Title: God’s Authority
Scripture: John 5:16-30
Speaker: Reid Kapple, ReidK@cckc.church

> Who does Jesus say that he is?

“Modern ethical discourse is chaotic because there is no longer a strong community consensus on the nature of the proper ends of human existence. If morality is a function of the social conventions of the community and yet the community lacks consensus on those social conventions, or those social conventions are hotly contested, ethical chaos is the result.”
-R. Carl Trueman, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self

“Violence thrives today, secretly nourished by the belief that God refuses to take the sword…It takes the quiet of a suburb for the birth of the thesis that human nonviolence is a result of a God who refuses to judge. In a scorched land–soaked in the blood of the innocent, the idea will invariably die…if God were NOT angry at injustice and deception and did NOT make a final end of violence, that God would not be worthy of our worship."
-Miraslov Volf, Exclusion and Embrace

> Three Ways to Respond:
-Consider his claims
-Listen to his word
-Enter the life he offers