced
in what you believe.

28. Maintaining Your
Best Witness
As a Christian be thoroughly convinced in what you believe.
Practice well-articulated courage.

29. Maintaining Your
Best Witness
As a Christian be thoroughly convinced in what you believe.
Practice well-articulated courage.
Stay informed with the issues of our day.

30. Maintaining Your
Best Witness
As a Christian be thoroughly convinced in what you believe.
Practice well-articulated courage.
Stay informed with the issues of our day.
Be patient. The best witness takes
place over time.

31. Maintaining Your
Best Witness
As a Christian be thoroughly convinced in what you believe.
Practice well-articulated courage.
Stay informed with the issues of our day.
Be patient. The best witness takes place over time.
Be trustworthy.

32. Maintaining Your
Best Witness
As a Christian be thoroughly convinced in what you believe.
Practice well-articulated courage.
Stay informed with the issues of our day.
Be patient. The best witness takes place over time.
Be trustworthy.
Cater to the three universal needs: The
need to be loved, understood and the
need to be needed.

33. John
foundations
Gospel of