The mount of transfiguration gives us a fresh glimpse of who the Lord Jesus is. It is here we are presented with one who is more than a prophet, of whom the law and the prophets looked forward to. We see Jesus in His purity and perfection, in His preeminence, in His Person and His purpose as Saviour. Dr J Stewart Gillespie
The man of the Gadarenes, the woman with the issue of blood and Jairus on behalf of his daughter, all came to Jesus in Mark chapter 5 with big problems. Their real problems were even bigger than they had imagined. The man of the Gadarenes was not only disturbed but demon possessed and more than that possessed by multiple demons! Jairus daughter was sick but he didn't realise just how sick. By the time he reached Jesus his daughter was dead. Faith laid hold of a Saviour greater than their problems! Here is a Saviour able to deal not only with the symptoms of a fallen humanity but with the root cause and core; sin and the fallen heart. He alone is able to forgive sin, regenerate with new life and free from Satan and evil.
Mark chapter 7 verses 24 to 30 record the encounter if a Syrophencian woman with the Lord Jesus at the border of Tyre and Sidon. This woman grasps the opportunity to meet Christ, an opportunity which was quickly to pass. Like blind Bartimaeus, the two blind men at Jericho, Zacchaeus, the woman with the issue of blood and the blind man at the temple in John chpater 9, the passing Jesus of Nazareth was an opportunity to encounter God and find salvation, a once in a lifetime opportunity not to be missed. In humility she comes to Jesus on behalf of her demon possessed daughter seeking just a few crumbs from the masters table. This woman appreciated that it was not her great grasp of a small God that would save and deliver but rather her small, weak grasp of a great God. God does the saving we come in faith.
Dr J Stewart Gillespie
A gospel message preached at Bridgend Gospel Hall New Cumnock Scotland
Thousands flock to the Lord Jesus in Mark chapter 6. Whilst this is teh chapter in which we read of the miraculous feeding of the 5000 with 5 loaves and two fishes, yet the emphasis in this section is not on the feeding but on the feeder! The thousands who flock to the desert, find Christ as the supreme draw and attraction and nothing else! As sheep without a shepherd, it would seem that whilst they were drawn to Christ they hardly knew what it was they were looking for! Once they found that peace, meaning, satisfaction and salvation in Jesus then they would know they had found it! In Mark chapter 6 we have Jesus as Saviour, as Shepherd and as Satisfier as He alone feeds and meets the needs of the 5000.
Matthew chapter 22 describes God's Great Invitation still open to you and I today. We see also the consequences of rejecting that invitation. Upon our response to that invitation hangs our destiny, heaven or hell, to be saved or to be lost.
The parable of the sower and the seeds from Mark chapter 4. The 4 types of ground upon which the seed of the gospel falls are explained in this parable of the Lord Jesus. We note in the parable the person of Jesus Christ, the message of Sin and Salvation and the spiritual battle which we all face especially when a soul comes into contact with the saving power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Dr J Stewart Gillespie
Mark chapter 3 and the healing of the man with the withered hand introduces us to the God who meets us in our weakness, whilst we were yet without strength and who really cares for us. Whilst others may simply be ready to mock and drag us down, He is the Saviour who is able to save for ever all who come to Him by faith.
What are you relying on for heaven? 1 Peter chapter 3 verse 18 For Christ has also once suffered for sins the just for we the unjust that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but quickened by the Spirit.
In Capernaum, in Mark chapter 2 the news leaks out, Jesus is here! The crowds gather and the house cannot contain all who are drawn to Jesus. There was an emptiness deep in mans soul since we left God in Eden. Since that separation this world has been a cold, cruel place of death, disaster, disease and disappointment. Here in Mark chapter 2 God has come home! God is near in Jesus Christ. It is here we see that it is faith which connects us to the power of Jesus Christ. Are we searching for God? Are we empty and alone? Are we worried about death and the after life! God's plan for our salvation is fulfilled in His Son Jesus. Gospel message from Mark chapter 2, the healing of the man with a palsy, carried by four friends.
Preached by Dr J Stewart Gillespie, at Bridgend Gospel Hall New Cumnock.
Mark chapter 1 and the healing of the leper by Jesus Christ. A reflection of teh miracle of Jesus Christ adn the laws of leprosy in Leviticus chapters 13 and 14, with reference to the Messianic miracles of Jesus. Dr J Stewart Gillespie
Mark chapter 1 verses 29 to 34 details the miracle of the raising up of Peter's mother in law. We consider the movement of the Lord Jesus from Heaven, to the Synagogue, to the home and to her heart. We notice too that the sun sets on the old life and a new way of life is now brought in. We see the challenge to a personal living relationship with Jesus Christ! Don't leave Him in the synagogue! Dr J Stewart Gillespie
The seventh and final sign miracle of John's Gospel is set at the grave of Lazarus at Bethany. This is a funeral scene like no other as the Lord Jesus Christ will move death into reverse as teh resurrection and the life. A Gospel message preached by Craig Mackie at the Bridgend Gospel Hall, New Cumnock. July 2023
Mark chapter 1 presents to us 5 great truths concerning Jesus Christ. In Mark chapter 1 we learn of: The Prophecies concerning Jesus which looked forward to His coming. The Preparation God had made in sending John Baptist to prepare the way The Person of Jesus as the eternal God His Purity demonstrated in the wilderness His Power to save as presented in the Gospel message, a message of a great Saviour
Mark chapter 1 and the beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, announced by John the Baptist who prepares the way for Jesus and the hearts of men. There has been thousands of years of propheti preparation into the coming of Jesus Christ, set out in the Old Testament scriptures which spoke of His coming, His death on the cross and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. A bible study of Mark chapter 1 by Dr J Stewart Gillespie.
3 days, 3 pictures and 3 women who perceivere in following Jesus from the cross of Calvary to the tombm where the tragedy of Calvary becomes the triumph of resurrection and the empty grave. A message at Easter. Dr J Stewart Gillespie