Bethesda Shalom

1 Samuel 3:10 No man who upon hearing the voice of God, ever lived to regret the day He answered the call!!   My phone rings all the time and sometimes I regret answering it. An unidentified number appears on the screen — it's a local number, and you think, I'd better answer it, only to discover two seconds in that it's a national telesales company masquerading behind a local area code!!   WHY DID...

2 Kings 4:38-41 You've all heard the expression, "One bad apple spoils the barrel"; the origin of this idiom dates all the way back to the 1300's.   According to one source, the bad apple metaphor was first recorded in 1340 in the form of an English proverb, "A rotten apple quickly infects its neighbor".   There is a Biblical counterpart to this idiom which goes like this; "...a little leaven leav...

Luke 10:38-42 Do you have a quiet place with Jesus your Lord? Y ou've placed priorities on things — they may be good things/noble things/godly things but have they become a distraction in your life? Are they taking you away from that one thing that is needful — sitting at the feet of Jesus? In the busyness and clutter of life, can you hear the Master calling you aside to spend time alone with Him?...

Matthew 14:22-33 For the third consecutive week, I have the privilege of ascending the stairs of this pulpit to bring a word in season on how to stand in the midst of trial!!   Brothers and Sisters, believe me when I say, it was not my planned intention to labour this point, but as I waited upon the Lord as to what He would have me to say, I felt Him call to my remembrance another facet of sufferi...

1 Peter 3:3-7 As painful as it is to undergo trial — to be put into the furnace of affliction — It's the only way by which one's faith might be tried!! A man can boast all day about his faith; it is not until he is placed into the fire that one will see the quality of his faith!   Far from diminishing faith, fire will always purify a man's faith! It was the Roman philosopher and historian, Pliny t...

Mark 4:35-42  "And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side" (Mk. 4:35). Note the circumstances of the hour. The evening had come upon them after what must have been a long drawn-out day. Jesus waits until the evening, when darkness is fast approaching, to put to His disciples His desire — "...Let us pass over unto the other side". Jesus immedi...

Psalm 51:6 For many within the remnant Church, love of truth is all about acquiring factual knowledge.   As long as every doctrinal t is crossed, and every theological i dotted, all is well!!   Yet, in the verse before us in this sermon, David prays to God, "Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom" (Ps. 51:6).   The truth that David...

Proverbs 9:10 Woe betide the man or woman that dispenses of the knowledge of God.  We live in an era in the evangelical Church where experience trumps knowledge!  Everyone wants to experience God!!  Away with boring theology (they say) — let it perish with the seminaries!! Give us a fresh encounter!! Let us feel God!!  Let us experience His divine touch!!  I'm all for experiencing God, but again I...

James 1:5-8 Behold the man who wavers in his faith.   James likens him to the sea's great waves on a stormy day, driven by the wind and tossed (Jms. 1:6).   Contrast this with the stillness of those same waters on a calm summer evening.   What's the difference?   Stability!!   Albert Barnes in commentating upon James 1:5-8, states the following:  "The wave of the sea has no stability. It is at the...

Acts 20:33-35 Ministry properly defined has nothing to do with being a preacher. It identifies not the words spoken, but the act of service involved, and this can be transposed across the board — waiting on tables, opening a door for another, prayer, giving (the list is endless). "Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you, which was a...

Session 7 of 7 The Sanctuary Conference 2023@Cloverley Hall Click below for more information about The Sanctuary Conference: www.sanctuaryconference.org Listen to other sermons by Keith Malcomson: www.limerickcitychurch.com/

Session 6 of 7 The Sanctuary Conference 2023@Cloverley Hall Click below for more information about The Sanctuary Conference: www.sanctuaryconference.org Listen to other sermons by Paul M. Williams: www.bethesdashalom.org/

Session 5 of 7 The Sanctuary Conference 2023@Cloverley Hall Click below for more information about The Sanctuary Conference: www.sanctuaryconference.org Listen to other sermons by Keith Malcomson: www.limerickcitychurch.com/

Session 4 of 7 The Sanctuary Conference 2023@Cloverley Hall Click below for more information about The Sanctuary Conference: www.sanctuaryconference.org Listen to other sermons by Stephen Riddell: www.lifeboatfellowship.com/

Session 3 of 7 The Sanctuary Conference 2023@Cloverley Hall Click below for more information about The Sanctuary Conference: www.sanctuaryconference.org Listen to other sermons by Paul M. Williams: www.bethesdashalom.org/

Session 2 of 7 The Sanctuary Conference 2023@Cloverley Hall Click below for more information about The Sanctuary Conference: www.sanctuaryconference.org Listen to other sermons by Keith Malcomson: www.limerickcitychurch.com/

Session 1 of 7 The Sanctuary Conference 2023@Cloverley Hall Click below for more information about The Sanctuary Conference: www.sanctuaryconference.org Listen to other sermons by Stephen Riddell: www.lifeboatfellowship.com/

Jason brings a critical teaching to the Body of Christ focussing on the cross of Jesus Christ.   May you be mightily blessed in understanding more about this foundational doctrine that can never be exhausted.

Daniel 11:32 Stephen Riddell is an elder at The Lifeboat Fellowship, Dungannon, N. Ireland.   Stephen challenges believers of the critical need to know God in these Last Days.   I trust that the Lord shall minister to your heart through this word given in season.

1 Corinthians 13 Of all the passages in the New Testament Scriptures, none are more sublime in poetical beauty that the words found in the thirteenth chapter of Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians.   Hebrews the seventh chapter is known for its great typology; Romans the third chapter for its brilliance in logical reasoning. The second chapter of the Second Epistle to the Thessalonians is know...

Ephesians 5:15-16 As Christians, we are not always wise in the way that we walk — we live in the land of hindsight — always picking up the broken pieces! We naively walk into many landmines; we allow ourselves to be found in compromising situations because of a lack of foresight!!  "A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished" (Prov. 23:3) This se...

Philippians 2:5-11 I fear that in our present day, we have lost the cutting edge of Christianity. The Kingdom of God no longer stands in juxtaposition to the Kingdom of Darkness — the contrasting properties of black and white have been fused into a murky grey — light and darkness into a twilight blue — we've lost the radical nature of conversion. I want to say without apology, when light meets wit...

Jeremiah 10:1-6 Dr. David Donovan and his wife Shirley head up a medical mission to the Niger Delta called New Foundations. In this teaching, David shares from the Word of God on a hugely important topic - The Greatness of God.

1 Kings 18:17-20 The single greatest need of the present hour and any hour is for God to break through into the midst of His people!!   It's one thing for a man to break through — he's had breakthroughs in all manner of varying contexts.   Gunpowder in the 10th century, the compass in the 12th. The steam engine in 1712, and Refrigeration in the 1850s.   The airplane in 1903, Penicillin in 1928, th...

Hebrews 6:1-3 There are only two places in all of Sacred Scripture, where the phrase "dead works" appears.   The first is in Hebrews 6:1; "Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God (Heb. 6:1). The second comes later on in the ninth chapter of the very same epistle,...