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Fake Worship False Starts and Final Joy - JS Gillespie  

 

Fake worship, false starts and failed priests; there was a whole lot of background noise around the birth of Jesus. You might have thought that everyone would have taken Jesus seriously; after all it isn't every day that the God who made you and the God who will judge you communicates with you. Instead of a rapturous reception, Jesus is met by wise men who took the wrong turning, priests who weren't that interested and a king who wanted rid of Him! Matthew is clear as to why we need Him. Jesus is God; conceived by the Spirit of God, declared by the heavens and prophesied of for millennia. He may even be the God you have been running away from! Afraid to hear from Him. Afraid to face Him! Yet here in Matthew chapter 1 that same God is the only one able to save you! God's saving work is by a person: Jesus "for He shall save His people from their sins." When we finally find Him there is eternal and enduring Joy.

 

Bible based Gospel preaching, from the online mp3 sermon library of Grace in Christ, free to all to download and listen online, biblical, evangelical and expositional preached and expounded at Bridgend Gospel Hall, New Cumnock.

Yours by Grace in Christ

 

Dr J Stewart Gillespie

There is One God - 1 Timothy chp 2 vs 5 - Tom Gray   

Our mind perceives the reality of God from the complexity of the created world around us. What our mind perceives our heart declares to us. What our heart declares our conscience convicts us of. God is real. God is one. His standards hold us to ultimate account and before them all are found sinners. As clear and emphatic as the bible is, as to our fallen condition before a Holy God, it is every bit as clear regarding the path of forgiveness and salvation; by Grace alone, through faith alone in the person of God's Son; Jesus Christ. God's great provision for our need of a Saviour, our perfect substitute, the bearer of our sins and the means of forgiveness and reconciliation to an offended God. Do you know Him? Have you trusted Him?

The Blessing of Dieing Twice - Luke chapter 8 - JS Gillespie  

It was a great meeting, only 7 attended and one of them was dead! 

It was the one who was dead that Jesus spoke to and it was the one who was dead who heard the voice of Jesus and even more remarkably she responded.

The crises of death often hits us right at the moment when death is imminent. Jarius was tremendously blessed in Luke chapter 8 although he did not realise it at the time. The crises of the death of his daughter, brought him to a crises of faith and a reality check. Neither he nor his religion could deal with death and the hereafter. He did what his love for his child demanded, he came in humility and faith to the feet of Jesus. Who cares what people think when we are seeking and finally find the secret of eternal life!

Living a Death and Dieing a Life - JS Gillespie  

 

On the peripheries of society lie the nobodies, nameless outcasts, with no status and little significance. In the hands of Jesus:

  • A shepherd becomes a sovereign 
  • A plough man becomes a prophet
  • A prisoner becomes a prince 
  • A fisherman fishes for men

With Jesus the nobody becomes a somebody. 

No one is too far gone for the transforming grace of God's son. Even the slow decay of the leper, dying in his own life, decaying in his own corruption cannot impede the transforming power of Jesus. Jesus is the specialist at bringing life from the dead and transformation through faith. The soul dead in trespasses and sins becomes a new creature in Christ cleansed and renewed; reborn by the  transforming power of Jesus.