Jesus: Bringing a spritual revolution
The listeners at the mount would have known the old testament.
Abraham was promised land & children
Then various events took place over the generations with nothing extra to add for the past 400 years when God did not speak to them.
Expectations were reducing although both Pharisees and the zealots (who kept the extreme law) were still making statements.more
Jesus: Authority with Compassion
Ed and Andrea both talked from Matthew 8 and 9. In these chapters Matthew is addressing one key question that the crowds and early disciples were asking following Jesus great teaching - WHO IS THIS JESUS? Does he live up to his claims & his own teaching, could he really be the Messiah? Matthew compresses all these stories into these two chpaters to show us what Jesus was lmore
Jesus: a real Man like us
Jesus has experienced all the temptations that we endure but overcame all of them.
The devil, who is often ignored in his age, really exists and is determined to undermine belief.
But Jesus is there to help us overcome
The Goodness of God
Jesus: God with us
We are starting a series from the book of Matthew who links Jesus to the prophecy from the OLd Testament of which He is the complete fulfilment.more
What does it mean to live in the Kingdom
The kingdom is living the life in a different way.
Lives pleasures do not last in the long term.
The decisions we make result in eternal consequences.
Becoming God's change agent
A suggested New Year's resolution
Confidence in our faith, our future
Change can happen to you
We need to; Build relationships with God
Willing to let go of the pastmore
Be devoted to prayer
As we finished our series on prayer, rather than looking at another prayer in the Bible, Ed spoke about Paul's prayer requests at the end of his prison letters. Originally he was going to speak from Col 4v2-6 where Paul encourages us to be devoted to prayer and asks for some specific prayer about the gospel going out to others through him. more
The Lord's Prayer
The planned speaker was unable to attend due to illness.more
How we should live our lives
We may not expect God to work but we should COMMAND that healing takes place, not just request God to heal.
We are in a battle with heavenly realms and we are secret weapons IF we choose to engage.
What is the destiny planned for each of us?