SERMON NOTES
Terrible Words from a Loving Savior
John 8:21-30
John 7:40-41 Therefore many from the crowd, when they heard this saying, said, “Truly this is
the Prophet.” Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “Will the Christ come out of
Galilee?
Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,
Matthew 8:12 But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be
weeping and gnashing of teeth.
John 20:31 but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,
and that believing you may have life in His name.
How One Dies In Their Sin.
1. Live Self Righteously v22
Luke 18:11-12 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank You that I am
not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. I fast twice a
week; I give tithes of all that I possess.
Proverbs 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes.
2. Live A Worldly Life v23
James 1:27 Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and
widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
3. Live In Unbelief v24
What exactly do we have to believe in order to be Saved?
#1 You Have To Believe Jesus Is God
#2 Believe In Triune Nature of God
#3 Believe He was Born of a Virgin
#4 Believe He Died For Your Sins
1 Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you,
which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast
that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you first of
all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that
He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,
Romans 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that
God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves;
it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.
Their Willful Ignorance vv25-27
Jeremiah 29:13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your
heart.
One Day Soon You Will Know Me vv28-30
Many Believe In Him v30
Thomas Fuller;“You cannot repent too soon, because you do not know how soon it may be
too late.”
John 8:21-30
John 7:40-41 Therefore many from the crowd, when they heard this saying, said, “Truly this is
the Prophet.” Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “Will the Christ come out of
Galilee?
Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,
Matthew 8:12 But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be
weeping and gnashing of teeth.
John 20:31 but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,
and that believing you may have life in His name.
How One Dies In Their Sin.
1. Live Self Righteously v22
Luke 18:11-12 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank You that I am
not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. I fast twice a
week; I give tithes of all that I possess.
Proverbs 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes.
2. Live A Worldly Life v23
James 1:27 Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and
widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
3. Live In Unbelief v24
What exactly do we have to believe in order to be Saved?
#1 You Have To Believe Jesus Is God
#2 Believe In Triune Nature of God
#3 Believe He was Born of a Virgin
#4 Believe He Died For Your Sins
1 Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you,
which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast
that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you first of
all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that
He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,
Romans 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that
God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves;
it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.
Their Willful Ignorance vv25-27
Jeremiah 29:13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your
heart.
One Day Soon You Will Know Me vv28-30
Many Believe In Him v30
Thomas Fuller;“You cannot repent too soon, because you do not know how soon it may be
too late.”