The essence of the message the early church taught to the early disciples and preached very clearly was that Jesus is the Messiah, He is the Saviour who died for our sins. He died literally on the cross, He was then buried and sealed in a tomb, and, on the third day, He burst out of the tomb, risen and visible, and appeared to the disciples for over 40 days; after which, He ascended to heaven...
We believe in one God,the Father almighty,maker of heaven and earth,of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ,the only Son of God,begotten from the Father before all ages,God from God,Light from Light,true God from true God,begotten, not made;of the same essence as the Father.Through him all things were made. For us and for our salvationhe came down from heaven;he...
One of the things which I believe in is that the Bible is a historical book. As well as being a book which tells us about God, it describes things which have happened and things which will happen; it describes God’s interventions into human affairs. These interventions happen at times when God changes, particularly, what we call the ‘changes in the dispensation’, when you have events like...
In John 17 & 18 also, Jesus spoke about ‘true believers’ being ‘in the world’ but not ‘of the world’. And we live out our lives in the present world system, we can’t escape from it, we have to go to work, we have to pay taxes, we have to do all sorts of things which are part of the world system, but we recognize also that the present world system, whatever form it is, whatever form of...
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.Genesis 1.1-2 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires...
12 For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day. 2 Timothy 1:12 We believe in one God, the Father, the almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally...