Repentance is of foundational importance in the Christian life. So what is it? How should it look in our lives? And how should it impact our attitude?
2 Timothy 4:10
"For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia." (ESV) Rev David Randall Snr digs into what we can learn from Demas and the danger of being in love with the world.
Q.24 - How does Christ execute the office of a prophet?
A. Christ executes the office of a prophet, in revealing to us, by his Word and Spirit, the will of God for our salvation. (Westminster Shorter Catechism)
"So when they had come together, they asked Jesus, "Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?" He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, and said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven."
Luke 24:51
Why does the Ascension of Christ matter so much? And what does it point to? Rev Paul Gibson preaches on Luke 24 v 51, "While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven."
2 Timothy 3:14-15; Psalm 19
TS Mooney of Londonderry used to say that what kept him motivated was a desire to see that every boy may have a Bible in his hands; that he may have a Saviour in his heart; and that he may have a purpose in his life. Rev David Randall Snr preaches on 2 Timothy 3:14-15 "But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus."
Isaiah 52:13-53:12
Rev Paul Gibson preaches on the doctrine of Penal Substitutionary Atonement and why it is such a foundational doctrine for biblical Christianity.
Matthew 1:18-25
Catechism Question 22: "How did Christ, being the Son of God, become a man?" Answer: "Christ, the Son of God, became man, by taking to himself a true body, and a reasonable soul, being conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost, in the womb of the Virgin Mary, and born of her, yet without sin." Ephesians 6:10-20; Psalm 19:7-14
Since the Church of Christ is called to be an advancing army, how do we take the battle to the enemy? In what ways does the Word of God do the work of God? What is our role? Rev Paul Gibson preaches on Ephesians 6:17
Stephen Randall preaches on the Peace of God that we have through Christ and how we can enjoy it.
What does it mean to put on the Helmet of Salvation? Rev Paul Gibson preached this morning on how believers must protect and guard their minds by making sure that their thought lives are ordered, shaped and informed by the glorious salvation that has been revealed in the scriptures and manifested in their lives.
Do you believe in God? What do we even mean by the word God? Or the word Believe? Rev Robert Walker preaches on Jesus' words in to the Woman of Samaria, "God is Spirit."
What is the Shield of Faith? How do we use it? And what does it protect us against? Listen to Rev Paul Gibson preach on v16 of Ephesians 6
John 14:1-14
Shorter Catechism Q 21: Who is the redeemer of God's elect? Answer: The only redeemer of God's elect is the Lord Jesus Christ, who, being the eternal Son of God, became man, and so was, and continues to be, God and man in two distinct natures, and one person, forever.
"...and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. "
Q.20: Did God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery?
A: God having, out of his mere good pleasure, from all eternity, elected some to everlasting life, did enter into a covenant of grace, to deliver them out of the estate of sin and misery, and to bring them into an estate of salvation by a Redeemer. Rev Paul Gibson preaches on the Covenant of Grace; God's overarching plan of redemeption and what He did to overcome the effects of the fall for those who will believe.
Rev Paul Gibson preaches on what the 'breastplate of righteousness' is and why it is so important for protecting our minds, our affections and our wills.
Q. 19. What is the misery of that estate whereinto man fell?
A. All mankind by their fall lost communion with God, are under his wrath and curse, and so made liable to all miseries in this life, to death itself, and to the pains of hell for ever.
Rev Paul Gibson preaches on what the Belt of Truth is and how we are to put it on in our lives.
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“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God…For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.” Archives
May 2024
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