Freed from sin When God looks upon Christ he sees the sinner, And when he looks upon the sinner he sees his own dear Son. Martin Luther Read Romans 6:3—11 Let me look back upon this day. I’m sure I’ll find in it reminders of my sinful nature. There’ll be something thought or done…
God is God anyway But the one who endures to the end Will be saved. Matthew 24:13 Read 2 Kings 5:9—19 I’m not sure how to regard Naaman, except that he is so like me. He was a powerful man (that’s not like me), an army commander, reduced to desperation by leprosy. He was…
Walking in newness of life Just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, So we too might walk in newness of life. Romans 6:4 Read John 5:5—11 Tonight I have the opportunity for a face-to-face with Jesus. I think of this man, thirty-eight years an invalid. Thirty-eight years…
Liberty in Christ Then I will teach transgressors your ways, And sinners will return to you. Psalm 51:13 Read Colossians 2:9—15 Never! Never must I forget the sheer liberty I have in Christ Jesus. The record of this very day, all its shames, all its little compromises, the responsibilities I failed to assume, the…
My Lord and my God That you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, And that through believing you may have life in his name. John 20:31 Read John 20:24—29 I live among people who are firm, I would say solid, brick-hard in belief. And among those who…
Faith comes The night is as bright as the day, For darkness is as light to you. Psalm 139:12 Read John 20:1—9 This is a little education for me in the nature of my faith, how faith comes. John told all his stories that I may have faith and life in the name of Jesus.[1]…
Gregory, died 381 AD, was one of the three Cappadocian Fathers who helped the church hold to the understanding of the Trinity. He chaired the Council of Constantinople in 381AD, which finalised the Nicene Creed. Yesterday the Lamb was slain and the doorposts were anointed, and Egypt bewailed her firstborn, and the Destroyer passed…
Mariam Metias is from Egypt. She has been in Australia just over one year. The Meditation below has been slightly edited with her permission. Mariam has recently become a member of our church. She and her son John are very much loved by the Sunset Rock congregation. Human equations are very different from divine…
Faith comes The night is as bright as the day, For darkness is as light to you. Psalm 139:12 Read John 20:1—9 This is a little education for me in the nature of my faith, how faith comes. John told all his stories that I may have faith and life in the name of…
Do not hold onto me Hark! His gracious lips bestow Blessings on his church below. Charles Wesley Read John 20:11—18 ‘Do not hold onto me.’ I need to think about this word of Jesus to Mary and the reason for it. Because I also would hold onto him. Emotionally, I would want to hold…