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Aug 12 2025

08/10/25- Harrisonburg campus: Five Keys of John, Key Two: Jesus as Resurrection and Life – Pastor Kevin Griffin

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MOST KNOW THAT WE HAVE MULTIPLE CAMPUSES 

WANTED TO SHARE FROM THE OTHER CAMPUSES 

WE ARE GOING TO DO A COMBINED BAPTISM END OF SEPTEMBER FIRST TWO SERVICES 

MORE DETAILS COMING 

PASTOR JARED AND JOHNNY GOOD 

   JOHNNY’S MOM/DAD ATTEND EAST ROCK 

   JOHNNY IS BEING DEPLOYED THIS WEEK 

JOHNNY GOOD BAPTISM 

  • JOHNNY AND PASTOR JARED IN SHENANDOAH RIVER-  
  • PRAY FOR JOHNNY ADDISON/MOMMA 

WE ALSO THIS PAST WEEKEND CELEBRATED  

EPSERANZA VIVA CELBRATED 20 YEARS AS A CAMPUS 

PASTOR MARITZA BAPTIZING    

WAYNESBORO CAMPUS– GRAN ASADO 

GIANT BARBECUE 

65 TOTAL PEOPLE 

12 NEW PEOPLE CAME 

PASTOR WALTER AND PASTOR MARITZA 

BAPTIZED 2 

GRAN ASADO PICTURE– 20TH ANNIVERSARY 

ESPERANZA VIVA MET LAST WEEK 

37 PEOPLE SAVED (19 ADULTS/18 CHILDREN) 

PASTOR SAM/ PASTOR CHRIS BAPTIZING 

BAPTIZED 6 PEOPLE 

PASTOR SAM/PASTOR CHRIS BAPTIZING 

  • ADULTS AND CHILDREN 
  • FOOD WAS AMAZING 
  • PARTY– MECHANICAL BULL               

KEYS OF JOHN SERIES WEEK 2 

  • JOHN DISCIPLE- NOT JOHN BAPTIST WRITER 
  • JOHN WRITES AS ONE WHO SAW FIRSTHAND 
  • JOHN WROTE 
  • JOHN WAS A HUMBLE BRAGGER 

ATEAM PICTURE 

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  • JOHN 1 IS THE INTRO- ITS PROLOGUE 
  • EVERYTHING FLOWS FROM THERE 

SIGNS IN JOHN 

   TURNING WATER INTO WINE 

   CLEASING THE TEMPLE 

   HEALING A NOBLEMANS SON 

    HEALING THE LAME MAN 

  FEEDING THE MULTITUDE 

  HEALING THE BLIND MAN 

  RAISING LAZARUS 

I AM STATEMENTS 

   I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE 

   I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD 

   I AM THE DOOR OF THE SHEEP 

   I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE 

   I AM THE WAY TRUTH AND LIFE 

   I AM THE VINE 

JOHN 11: 1-3                                  

  • Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.) 3 So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick. 

LAZARUS NAME MEANS “GOD HAS HELPED” 

JOHN 11:4-5 

   4 When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.” 5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 

HAND GESTURE FOR LOVE 

  • WHAT’S THE SIGN FOR LOVE? 
  • LAST TIME YOU SENSED- YOU KNEW WERE LOVED?HEART EYES EMOJI 

CAN YOU REMEMBER FEELING INTENSE LOVE? 

THE MOST DEEPEST/BESTEST/ HEART WARMING 

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6 So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days 

TWO DAYS 

  • HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED TWO DAYS? 
  • TWO EXCRUCIATING-LONG-NO RESPONSE DAYS 
  • WHAT IS HE WAITING FOR- THIS IS LOVE? 

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  1. After he had said this, he went on to tell them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up.”12 His disciples replied, “Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better.”  

13 Jesus had been speaking of his death, but his disciples thought he meant natural sleep. 14 So then he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead, 15 and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.” 

Then Thomas (also known as Didymus) said to the rest of the disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.” 

JESUS SHOWS UP- LAZARUS IN GRAVE 4 DAYS 

SLIDE 19: SCRIPTURE JOHN 11: 20-22 

   20. WHEN MARTHA HEARD THAT JESUS WAS COMING, SHE WENT OUT TO MEET HIM, BUT MARY STAYED AT HOME. “LORD, MARTHA SAID TO JESUS, “IF YOU HAD BEEN HERE, MY BROTHER WOULD NOT HAVE DIED. BUT I KNOW THAT EVEN NOW GOD WILL GIVE YOU WHATEVER YOU ASK,” 

JOHN 11: 23-25 

  23. JESUS SAID TO HER, “YOUR BROTHER WILL RISE AGAIN.” MARTHA ANSWERED, “I KNOW HE WILL RISE AGAIN IN THE RESURRECTION AT THE LAST DAY.” JESUS SAID TO HER, I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE. THE ONE WHO BELIEVES IN ME WILL LIVE, EVEN THOUGH THEY DIE.  

JOHN 11:26-27 

  26. AND WHOEVER LIVES BY BELIEVING IN ME WILL NEBER DIE. DO YOU BELIEVE THIS? YES LORD, SHE REPLIED, I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD, WHO IS COME INTO THE WORLD.” 

   THIS IS DIFFERENT- THIS IS MASSIVE 

I DON’T POINT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION LIFE 

I AM THE DIRECTION- I AM LIFE (BEGINNING TO….) 

THIS PASSAGE THESE WORDS APPEAR MORE THAN ONCE 

   SICK 4/ SLEEPS 3/ RISE 2 TWICE/ WEEPING 3/ LOVE TIMES/ DEATH 7  

ONLY WORD APPEARS MORE IS BELIEVE 9 TIMES.  21MINS 

WHAT ARE YOU STILL HAVING TROUBLE BELIEVING? 

PLANE  

  • ANTONOV PLANE ITSELF WEIGHED 1.4 MILLION POUNDS- CAARY AN EXTRA 550,000 LBS 
  • WING SPAN 240 FEET- LENGTH 230 FEET 

JOHN 11:33-34 

  33. WHEN JESUS SAW HER WEEPING, AND THE JEWS WHO HAD COME ALONG WITH HER ALSO WEEPING, HE WAS DEEPLY MOVED IN SPIRIT AND TROUBLED. 34. WHERE HAVE YOU LAID HIM? HE ASKED. “COME AND SEE, LORD , “THEY REPLIED.  

JOHN 11:35-36 

  JESUS WEPT. THEN THE JEWS SAID, “SEE HOW HE LOVED HIM”  

5 GREEK WORDS FOR LOVE 

         MANIA-STORGE-EROS-PHILIA-AGAPE 

V 5: JESUS LOVED MARTHA AND HER SISTER/LAZARUS  

PICTURE OF LAZARUS TOMB 

  • HISTORICAL SITE OF LAZARUS TOMB 
  • CLOSE TO MOUNT OF OLIVES 
  • SUBDIVISION OF JERUSALEM- THOUSANDS VISIT 

38 Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance. 39 “Take away the stone,” he said. “But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.” 40 Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?” 

41 So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.” 43 When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out! THE DEAD MAN CAME OUT 

JESUS RAISES LAZARUS- ANNOUNCES HIS DEATH 

JOHN 11:45-46 

  45 Therefore many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him. 46 But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.  

JOHN 11:46-48 

   47 Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin. “What are we accomplishing?” they asked. “Here is this man performing many signs. 48 If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our temple and our nation. 

   ONE OF THE STRONGEST EXAMPLES OF LOVE WE HUMANLY KNOW IS A PARENT AND A CHILD 

JANETTE SHARE- BEST EXAMPLE OF DEEP LOVE 

VIDEO OF DAD AND SON 

   SEE HOW HE LOVED HIM/ 

DO YOU BELIEVE ? BELIEVE WHAT? THAT I LOVE YOU- BECAUSE IF YOU BELIEVE THAT- IT CHANGES EVERYTHING YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT 

ARE YOU HAVING TROUBLE BELIEVING BECAUSE OF 2 DAYS? 

   22 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take it; this is my body.” 

23 Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it. 

24 “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many,” he said to them. 

HANDS SHAPED LIKE HEART 

  • QUESTION TODAY ISN’T HOW MUCH YOU LOVE HIM 
  • QUESTIONS ISN’T HOW MUCH SHOULD YOU SHARE AND SPREAD HIS LOVE 

THE QUESTION IS DO YOU BELIEVE? BELIEVE WHAT? THAT JESUS WHO IS THE SON OF GOD- LOVES YOU- AGAPE LOVES YOU NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND WILL YOU BELIEVE THAT? 

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