Come and Drink
Life In His Name
June 15, 2025
Rev. Tim Sharpe
The service combined church announcements and needs with Scripture readings and teaching from John 7, emphasizing Jesus’ public invitation to the spiritually thirsty to come and receive living water, the need for humble obedience, and practical Christian life elements like confession, prayer, worship, and generous giving.
Summary
The sermon began with practical church announcements (website refresh, a new Proverbs class, and a youth retreat food sign-up) and moved through worship elements—call to worship from Psalm 118, prayers, hymns, and a confession from Colossians 3—before focusing on John 7 where Jesus proclaims, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.” The speaker highlighted the festival context of the invitation, the reality that many fail to respond out of ignorance or superficial faith, the cost and risk of genuinely coming to Jesus, and the hypocrisy of the Pharisees; the message called believers to humble obedience, to receive Christ’s living water, to practice willing and voluntary Christian giving, and to join the congregation in faithful worship and service.
Key Points
- Announcements: website refresh, new adult Sunday school on Proverbs, youth retreat July 16–19 with food sign-ups to lower costs
- Call to worship from Psalm 118 and opening prayers/hymns leading into the service
- Confession from Colossians 3 calling for compassionate hearts, humility, meekness, patience, and mutual forbearance
- Deacon Scott Brown’s teaching: Christian giving should be willing and free—both required by God and voluntarily offered by believers
- Scripture readings: Psalm 1 (Old Testament) and John 7 (Gospel focus)
- Central sermon point from John 7: Jesus’ public invitation—"If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink"—offers living water and calls for a genuine response
- Barriers to responding: ignorance of the gospel, superficial/conflicted confessions, and risk/cost of true discipleship
- Critique of the Pharisees’ hypocrisy and reminder that obedience flows from humility
- Invitation to the congregation to respond by coming to Jesus, participating in worship and church life, and receiving spiritual refreshment
- Closing: a call to silent prayer acknowledging our need for God’s living water and provision
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