{"id":994,"date":"2022-04-03T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-03T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/?p=994"},"modified":"2022-04-01T19:04:13","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T19:04:13","slug":"sermon20220403","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/sermon20220403\/","title":{"rendered":"Connected &#8211; Father and Son as One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span hidden=\"\">Connected &#8211; Father and Son as One<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sermonNotes2022\">\n<p>2022 Church Theme: Advancing God\u2019s Kingdom in the New Normalcy<br \/>\nScripture: John 14:1-15<br \/>\nSpeaker: Rev. Michael Lau<\/p>\n<div class=\"audio-container\"><audio controls=\"controls\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/mp3\/English\/2022_0403_E.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/audio><\/div>\n<p><u><strong>John 14:1-15 (NIV)<\/strong><\/u><br \/>\n<span class=\"text John-13-30\"><sup class=\"versenum\">1 <\/sup><\/span><span class=\"text John-14-1\"><span class=\"woj\">\u201cDo not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God;&nbsp;believe also in me.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-NIV-26671\" class=\"text John-14-2\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">2&nbsp;<\/sup>My Father\u2019s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there&nbsp;to prepare a place for you?<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-NIV-26672\" class=\"text John-14-3\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">3&nbsp;<\/sup>And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back&nbsp;and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-NIV-26673\" class=\"text John-14-4\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">4&nbsp;<\/sup>You know the way to the place where I am going.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text John-14-5\"><sup class=\"versenum\">5&nbsp;<\/sup>Thomas&nbsp;said to him, \u201cLord, we don\u2019t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-26675\" class=\"text John-14-6\"><sup class=\"versenum\">6&nbsp;<\/sup>Jesus answered,&nbsp;<span class=\"woj\">\u201cI am&nbsp;the way&nbsp;and the truth&nbsp;and the life.&nbsp;No one comes to the Father except through me.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-NIV-26676\" class=\"text John-14-7\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">7&nbsp;<\/sup>If you really know me, you will know&nbsp;my Father as well.&nbsp;From now on, you do know him and have seen him.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-26677\" class=\"text John-14-8\"><sup class=\"versenum\">8&nbsp;<\/sup>Philip&nbsp;said, \u201cLord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-26678\" class=\"text John-14-9\"><sup class=\"versenum\">9&nbsp;<\/sup>Jesus answered:&nbsp;<span class=\"woj\">\u201cDon\u2019t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.&nbsp;How can you say, \u2018Show us the Father\u2019?<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-NIV-26679\" class=\"text John-14-10\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">10&nbsp;<\/sup>Don\u2019t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me?&nbsp;The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority.&nbsp;Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-NIV-26680\" class=\"text John-14-11\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">11&nbsp;<\/sup>Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-NIV-26681\" class=\"text John-14-12\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">12&nbsp;<\/sup>Very truly I tell you, whoever believes&nbsp;in me will do the works I have been doing,&nbsp;and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-NIV-26682\" class=\"text John-14-13\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">13&nbsp;<\/sup>And I will do whatever you ask&nbsp;in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-NIV-26683\" class=\"text John-14-14\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">14&nbsp;<\/sup>You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text John-14-15\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">15&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cIf you love me, keep my commands.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connected &#8211; Father and Son as One 2022 Church Theme: Advancing God\u2019s Kingdom in the New Normalcy Scripture: John 14:1-15 Speaker: Rev. Michael Lau John 14:1-15 (NIV) 1 \u201cDo not let your hearts be troubled. 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