| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 13 secs | 0 Comments
Chapter 8 starts a new section of Matthew – the sermon on the mount is finished and it’s now working up to the calling, commissioning and sending out of the disciples in ch 10. Here we are looking at three healings. Jesus has authority not just to preach but to heal too. v1-4 a Jew […]
| By Andy Moyle | 51 secs | 0 Comments
Jesus continues to punch hard and fast in the Sermon on the Mount. Christianity is not for wimps! 1) Don’t judge others or you will be judged the same way. Pointing out others faults is often being picky while ignoring your own glaring foibles. 2) Ask,seek, knock the good gifts from God. Be persistent calling […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 43 secs | 0 Comments
The sermon on the mount is breathtaking in its simplicity and challenge! Matthew 6 covers so much of the Christian life. Throughout is the issue of reward. We don’t earn our ticket for heaven. We are saved by grace not works so none can boast. Even the things we do for the Lord as saved […]
| By Andy Moyle | 30 secs | 0 Comments
Religion isn’t much fun- “a sad and miserable affair” as Michael Green puts it. The kingdom is different – full of blessing! Bless = made happy by God! Life in the kingdom is full of joy, that no person or circumstance can take away. Jesus prescription for a happy in God life is for the […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 36 secs | 0 Comments
Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness. There are times inn our lives where we are in a wilerness. If the Spirit has led you there for a season it’ll be to teach you something. If it’s your sin then you need to get right with God and get out asap! Going yourself […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 2 secs | 0 Comments
John the Baptist’s forerunner ministry is in all the Gospels – for good reason. You can’t receive the good news without repentance. Matt 3:1 begins with John’s message “Repent for the Kingdom of heaven is near”. He is the one Isaiah prophecied about in Isaiah 40 who would announce a Messianic salvation. John introduces baptism […]
| By Andy Moyle | 54 secs | 0 Comments
The nativity scene is given 1 verse in Matthew! No stable, shepherds, just Bethlehem in Herod’s day. Herod was king of Judea – half Jew and half Idumean, he had been appointed king by the Roman Senate in 40BC and died in 4BC! Jesus was born before then. Our calendars start on a miscalculation by […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 32 secs | 0 Comments
At first glance we can be tempted to skip over genealogies, but there are some hidden gems there! Abraham in v1-2 was called by God to be the father of the people of God, so tracing Jesus’ lineage back to him is a big deal. Jesus is the fulfilment of the promise that in his […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 17 secs | 0 Comments
One of the US mega churches did an expensive survey to see what makes Christians grow in their faith. The answer was actually pretty obvious – it wasn’t the programmes, the fantastic preaching, or even great small groups. The answer turned out to be pretty simple – people that read their Bibles everyday grow in […]