Messiah
2018 January - 2018 September
Matthew’s Gospel presents Jesus as the Messiah, Israel’s promised and long-awaited Saviour and King. Jesus, the Messiah-King came to save his people, not merely from foreign oppression as many expected, but more fundamentally from their sins’both national and personal sins. As Immanuel ’’God with us’’ Jesus also does for us what we cannot do for ourselves’live a righteous, God-satisfying life. This very same Messiah-King also establishes God’s kingdom on earth. A kingdom not based on earthly power, wealth and prestige, but one based on love for God and love for others. Ultimately Jesus, the Messiah-King, died on the cross and resurrected, thereby empowering his followers to live out his kingdom values, both collectively as his church and personally as his disciples.
06 — Messiah: Calling All Disciples
2018 Feb 18
12 — tbd
2018 Apr 15
18 — Messiah: The Gospel of Matthew
2018 May 27
19 — Messiah: Faith in the Healer/Saviour
2018 Jun 03
20 — Messiah: Expecting and Preparing for Growth
2018 Jun 10
21 — Messiah: Discipleship: Following Jesus
2018 Jun 17
22 — Messiah: Responding to the Messiah
2018 Jun 24
28 — tbd
2018 Aug 05