Counterslip Church

This week Matt shared from Revelation 16-17 looking at the connections in the passage from the Exodus story. There in Exodus God defeated evil through the blood of the Lamb and The Holy Spirit, through John, told the church in the 1st century and us today that God is still defeating evil and bringing victory for us through the blood of the Lamb.

The fourth of our weekend away talks on the theme: Life in the Spirit versus life in the flesh

The third of our weekend away talks on the theme: Life in the Spirit versus life in the flesh

The second of our weekend away talks on the theme: Life in the Spirit versus life in the flesh

The first of our weekend away talks on the theme: Life in the Spirit versus life in the flesh

This week Ann-See shared with us from Revelation 15. She should how there are many ways to read the scriptures and each way brings out something different and amazing that can speak to us, revealing the God of the bible to us. But she showed how no matter how you read it every way reveals Jesus as the centre of it all.

This week Matt shared from Revelation 14. Here John's vision moves on from the chapters about the dragon and the beasts (the representation of evil) and moves in a direction to give believers hope, showing us that in the end evil doesn't prosper but instead the lamb (Jesus) is victorious and those who know Him, who are His because of what He has done, stand victorious with Him.

This week we had the joy of having Maki (Pastor from Cairns Road Baptist Church) share with us on Revelation 13. Maki unpacked how the enemy (pictured as a dragon in Revelation) works in our world through systems, power and deceit (pictured as two beasts) to take people's allegiance from Jesus, and how this choice is one we all face, but choosing Jesus is the only way to victory and life.

This week we read Revelation 12. It's a weird chapter full of crazy imagery, but in a really amazing way it retells the story of Jesus' birth, death and resurrection as one cosmic event that shook heaven and earth and remove the enemy from his power and position in heaven. With this back drop the chapter then tells us how we too can overcome the enemy and his influence in our lives and wor...

This week Nathan shared with us from Revelation 11, a complex chapter but one that brings real hope and purpose. Revelation 11 uses a number of different images to speak about Jesus' Church in this age. Here we discover that Jesus empowers His church with His Spirit and His word to stand through trials and be a people who speak the truth about Him, testifying to the hope of the gospel and spea...

Today we read Revelation 10 and Matt shared how here we see Jesus show up in the middle of the 7 trumpets, where there has been darkness, destruction and decreation, and change the narrative of the story. Revelation 10 shows us that Jesus is the hope for the world and the good news worth sharing.

Today Matt shared with us from Revelation 8 & 9. From these two challenging chapters we saw that Jesus is a God who is full of mercy, not wanting any one to perish but all to turn to Him as the one who can save us from evil and sin.

Today Matt spoke from Revelation 8:1-5. Here we saw that the revelation of the completed work of the lamb should lead us to worship and to partnership in prayer. Revelation reveals that our prayers have power, appearing before the very throne of God where Heaven longs to partner with the things we pray.

Today Lara shared with us from Revelation 7 looking at how Jesus is presented as the lamb who, by his sacrifice, makes us His and brings us home, restoring us to God where we can stand as His, living in His presence and renewed creation.

Revelation 6 presents us with a world that is dark and broken. But we also see here how Jesus is sovereign over all. Today James shared with us from this chapter, looking at how Jesus is still on the throne through all that this world presents here and now, and asked how we should live in this dark work as those who follow Him.

This week we read Revelation 5 where we saw that Jesus, as the slain lamb, is the one who has authority to judge evil finally and bring hope and life to people from every tribe, nation and language. Thinking on this Matt asked us how we live in the here and now as followers of the way of this Jesus.

This week we read Revelation 4 and saw how our God is the judge of all who will in His power deal with darkness, evil, sin and death. But He is also the God whose mercy encompasses His judgement, and He is incredibly gracious making a way for all to find freedom from our own sin by making us His own.

This week we read Revelation 3, the final 3 letters to the churches of Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea. These letters are from Jesus to His church, and so this week we looked at some of what these three letters reveal to us about Jesus as the book of Revelation should first and foremost be a Revelation to the church of who Jesus is.

This week, Mike continues our journey through Revelation by looking at Jesus' letters to the churches in Revelation 2. While these letters contain strong warnings, they ultimately reveal the heart of a loving Saviour who calls His Church back to Himself. He warns against compromise and invites us to remain faithful as overcomers in a world that constantly competes for our hearts.

Many of us think of Jesus as a 1st century middle-eastern carpenter come rabbi. But this bible tells us that Jesus hasn't stayed like that. He has become so much more. Revelation is a vision at the end of the Bible that draws back the curtain on Heaven and shows us who Jesus is now. Seeing Jesus as He is now has a huge impact for us who believe. This week Matt took us through Revelation 1 invi...

Today, Emmanuel concludes the Gospel of Matthew by teaching Matthew 28 as not merely the book’s ending but the inauguration of new life through Jesus’ resurrection. 

Today we focused on the crucifixion of Jesus, His death and all-sufficient sacrifice, all that He went through for us. We saw how the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world was foretold throughout the Old Testament, all perfectly fulfilled in Jesus. We responded by focusing on the Holy Spirit's power in these moments and how Jesus' sacrifice brings new life for us!

Today, Ann-See reflects on Matthew 26 through the theme of the heart, contrasting the woman who breaks her alabaster jar to pour out what is most precious with Judas who sells what is priceless. She highlights Jesus’ heart laid bare in grief and obedience, choosing the Father’s will and pouring out his blood for forgiveness while remaining patient with weak, sleeping friends.

Today we talked about the three stories that Jesus shares in Matthew 25. We found that in each story the focus and heart of Jesus was to have a people who are ready, who are faithful and who are loving because they know Him as the Bridegroom, the master and the king.

Today Matt shared with us from Matthew 24. A strange passage that people often draw many conclusions from, which can lead people to look for clues, dates and conspiracy theories. But today Matt showed us how Jesus answers two questions from the disciples, one about the temple, and one about the end and Jesus second coming. In this chapter Jesus uses the tradition and language of the Jewish prophet...