Pastor Moises Bejarano – ”John 4” – Verdugo Community Church October 30, 2022

Pastor Moises Bejarano of Sunrise Church in Rialto looks to John 4 for his sermon. He notes that Jesus did not use the usual route from Judea to Galilee, but instead knew he had to go through Samaria to meet the woman at the well and bring salvation to her and her village, just as he had to go to the Cross to provide salvation for all. When after that Jesus meets a government official whose son is dying, Jesus looks beyond the crowd’s desire for spectacular signs to the man’s simple faith and heals his son with a word. The Samaritan woman, her fellow villagers, and the government official were marginalized and rejected by the society Jesus lived in. Nevertheless he showed them mercy and rewarded their faith. God calls us to take roads we would not choose, to meet people and situations we would avoid, to do his will here on earth. We, too, should look beyond our social divisions and extend God’s grace and mercy to all.

 

Verdugo is again meeting in person but makes its Sunday sermons available to you on Facebook and posts audio copies of the service and sermon at https://verdugochurch.podbean.com.

 

Verdugo Community Church is a Free Methodist congregation serving the Glassell Park, Eagle Rock, and Glendale areas in Los Angeles. It is located at 4300 Verdugo Road, Los Angeles, CA 90065. Our email address is verdugofmc@gmail.com. Contact Pastor Gail at (323) 500-3343.

 

Verdugo is online at www.facebook.com/verdugochurch and www.verdugochurch.org.

Sermon copyright 2022 by Moises Bejarano and Verdugo Community Church.