Gal 1:1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) Gal 1:2 And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia: Gal 1:3 Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, Gal 1:4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: Gal 1:5 To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen....
Oct 04, 2023•21 min
God's judgment against sin is graphically portrayed in this chapter where it is described as 'The Sword Of The Lord'. God will judge sin and must obtain satisfaction for every transgression of His holy law. By grace God's elect discover the Lord Jesus Christ to be their Substitute sin-bearer and find peace with God through Him.
Oct 01, 2023•36 min
I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
Sep 27, 2023•14 min
The Lord Jesus Christ is our King. He is altogether lovely to His people. In His holiness and all His divine attributes He is Beautiful. In His character by love, faithfulness, goodness and every high quality He is beautiful. In all His covenant offices and accomplishments as our Saviour He is beautiful.
Sep 24, 2023•34 min
2Th 3:16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all. 2Th 3:17 The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write. 2Th 3:18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
Sep 19, 2023•20 min
Our Lord Jesus Christ promises to protect His people and save His church from all our foes. He is our hiding place from the wind, our covert in the storm. He is all our righteousness and promises to supply peace, quietness and assurance for ever.
Sep 17, 2023•34 min
Midweek service.
Sep 12, 2023•21 min
Our Lord Jesus Christ fought for His people's salvation on the cross. He won the victory and He has given it to us. Our Saviour told Isaiah, descending He will fight, defending He will deliver, passing over He will preserve. All this He has done and continues to do. Our Husband is a man of war as well as our Prince of Peace.
Sep 10, 2023•39 min
2Th 3:1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 2Th 3:2 And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith. 2Th 3:3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil. 2Th 3:4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you. 2Th 3:5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into ...
Sep 05, 2023•22 min
Our Lord Jesus Christ is the source of all salvation. Some rest in their faith, others in their works, some in their church, some in their minister’s praise. Only by resting in the completed work of Christ on the cross can a weary soul find rest. Only in our Saviour is there grounds for quietness of spirit and confidence of heart.
Sep 03, 2023•38 min
2Th 2:16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, 2Th 2:17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
Aug 29, 2023•17 min
Empty religion that tries to approach God with sacrifices and worship God with the lips but not the heart is an offence to Him. Only true spiritual worship founded upon the sacrifice of Jesus Christ and offered spiritually by faith is acceptable to God. Isaiah comforts the Lord's people by pointing them to the Redeemer, reassuring them about God's purpose to save and the promise that Christ's church shall be taught the doctrine of grace.
Aug 27, 2023•36 min
2Th 2:13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: 2Th 2:14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2Th 2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle....
Aug 22, 2023•22 min
Our Lord Jesus Christ is The Sure Foundation upon whom His people are safe and secure for all eternity. He is our Tried Stone, always dependable and trustworthy. He is our Precious Corner Stone upon whom His church stands and His people rest secure.
Aug 20, 2023•40 min
2Th 2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2Th 2:2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 2Th 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 2Th 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that ...
Aug 15, 2023•26 min
Our Lord Jesus Christ everlastingly guards His people whom He calls His vineyard. He grafts them into Himself, the True Vine, that they might be fruitful through all the earth. He gathers them to Himself that they might be numbered in His church and arrayed in glory as His Bride.
Aug 13, 2023•35 min
2Th 1:11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: 2Th 1:12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Aug 08, 2023•20 min
Isaiah looked forward with eager hope to the gospel day in which we live. He was blessed to see the day of the Lord and the success of the Saviour as He opened wide the gates of the church and brought many ‘sons unto glory’. Isaiah saw the blessings of imputed righteousness, peace with God, enlargement of the church, regeneration and full gospel blessing. What comforted Isaiah are the privileges we enjoy.
Aug 06, 2023•39 min
Paul writes of God's defense of His people & of judgment to come.
Aug 01, 2023•20 min
The mountain of the Lord is His church. God’s elect people are redeemed by Christ’s blood, called in grace by the Holy Ghost and protected in the palm of The Father’s hand. This is Mt Zion where God reigns in the midst of His people. Isaiah gives us three promises from the Lord concerning what He shall do ‘in this mountain’. In God’s church He will feed His people with gospel fare, unveil their eyes to heavenly truth and destroy their enemies that they be no longer troubled.
Jul 30, 2023•40 min
Midweek Bible Study
Jul 25, 2023•22 min
Our sovereign and holy God is the judge who comes in righteousness to turn this world upside down. Yet, the Lord’s people are safeguarded and protected by the Saviour Himself who visits His own children with mercy, comfort and strength in their trials in this world.
Jul 23, 2023•34 min
Our Lord Jesus Christ visited the city of Tyre to bless its inhabitants with the gospel. He visits His people still to bring mercy and grace. When the Lord visits His people with transforming grace they are transformed and filled with new passions, new purpose and new life in Christ. The people of Tyre made their living from sea-trade but when the Lord visited Tyre what had once supported the worship of Baal was now directed to the glory of God and preaching of the gospel.
Jul 16, 2023•40 min
Our Lord Jesus Christ is a ‘nail in a sure place’. The souls of all God’s elect hang upon the person and work of the blessed Saviour Jesus Christ within the covenant of purposes of God. He is all our salvation and He is all our desire. On the cross the Saviour hung between heaven and earth. There all our sin was laid on Him and carried by Him.
Jul 09, 2023•37 min
Many believers struggle with personal assurance but the scriptures tell us full assurance is God’s gift to those who see the efficacy of Christ’s sacrifice, receive the Holy Spirit’s ministry to our hearts and bodies, and understand God’s faithfulness. Our assurance is not based upon our feelings but upon God’s promises and He is dependably faithful and true.
Jul 02, 2023•36 min
Our Lord Jesus Christ promised His people that the Father's pleasure was to give them the kingdom of glory. Daniel, too, knew that the Saints would possess the kingdom of the Son of Man. God gives grace and glory to His people. Grace in salvation and glory in His everlasting kingdom. Those to whom He gives grace He will certainly preserve & bring into glory.
Jun 25, 2023•32 min
Quick means alive and Paul tells the Lord's people they have been made alive by the power of God when they were dead in their sins. Salvation is a sovereign work of God and quickening brings a new creation, spiritual occupation and life-long transformation. It begins a good work and God's mercies are new every morning.
Jun 18, 2023•36 min
The Lord Jesus Christ is a suitable Saviour for sinners like us. His perfect life and willing death was crowned by resurrection and glory. He is also a selective Saviour for He bought with His death and brought to salvation all those placed into His hand by elective decree. He is also a successful Saviour; all for whom He died are justified, redeemed, reconciled and heirs of glory by the merits of His precious blood.
Jun 11, 2023•36 min
The Biblical doctrine of unconditional election to salvation is denied and misrepresented by many but it is the foundation of God's covenant purposes of grace and truth. Believers rejoice to know that their great God and loving Saviour has accomplished and supplied a full, free and complete salvation according to His good will and sovereign purpose.
Jun 04, 2023•37 min
If we are to have a proper estimation of our condition as sinners before God we ought to hear what God says about it. The verdict is not good. We are fallen, contrary and rebellious people opposed to God. It takes a work of grace to make the change our hearts and that work is sovereignly God’s alone.
May 28, 2023•37 min
