Pray First

Any notes on the Prayer Time

Jesus’ Big Claims (vv. 19-30)
He is the promised

- Son of

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He has the

to judge people

He is going to raise the

He has the power to grant

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in Him

He is the

to eternal__ life__

He is the unique __Son __of God

the Father loves Him in a special way and__ shares__ everything He is doing

He has the power to __give __life as He wants

He is owed all of the

due the Father (rejecting

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is rejecting the

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)

Jesus is God

Big Idea: God requires us to put our

in Jesus Christ, but He does not demand “

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faith”.

“…Testimony of 2-3 Witnesses”

law required

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to be established by 2 or 3 witnesses Dt 17:16; 19:15 ; Nu 35:30 & 2 Co 13:1

Rejected Witnesses
Jesus provided 4 - maybe 5 witnesses/pieces of evidence showing that He is who He says He is. The Pharisees rejected them all

Rejected Witness #1 (vv. 31 & 36)

would have been the best witness, but they would not recognize His testimony

Rejected Witness #2 (vv. 32 &37-38) The__ Father__ testified to Jesus’ identity in Matthew 3:16-17 but the

did not accept it because they do not love God

Rejected Witness #3 (vv. 33-35)

the Baptist testified that Jesus is the

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away the

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of the world.(John 1:34) they respected John - until he said some things they didnt’ want to hear

Rejected Witness #4 (v. 39 & 46-47) the

dedicated their lives to folowing the

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but they had missed the fact that the Law

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to

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they missed this because they really don’t love God

Rejected Witness #5 Miracles (v.36) The pharisees knew that Jesus was doing miracles but they persecuted Him anyway

When you

the

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, but you are not willing to

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it, that is called hardheartedness

Christ is our great

We must set aside anything that is keeping us from coming to Him