Faith:Thomas Faith
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- John 20:24-30
#1 – Jesus will be patient with you
#2 – Thomas then believed
#3 – You miss much of God’s plan
#4 – Jesus wants us to believe without seeing
- Mark 9:43

- John 20:24-30
#1 – Jesus will be patient with you
#2 – Thomas then believed
#3 – You miss much of God’s plan
#4 – Jesus wants us to believe without seeing
- Mark 9:43

- There IS light / goodness / Heaven / holiness
- There IS darkness / Evil / Hell / Sin
- John 8:12
- Matt. 5:13-16
- Acts 26:12-18
- We ARE light
#1 – Taking the word of God to others
- Mark 4:21
- Mark 4:14
#2 – Getting as close to the light as possible
- Ps. 119:105-106
- 2 Sam. 22:29
- The closer we are to Jesus:
#1- the more we know Him
#2 – the more light will shine into us
#3 - the more light will shine from us

- There IS light / goodness / Heaven / holiness
- There IS darkness / Evil / Hell / Sin
- John 8:12
- Matt. 5:13-16
- Acts 26:12-18
- We ARE light
#1 – Taking the word of God to others
- Mark 4:21
- Mark 4:14
#2 – Getting as close to the light as possible
- Ps. 119:105-106
- 2 Sam. 22:29
- The closer we are to Jesus:
#1- the more we know Him
#2 – the more light will shine into us
#3 - the more light will shine from us

#1 – Jesus is light
#2 – Brings light to our lives – if we let Him
- There IS light / goodness / Heaven / holiness
- There IS darkness / Evil / Hell / Sin
- John 8:12
- Jesus is the light of the world
- Matt. 4:12-17
- Jesus is the light coming into a dark world
- The KEY: verse 17 – think and be
- Jesus is light shining all the time – not everyone is part of the light
- we choose to be in the light or not
- Jesus CHOSE to be limited to human flesh – but he is LIGHT
- Matt. 17:1-5
- Jesus begins to shine as being with the Lord
- This is WHO He is
- Wonder what Jesus was feeling like?
- Being here in darkness coming from Light?
- Prov. 4:18-19
- We have no HOPE in ourselves alone
- We are in darkness
- ONLY Jesus is the light

#1 – The Lord IS light
- Gen. 1:1-8
- Gen. 1:14-18
- Rev. 21:22-27
#2 – Satan is darkness
- 2 Cor. 6:14-15
- Eph. 6:10-12
#3 – Jesus is the light of the world
- John 1:1-9
- John 3:16-21

Video Footage used in message found at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV2HkNX5SNQ
- Have you ever wanted to get off the ride?
- Marriage – sometimes very difficult / painful / frustrating
- Life – Work – Family – Relationships
- The disciples felt like Jesus had lied to them or misled them
- He did not bring freedom
- He did not liberate them
- He did not bring peace – only turmoil and pain
- Matt. 16:13-23
- Matt. 5:3-12

- Worry – Fear – Anxiety
Phil 4:4-8
- John 16:31-33
- John 14:27-28
- Rom. 5:1-2
- Do you want peace?
- Can you give up your existence to the Lord?

- Acts 1:8 - Power to witness
- We witness
- We send others to witness
- We go and train people to witness
- Rom. 10:11-15
-Acts 8:26-31
- How can this man know unless someone tell him?

- Independence DAY
#1 - Convicts of Sin
- John 16:7-8
- Ps. 119:59-60
#2 - Pushes us outside our comfort zone
- Acts 4:29-31
#3 - Brings the supernatural
- Acts 1:8
- Acts 2:4
- Ecc. 4:1
- John 14:15-17, 26-27
- 1 Cor. 12:4-11