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Jesus was prophesied in the Old Testament as Prophet, Priest, and King. Here we explore how we see Jesus fulfilling those prophesies in John 12, and what that means for how we should approach our own relationships with Jesus  #bibleteaching #prophet #priest #king #gospel #johnsgospel #john12 #Jesus #serve #listen #worship  -- · -- · -- · -- Stay Connected Website: https://www.assemblechu...

John chapter 11 is a turning point in John's gospel - we see Jesus perform an incredible miracle in raising Lazarus from the grave, but this gives way to increased pressure from the Pharisees and religious leaders in the rest of the gospel. Here we explore what we can learn about who Jesus is in the build up to this miracle, and how that can help us in our walks with Him today. #bibleteaching #mir...

We often hear that Jesus is the Good Shepherd. Here we explore what that means, how Jesus is the Good Shepherd to us, and what impact that can have on how we live our lives.  #bibleteaching #jesus #jesusthegoodshepherd  #gospel #johnsgospel #john10 #goodshepherd    -- · -- · -- · --  Stay Connected Website: https://www.assemblechurch.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/...

So often parts of our identity are wrapped up in our relationships with others. John’s gospel answers the question ‘Who is Jesus?’ and this week in John 8 we see who Jesus is in light of His relationship with God the Father. Jesus is talking to the Pharisees about who He is, and in His responses we learn loads about His relationship with the Father. But the amazing thing is that by the Holy Spirit...

We're opening the Scripture to John 7 this week, where we discover a number of varying responses to Jesus. We find 10 ways that the people around Jesus respond to him; his message; his claims; and his actions. As we journey through life we find ourselves responding to Jesus in different ways in different situations and circumstances - that's part of being human. Find the sermon notes here: https:/...

Jesus cares so deeply for our needs. In John 6 Jesus prepares to teach the crowds as they follow him and gather round on a hillside.  Before Jesus begins to teach, he sorts out lunch. He is concerned for the crowd's hunger, so that they may not be distracted by it as they hear from Jesus. More than this, is that Jesus teaches the crowds, and us, about Him through this very act of miraculously...

Sometimes we can become a bit obsessed with looking for the healing rather than looking towards the healer. This week Olivia opens up the bible to John chapter 5, where we look at a healing that takes place at the pool of Bethesda. A man spends most of his life eagerly awaiting a healing, and almost misses the healer.  Find the sermon notes here: https://www.assemblechurch.com/assemble-voice/...

Scripture is full of patterns that add depth and richness to what we're reading. A simple story can reveal so much more when we recognise the patterns contained within. In John 4 Jesus meets a Samaritan woman at a well, a simple enough story speaking about the living water of God. But there is so much more to the story if we explore similar encounters in the Old Testament scriptures. Find the serm...

What does it mean to see real transformation in your life? Maybe a transformation of your bank account, or of your body at the gym, or maybe you have a room in your house that you'd like to see transformed. Jesus has a conversation with Nicodemus is John 3, and he speaks all about transformation - a much more real, meaningful, eternal transformation. Find the sermon notes here: https://www.assembl...

What is in your life that is preventing you from fully God fully in spirit and truth? In John 2 Jesus gets frustrated when he sees that His temple of prayer is being defiled, and He drives out the things that are coming between the people and God.  We are no longer reliant on a temple building to come to worship God, instead the bible says that we are temples of the Holy Spirit. What needs dr...

This week Dom opens the Word of God at John 1:19 -51, and we continue with our teaching series on the Gospel of John. John's gospel addresses some significant areas of focus for our culture in 2022, those being of identity and purpose. Identity and purpose are not new struggles for us in the 21st century, but rather ideas that humanity has battled with for generations, and that's why God speaks in...

The Gospel of John begins with 18 verses that contain 8 distinct claims about the identity of Jesus. The purpose of John's gospel is to fill in the gaps left by the other 3 gospels, and to answer the question: who is Jesus? Answering that question with: Jesus is God.  We're starting a new series studying the gospel of John to discover the claims that are made, and ascertain whether these clai...

It's Assemble Church launch day! Months of preparation, prayer, and planning have lead to this day - and the question now is: what's next?  Today Dom explores some of the vision and strategy for Assemble Church over the first 5 years. We look to the creation of the world in Genesis 1 to discover God's blueprint for strategy towards a vision.  Before all, however, we begin Assemble Church...

Often it's difficult to recognise when we're in a season that God is using to prepare us for the next thing He has in mind for us to do. Recognising the season of preparation is not always easy, but once we recognise that we're always in a season where we're being prepared for something bigger - we can begin to position ourselves to take make the most of the season.  We read in the book of Le...

Happy Fathers' Day! We're opening the book of Esther to discover 5 characteristics of the Father's heart that we can see exampled through Mordecai. Mordecai is a supporting character to Esther in her story, and yet we are able to learn some valuable insights into God's own heart for his people, and crucially, how we're able to example these characteristics into our own world and communities. ...

In Genesis 22 God asks Abraham to take his son up a mountain to sacrifice him as a burnt offering. Through this story of Abraham's incredible obedience and faith, we saw a miraculous provision of God. God spares Abraham from sacrificing his son, and instead provides an offering for him to us.  In response, Abraham declares that Jehovah Jireh - the Lord provides. Our final week in this teachin...

After God delivered him from some fairly bleak situations, David was able to declare in Psalm 18 that the Lord is his rock - Jehovah Sela. Throughout the Old Testament there are many images of the rock being a place of refuge and safety, but also provision - as we see in Exodus 17.  We're continuing with our study into the names attributed to God in the Old Testament, this week Olivia explore...

In Exodus 17 Moses build an alter to God and calls it The LORD is my Banner. What does it mean to have the LORD as our banner. This week David explores some of the meaning of Yahweh as the one we raise high, and under whom we conduct our lives.  What does it look like to live lives under the banner that is God?

Gideon experiences the peace of God in Judges 6, when it seems likely that he would face certain death. This week we explore the story of Gideon and how God brought a sense of peace to him, such that he declared "Jehovah Shalom" - the LORD is peace.  We can see how the peace of the Lord is embodied in the person of Jesus, and what this relevation and truth means for us in our lives now. ...

In Jeremiah 23 God declares that He Himself will be the righteousness of His people. But what is righteousness? Why do we need it? How is our righteousness fulfilled by God?  This week we explore what God means when He tells us that He is our righteousness, and we begin to explore some of what righteousness means in context of its opposite - sin. We'll go on a whistle-stop tour of the biblica...

In psalm 23 David describes the God of the bible as being a shepherd, and we can read all across the Old Testament various scriptures where the relationship between God and His people is likened to that of a shepherd and his flock. In this epiosde we study what God means when He declares that He is our shepherd. We then look at how Jesus is the embodiment of the shepherd described in psalm 23, by...

Samantha begins a new series discovering some of the character and nature of God, extracted from the names and story of God found in the Old Testament. This week we're looking at the name that God gives himself in Exodus 3, when speaking to Moses at the burning bush.