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John 1:29-34 In one sentence we have the essence of the Christian message …… “Behold the Lamb of God”  What do you think of when you here that statement in the scriptures? I think of pain and suffering I think of sin I think of the gospel I think of what an amazing Saviour I think of grace I think of the joy it brings I think of the humility of Jesus I’m reminded of that hymn……. “There is a fountain filled with blood, Drawn from Immanuel’s veins And sinner plunged beneath that flood Lose all there guilty stains” Isa 53:6-7 “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.” As Kent Hughes said “Christianity is a bloody religion” But through that blood there is grace,...

John 1:19-28 Everyone  around  the globe including myself wants to be known or associated with someone or something. For example..... We want people to know who our favourite sports team is. We want people to know our favourite music and books. We want people to now our education by our accolades that we hang on our walls. We want people to see how successful we are by the size of our business or how successful we are at our employment. We want people to see how beautiful our family is through Facebook or photos we hang on our walls. We want people to see what kind of person we are by what we wear, how we talk and how we behave others. If  this isn't true! That we really don't want people to know anything about us, then why is Twitter, You Tube and Facebook so popular? We are a society [human race] of people trying to stand out or fit in with the crowd…But how is it when it comes to the things of God we blush or hide ourselves from the peo...

John 1:1-18 There is a story about a man who was desperately lost and the only way to be found was through the gospel, but this man was blind by his own sinfulness.  “Back in the seventeenth century, a young boy was born into a Christian home. For the first six years of his life, he heard the truths of the gospel and he was loved. Sadly, though, his parents died. The orphaned boy went to live with his relatives. There he was mistreated and abused and ridiculed for his faith in Christ.  The boy couldn’t tolerate that situation, and he fled and joined the Royal Navy. In the navy, the boy’s life went downhill. He became known as a brawler, was whipped many times, and participated in some of his comrades’ being keel-hauled. Finally, while he was still young, he deserted the Royal Navy and fled to Africa, where he attached himself to a Portuguese slave trader. There, his life reached its lowest point. There were times when he actually ate off the floor on his hands and...

John 1:1-18 “God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him.” These were the famous words by Friedrich Nietzsche when he wrote his book “The Gay Science”  What I find disturbing and sad; is that these words still echo the streets of our community and cites around the globe today!  To this present world God is dead and they are quite content in that ignorance. Listen to some other comments about God,  “When a man is freed of religion, he has a better chance to live a normal and wholesome life.” Sigmund Freud.  “God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.” Voltaire.  “If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever.” Woody Allen.  I’m not going to keep this to myself!  This was a really hard week! Having to read through all this garbage about the One I love dearly!  To know that there are people out there [many...