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TRANSFORMATION BY JESUS. JOHN-FROM SON OF THUNDER TO APOSTLE OF LOVE. Matthew 4:21-22 “Continuing on, he saw another set of brothers, James the son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with Zebedee their father. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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TRANSFORMATION BY JESUS
JOHN-FROM SON OF THUNDER TO APOSTLE
OF LOVE
Matthew 4:21-22 “Continuing on, he saw another set of
brothers, James the son of Zebedee and his brother
John. They were in a boat with Zebedee their father
repairing their nets. Jesus called them and
immediately they left the boat and their father and
followed him.”
BEFORE
Mark 3:17 “James and John, Zebedee's sons, whom he nicknamed
Boanerges, which means "sons of Thunder."
Luke 9:54“When the disciples James
and John saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to call
fire down from heaven to consume them?”
AFTER:
1. John became one of Jesus’ 3 closest
friends.
2. John found it easy to believe in the resurrection.
3. John was faithful until death.
4. John became the Apostle of Love.
John 3:16 “God so loved the world
that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who
believes in him won't perish but will have eternal life.”
John 13:34-35 “I give you a new
commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, so you also must love
each other. This is how
everyone will know that you are my disciples, when you
love each other.”
John 14:23-24 “Jesus answered, “Whoever loves me will keep my word.
My Father will love them, and we will come to them
and make
our home with them. Whoever doesn't love me doesn't keep my words. The word that you hear
isn't mine. It is the word of the Father who sent me.”
1 John 4:7-8 “Dear friends, let's love
each other, because love is from God, and everyone
who loves is born from God and knows
God. The person who doesn't love does not know God,
because God is love.”
Added to these in several passages John refers to
himself as the “apostle that Jesus loved.”
US
Is there someone in your life that you have a really
hard time loving?
Are you a son or daughter of thunder?
Or maybe there is another sin you have a hard time
overcoming?
Question of the day:
Did Jesus call John to be His apostle knowing that he was a Son of Thunder?
Hebrews 12:1-3 “So then let's also run the
race that is laid out in front of us, since we have such a great cloud of witnesses
surrounding us. Let's throw off any extra baggage, get rid of the sin that trips us up, and fix our eyes on Jesus,
faith's pioneer and
perfecter. He endured the cross, ignoring the shame, for the sake of the joy that was
laid out in front of him, and sat down at the right side of God's
throne.”
We all have that sins that trip us up.
How do we set them aside?
FIX OUR EYES ON JESUS.
When you discover the real Jesus for yourself, you will
love Him.
His love is a transforming river that transforms us
into HIS image.
Even from a son of thunder to an apostle
of love