Why is He Worth Following?
Harris Creek Baptist Church
Harris Creek
4.8 • 523 Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
In John 18:1–14, JP points out how Jesus doesn’t run from the moment—He steps up. Even though betrayal and arrest are coming, Jesus shows courage and chooses to follow God’s plan on purpose, not by accident. JP also reminds us that Jesus is still running the show—protecting His friends, staying calm, and speaking with authority. And in an incredible moment of grace, Jesus heals the guy who came to arrest Him, showing love to His enemies right in the middle of all the chaos.
Jesus steps out in courage
Jesus is still in control
Jesus shows compassion to his captors
Life Group Discussion:
How does Jesus' courage challenge the way we respond to fear or opposition in our own lives?
Why is it important for us to remember that God is in control, even when things feel chaotic or unfair?
Can you think of a time when you were challenged to extend grace in a hard situation? What happened, and what did you learn?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Well, this first story will require some explaining, but a friend of mine was the best wrestler |
| 0:09.2 | in the world, an Olympic gold medal wrestler who was a believer and went into ministry, and he and I |
| 0:16.8 | worked closely together. Something about me, I grew up watching the UFC. If those letters are not |
| 0:25.0 | familiar to you, that stands for Ultimate Fighting Championship. Probably the only church in the |
| 0:31.4 | entire world today, starting with the UFC story. But here we are. And so my buddy who's a Olympic gold medal wrestler, I grew up watching |
| 0:41.2 | Hoist Gracie, Ken Shamrock, if you know, you know. Ken Shamrock's like my childhood hero. And Ken |
| 0:47.0 | reaches out to Brandon Slay, my friend, and says, hey, will you train me for this fight against |
| 0:53.0 | Kimbo Slice in Miami? Okay? Tracking with me? And I'm like, hey, will you train me for this fight against Kimbo Slice in Miami? Okay? |
| 0:55.9 | Tracking with me? And I'm like, Brandon, you get to train Ken Shamrock? Like, what in the world? |
| 1:03.4 | And he's like, do you want to go with me? And I'm like, oh, let me pray about this. |
| 1:09.6 | Sure. And so we go to Miami where Brandon's going to corner Ken Shamrock in this fight against Kimbo Slice. |
| 1:18.2 | Kimbo Slice is from Miami. |
| 1:20.0 | It's Miami's bad boy. |
| 1:21.3 | He's the hometown hero. |
| 1:23.1 | Ken is on enemy territory. |
| 1:25.3 | And there we are. |
| 1:26.4 | We're in Ken Shamrock garb head to toe. So Ken hooks us up. |
| 1:29.7 | We've got Lionsden hat, lines in shirt, lions den pants. And I'm just like, I'm Ken Shamrocked out. |
| 1:35.4 | Looked like the biggest fan because I am. And we're there in Miami. Well, it turns out, |
| 1:40.5 | Ken actually backs out of the fight while we're there. Says, hey, I'm not fighting. So everybody |
| 1:45.7 | in this arena hates him. But people love my friend Brandon. Everywhere I go with Brandon, they're |
| 1:53.2 | like, oh, hey man, can we get a picture? Can we, can I get your autograph? Because he's like really |
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