In this talk Allen summarises the authority of Jesus as expressed in Mark chapters 1 and 2 goes on to explain Sabbath and Jesus authority over that. He explains that the fourth commandment is about us and God’s gift of a day of rest as we are created in God’s image. The religious leaders at […]
Mark 2:1-12 Mark speaks about the authority of Jesus to forgive sins demonstrated in the healing of a paralysed man. In this Jesus declares his divinity – that he is the Son of God and has such authority. Here too Jesus shows his ability to look into the human heart. When God reigns in our […]
This third in the series was given in an All-Age service. Mark 1:29-39 Jesus at home in Capernaum demonstrates the presence and reality of the kingdom of God.
Dipping our toes in Romans Romans 7:21-8:17 Tim begins with a Gospel reading and then follows with a helpful summary of the series so far, before addressing the passage.
Dipping our toes into Romans. Romans 6:1-14 The Christian life is not a competition in which, in our own effort, we strive to attain a standard. Grace is the undeserved privilege of being made right with God. Paul re-echoes these truths here in Romans 6, that we are made alive in Christ. His basic message to […]
Righteousness has always ben the gift of God through faith: Abram, David,Peter and Paul are mentioned as examples. When repentance is expressed God in his mercy operated through grace and grants forgiveness and a new status in exchange. Romans 3:21- 4:8
Reading from Matthew 20:1-16 the parable of the vineyard workers. Jesus want to tell people that the kingdom of God is a gift. In this parable all the men, no matter when they started work, were given a full day’s pay. The kingdom is something God freely gives, not something we can earn- Luke 12:32.
Introduction The coming of the kingdom of God was Jesus’ central message. Everything else in the gospels is a way of illustrating what that means. Nature: righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit (Romans 14:17) Context: God’s reign and his rule (Believers are to be subjects of God’s kingdom). Expresion: values counter to the […]
Reading from Jeremiah 3:31-36 and referring Hebrews 10. The New Covenant makes possible the restoration of God’s family and the healing of broken relationships.
Mark takes the passage from Luke 2:22-40 and shows insights into the big story of God, connections between the Old and the New Covenants, the sacrificial lambs of Hebraic worship, Mary and Joseph’s poverty seen through the sacrifice they offer as they bring Jesus to the Temple, the wonder of Simeon and Anna’s faithful waiting […]