I’ve got to say I am constantly meeting people who think they can work hard enough and long enough so that God will save them. I used to be one of those thinkers. The concept that we are saved by grace is completely opposed to the concept that our own personal efforts enable us to meet the requirements of a holy God. It is in the nature of every person alive to think that they can do something to better themselves, to make themselves more acceptable to God, but this isn’t h

3 Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honour at God’s right hand. 2 Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. 3 For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 And when Christ, who is your life, is revealed to the whole world, you will share in all his glory. 5 So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing t

There are gifts from the Holy Spirit such as gifts of healing, discernment, wisdom, miracles, prophecy, tongues and interpretation of tongues and these are wonderful when you see people using these gifts. I particularly want to focus on the gift of healing today. Only last week I witnessed a man use the gift of healing to pray for numerous people to be instantaneously healed of accident damage and chronic health conditions. Such gifts all advance the kingdom of God because th

On the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles, the priests would bring water to the temple and pour it out as an offering to God. When that was happening, Jesus proclaimed: “Anyone who is thirsty may come to me! 38 Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.’” (John 7:37-38 NLT). In order to understand just what Jesus was meaning here, John offered the interpretation: 39 (When he said “living water,

Every Sunday our church congregation recites the Apostle's Creed that is said to have been constructed by the 12 apostles as a definition of what Christians believe. In particular we state that: “I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; [he descended to the dead.] On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at

Prof. Mervyn T. Judge continues: “This fulfilled the word of the Lord through the prophet Isaiah, who said, “He took our sicknesses and removed our diseases” (Matt. 8:17 NLT). The prophecy of Isaiah says that Jesus took our sicknesses and removed our diseases. If Jesus took away our sicknesses when He took away our sins, then it is our duty to “claim” this “gift” from God, provided we have the necessary faith. Faith is, therefore, the motivating force and NOT our own works or