John

The Lord's Day Evening December 3, 2006 John 1:1, 14-18 “Jesus Is God” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to John, chapter one. Even as on the Lord's Day morning we're going to be working through three Christmas hymns, or psalms or songs, from The Gospel of Luke, so on Sunday evenings during the month of December we're going to be looking specifically at the person of Christ. We’re going to be affirming that Jesus is God, that He is fully divine, that He shares in the essence of the Godhead with His Father and the Holy Spirit, world without end. We’re going to be affirming that Jesus is fully and truly human: that He didn't just appear to be human, that He was human in every sense of the word. In fact, He was…

The Lord's Day Morning December 25, 2011 “John — On Christmas” John 1:1-14 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to the gospel of John. We’ll be looking at John 1 verses 1 to 14 this morning. John does not begin his gospel with an account of the nativity of Christ. You’ll find accounts of Jesus’ birth and the events surrounding that birth in Matthew and in Luke but not in John. John does not begin his gospel with a genealogy. You will find genealogies of Jesus in Luke and in Matthew. John goes back further than that. John has something to say about the birth of Christ, he has something to say about the incarnation — you see it beautifully stated in John 1:14, don't you? — but he wants to take you back…

John 3:1-16I believe in the Life Everlasting If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to John, chapter three. We've come to our final lesson in our study of the Apostles’ Creed, and we will look at the final clause, “I believe in the life everlasting.” We want to look at what the Bible calls eternal life and ask ourselves, what do we mean when we confess with the Creed, “I believe in the everlasting life, or in life everlasting? What does the Bible teach about eternal life?” We will consider a number of passages, many of them in John's writings, and some in Paul's writings. But first, turn with me to John 3 and the story of Nicodemus’ visit to Jesus. You have to read between the lines, but you can tell that Nicodemus respects Jesus, longs to…

Mississippi Valley Presbytery May 1, 2007 John 4:1-26The Greatness of God in the Exaltation of Christ in our Worship Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Good morning. What a joy it is to worship together. Let me ask you to take your hymnals in hand and prepare to sing. As we hear God's call to worship, turn to No. 52. O come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker, for He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the flock under His care. Let us worship God, singing…

The Lord's Day Morning February 27, 2011 “The Mission of God and the Mission of God's People” John 17:18 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to John chapter 17. As we prepare for the Missions Conference this week, I want to direct your attention to one sentence of a large prayer that Jesus prayed, not just for His disciples who were with Him in the Upper Room on the night of His betrayal, but for all the disciples ever who…