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Sunday, 8 June 2014

'HELL' - REVELATION 20

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, June 8th, 2014)

http://proxy.autopod.ca/podcasts/chum/6/22762/good_news_108_june08.mp3

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Broadcast Notes:

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‘Hell’ - Revelation 20

Dear friends, I preached a longer version of this talk in my church. It was part of a series of sermons on the Book of revelation entitled, "Following the Lamb in the dying days of the dragon". Over 28 weeks I preached through all of Revelation.

1. Jesus is very clear and the Bible is very clear - Hell exists.

2. The New Testament is clearer and more insistent on the reality of Hell than the Old Testament is.

3. Every New Testament writer teaches that Hell exists and no biblical writer contradicts what Revelation20 teaches.

God is the ultimate author of Scripture. The Bible is "God's word written". However, there are 9 human beings that God worked through in the writing of the New Testament. They are: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, Peter, James, Jude and the unknown author of Hebrews.

4. Jesus teaches that Hell exists and nothing He says contradicts what Revelation20 teaches.

5. At no time in the past, present or future is the devil equal with God.

6. Hell is a real "place" of punishment, destruction and banishment.

7. Canadians see the biblical teaching on Hell as causing spiritual, moral and intellectual problems. But the Bible presents Hell as solving spiritual, moral and intellectual problems.

8. "How dare You!" is the anthem of Hell.

9. Since no one deserves Heaven, unless God intervenes, Hell is my destination.

10. God takes no delight in the death of a sinner but rather that I will turn from my wickedness and live.

11. On the cross, Jesus took my punishment, destruction, and banishment and offers me His standing with God. Alleluia!

Let’s pray:

Father, make us mindful of the reality of hell, but as we are mindful of the reality of hell grant us even more mindfulness of what Jesus did for us on the cross. Make us disciples, gripped by the Gospel, living for your glory.

Rev. Canon George Sinclair

Church of the Messiah

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

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Sunday, 29 September 2013

'FREEDOM FROM GUILT FOREVER'

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 29th, 2013)

http://proxy.autopod.ca/podcasts/chum/6/16078/good_news_072_sep29.mp3

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Broadcast Notes:

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‘Freedom from guilt forever?’

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

Would you answer, as some are inclined to answer in these modern times, “I would be free of guilt forever”?

Jesus talks about Heaven and Hell, and right and wrong, and forgiveness and guilt. And it seems like a very, very foreign world, filled with temptation and evil, of succumbing to guilt, and the need for forgiveness and redemption.

Jesus is powerfully wise in how he deals with guilt and forgiveness, when He answers the question of how to pray, in Luke 11: 1-4, where somebody asks Jesus to teach them to pray.

Luke11: 1-4 [English Standard Version Anglicised (ESVUK)]

The Lord's Prayer

11 Now Jesus^[a] was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” ²And he said to them, “When you pray, say:

“Father, hallowed be your name.
Your kingdom come.
³Give us each day our daily bread,^[b]
⁴and forgive us our sins,
for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us.
And lead us not into temptation.”

Footnotes:

Luke 11:1 Greek he
Luke 11:3 Or our bread for tomorrow

1. In God's mercy and kindness, He built conscience into us.

Read Romans 2:14-15. "The law is written on their hearts..."

2. Evil is real and has a power.

3. I cannot talk about being led by God apart from the personal presence and power of Jesus, the Good Shepherd and the Good Friend.

A Psalm from the Bible with the Good Shepherd missing.

1. My; I shall want.

2. Me, me.

3. My soul, me.

4. I walk through the valley of the shadow of death.

I fear evil.

Me, me.

5. Me in the presence of my enemies.

My head;

My cup.

6. Me all the days of my life.

The same Psalm (23) with the Good Shepherd

1. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

2. He makes me lie down in green pastures.

He leads me beside still waters.

3. He restores my soul.

He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His names sake.

4. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil. For you are with me; Your rod and your staff they comfort me.

5. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;

You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

6. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life,

and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. (ESV)

Only Jesus, because of his death upon the Cross, emerges on the far side of death, triumphing over death; and that which causes death. And He stands triumphant and victorious in his resurrection, and He reaches and calls across death to ordinary people like you and me, and offers that if we put our hand in the hands of Jesus, that we in Him will share in His victory over death.

Only Jesus can be our guide, not only through the valley of the shadow of death, but to the door of death, into death, and beyond; only Jesus.

We can share in His victory, in his victory over death, and sin and all hostile spiritual powers, (that) vindicates His wisdom.

It is wise to seek real help when real help is there. Look to Jesus. It is wise to seek real help when real help is there.

A great prayer to pray:

Dear God, in the face of want and enemies and evil and death please help me to be so gripped by the good news of Jesus Christ crucified and seek His presence and His guidance as my Good Shepherd and my Good Friend and my Saviour. And this I ask in Jesus’ name, AMEN.