I used to think that I had chosen God---by way of some extra goodness, or perception, or ability of myself to see and to hear His call. But even while I believed that about myself, it bothered me to no end, because my 'special' ability to reach God was against what was written in John chapters 6 and 10, which this pastor preached about in this video. I had previously been taught wrong when I was told that I could choose God because I was "good soil" compared to other people. Nope; it wasn't up to me. God chose me, despite all the sinful things that I had done---and that makes it so humbling, humiliating, and way better than me doing it my way. I'm eternally grateful to Jesus, the Good Shepherd, for saving me and making me His sheep, when I was helpless to do it myself. All praise and glory to God!
@ChristChurchClayton5 күн бұрын
Absolutely!
@guitarnotator16 күн бұрын
God doesn't want me eating Pizza because of my health condition, not sure about the grape juice (Aka wine) so won't be recieving much blessing in that area, but even so praise The Lord for he is still Good 👍🙏
@ChristChurchClayton16 күн бұрын
Amen! Thanks for listening. 👍
@tomcox8111Ай бұрын
Saved from wrath by our King. Thank you for your faithful ministry, brother.
@tomcox8111Ай бұрын
Honored to be included in the Book.
@tomcox8111Ай бұрын
Jesus is King! Thank you for your steady reminders...
@ChristChurchClaytonАй бұрын
You bet. Thanks, Tom. Not many people think of Him that way (as king), but only as Savior. They haven’t been taught that it’s the king who saves his people (and that savior is a subcategory of king). Plus, Dispensationalism specifically teaches that Jesus is not king to the people of the Church and that He’s not now king. They teach it’s not until an earthly, millennial reign He’ll have over the Jews that He’ll be king. 90% of Christians have had no teaching that Jesus is king-and their king!
@tomcox8111Ай бұрын
@@ChristChurchClayton great insight-- thanks!!
@tomcox8111Ай бұрын
It's great to be on the Winning Team!!
@ChristChurchClaytonАй бұрын
Sure is! Thanks, Tom.
@tomcox81112 ай бұрын
We need to hear more about Christ's humiliation. Thank you, John
@ChristChurchClayton2 ай бұрын
Indeed. What an example Jesus is to all His flock! Thanks, Tom.
@tomcox81112 ай бұрын
Very-Christ-centered message with application for the Church with respect to the Great Commission 👍🏻
@ChristChurchClayton2 ай бұрын
May Christ be praised, indeed! Glad He was in your listening, Tom. Thanks for the encouragement!
@tomcox81112 ай бұрын
Jesus is our just Judge. Amen.
@tomcox81112 ай бұрын
Jenna says that she likes your Christological moves.
@ChristChurchClayton2 ай бұрын
Very nice! Glad it’s helpful.
@tomcox81113 ай бұрын
Another message dripping with the gospel! What ministered most to me personally was hearing that God doesn't expect me to actually be perfect but to be great at continual repentance.
@ChristChurchClayton2 ай бұрын
Thanks, Tom. Glad this ministered to you in this way! And, yes on being quick-to-repent over being perfect. :) A great relief!
@tomcox81113 ай бұрын
What a contrast v. Saul. Your grasp of the gospel is so evident. Ministers to me.
@ChristChurchClayton3 ай бұрын
So glad. Thank you for the encouragement!
@tomcox81113 ай бұрын
Good treatment of sin. Also appreciated your remarks on the pressures on pastors.
@ChristChurchClayton3 ай бұрын
Thank you, Tom! I appreciate your encouragement. Great seeing you yesterday.
@tomcox81113 ай бұрын
Having an eternal perspective has practical implications for Christian living. Good stuff...
@tomcox81113 ай бұрын
"Jesus doesn't owe you anything!" Clear explication, as ever.
@ChristChurchClayton3 ай бұрын
He doesn’t! :)
@tomcox81113 ай бұрын
Never heard that before about the twelve, er, 10 plagues being direct retorts from Yahweh 》other gods. I continue to learn from your grasp of Scripture and perspective on redemptive history. Thank you!
@ChristChurchClayton3 ай бұрын
Thanks so much, Tom. You are a great encourager! So glad these are helpful!
@tomcox81113 ай бұрын
Good News, indeed! I'm preaching on the Davidic covenant tomorrow.
@ChristChurchClayton3 ай бұрын
Super! Hope it went well!
@tomcox81113 ай бұрын
Ark to Jerusalem foreshadow the Triumphal Entry! I love your christological move (and used it in my sermon this morning)!!
@johnmusgrave72683 ай бұрын
Jesus is God with us, indeed, foreshadowed by that ark, coming into Jerusalem and dwelling with people! Glad that was helpful! Thanks for encouraging me, Tom!
@johnmusgrave8084 ай бұрын
I can’t recommend this sermon enough. So good; so helpful.
@tomcox81114 ай бұрын
Thank you for relentlessly leading us to Christ!
@ChristChurchClayton4 ай бұрын
That's the goal. He's the center, and what life's about! Thank you, Tom, for the constant encouragement. Your cup of cold water to this child will be rewarded greatly. So many discouragers to those serving Christ (gladly not in our church!), and you push back the tide of persecution. I greatly appreciate it. Thank you.
@tomcox81114 ай бұрын
We're building a palace for Jesus! Thank you.
@tomcox81114 ай бұрын
Our King doesn't go on vacation!
@tomcox81114 ай бұрын
Jesus: universal blood donor!
@tomcox81114 ай бұрын
Very helpful, thanks! I'm overviewing Ch.1-4 this morning... 🙏🏻
@ChristChurchClayton4 ай бұрын
Glad it helped!
@maylingng41074 ай бұрын
The bible is the story about the atrocities of a murderous psychopath (the Christian god) who burns cities full of children, orders the rape of thousands of captured virgins, endorses slavery, and drowns millions of babies and infants in the Flood. What sin did the millions of babies and infants commit?
@tomcox81114 ай бұрын
Clear-headed gospel-thinking! Thank you for your ministry.
@johnmusgrave72684 ай бұрын
Thanks, Tom, for your continued encouragement!
@tomcox81115 ай бұрын
Stott wrote that "sermonettes produce christianettess." May the people of Christ Church of Clayton continue to be so well fed!
@johnmusgrave72684 ай бұрын
Thanks,Tom. You are a great encouragement to me!
@Beverly-b8r5 ай бұрын
BEND DOWN AND COVER YOUR HEAD AND FACE WITH THE HEAD JOB, KINDA LIKE AS IF A CONDOMNED MAN bows in HUMILITY BEFORE AN ANGRY GOD!
@tomcox81115 ай бұрын
Good stuff, John! Jeshas caused you to be a faithful undershepherd to the people of Christ Church. This is rare.
@ChristChurchClayton5 ай бұрын
Thanks, my friend. That’s the goal. I am just a servant of the great king (and He is awesomely wonderful!).
@tomcox81115 ай бұрын
Love Your emphasis on Abner being forgiven by David ❤
@ChristChurchClayton5 ай бұрын
Thanks, Tom. David was a precursor of Jesus, his son, indeed! And, what an example of how God treats us and how we are to treat each other. When one “comes to his senses,” no matter what harm they have done to us (as the prodigal son and here Abner, seeing that blessing is through the house of David and that we fight for him), there is no probation period and no second-class citizenship in the Church. The repenter is simply forgiven and enfolded in the great king’s flock. The gospel, shown here by David and later fully realized by Jesus, is good.
@mworkman59586 ай бұрын
Great sermon points.
@johnmusgrave72686 ай бұрын
Thanks! Glad it was helpful.
@christinawest42277 ай бұрын
Outstanding as always!
@johnmusgrave72687 ай бұрын
You are kind. Thank you!
@ChristIsKing.37 ай бұрын
They boys and I are making our way through Genesis, I am looking forward to sharing this with them, Pastor John!
@johnmusgrave72687 ай бұрын
Great!!!
@tomcox81119 ай бұрын
Forget not His benefits!
@tomcox81119 ай бұрын
The King shows mercy. Thank you, John.
@johnmusgrave8089 ай бұрын
You’re welcome, Tom!
@davidking30899 ай бұрын
AFTER THE 1000 YEARS THEN SATAN WILL LOSED FROM HIS CHANGES THEN SATAN WILL GATHER THE SINNERS TO COME UP AGAINST GODS PEOPLE THEN GOD WILL SEND FIRE TO DESTROY ALL OF THEM. THEN THE NEW HEAVEN & EARTH AFTER THE OLD EARTH WILL BURN UP. THEN AFTER THAT ALMIGHTY GOD HIMSELF WILL COME DOWN TOO THE NEW EARTH TO RULE & HIS PEOPLE WILL WORSHIP HIM FOREVER & EVER & EVER BOY THAT'S GONNA BE AWESOME TIME FOR THE SAINTS WILL WORSHIP ALL THE TIME ! BOY WHAT A GLORIOUS TIME THAT WILL BE ! HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH THAT THE SAINTS WILL SAY HALLELUJAH ! ✝️ 😄
@STROND9 ай бұрын
You mention that Jesus is equal to God, Jesus never said that, in fact Jesus said from hos own mouth, the Father is GREATER than I AM, case closed. Please do not contradict the very words Jesus spoke.
@johnmusgrave8089 ай бұрын
Hi. Thanks for listening. Here are some things I find helpful. One thing: in life and in the Scriptures, we speak of things or of persons being equal, but we rarely mean they are equal in every way. If one is born in North Carolina, he’s equal to Michael Jordan in that way, yet he is not equal to him in basketball skill or wealth. With my siblings, I am equally the child of our mom and dad; yet, I am not their equals in age nor, in the case of my sister, in gender. I am an equal to my wife in days married, yet am not an equal to her in ability to play the piano; nor is she my equal in soccer skill. All this to make the point: you can be equal in some ways to something or someone else, but rarely (or never) is something equal to something or someone else in every way. Regarding Jesus, there are many ways Jesus is equal to the Father. He is a person of the godhead/the Trinity, and is divine like the Father. Pastors and elders through the Christian centuries have agreed that Jesus is not less divine, but is equally divine as the Father. Those who have declared otherwise have been deemed heretics. Jesus was not created nor was and is He a secondary divine being. Such has been deemed heresy from the earliest times of the Church onward. Hence, the statements of the Nicene Creed (A.D. 325), when Arius said that Jesus was a created being and the Church declared Him a heretic. The Church has agreed with Nicea without wavering, up to this day, in disagreement with Arius’s view that Jesus was a lesser divinity. A second aspect I find helpful: Each person of the Trinity has different roles. For instance, the Father doesn’t die on the cross. Jesus does, as that was His role, not the Father’s and not the Holy Spirit’s. One of the roles we see of the Father is that He is the head of the Trinity. He decrees what is to be. He is the one who has decided to entrust all judgment to the Son, for instance (John 5:22, 27). And, as Jesus said in this passage, Jesus never transgresses the Father’s decree/will. He always does the Father’s will and He only speaks words the Father has commanded Him to speak (John 5:24, 7:17, 8:28, 12:49). I believe it’s in reference to the Father’s headship in the Trinity that Jesus spoke that the Father is greater than He (John 14:28, which you quoted). A third and last thing I’ll mention that I find helpful is this: Jesus is accused specifically of “making Himself equal with God" (John 5:18). Jesus could have answered, “I am not.” He didn’t answer that way. With such a heavy accusation, and with the Jews “trying all the harder to kill Him” (5:18) because of what He had just said, if Jesus were not equal with the Father, I find it too difficult to believe that Jesus wouldn’t have set the Jews (and the Church, reading John) straight with a simple and clear denial that He was not equal to the Father. Instead, He stacks on top of each other several ways that He and the Father are the same (equal): they do the same things (5:19), speak the same words, Jesus words are the Father’s words (5:24), they both have life in themselves (5:21, 26), they both raise the dead (5:21, 28-29), and they both are worthy of honor (5:23). Thus, I can’t conclude that Jesus is arguing against the Jews' accusation that He is making Himself equal to God. He gives no denial of their accusation, does not defend Himself from it, and adds a lot in His answer that would make them think-rightly-that He owns/agrees with their claim. So, in conclusion, Jesus and the Father are equal in many, but not all ways. Jesus highlights some ways in this passage that He and the Father are equal, as the Jews had rightly surmised, despite themselves. I hope that helps! Again, thanks for listening. I appreciate it.
@tomcox81119 ай бұрын
So helpful, John. Keep it in the Light!
@johnmusgrave8089 ай бұрын
Tom, your words are always an encouragement. Thank you!
@tomcox81119 ай бұрын
Anointed. PPK Gospel Well done.
@johnmusgrave72689 ай бұрын
Thanks, Tom.
@tomcox81119 ай бұрын
You've also helped me to better understand that the baptism of Jesus was His anointing.
@johnmusgrave8089 ай бұрын
Great! Yes, the “Jesus was repenting for us” view of His baptism never seemed to fit. John the baptist and Jesus is Samuel and David in 1 Samuel 16, done one final time to indicate who the Father’s choice was for king. The parallels between Samuel’s birth and John the baptist’s are enormous, and, of course, Jesus is the son of David. Acts 4:27 and 10:38, too. Thanks, as always, for your encouragement, Tom!
@jhenningkelloggia9 ай бұрын
we can't quicken the return of Jesus and 2 Peter 3 never suggests such a thing. your explanation is weird... you got no justification for such ridiculous teaching. "that number needs to be completed" speaking of killing people... this sort of statement only comes from a murderer... and it certainly does not come from the Bible. at all.
@tomcox81119 ай бұрын
He will vindicate us...
@johnmusgrave72689 ай бұрын
He will!!! Great news.
@tomcox81119 ай бұрын
Jesus is the King who protects us!
@tomcox81119 ай бұрын
You've helped me to better appreciate the Kingship of Jesus. I also appreciate your passion for your family, your people, and the office of Pastor.
@johnmusgrave8089 ай бұрын
Thanks much, Tom! I appreciate your encouragement. Glad you’re getting to appreciate Jesus’ kingship better. That was totally foreign to me (His kingship), and I’ve grown in it, too. It makes great sense of His declaring (and the Gospel writers writing) that the good news was the kingdom of God and its having arrived. When He is king, and you’re in His kingdom, things are really, really good for you. All the kingdom stuff is defined so thoroughly in the Old Testament that Jesus didn’t need to explain it to His fellow Jews when He was here. They knew the definition of king and kingdom. We don’t, but can, as we learn it from the Old Testament better. Again, glad it’s helped. Thanks, again, for your constant encouragement to me.
@tomcox811110 ай бұрын
I am not king of my life. Jesus is! I needed this reminders and am greatly encouraged. Thank you.
@johnmusgrave72689 ай бұрын
I also am not! Yes, reminders are necessary! Jesus is a better king than you and I. Glad you were encouraged. Thanks, Tom!
@tomcox811110 ай бұрын
Defend the King! Act like parents! Yes! Thank you for preaching the gospel clearly and with great conviction.
@johnmusgrave80810 ай бұрын
Thanks, Tom. Truth! Why waste time and life on the musings of men, right?