John and Ann Coles speak together at the New Wine Cambridgeshire event in St James’. John speaks from Exodus 33 and Moses encounter with God, and Ann speaks from Genesis 1 and John 6 – about the feeding of the 5000.
Peter Cunliffe speaks from Hebrews 13: 9-21 about God as the source of grace.
God has put all things under the authority of Christ and has made him head over all things for the benefit of the church. Ephesians 1:22 Christ’s church, this body of people, benefit not only by what Jesus Christ has done for us on the cross, but also that he has made us into a […]
Here in these eight verses of Matthew’s account of the words and action of Jesus we find Jesus being interrupted, not once but twice. The first request is about as serious as it gets, the second in Jesus hierarchy of values just as much so. There is a very real dilemma here; well there might be if you or I were in the same situation. Two things come to mind. The first has to do with the authority that Jesus has and has given us, and the second, that God’s sovereignty is over time and the timing of these competing demands. That God is sovereign will result in glory to him even when from a human perspective it seems least likely.
In this remarkable account, Jesus dramatic ability to fully heal a paralysed man demonstrates his authority to forgive sins, something only God can do. Jesus Christ has this divine authority today – the ability to free us from the power, guilt and eternal consequences of our sin