Title: God’s Authority
Scripture: John 5:16-30
Speaker: Gabe Coyle, GabeC@cckc.church

> Who does Jesus say He is?

> Jesus says, “I am the Son of the Father.”

> Jesus says, “My word is all that matters.”

> Jesus says, “I’m here to give you life.”

“If you’d told me a year before … that I’d wind up whispering my sins in the confessional or on my knees saying the rosary, I would’ve laughed myself cock-eyed. More likely pastime? Pole dancer. International spy. Drug Mule. Assassin.”
- Mary Karr

> Honor Jesus for who He says He is.

"Listening is a rare happening among human beings. You cannot listen to the word another is speaking if you are preoccupied with your appearance or impressing the other, or if you are trying to decide what you are going to say when the other stops talking, or if you are debating about whether the word being spoken is true or relevant or agreeable. Such matters may have their place, but only after listening to the word as the word is being uttered. Listening, in other words, is a primitive act of love, in which a person gives himself to another’s word, making himself accessible and vulnerable to that word."
- William Stringfellow, Count It All Joy