G‘day! Partakers Christian podcasts of Bible Teaching, Bible Readings, Worship, Prayer and Church History on Podbean to help enable and encourage you! Come listen and interact.
Episodes
Sunday May 18, 2014
Sunday May 18, 2014
The day God came to town!
Ezekiel 1:1-4, 24-28 to 2v2
Right mouse click and save to download the MP3 file of this sermon.
Right mouse click and save to download the text of this sermon in PDF format.
Introduction
I wonder if there anybody here that is 25 years old? Anybody turning 25 this year? How about those who wished they were turning 25 this year? Imagine you are a 25 year old and being trained for the family business. Then suddenly your enemies invade your city and take you away to a foreign land. That's what happened to Ezekiel 5 years before this passage of Scripture, when the Babylonians, led by Nebuchadnezzar in 597BC took 3000 Jews back to Babylon. This was the first deportation.1. Ezekiel - who was he and how did he get there?
- His name means "God is strong" ·
- He was training to be a priest
- Now 30 years of age, if he had been in Jerusalem, he would have been ministering in the Temple.
- He was married to the woman who is described as the "delight of his eyes".
2. How does Ezekiel describe this vision of God?
2a. God is Holy 2b. God is Universal- Omnipresent ·
- Omnipotent ·
- Omniscient ·
- God is Mission minded ·
- God is Personal.
3. What is our response in 21st century Britain?
3a. We Evangelize- What is evangelism? ·
- Why evangelize?
Conclusion
When you are faced with a crisis or some trouble, how do you react? Are you like the ancient Israelites that Ezekiel was sent to? Do you trust in the holy, all-powerful, all knowing, personal God or do you trust in other things?- God is coming again! ·
- Be Holy and be obedient!
- Live a life worthy of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
- Trust fully in the God of your salvation
- Go tell somebody!
Right mouse click and save to download the MP3 file of this sermon.
Right mouse click and save to download the text of this sermon in PDF format.
Click on the appropriate link below to subscribe, share or download our iPhone App!
Wednesday Nov 21, 2012
Wednesday Nov 21, 2012
Aspects of Covenantal Love
(Song of Solomon 8:5-7)
Both the PDF and MP3 files are available for immediate download...Right mouse click and save to download the MP3 file of this sermon.
Introduction
Two weeks ago, we started this journey together at Song of Solomon 2:3-14 and Life under the Apple Tree. We saw together that Jesus, the tremendous lover, wants to hear the voice of His people and to be their king. Then last week, we continued the journey, looking at Song of Solomon 5:9 - 6:9. There we saw together that Jesus is the best of the best and that Jesus is altogether lovely in every aspect - his birth, life, ministry, death, resurrection, ascension, exultation, holiness, glorification, grace, protection, tenderness, power, wisdom, vengeance, judgment, redemption and pardon! Altogether: lovely and glorious. There are 3 main ways to interpret this book. Firstly as a story about the joys of biblical love between a man and woman. That bit even I can see. Some would say that it was erotic, but as a white Australian male, I just don't see it! Secondly, the earliest commentators and readers saw it as an allegory about God's love for His people Israel, particularly with their coming Messiah in mind. The third way shows that this Song of Songs speaks not only on a physical level about the importance of human love and intimacy between a man and a woman, but also the intimacy that exists, blossoms and grows between a person and Jesus Christ. Martin Luther called it the "noblest of all songs". Historically this book has been interpreted in 3 ways We move on tonight, to perhaps, what could be considered the key verses of this book. The couple have now entered a covenantal relationship - a relationship committed to one another. So please do open your bibles and turn to page XXX and let us read the Song of Solomon 8v5-7.These three verses are the key verses of the Song of Solomon or the Song of Songs as other people call it. As the couple, the Lover and the Beloved, have now entered into a Covenant of love, we are, tonight, going to look at 4 Dimensions of Covenantal Love. A Covenant is a contract - a promise. Throughout Old Testament history, God had made covenants with people - people such as Adam, Noah, Abraham and Moses. The original readers and commentators would have known that and understood that. With that insight, we are going to ask together 4 questions about Covenant Love - Who? When? Why? How? Read the rest of this entry »Sunday Aug 05, 2012
Sunday Aug 05, 2012
Seven Blessings for the Believer
Romans 5:1-11
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him! For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. View the 5 minute video below, to discover the 7 blessings, the Apostle Paul talks about in this passage, for all those who are believers!
Right Mouse click to save this as a mp4 video file
Click on the appropriate link to subscribe to this website
iTunes
Sunday Apr 15, 2012
Sunday Apr 15, 2012
Durrington 8 April 2012
Service - Part 5
How are we to respond to this Jesus, His cross and his resurrection?
Dave G Roberts
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30gIGAAktgk]
Click the little triangle in the player above to view this video.
1. We have a God who is not immune to suffering
The Christian God - the awesome and Almighty God, who was outside of time and space, entered time and space, to intimately know what suffering and death was, because of the suffering and death endured by Jesus on the Cross. Jesus, the innocent King who suffered and died, is the reason why we who call ourselves Christian, have a hope. Because the God we serve, personally knows suffering and has endured suffering just as we do.2. We are to reflect this love
As Christians, we are to show a love, which is sacrificial. We all know John 3:16 " For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.", probably off by heart most of! Our active response to that love of God can be found in 1 John 3:16, which states: “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.”Right mouse click here to download as a MP3 file
If you would like to donate to Partakers, please click the PayPal image below. Thank you!
Click on the appropriate link to subscribe to this website
Subscribe via iTunes
Saturday Apr 14, 2012
Saturday Apr 14, 2012
Durrington 8 April 2012
Service - Part 4
Jesus – Risen as the firstborn from dead!
Dave G Roberts
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tOYVK00KMc]
Click the little triangle in the player above to view this video.
We start not in the Gospels, but from the writings of the Apostle Paul in
1. The Facts about the Resurrection
1 Corinthians 15:1-8: Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you-unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Peter, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, most of whom remain until now, but some have also fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also. That was the Apostle Paul, writing to the Corinthian church about the Jesus having been raised from the dead - physically! All four Gospels, Matthew, Mark Luke and John, tell us that Jesus was crucified, died and was buried in a tomb. What do these four Gospels say about the Jesus' resurrection or rising from the dead? Let us first look at the sequence of events over the period of time after Jesus death till He ascended. Now remember, the Gospels are documents which have recorded historical events.a. The tomb is empty:
- Two Marys watch the burial: (Matthew27:61, Mark 15:47, Luke23:54-55)
- Roman soldiers guard the tomb and place an official Roman seal upon it: (Matthew 27:62-66)
- Women prepare burial spices then rest: (Luke 23:56)
- An angel rolls the stone away: (Matthew 28:2-4)
- Women arrive at dawn with spices: (Matthew 28:1, Mark 16:1-4, Luke 24:1-3, John 20:1)
- Angels appear to women: (Matthew 28:5-7, Mark 16:5-7, Luke 24:4-8)
- Women dart back to tell disciples: (Matthew 28:8, Mark 16:8, Luke 24:9-11, John 20:2)
- Peter and John investigate the empty tomb: (Luke 24:12, John 20:3-9)
- Peter and John go home: (Luke 24:12, John 20:10)
- Mary Magdalene weeps by the tomb: (John 20:11)
- Mary sees two angels: (John 20:12-13)
b. Jesus' appearances
- Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene: (Mark 16:9, John 20:14-17)
- Jesus appears to the other women: (Matthew 28:9-10)
- Women report to the disciples: (Mark 16:10-11, John 20:18)
- Guards testify to the priests: (Matthew 28:11-15)
- Jesus meets two people on the Emmaus Road: (Mark 16:12-13, Luke 24:13-32)
- Jesus appears to Simon Peter: (1 Corinthians 15:5, Luke 24:34)
- 2 report to disciples in Jerusalem: (Luke 24:33-35)
- Jesus appears to the Disciples less Thomas: (Luke 24:36-43, John 20:19-24)
- Disciples report to Thomas: (John 20:25)
- Jesus appears to the Disciples and Thomas: (Mark 16:14, John 20:26-29)
- Jesus appears to seven people: (John 21:1-14)
- Jesus questions Peter 3 times: (John 21:15-23)
- Jesus appears to 500 people: (1 Corinthians 15:6)
- Jesus appears to James: (1 Corinthians 15:7)
2. The Significance of the Resurrection
Part 5 tomorrow
Right mouse click here to download as a MP3 file
If you would like to donate to Partakers, please click the PayPal image below. Thank you!
Click on the appropriate link to subscribe to this website
Subscribe via iTunes
Friday Apr 13, 2012
Friday Apr 13, 2012
Durrington 8 April 2012
Service - Part 3
Why is Jesus on the cross?
Dave G Roberts
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhtCJtSA2YI]
Click the little triangle in the player above to view this video.
1 Corinthians 1:18-31 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate." Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling-block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength. Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things- and the things that are not- to nullify the things that are, so that no-one may boast before him. It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God- that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. Therefore, as it is written: Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.
a. The Problem!
b. The Solution!
c. The Cross is God's Glory!
d. The Cross and humanity
Part 4 tomorrow
Right mouse click here to download as a MP3 file
If you would like to donate to Partakers, please click the PayPal image below. Thank you!
Click on the appropriate link to subscribe to this website
Subscribe via iTunes
Thursday Apr 12, 2012
Thursday Apr 12, 2012
Durrington 8 April 2012
Service - Part 2
Jesus on the Cross
Dave G Roberts
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-fPwjLw8aM]
Click the little triangle in the player above to view this video.
Mark 15
33 At the sixth hour darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.
34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?- which means, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
35 When some of those standing near heard this, they said, Listen, he's calling Elijah.
36 One man ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it to Jesus to drink. Now leave him alone. Let's see if Elijah comes to take him down, he said.
37 With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last.
38 The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
39 And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, heard his cry and saw how he died, he said, Surely this man was the Son of God!
40 Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.
41 In Galilee these women had followed him and cared for his needs. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were also there.
Part 3 tomorrow
Right mouse click here to download as a MP3 file
If you would like to donate to Partakers, please click the PayPal image below. Thank you!
Click on the appropriate link to subscribe to this website
Subscribe via iTunes
Wednesday Apr 11, 2012
Wednesday Apr 11, 2012
Durrington 8 April 2012
Service - Part 1
Dave G Roberts
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj94GLiNLDs]
Click the little triangle in the player above to view this video.
Revelation 21:1-7
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.
I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.
He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.
He who was seated on the throne said, I am making everything new! Then he said, Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.
He said to me: It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life.
He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son.
Part 2 tomorrow
Right mouse click here to download as a MP3 file
If you would like to donate to Partakers, please click the PayPal image below. Thank you!
Click on the appropriate link to subscribe to this website
Subscribe via iTunes
Saturday Mar 31, 2012
Saturday Mar 31, 2012
Jesus - mocked and put on the cross Matthew 27:27-44
Download/save the MP3 audio file by right mouse clicking here
Press the triangle to hear the audio of this sermon
Originally preached at Poulner Chapel 25 March 2012
Introduction Here is a complete outline of this event from all 4 gospels! We will look at briefly the events as recorded by Matthew!- Pilate's soldiers crown and mock Jesus - Matthew 27:27-30, Mark 15:16-20, John 19:1-3
- Pilate tries to release Jesus - John 19:4-7
- Pilate questions Jesus again - John 19:8-11
- Pilate attempts to free Jesus again - John 19:12
- Pilate sentences Jesus - John 19:13-15
- Pilate delivers Jesus to be crucified - John 19:16
- Jesus carries the cross - John 19:17
- Simon of Cyrene bears the cross - Matthew 27:31-32, Mark 15:20-21, Luke 23:26,
- Jesus speaks to weeping women - Luke 23:27-32,
- Jesus is brought to Golgotha - Matthew 27:33, Mark 15:22, Luke 23:32-33, John 19:17
- Soldiers offer Jesus sour wine mix - Matthew 27:34, Mark 15:23
- Jesus is crucified at the 3rd hour - Mark 15:25
- Soldiers divide the Lord's clothes - Matthew 27:35-36, Mark 15:24, Luke 23:34, John 19:23-24
- Accusation written by Pilate - Matthew 27:37, Mark 15:26, Luke 23:38, John 19:19-22
- 2 Robbers are crucified with Jesus - Matthew 27:38, Mark 15:27-28, Luke 23:33, John 19:18
- "Forgive them..." - Luke 23:34
- "Behold your mother." - John 19:25-27
- Multitude mocks Jesus - Matthew 27:39-43, Mark 15:29-32, Luke 23:35-37
- Robbers mock Jesus - Matthew 27:44, Mark 15:32, 29:39
- One robber rebukes the other - Luke 23:40-41
- "...you will be with me in Paradise" - Luke 23:43
Sunday Nov 13, 2011
Sunday Nov 13, 2011