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OUR CREATIVE GODGenesis 1:1-31 Genesis 1 is not written to tell us how life began or how the universe came into being. That truth is dealt with in one line: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The first chapter of Genesis instead paints a picture of our Creative God, intimately involved …
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THE GOOD TREEPsalm 1:1-6 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers. It may sound strange but I would love to be a tree. A healthy, well-watered tree is an ecological blessing to the surroundings. The branches …
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A NEW REALITYMark 2:1-28 Right from the outset Jesus had to battle being pigeonholed. He is not there to teach people how to be better; how to be more compliant with the Law. Something new has happened. The bridegroom is here. A new reality has arrived. But people keep making reference to the old. At …
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THE WAGES OF SINGenesis 18:1-19:38 It is hard to decide whether this week is about God’s mercy, God’s wrath or Lot’s choices. But perhaps, in the wonderful way Scripture puts these matters side-by-side, the truth is that we cannot separate them from each other. They all have a hand in determining reality. We are not …
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GOD’S GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRITActs 1:1-14 When Jesus was baptised, heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him like a dove, alighting on him. Jesus, as the “pioneer and perfecter of faith” (Hebrews 12:2) and “the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the …
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A MAN AFTER GOD’S OWN HEART1 Chronicles 17:16-27 It came from good motives, this desire of David to build a Temple for God. “How can I live well while the God who has done so much for me dwells in a tent?” But the thought came from values that are not God’s values. God’s glory …
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OUR PERFECT SAVIOURMatthew 4:1-11 “Jesus is the son of God; of course he is without sin!” “He is God, it can’t be that difficult for him to be on the cross.” “Jesus is the son of God; surely he cannot be tempted.” The notion that Jesus is God disguised as a man is very difficult …
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THE MYSTERY OF OUR SALVATIONMatthew 3:13-17 How can the Holy Spirit dwell in us? How can God adopt us as his children? Why would he? Why does he love us? And how is it that we can enjoy his unreserved endorsement, that he is pleased with us? It is a mystery. I do not feel …
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It was raining the day before and I had been meditating on Habakkuk 3. My own context is the situation in my country: a Government that overthrew the legitimately elected leaders by MPs switching sides, ostensibly to protect the interests of the majority race; a pandemic that is showing up the shortcomings of the leadership, …
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FAITH Habakkuk 3:1-19 How do we respond to the declaration “The Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth be silent before him”? Surely it is to do exactly that: be silent. And Habakkuk learned silence and in that silence, God is revealed in his majesty, his splendour that covers the heavens as …
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