3 parables:
10 bridesmaids: keeping watch. 2. 1 Business man and 3 workers: how to keep ready- using our time/talents. 3. sheep and goats: how we treat the needy.
Alpha Launch - “Hearing and obeying”
The Ethiopian - 1. He was aware of God. 2. He needed the Gospel explained. 3. He became a disciple of Jesus
Events before His return; 2.Warnings and encouragements; 3.The return of Jesus; 4.Warnings and encouragements
The talk at our African Caribbean Day: “The body of Christ”
a unit made up of many parts. 2. every part is important. 3. No ordinary body
…we can be sure of escaping God’s wrath. 2. ..we can be sure of being finally saved. 3. …so rejoice in God
A surprising saviour; 2. The Gospel
Seen in the death of Christ. 2. An unheard-of kind if love. 3. ..for our confidence and assurance
“Come, now is the time to worship: or is it?”
WHO - Worship the Lord your God: only, always ; 2. HOW - Worship the Lord in Spirit and in Truth
No shame. 2. Our hope of the Glory to come. 3. What God’s Love is like to us. 4. It is poured into our hearts. 5. Through the Holy Spirit. 6. Our personal experience - resulting from God’s love.
“God have mercy on me, a sinner”: a right view of ourselves, a big view of God; this affects how we tell others about God: we always need to offer a message of hope.
We have our security in Jesus: a) this grace; b) access into this grace; c) standing in this grace.
We have our hope of Glory: a) The Glory of God; b) Our hope; c) We boast in this hope.
“Something to shout about”