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 […]
Easter 2015 Here are the notes of Peter’s address to the 9 am congregation on Easter Day in lieu of a partial recording.
Continuing ‘All that Jesus said and did’ Peter speaks from Matthew 10: 17-23
A continuation of our ongoing series in Matthew of all that Jesus said and did. Rosie Cunliffe speaks about text in Matthew 10:1-16. God does not call the equipped, he equips the called.
Tim Wetherfield speaks about the Cross and Wisdom from 1 Corinthians 1:18-30
Revd Claire Parr concludes our mini series on the I AM sayings of Jesus. John 11:1-26 and John 20:11-23
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.
Jesus doesn’t just whisk Matthew away, as he had with Peter, James and John, the next we read is that Jesus is having dinner at Matthew’s house. We might guess who the guests might be —Matthew’s friends of course. As a tax collector he would have few friends. So here we are in Matthew’s house with his new rabbi not surprisingly there are tax collectors and sinners sitting down with Jesus and this growing band of his disciples.
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
When we act with bold faith claiming God’s word for ourselves we live lives of worship that give God glory