John 1:1-5--Light to the World Week 1

Do you have trust issues? Anyone here have trust issues? Sometimes people have trust issues. They just find it difficult to trust somebody. Anybody like that here today? There are several types of reasons people may have trust issues. Oftentimes people have trust issues due to a past experience. Maybe you got burned by someone whom you depended on for something, or you relied on someone and they let you down. You’ve learned the hard way that you aren’t always able to rely on people, so you have determined you are not going to let anybody else into your life. You are like a fortress, you keep everything close to your chest, and maybe you don’t let anybody in. That’s one type of trust issue. Sometimes people have trust issues because of other things. Perhaps it’s actually a sense of pride—I like to do things myself, or I think I can do things better on my own, so I’m not going to let anybody else to anything for me. This is the type of person who is described as a self-made man, or someone who pulls themselves up by their own bootstraps. They don’t need anybody, so they haven’t learned to trust anyone because they haven’t really needed anyone. Trust issues could also be from a low self-esteem, maybe you’re not a very confident person, so letting people in is just out of the question. Many different reasons, but the outcome is the same—you have trouble trusting people. You have trust issues. ‌‌ Sometimes, it is possible to have spiritual trust issues. Whether you have trust issues with those around or not, at times it can be hard for us to trust God. Maybe we like do do things on our own and in our own way. Perhaps we just find it hard to commit our lives to someone we can’t visibly see or audibly hear. Or maybe we just like to do things on our own so we struggle to place our lives into the hands of another. Whatever the case, sometimes trusting God can be a struggle. This especially comes into play around Christmas time. At Christmas time we come face to face with the reality that God came to earth in the form of a baby, lived a human life, and died and rose again all so that we can trust him. ‌So we really are faced with the question of what will you do with Jesus? What will you do with Jesus? Perhaps the most important question you will ever answer in your life is the question of what are you going to do with Jesus. There is much confusion today when it comes to Jesus Christ. Who was He? A man? The Son of God? A good teacher? A prophet? Did He even exist? The most important question you can answer in your life is what will you do with Jesus. Many have denied the fact that Jesus is God in the flesh, and deemed it a myth or misunderstanding. But the Bible teaches that Jesus actually did come in the flesh and He is God. That’s what we celebrate here at Christmas time. We celebrate that truth that Jesus Christ came to earth, was born of a virgin, and was actually God in the flesh. But what are you going to do with that information? What are you going to do what the Bible says about Him? Will you trust Him? Or will you decide to live life in your own way? What will you do with Jesus. ‌‌Over the next few weeks we’re going to focus on Jesus. From the book of John in the Bible we’re going to examine what Scripture says about who He was, and I want you to walk away with the question in your mind—what will I do with Jesus. It doesn’t matter where you are in your spiritual life. You could be here just to check out this “church thing” and see what we do. You could be here because you’re a true believer in Jesus and want to celebrate with other believers. This morning I want you to encounter Jesus, and I want you to walk away wondering “what am I going to do now.” So with that question in mind today, I want to give you the big idea from our text this morning:‌‌ Big Idea: Even if you have trust issues, you can trust Jesus!‌