The Way Of The Messiah
18 December, 2022
We look at the commencement of Jesus' public ministry, His baptism by John, and His appointment as the "Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world", and as the One who baptises in the Holy Spirit. Looking thus to Him, we seek to understand more…
The Best Way to Live
11 December, 2022
"We may not have the power to control, but we do have the power to surrender." Considering Mary's response to the angel's news that she is to become pregnant by the Holy Spirit, and the potential difficulties such a development may entail, we are…
The Interests of My Father
27 November, 2022
Luke alone of the evangelists gives us the incident in Jesus' life when He gains His moral majority before God - He gains His "son of the covenant" stature. We consider what this means as to His relationship with God, and His awareness of the calling…
Messiah's Incarnation
20 November, 2022
We observe the sovereign ordering of God, by the Holy Spirit, as He brings His Son into the world, a world which is violently intent upon His destruction from infancy. God's front door, by which He brings His King into the world, is altogether other…
Our Christian Identity
13 November, 2022
In light of the human need to belong, to have a sense of personal worth, and adequacy in the practical pursuits of life within this world, as well as in that world to come, Terry locates the fulness of provision made by our heavenly Father in His Son…
We The Church - Prayer Part 2
01 November, 2022
As Judah comes to intercede before Joseph for his father Jacob's interests we see something of the meaning of prayer and our heavenly Father's heart toward us in drawing us into prayer.
We The Church - Prayer Part 1
31 October, 2022
Prayer as seen typified in the approach of Jacob's ten sons to their brother Joseph, and the Lord's objective seen as more than simply satisfying their request for food.
What's in Your Hand?
30 October, 2022
With reference to the incident where the Lord turns Moses' rod into a snake and back to a rod, Ken encourages us to listen to the Lord, and to make ourselves and our all available to Him in the daily circumstances of our lives.
Messiah's Forerunner
23 October, 2022
In anticipation of looking at the intimate guidance of the Lord Jesus by the Holy Spirit during His time on earth in the flesh, we consider the divine management by angelic visitation, and Holy Spirit intervention, of the preparation for that in the…
The Fulness of Time
16 October, 2022
Preliminary to looking at the careful direction of Jesus' life on earth in the flesh, under the government of the Holy Spirit, we consider the harmonious combination of events that characterised what Paul calls the "fulness of time" when Jesus first…
To This End...For This Cause...
09 October, 2022
According to the carefully predetermined eternal purpose of God, all things are to be summed up in His Son. This involved the sovereignly governed life of Jesus of Nazareth, in the course of which all members of the Godhead were active. In…
The Affection of God
02 October, 2022
George explores the significance of God's affections, in the process presenting a somewhat unorthodox view of Israel in Revelation ch. 7 when the Lord turns again to His ancient people following the close of the times of the Gentiles.
The Legacy of the Saint
25 September, 2022
Ken covers some scriptures to direct our thoughts to the consideration of what manner of christian legacy we will leave as we depart this life.
The Cup of the Lord
18 September, 2022
In the garden of Gethsemane Jesus prayed to His Father, "if it be possible, let this cup pass from me." What does He mean by the cup? What does He mean by "let it pass from me"? What does this mean for us? In this message we consider a response to…
The Kingdom of God Part 10
11 September, 2022
Habakkuk, the prophet, prays in the wake of the Lord's response to his cry concerning the wickedness of Judah and the Babylonians. The prophet 'hears' the clash of the All-Holy, Almighty with the nations of the world as unfolding from his day all the…
The Kingdom of God Part 9
04 September, 2022
As the prophet Habakkuk struggles with the divinely appointed agency of Nebuchadnezzar in the Lord's judgement and correction of Judah on the eve of their Babylonian captivity, the Lord gives him five woes upon Nebuchadnezzar, and applicable to many…
The Doctrine of Baptisms
28 August, 2022
Terry covers the doctrine of baptisms (referred to in Hebrews 6), observing five different types of baptism mentioned in scripture, each having four components, comprehensively issuing in the fulfilment of the promise of the Father.
The Land in Between
21 August, 2022
In uncertain times when unexpected changes take place in our lives, the unpredictability of events can unsettle us. Ken looks at Israel just out of Egypt and also at a later time during their history with the Lord and distils three simple principles…
The Kingdom of God Part 8
14 August, 2022
Habakkuk had a dilemma with God: Your use of the Chaldeans to judge Your own people seems to compromise Your purity and righteousness. Living 600 years before Paul speaks to this, identifying light shed by Christ's cross (Rom. 6:23-26), God gives…
The Kingdom of God Part 7
07 August, 2022
Habakkuk has a difficulty with God's silence in response to his cries against the wickedness of the people of Judah. His difficulty is then increased when God tells him that He will use the Chaldeans to judge His people. The prophet then has a…
The Kingdom of God Part 6
31 July, 2022
The Babylonian juggernaut was seemingly invincible, and ruthlessly devoted to world domination. That such a regime of unmitigated evil should be an instrument of judgement in the hand of the Lord against His own people scandalised the prophet…
The Kingdom of God Part 5
24 July, 2022
In this message we begin to look at parallels between Judah's position at the dawn of the Babylonian captivity, Israel's position following their rejection of their Messiah, and our position today at the approaching close of the age.
Don't Forget the Tanach
17 July, 2022
The Law, the Prophets and the Writings - the Tanach - which is what we in the Church Age call the Old Testament, is rich with the revelation of Jesus Christ. These were the scriptures from which the apostles taught the early church, and also from…
Life and Light: The Dynamic of Faith
10 July, 2022
We briefly consider the anatomy of Biblical faith, especially its source and dynamic, but also including its experience, measure, ground and fruit. We see that the mind, heart, truth and nature - in short, the life - of the Son of God, by the…
Saving Faith
03 July, 2022
Terry begins by noticing the Biblical definition of faith and then proceeds to survey the operation and fruit of faith in those who believe by referring to various people and situations in the scriptures.
The Sown Word in the Heart
19 June, 2022
"Out of the heart are the issues of life..." and George emphasises the imperative of sowing the Word of the Lord in our hearts, that our lives and the lives of others may demonstrate the power and purpose of God.
Be Persistent With God
19 June, 2022
God urges His people to give Him no rest in His stated purpose of seeing Jerusalem (His holy people) established in glory, and George sees this same manner of persistence urged upon us by the Lord Jesus in the parable of the unjust judge and the…
The Practical Love of God in Us
12 June, 2022
Looking at Paul's classical portrait of the love of God in I Cor. 13, Peter touches some of the practical aspects by which God's amazing love is manifest in His people.
The Kingdom of God Part 5 Introduction
05 June, 2022
A brief introduction to a certain similarity between our day and that of Judah's on the eve of the Babylonian captivity. The prophet Habakkuk gives us a window on the moral degeneration of the people of God, and the Lord's response to that…
Testimony to Faith
29 May, 2022
Jim refers to incidents from his own experience in Jesus by way of testifying to His complete sufficiency in life.
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