Are you on a quest for truth? In a sense every life is a pursuit of truth.  But sometimes when people encounter truth, truth encounters them. Truth confronts us with pure reality. That’s what happens in this text.  Events revolves around a legal inquiry into the truth about Jesus of Nazareth.  It occurs at the palace of Pontius Pilate, the Roman Governor of Judea.  (John 18:28-19:16)

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Jesus said of Himself: I Am the Way and The Truth and The Life, no one comes to the Father except through Me (John 14:6).  How a person receives this statement makes all the difference in the world.  How we handle The Truth of Jesus changes everything, and being off by just a fraction can have devastating eternal results.  (John 18:1-27)

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In the final moments before His arrest, Jesus could have prayed for many things, but His prayer was dominated by a single thought – that His followers would portray oneness to the world.  If Jesus posted a sign in front of every church, it might simply read: Unity  (John 17:20-26)

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Like the early disciples, we too live in a world marked by conflict.  Through this amazing prayer of Jesus, we are reminded that, though we live in this world, our time here is temporary. Jesus prays for His disciples, then and now… that in the midst of this fractured world we might portray some distinctive marks. (John 17:1-19)

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In His final statement to the disciples Jesus provides four key words or themes that will keep them (and us) moving forward toward His preferred future for us, rather than back into the uncertainties of this world. (John 16:16-33)

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In John 16 Jesus knows that He will die in less than twenty-four hours. When His disciples are faced with that reality, they become troubled, afraid, and filled with sorrow. Jesus responds to each of their concerns by talking about the coming Holy Spirit. (John 16:5-15)

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In this message we consider The Bad, The Ugly and The Good of a life devoted to following Jesus. There is danger is expecting our journey with Jesus to be simple, easy and free from problems.  But like those early Disciples, Jesus promises us Good, in the midst of the Bad and The Ugly.  Mark 15:19-27

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In this text Jesus elaborates on what it looks like to keep His commandments and abide in His love and bear fruit.  He does so by issuing a new commandment, and that command is to love one another.  Our Lord calls us His friends and gives us four tests or qualities of true friendship. Two signs are on His side and two signs of the friendship are on our side.  (John 15:12-17)

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