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Saturday EV - 1 Timothy 2:1-7
1 Timothy 2:1-7 | Saturday EV | 14/05/2016 | Tim Baldwin
Tim Baldwin unpacks Paul's teaching on prayer, highlighting the value of praying for all people, including leaders in authority, in order that Christians can live in godliness and holiness. Are you praying for all people groups for the sake of gospel expansion in the knowledge that our God longs for those that are lost?
Saturday EV - 1 Timothy 3:1-13
1 Timothy 3:1-13 | Saturday EV | 28/05/2016 | Andrew Heard
Andrew Heard unpacks the qualities required for church leadership, highlighting the need to be free from the love of money, and to model the changed life that God wants us to live. Are you challenged to grow in depth of character to exhibit qualities of Christian maturity?
Saturday EV - Mark 2:27-33
Mark 2:27-33 | Saturday EV | 9/04/2016 | Grahame Fuller
Grahame Fuller finishes off the Mark series "Who is this Man?" with the question: do you accept Jesus as the Messiah and are you ready to die to your old life and live for Jesus? And what does this look like in your life?
Peninsula EV - Mark 8:27-33
Mark 8:27-33 | Grace Church Peninsula | 10/04/2016 | Grahame Fuller
Grahame Fuller finishes off the Mark series "Who is this Man?" with the question: do you accept Jesus as the Messiah and are you ready to die to your old life and live for Jesus? And what does this look like in your life?
The Journey - Luke 9:18-27
Luke 9:18-27 | EV Church | 3/03/2013 | Craig Dobbie
Craig Dobbie preaching on Luke 9:18-27. Who is this man Jesus and what will it mean to follow him? The disciples were only half right a out who Jesus is. The Jews were expecting several great leaders - prophet, priest, servant king and a conquering messiah. They didn't expect these to be fulfilled in one man - Jesus. What will it mean to follow him? To die to the old selfish life, through daily repentance and to live to bring honour to God. To avoid the temptation of being ashamed of Jesus. Pray that you will remember that Jesus is both the suffering saviour and judge.
Has Jesus caused oppression or freedom?
Romans 8:14-17 | EV Church | 29/01/2023 | Dave Jensen
We live in a society that defines freedom as personal liberty - free to be me! Dave Jensen speaks on the true freedom Jesus brings, not 'no-rules' but free from the oppression of sin.
Has Jesus caused oppression or freedom?
Romans 8:14-17 | EV Night | 29/01/2023 | Dave Jensen
We live in a society that defines freedom as personal liberty - free to be me! Dave Jensen speaks on the true freedom Jesus brings, not 'no-rules' but free from the oppression of sin.
Reincarnation
Luke 15:11-24 | EV Church | 13/01/2013 | Andrew Heard
Andrew Heard unpacks reincarnation Religious viewpoint 1. Pessimistic view that life is oneness 2. Human is a dislocated part of that oneness 3. Separation from oneness, due to Karma. 4. Escape the wheel of life to be merged back to the oneness of life. Western optimistic view 1. Externality of life. Materialism has bred an arid landscape, if we are just machines. 2. Giving vent to justness and fairness. Past lives explain circumstances, and provides motivation for doing good. 3. Desire to be free from constraint. Allows accountability just for self, without an overarching deity that demands obedience. God came to seek and save the lost, breaking a cycle that we could never do, providing freedom from Karma and the ability to live as we were designed for.
January Summer Series | Reincarnation - Andrew Heard - Luke 15:11-24 - EV Night
| EV Night | 13/01/2013 | Andrew Heard
Andrew Heard unpacks reincarnation Religious viewpoint 1. Pessimistic view that life is oneness 2. Human is a dislocated part of that oneness 3. Separation from oneness, due to Karma. 4. Escape the wheel of life to be merged back to the oneness of life. Western optimistic view 1. Externality of life. Materialism has bred an arid landscape, if we are just machines. 2. Giving vent to justness and fairness. Past lives explain circumstances, and provides motivation for doing good. 3. Desire to be free from constraint. Allows accountability just for self, without an overarching deity that demands obedience. God came to seek and save the lost, breaking a cycle that we could never do, providing freedom from Karma and the ability to live as we were designed for.
Romans 7:14-25
Romans 7:14-25 | EV Church | 11/08/2013 | Tim Baldwin
Tim Baldwin preaching on Romans 7:14-25 Change is hard! Paul acknowledges this in this passage. Christians are no longer slaves to sin, but live with the presence of sin. Is Paul reflecting on his present state or at his state before conversion? Evidence for Present State - tense of the sentences - v8 desire to obey the law - v22 delight in Gods law - v25 thanks to God for delivering Jesus This can lead to complacency in dealing with sin. Evidence for Paul referring to his state before conversion - Consistency with Roms 6:6 - v17 sin living in me alive and kicking - v18 good itself doesn't dwell in me - v21 law still at work in him - v23 a prisoner to the law of sin - v25 slave to the law of sin - Roms 8:2 we are set free from the law of sin - Context of Rom 7 is Paul talking primarily to Jews who knew the law - v7 reflecting back to the time before the law (which must be pre-Moses) Gal 5:17 Paul acknowledges Christians struggle with sin. Key message of the passage is that life under the law is frustrating. Law refers here to the 10 commandments and the expanded version of laws in the first 5 books of the Bible. Rom 2:12-15 says that even Gentiles have moral law in their conscious. Law brings out sin in us, and helps us see sin. Sin is the problem, so what is the solution? More laws? No, the solution for sin is to let the Law humble us, so that we see our need for a saviour! v 25 - the answer is Jesus, his righteousness can be credited to us, making us right with God.