'LIVING AS CHILDREN OF LIGHT'

Rev. Jonathan Griffiths

by Rev. Jonathan Griffiths                           

Senior Pastor, The Metropolitan Bible Church,  Ottawa, ON.

www.metbiblechurch.ca/

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PODCAST for Sunday, August 29^th,  2019

http://accm.ncf.ca/images/19.09.29.mp3

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Broadcast Title:

  "Living as children of light"

 
Reference passage: Ephesians 5:8-20   (NIV)
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Rev. Jonathan Griffiths

The Metropolitan Bible Church

2176 Prince of Wales Dr, Nepean, ON K2E 0A1

Phone: (613) 238-8182
www.metbiblechurch.ca/

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'A RESURRECTED BODY'

Rev. Canon George Sinclair

by Rev. Canon George Sinclair                           

 Pastor of the Church of the Messiah, Ottawa, ON.
 www.messiahchurch.ca 

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Podcast of CFRA broadcast on Sunday,   

September 22^nd, 2019 

http://accm.ncf.ca/images/19.09.22.mp3

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This week's broadcast is the sermon I gave at Church of the Messiah. 

The sermon was called "A Resurrected Body" 

 It is part of my series, "Knowing Jesus: Death Defeated."

"A Resurrected Body"

  

Today’s Reading:  John 20:19-31  (ESV)

Jesus Appears to the Disciples

¹⁹ On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews,^[a] Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” ²⁰ When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. ²¹ Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” ²² And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. ²³ If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”

Jesus and Thomas

²⁴ Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin,^[b] was not with them when Jesus came. ²⁵ So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.”
²⁶ Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” ²⁷ Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.” ²⁸ Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” ²⁹ Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

The Purpose of This Book

³⁰ Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; ³¹ but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

Footnotes:

1. John 20:19 Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time
2. John 20:24 Greek Didymus

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NOTES:

Knowing Jesus: John’s Intimate Biography

Death Defeated

The Great Exchange

John 20:19-31

 

1. The problem is not that God is at enmity with you, but that you are at enmity with God.
   
2. Jesus did everything needed for you to enter into a real, just, peace with God.
   
3. Lord, please grip me with the Gospel so that I will stop habits of feeding disbelief and lack of trust in You.
   
4. Lord, please grip me with the Gospel so that I will grow habits that feed belief and trust in You.
   

George Sinclair George is the Lead Pastor at Church of the Messiah.
More about George Sinclair

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'DEATH DEFEATED'

Rev. Canon George Sinclair

by Rev. Canon George Sinclair                           

 Pastor of the Church of the Messiah, Ottawa, ON.
 www.messiahchurch.ca 

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Podcast of CFRA broadcast on Sunday,   

September 15^th, 2019 

http://accm.ncf.ca/images/19.09.15.mp3

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This week's broadcast is the sermon I gave at Church of the Messiah. 

The sermon was called "What is Truth?" 

 It is part of my series, "Knowing Jesus: Death Defeated."

"Death Defeated"

  

Today’s Reading:  John 20:1-18  (ESV)

The Resurrection

20 Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. ² So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.” ³ So Peter went out with the other disciple, and they were going toward the tomb. ⁴ Both of them were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. ⁵ And stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in. ⁶ Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there, ⁷ and the face cloth, which had been on Jesus'^[a] head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself. ⁸ Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; ⁹ for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead. ¹⁰ Then the disciples went back to their homes.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

¹¹ But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. ¹² And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. ¹³ They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” ¹⁴ Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus. ¹⁵ Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” ¹⁶ Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic,^[b] “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher). ¹⁷ Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” ¹⁸ Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”—and that he had said these things to her.

Footnotes:

1. John 20:7 Greek his
2. John 20:16 Or Hebrew

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NOTES:

Knowing Jesus: John’s Intimate Biography

Death Defeated

The Great Exchange

John 20:1-18

 

 

1. Almost 2,000 years ago, just outside of Jerusalem, on a spring morning, because He had risen from the dead, His grave was found empty. He was then seen fully alive by Mary, and later, by many others. This truth validates and vindicates who Jesus is, and all that He said.
   
2. Jesus ascended to the Father to be with you: with love and affection, with grace and power.
   
3. Only the truth of the Gospel makes your unconditional self-giving and surrender to Jesus, a reasonable and desirable goal.
   

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Rev. Canon George Sinclair

Church of the Messiah

www.messiahchurch.ca
613-235-0596
messiahchurch.office@gmail.com

George Sinclair George is the Lead Pastor at Church of the Messiah.
More about George Sinclair

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To listen to the above broadcast, click on the following link:

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