Hempfield UMC

At the end of the Great Commission Jesus said, “And remember, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” So what does it mean to live by the presence of Christ? Our focus this week will be on Jesus’ teaching about the vine and the branches in John 15:1-11. Let’s begin by reading the entire passage: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. Every branch in me that does not produce fruit…

“I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth. For he will not speak on his own, but he will speak whatever he hears. He will also declare to you what is to come. He will glorify me, because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you. (John 16:12-14) Pastor John’s Notes: Jesus has not left us…

“You are a king then?” Pilate asked. “You say that I’m a king,” Jesus replied. “I was born for this, and I have come into the world for this: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.” (John 18:37) Pastor John’s Notes: We live in a culture of warring opinions. It is strange that in one breath, someone will tell us that there is no such thing as objective truth and that one…

“Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain fell, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and pounded that house. Yet it didn’t collapse, because its foundation was on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and doesn’t act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. The rain fell, the…