Britain's Only Hope the Gospel

Pastor Peter Simpson was recently uplifting the name of the Lord Jesus Christ in the centre of Redcar on the northeast coast of England, taking up his stand in one of the town's main shopping thoroughfares. He emphasised in his preaching the corrupted and unclean nature of all those without Christ, and that all therefore need a radical inward transformation, which only the Saviour can bring about....

True Christians are a praying people. We need to pray for our leaders, for God’s mercy upon the nation, for our persecuted brethren around the world, for our own daily needs, and we need to pray for God's anointing upon the preaching of the gospel, so that sinners might be saved. Men will come to the Saviour, only if the Holy Spirit draws them and convicts them of their sin. So how we must be pray...

Psalm 90:9-12 Man’s life is very short. We are mere mortals; we are mere dust. The pleasures of this life, no matter how well some might think themselves to be getting on, are soon gone. To state this is not pessimism; it is realism. In this psalm we are exhorted to number our days. To do so will enable us to apply our hearts unto wisdom. The wise man realises the brevity of life, and so makes his...

We welcome to the Britain's Only Hope the Gospel podcast a guest speaker, Dr. David Mackereth, and in this address he goes though various sections in the Acts of the Apostles to give us precious insights into how we should be preaching the gospel today. Dr. Mackereth is an active gospel preacher based in the English Midlands, and also regularly preaches at Speakers' Corner in central London. He fu...

Mark 14:32-42 The death of the Lord Jesus Christ is a judicial event of cosmic significance. As He hung upon the Cross, He was proclaiming His love for underserving sinful men, for He was bearing in His person the justice of God upon the sins of the whole world (1 John 2:2), so that all might have opportunity to escape that justice in their own persons. The prophet Isaiah, foretelling our Lord’s s...

DETAILS OF TODAY'S 33:12 REPORT : The Christian loves his neighbour whoever he is and wherever he comes from. However, it is a complete and utter abuse of this Biblical injunction to love our neighbour to argue that nations should have open borders and allow anyone who wishes to to come in. What Christian householder would ever apply that principle to his own home? What Christian homeowner would n...

We have in these verses 21-25 a general exhortation to submission amongst our fellow believers, and in all our dealings with others, having regard to those differing stations in life into which the providence of God has brought us. We must always be willing to pay deference to others, even counting the other man as better than ourselves. Paul applies this general principle of submission to the spe...

ISSUES RAISED : 1) Counselling homeless people 2) The pre-conditions for effective prayer, 3) Is there contemporary historical evidence for the life of Jesus of Nazareth and for His crucifixion? A report on the recent open air preaching of Pastor Peter Simpson was preaching the gospel in one of the main shopping streets of Middlesbrough town centre. Thank you for listening. We call this 'The 33:12...

What a desperate plight man is in without faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, who declared, "What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" (Matthew 16:26 ). Nothing is more important in this life than a man making his peace with God and securing his eternal destiny. How we need to remember the brevity of life and that it possesses an essential vanity and emptiness f...

What does it mean to be DEAD TO SIN and to have “died to sin”? When the Lord Jesus died on the Cross, He died to the guilt of sin on the sinner’s behalf, so that all who place themselves in Him by faith might likewise die to the guilt of their sin, but that also, as their Lord was raised up, believers might be raised up to newness of life. He who trusts in Christ is not just saved from guilt, but...

A report on the open air preaching in Redcar, North East Britain on March 16th. Dealing with an atheist who threw a drink the the preacher's face Particular Issues arising : 1. How to deal with the charge : “Your nasty Bible endorses slavery”. 2. Being a Christian is specific and precise, not vague and general. The name of Christ as the unique Saviour of sinners was set forth in the centre of Redc...

A sermon based on 1 KINGS 9:26 to 10:13 :- The Queen of Sheba had heard of the glories of Solomon’s kingdom and of his great wisdom. She spared no effort to go and see him and his kingdom for herself. She knew that Solomon’s greatness was due to his faith in Israel's God. Solomon and his temporary earthly kingdom foreshadow the Lord Jesus Christ and His eternal spiritual kingdom. Christ is the per...

CHRISTIAN FREEDOM AND CHRISTIAN IDENTITY ON THE UK TODAY On March 7th the Protestant Conference held its bi-annual meeting at the Lord’s Church in St. John’s Wood in central London. Pastor Peter Simpson addressed the subject of ‘Christian freedoms and Christian identity in the UK today’. He began his address by referring to some recent encouragements on the freedom front, including the vindication...

Who makes up God’s true Israel today? It is those who dwell in the true temple which is the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is the remnant out of mankind who have turned from sin and believed in Him for eternal salvation. “They are not all Israel, which are of Israel: Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children ... They which are the children of the flesh, these are no...

A sermon on Ephesians 6:10-17 Christians are meant to be strong and courageous. We are in a spiritual battle which we cannot fight in our own strength. Satan is shooting his flaming arrows at true believers. How they need the armour which God has supplied. In these verses Paul describes the spiritual armour which the Christian must put on. He employs the image familiar to his readers of the Roman...

Each individual is personally accountable to God. Sin always has consequences. “The soul that sinneth, it shall die”. This is fundamental to the Christian gospel. This is the same as Paul’s declaration in Romans 6, “The wages of sin is death” (v23). This death is being outside of God's favour, under His wrath, a plight leading to an eternal condemnation, an eternal death. We have also been told th...

We learn from these verses 8-10 about the enormous contrast between a man's condition before his conversion to Christ and afterwards. Formerly he was in a horrible Satan-inspired darkness; now he lives in glorious light. Formerly he was a child of wrath and far off from God, now he is a new creature with a new nature. He has been rescued from Satan's kingdom, and brought into God’s kingdom. He now...

Those who repent of sin and trust in Jesus Christ for salvation belong to God’s ‘peculiar people, that is, they are His own very special possession. How should such people live? Paul writes here that they must “deny ungodliness and worldly lusts” (v12). So, faith in the Lord Jesus can never be divorced from holiness. Simply to believe that Christ lived and did good or that He is the Son of God do...

Profound lessons from the life of Shimei, an Old Testament figure who set himself against the kingships of David and Solomon, God's appointed kings. These two monarchs showed great patience and forbearance towards Shimei, but he tragically persisted in his rebellion. Shimei depicts all who carry on refusing the offer of mercy in the gospel of Jesus Christ today. “Today if ye shall hear His voice,...

In Psalm 59 there is great encouragement for Christians living in a Satan-inspired hostile world. We see that: 1. Wicked men are seeking David’s life 2. David prays for their downfall, knowing that they will not repent 3. David foreshadows our Lord. Wicked men likewise oppose Christ and His people today 4. If they do not repent, we too may pray for their downfall 5. David, surrounded by enemies, r...

In the final run-up to the day of the great celebration of Christ's birth Pastor Peter Simpson on two occasions went into the centre of Middlesbrough to proclaim the urgency of coming to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation and the gift of eternal life. To declare the gospel of salvation for sinful men is the only way in which to put the message of the Incarnation (God becoming a man) into...

We plead with every non-believer today, as an aspect of love to our neighbour, you must urgently come to Christ, the Light of the world, in repentance and faith, before the light is withdrawn, before God’s gracious drawing of you ceases, because of your continuous refusal to come. The Lord Jesus Christ is the world's only light; that is, He removes all spiritual darkness and brings salvation, and...

Being a fake Christian is not difficult to do. An empty pseudo-Christian faith is a real phenomenon. The Lord Jesus Christ said, "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven" (Matthew 7:21 ). How those who are baptised must ensure that they are truly born again, having received the Holy Spirit to d...

This description of Paul’s preaching in Athens teaches us how the Gospel should be responded to today, if men are to saved from the terrifying consequences of their sin. All without faith in Christ who hear the gospel should : 1) Acknowledge God as the Creator and Sustainer of all life. 2) Personally respond to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ 3) Reject the spirit of the age and all fals...

God has saved us in order that we might, as His priests, offer up the spiritual sacrifices of a holy life in obedience to His holy law. Therefore, by the power of the Spirit, as we long for the milk of the word, we shall indeed be able to lay aside malice, guile, hypocrisies, envies and evil speaking. We must, however, as newborn babes, cry out for the milk of God’s word, that we might feed on His...