Colossians 2:6-15 Scammers are the bane of modern life, stealing our valuables by all manner of lies and deception. In our walk with Christ, we have to be alert. In our Colossians passage on Sunday, Paul exposes and demolishes one of the Devil’s big scams, that we need something more than just Jesus, and prescribes the antidote to his attacks.
Colossians 1:24 – 2:5 Paul is letting the church know how hard he has been working for them, in order that they may know the mystery of God, Jesus Christ.
John 8:1-11 The gospel condemns those who society perceives as being ‘good’, but it rescues and transforms even the ‘worst’ of sinners
John 6:1-15, 25-40 Do you feel like you are constantly wanting or missing something? Jesus teaches us that true lasting satisfaction is found in him. He is the bread of life.
John 3:1-21 One of the best-known verses in the New Testament, John 3:16, begins with a ‘For’, connecting it to the previous verse: which is from the Old Testament! We can’t fully-understand, or fully-appreciate, the one without the other. John the gospel-writer introduces us to Nicodemus, a teacher of ‘the scriptures’ (what we now call the Old Testament) in order to tell us the good news of God’s love in sending Jesus, the Light of the World.
Acts 28:17-31 Paul ends Acts proclaiming Jesus as King from captivity, showing that the gospel of hope goes out unhindered and calls us to share it freely.
Acts 25:13-26:32 Paul, once the enemy of the gospel, now testifies in chains before King Agrippa about the risen King Jesus. His defence shows the gospel fulfils Scripture, brings hope, and demands a decision.
Acts 23:12–25:12 Facing plots, accusations, and trials, Paul shows that the gospel fulfils the Scriptures, gives the safest hope through the resurrection, and clears the conscience before God.
The Christian message is one of hope, a living, lasting, beautiful hope.
What makes us human? Is there more to us than meets the eye? What does our outer surface actually mean? We are exploring these questions with Dr. Monty Lyman at a guest service.
