Keith's Messages

Remember: 1:19: Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later. The book of Revelation is the only book in the Bible that contains an inspired outline of the contents. Revelation 1: “What you have seen” refers to the past. Revelation 2—3: “what is now”, refers to the present, John’s present. Revelations 4-22: “what will take place later”, the future. There are seven churches spoke to in Revelation. John is writing to real people, about real situations, both past, present and future. Seven is really important in the book of Revelation, it is the number of divine completion. [See blog bonus for the seven in Revelation.] Keep in mind that the churches in Asia Minor were facing persecution and it was important that they be in right relationship with the Lord and each other. They are pictured as seven separate lampstands, each giving light in a dark world (Philippians. 2:15; Matthew. 5:14–16). The darker the day, the greater the light must shine; unfortuna...

  The point tonight is to, practical to build faith, the see people healed. Today I want to connect two accounts of healing in the ministry of Jesus. One I just want to highlight one point. The other I want to dwell on a bit longer. Miracles often happen as interruptions. If you read the NT rarely did Jesus specifically go somewhere to heal – most (if not all miracles) occurred as a result of an interruption to Jesus’ journey. These two accounts are linked because they are interruptions. But both were generated by the desire of the one suffering to be healed! Does Jesus really want to heal me? Matt 8:1-4:  When he came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean." Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. "I am willing," he said. "Be clean!" Immediately he was cured of his leprosy. Then Jesus said to him, "See that you don'...

We are going to have a deeper dive into one of the most amazing books in the Bible: Revelation. I’ll be looking at this on my Sunday morning preaching lots, two Sundays a month.   Now, this might at times be controversial. You may seem bamboozled. You may have never read the book and, if you have, you may not have understood what is going on. At times it reads like something more like Game of Thrones, full of dragons, beasts and marks.  Different cultures, Christians in different parts of the word, may interpret some of the book differently. For some they may feel the tribulation has started. For others they may feel there is no correlation between its pages and what they see happing in the world. So, in preaching through this book there is some risks.  A risk you’ll disagree with me on certain points.  A risk you will think it is too heavy.  A risk you will think I have not picked up your favourite theme in the book.  But I think the risks assoc...