SECOND POINT... the Characteristics of “the Bride”. The term “the Bride” is a typological picture, or metaphor. But a metaphor of WHAT? Of a place of intimate closeness with the heart of Jesus. I’m pretty sure all true Christians have a desire within them to “want to be like Jesus”. But in what WAY are we to be like him?

Call to Action — From Believer to Disciple So let me ask you gently, lovingly, honestly: Are you a believer… or a disciple? Greg Laurie gives us this powerful summary: “A believer lives a saved life. A disciple lives a called life.” Believers are grateful for the cross.Disciples carry the cross. Believers enjoy the benefits of salvation.Disciples embrace the responsibilities of obedience. Believers hear the Word. Disciples do the Word. Believers go to church. Disciples

The Missing Word in Modern Christianity is ‘disciple’.

Matthew 9:36 (KJV) “But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them…” Jesus saw beyond the surface. When He looked at people, He saw: • Sheep without a shepherd • Souls needing salvation • Broken hearts • Spiritual bondage • Eternal destinies

Day 24. Now when Herod was dead, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying “Arise, take the young child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child’s life are dead.”

Gentle Jesus is not in the business of finishing off people’s faith. If you or anyone’s faith is hanging by a thread, he wants to restore you. If you or anyone’s flame of faith is on the verge of going out Jesus wants to fan that flame back into a bright light with the oxygen of his love.

When your faith flame is only smouldering (picture a candle just about to go out) he will not put it out, he never intended to, quite the opposite. The devil means to break us and snuff out our light (this little light of mine), Jesus wants us to be whole but to burn with a pure light.

v.38 So there are different kinds of flesh. We are buried with one kind of flesh. We are raised with a different kind of body. And Paul says there are different kinds of bodies. So, in the resurrection there are going to be many different kinds of stars. Some will be brighter and more glorious than others. The resurrection predicted in Daniel chapter 12:2-3. So, Paul is referring to that when he says, “As stars different from one another in magnitude and glory and brightne

A study of 1 Corinthians 15-the Resurrection Chapter The most puzzling thing about the resurrection of Jesus Christ is why Christians tend to only speak about it at Easter. This was not the case when the Apostle Paul was preaching. The Church is increasingly changing the expression Easter to Resurrection, e.g. Resurrection Sunday etc. I welcome this. Jesus is the risen King who is victorious over death, recognized by His disciples, validated by Scripture, and enthroned over a

An ambassador lives in the foreign country, but he/she absolutely, in every way, represents his home country. Ambassadors must live, behave, and speak to remarkably high standards as they represent their home nation at all times whilst they are in another country. If ambassadors attend a royal event, they will wear the absolute best clothes and have the best cars e.g. a Rolls Royce. Why does everything need to be the best because they are representing their country.

When we were born again, we were immediately had citizenship of the Kingdom of God/Heaven conferred on us.

However, Jesus Christ sees his church as something that is powerful, glorious, mighty, and invincible! The church is the manifestation...

Stepwise summary of the Beatitudes in Salvation Here is how the lesson of the Beatitudes can be applied to our salvation. Only admission of our poverty in spirit to God can enable Him to breathe His life into us. When we reach the point of mourning over our sins God can do something with us. God begins to work in us producing meekness and humility. Meekness with humility removes paralysing fear from us and produces courage in us to go and possess the land, to begin to fu

Now that we are no longer bound in fear or in self-sufficiency (due to meekness with humility) we can ask God to fill us with a hunger and thirst for His things. Having confessed and turned from our sins and admitted our inadequacy before Him He is ready to create these desires in our heart:We continue our study with the next 4 beatitudes in Matthew 5

In Part 1 we asked the question; how should born again believers live out their lives in the Kingdom of God? The beatitudes describe the type of character, standards, and behaviours that are lived out in the Kingdom of God. This is what all believers should be experiencing in our lives. They are like a new law that is applied in our hearts. The beatitudes can only apply to born again believers as no one else would have the enabling of the Holy Spirit to perform such acts.

There is no place for demons or their oppression when the Kingdom of God/Heaven is released into any situation. This scripture clearly shows the power of the Holy Spirit is released bringing the Kingdom of God/Heaven into any situation. Healing is also a Kingdom of God/Heaven manifestation. When we are walking in the Spirit, we are bringing the Kingdom of God/Heaven into our situations.

The Kingdom of God/Heaven comes when we are regenerated or born-again. Everything is renewed at the point of the new birth. Nicodemus does

Most sources say that Advent is a four-week season in the church calendar dedicated to anticipating the arrival, or “advent” of Jesus, the long-awaited Messiah and King”. This means that Advent is an occasion for the church and we’re waiting for the arrival of Jesus?

In John 17v50-51 Nicodemus defends Jesus by speaking up for him and reminding the Sanhedrin that the Law of Moses demands a fair trial...

As a Pharisee, Nicodemus’ mind would begin to turn towards Exodus 14:21 (the Exodus) when the strong wind dried up the Red sea...

Nicodemus did not call Jesus Lord. When Nicodemus called Jesus Rabbi (teacher from God) he had got it right thus far, for the many miracles

Watchman Nee gives a good way of understanding this. If your father, or grandfather, or great grandfather had died as a child you would not

Our basis for accepting each other as brothers and sisters in Christ is that the Lord himself has already accepted each one of us.

Reading John chapter 6 recently it struck me that this chapter is all about bread.

Specifically, when Jesus applies the restriction to going anywhere among the Samaritans and Gentiles but only to the lost people in Israel

Certain people, usually sceptics, claim that Jesus appeared to have stated in three different bible verses that his second coming would take

Confessing your sins is agreeing with God that it was wrong and inappropriate for us as God’s family, then we can receive our forgiveness

v9, we need to name our sins before the Lord and somehow God is able to cleanse us from them all –perhaps even the ones we did not remember!

Hebrews 12: 5 And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: “My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him; 6 For whom the Lord loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives.” 7 If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten? 8 But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate

However, we know that we often slip and fall into sin (due to the old sin nature), and we would be stuck in sin if the Lord had not provided an ongoing way to get us back into fellowship with him.

and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ,

Jesus’ mission (manifesto) was passed down to the disciples and so on, all the way down to us believers today.

21 And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

Luke 4:18-19 What was Jesus' mission and purpose on earth? Jesus' platform From time to time the UK news media is buzzing with...

The Gospel was the only answer to the downward spiral of human activities in Rome and is still the same answer to the same problem in the,,,

The claims that Jesus Christ made about himself Sceptics say that Jesus never claimed to be God, that others made that up. However, Jesus...

in Ephesians 3:18 we see that there is a supernatural order of the dimensions of God’s love.

Now we can clearly see how we are to live our lives before God the Father. We are to do so as if we were alive from the dead; in willing,

Many have speculated on the nature of Paul’s thorn in the flesh with various approaches including it being an eye condition etc...

‘His goodness directed toward human debt and demerit. It is by His grace that God imputes merit where none previously existed and declares

We can give one of two responses to the goodness of God, which are 1.the right response, and 2. the wrong response.

For the purposes of our bible study today ‘an attribute of God is whatever God has in any way revealed as being true of Himself.’

The integrity of God assures believers that faith in Him is always entirely appropriate. The integrity of God’s being is fully consistent...

These celestial enemies come in various forms, as is suggested by the variety of terms used by Paul to identify them: “rulers ” these are..

It is easy to become a little forgetful of the enormous comfort [1] that we receive from God’s word concerning our eternal destiny.

Jesus is a compassionate Saviour. So many times he showed compassion. Compassion when expressed usually leads to action whether in healing,

As we come to the Lord’s table today, we want to consider that our God, the God of the bible, is a God of covenants. Our God is a Covenant..

These women all have names, and they all have stories. Mary Magdalene was among them. The Lord had cast seven demons out of Mary; then there

Perhaps the most puzzling thing about the resurrection of Jesus Christ is why Christians tend to only speak about it at Easter.

The cross gives a good visual aid for looking at the dimensions of forgiveness. The vertical beam signifying our own vertical need for...