Scripture
John 1.1–14
Sermon
Is there anyone coming for me?
Speaker
Pastor Alvin
Sermon Outline
Move 1 — The Word moves in (John 1.1–14)
Move 2 — Jesus goes to the person nobody wants (Luke 19.1–10)
Move 3 — The cross: he takes our shame (John 19.28–30; II Corinthians 5.21)
Move 4 — The resurrection: the story doesn’t end in death (John 20.19–21)
Questions to take home
1. Zacchaeus was watching from a distance — on the outside, not expecting to be seen. Does that feel familiar? In what ways have you been watching Jesus from a tree?
Be honest. Are you fully in, or still on the edges — watching, curious, but keeping your distance?
2. The cross means ‘paid in full.’ Is there something you’ve been carrying — guilt, shame, a secret — that you’ve never actually handed over? What would it feel like to let it go?
You don’t have to have the answer. Just sit with the question this week.