Jesus is Sooo Xtra - Enough to Go Around

Sermon Text: John 3: 23 John also was baptizing…

Sermon Title: Jesus is Sooo Extra: Enough to Go Around

Point 1: There is enough water to go around vss. 22 – 23 ²² After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he spent some time there with them and baptized. ²³ John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim there was much water there; and people kept coming and were being baptized

Point 2: There will always be Hater Aiders vss. 25 – 27 ²⁵ Now a discussion about purification arose between John’s disciples and a Jew. ²⁶ They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, the one who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you testified, here he is baptizing, and all are going to him.” ²⁷ John answered, “No one can receive anything except what has been given from heaven

Point 3: There will always be a place for you with Jesus vss. 28(b) – 30 ²⁸ You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah, but I have been sent ahead of him.’ ²⁹ He who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. For this reason my joy has been fulfilled. ³⁰ He must increase, but I must decrease.”

John tells you them three things that enables him not to compare himself to Jesus and not hate on Jesus.

1.   He knows who he is not… I am not the Messiah

2.   He knows who he is… friend of the bridegroom  

3.  He knows the process… He must increase, but I must decrease.”  

Point 4: Jesus got yours don’t worry 4: 1 – 3 Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard, “Jesus is making and baptizing more disciples than John” ² —although it was not Jesus himself but his disciples who baptized— ³ he left Judea and started back to Galilee.

Life Application:

1.  Change your scoreboard…

2.  Change your relationships…

3.  Remind yourself who you are in Jesus…

Small Group Application:

1.  Identify the area you are vulnerable to compare…you wonder why God hasn’t moved yet?

a.  What do you plan to do about it?

2.  Are there any relationships you have to let go because they act like Hater Aiders?

3.  Do you know your place in Jesus i.e. are you confident in your relationship with Jesus?

a.  In prayer…how often do you pray…have you read Bishop book on prayer?

b.  In reading his word…how often do you read?

c.  In putting him first…how do you quantify knowing?