SERMON OUTLINE:

“THE GREATNESS OF UN-GREATNESS”

John 5:16-23

Introduction – Olympic greatness

Question: What makes Jesus great?

Answer:                                                                                                                               .

I Work As The Father Works

My Father is always at work

My Father

I too am working

Who does Jesus think he is?

I And The Father Are One

…the Son can do nothing by himself

For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does

even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it

the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son

The Even Greater Thing

The Cross of Christ

Frederick Buechner

I believe that by his dying he released into the world an entirely new kind of life, his kind of life…

 Conclusion – A gift with a giver attached