EPISODE · Oct 30, 2024 · 32 MIN
"Jesus and the Darkness" (John 1:5-9; 3:19–21; 8:12; 12:35–36)
from RUF at UNCW · host Reformed University Fellowship at UNCW
Welcome to the Reformed University Fellowship at UNCW Podcast! Each week, we will post the messages from our RUF Large Group meetings at UNCW. This year, we're examining the Gospel of John to learn about the words and work of Jesus. In John chapters 7-8, Jesus shows up at the Jewish Feast of Booths and begins to teach. As he speaks, he radically reshapes our ideas about God’s presence, the source of truth, and the nature of reality. In John 8:12-20, Jesus debates with the Pharisees, showing them their own blindness, and his own divine authority. We see that we can only safely navigate this dark world by walking in the light of God’s revealed presence in Jesus. (*Thanks to Jen Wilkin and Brian Habig for their excellent teaching on this passage! To learn more about the Biblical theme of God's fiery presence, see Jen Wilkin's teaching from the 2024 TGC Women's Conference. ) QUOTES: “The word of God which comes to us in Christ is a word of liberation and restoration for the whole man, for his understanding and his will, for his body and his soul. Sin entered the world, and for just that reason, "God so loved the world.” - Herman Bavinck “God's heart is greater than the human heart, God's mind is greater than the human mind, and God's light is so great that it might blind you and make you feel like you're in the night.— Henri Nouwen “We love lesser lights. We will set her settle for the lesser lights of the kingdoms of this world, instead of the great and glorious light of the kingdom of heaven, we will worship political figures. We will worship church leaders. Lord, help us. We place people on thrones on a daily basis. There’s only one seated on the throne. [He says], “I am the light of the world. I am the pure light that is true and shows truth in all situations”— Jen Wilkin “Classically, there are three ways in which humans try to find transcendence — religious meaning — apart from God as revealed through the cross of Jesus: through the ecstasy of alcohol and drugs, through the ecstasy of recreational sex, through the ecstasy of crowds. Church leaders frequently warn against the drugs and the sex, but at least, in America, almost never against the crowds.” - Eugene Peterson
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Welcome to the Reformed University Fellowship at UNCW Podcast! Each week, we will post the messages from our RUF Large Group meetings at UNCW. This year, we're examining the Gospel of John to learn about the words and work of Jesus. In John chapters 7-8, Jesus shows up at the Jewish Feast of Booths and begins to teach. As he speaks, he radically reshapes our ideas about God’s presence, the source of truth, and the nature of reality. In John 8:12-20, Jesus debates with the Pharisees, showing them their own blindness, and his own divine authority. We see that we can only safely navigate this dark world by walking in the light of God’s revealed presence in Jesus. (*Thanks to Jen Wilkin and Brian Habig for their excellent teaching on this passage! To learn more about the Biblical theme of God's fiery presence, see Jen Wilkin's teaching from the 2024 TGC Women's Conference. ) QUOTES: “The word of God which comes to us in Christ is a word of liberation and restoration for the whole man, for his understanding and his will, for his body and his soul. Sin entered the world, and for just that reason, "God so loved the world.” - Herman Bavinck “God's heart is greater than the human heart, God's mind is greater than the human mind, and God's light is so great that it might blind you and make you feel like you're in the night.— Henri Nouwen “We love lesser lights. We will set her settle for the lesser lights of the kingdoms of this world, instead of the great and glorious light of the kingdom of heaven, we will worship political figures. We will worship church leaders. Lord, help us. We place people on thrones on a daily basis. There’s only one seated on the throne. [He says], “I am the light of the world. I am the pure light that is true and shows truth in all situations”— Jen Wilkin “Classically, there are three ways in which humans try to find transcendence — religious meaning — apart from God as revealed through the cross of Jesus: through the ecstasy of alcohol and drugs, through the ecstasy of recreational sex, through the ecstasy of crowds. Church leaders frequently warn against the drugs and the sex, but at least, in America, almost never against the crowds.” - Eugene Peterson
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