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One sentence from Jesus can expose what we’re really worshiping: “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.” In John 5, Jesus heals on the Sabbath and the religious leaders don’t celebrate a restored life, they plot a murder. That contrast opens up a raw conversation about legalism vs grace, why performance-based religion quietly breeds pride, and how pride turns into contempt for anyone who doesn’t keep “our” standards.

We lean into the sermon theme, “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree,” because Jesus insists that if you want to know what God the Father is like, you look at him. That claim doesn’t just challenge bad theology, it challenges our survival strategies. If God looks like Jesus, then God isn’t impressed by our spiritual resume, and he isn’t waiting to love us once we clean ourselves up. We talk about Sabbath rest as trust, not inactivity, and why the real calling beneath every calling is intimate dependence on the Father through the Son.

From there, the stakes get even higher: Jesus says he gives life and he will judge the world. We unpack resurrection life as something believers can experience now, how suffering can train us to trust “God who raises the dead,” and why the only judge you want is the one who died for you. If you’ve wrestled with justice, evil, hell, or God feeling hidden, this message aims straight at the heart of it: Jesus loves you, and he will always do what is right.

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