I Am in Charge

MESSAGE - Pastor Dale Thiele

John: That You May Believe

I Am in Charge 

  • Jesus’ Fearlessness
  • Jesus’ Omniscience
  • Jesus’ Majesty
  • Jesus’ Sacrifice
  • Jesus’ Submission 

Questions for Further Study or Group Discussion:

  1. Read John 18:1-11. What strikes you as different in this Garden arrest from the other Gospels? Why do you think John records what he does?
  2. What stands out about Jesus in these verses? How is he able to be calm and confident in the face of certain torture and death?
  3. Jesus’ answer in verse 5 simply is “I am” (repeated in v. 6 & 8). In light of the soldiers response in verse 6, what is Jesus revealing in this moment?
  4. What hardship or trial are you currently facing? How does Jesus’ confidence in the face of trial comfort you? How does Jesus alleviate anxieties? 

Memory Verse of the Week:

John 6:39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. (ESV)