Sunday Lesson Notes
October 22, 2024
What Do I Want from Jesus?
Read John 1: 35-38
- What do the disciples want?
- They wanted to know who Jesus was
- They wanted to know what Jesus was about
- They wanted to follow John initially. John teaches them from the Scriptures who Jesus is. They have the heart to want to follow Jesus
Read John 2:1-7
- What does Mary want?
- Mary wanted Jesus to help with the wine situation
- She may have wanted her son to obey her wishes but yielded to his decision and instruction,, which is a sign of her faith
- Mary reminds us to do what Jesus says
Read John 2: 13-17
- What does Jesus want?
- Jesus wanted others to show respect for his father’s house
- He wanted the people to have zeal for God
- Jesus had control over his anger and was therefore able to have a positive impact on the people there
- When we keep our emotions in check in tough situations we can be a great help to others
- Jesus wanted his Father’s house to be a place for all to come and worship at this Father’s House
- What do we allow into our temple that is destroying the presence of God? Remember to eliminate the hindrances and distractions that keep us from being in God’s presence.
- Does Jesus get what he wants from us today when we get together to worship God?
- Remember to let Jesus shepherd our wants so we can focus on what God wants.
Read John 3: 16-21
- What does God want?
- God wants no one to perish
- God wants to help us make it into a relationship with him and to keep it
- What do the people want?
- They wanted darkness and comfortability
- They don’t want to change or be in a relationship with God
- We have to choose to live in the light or the darkness
- It takes work to come into the light and to get help from Jesus
- Whoever lives by the truth comes into the light--Jesus shows us the truth about who he is and who God created us to be (reflecting the glory of God)