Salvation
Our Source of Power for Salvation and Godliness
Life is tough. How can God expect us to live like He asks us to live? Too many of us have a testimony of frustration over our own inability to live life the way God asks. Peter instructs us that God does in fact expect us to live righteously in this world. (Therefore, beloved, be…
Read MoreResponding to Perfect Love
Last week we began a new series on the theme of love. The need for love is a powerful thing isn’t it? I mean everyone needs love. Even the toughest of men who act as if they don’t need anything or anyone still crave to be loved by someone. That is why every action film…
Read MoreI Am The Door
Owners of the house come through the door! If you see someone climbing through the bathroom window in the dark of night – its a pretty good possibility that its either your teenager trying to sneak home after curfew or it is a thief! We moved to Kitwe in May 1993 and moved to a…
Read MoreWhose Sons & Daughters Are You?
The Setting (37) Jesus’ public ministry was marked by increasing levels of conflict and opposition from the religious leaders of his day, the Pharisees. It was ultimately this conflict which God used to bring to pass his plan eternal plan for Christ—that he would suffer a violent death as the penalty for sin and become…
Read MoreFinding Freedom That Lasts
Have you ever felt trapped? Perhaps you reached a low point in a particular inner spiritual struggle where you said to yourself: “I’m tired of reacting/saying/thinking/doing _______ and I’m going to make a change in my life!” But before you knew it, you were repeating the same cycle all over again! If Satan can get…
Read MoreThe Attack Continues…
The Pharisees therefore said to Him, “You bear witness of Yourself; Your witness is not true.” Why does John keep talking about the opposition to Christ? By the time you get to Chapter 8 this continued attacks on Jesus seems monotonous until you realize what the Pharisees are doing. When a guilty party (Pharisees) wants…
Read MoreThe Compassionate Forgiver
In our text John 8:1-12 we read of a woman caught in an adulterous relationship who is dragged to Christ. Through this story we see Christ revealed as the Compassionate Forgiver! We all need to receive that forgiveness that only He can offer. In these verses we will discover five attitudes that unlock for us God’s response to…
Read MoreChrist is God
In John chapter 7 John submits evidence again that Christ is God by showing the connection between Christ and God’s plan, God’s message, God’s work, and God’s answer to man’s need. Our stage for the scene recorded in John 7 is Jerusalem. Six months have passed since Jesus multiplied the little boy’s lunch and fed the…
Read MoreWho To Trust?
In our Bible study in John 6 we have seen Christ feed 5000 people and then use that miracle to point us to this spiritual reality: Christ is the Bread of Life. He is the eternal satisfaction to our spiritual hunger. Christ comes to the disciples on the Sea of Galilee and then they go to…
Read MoreSearching For Satisfaction
In 1965 the Rolling Stones released a song written by Mick Jagger and Kieth Richards that immediately shot to the top of the charts. The song was titled, “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction.” This song became the Rolling Stones first #1 hit in the USA, and their 4th #1 hit in the UK. Many critics…
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