PASTOR TIM JUPP

"What a golden example Christ gives to His disciples! Few masters could venture to say, "If you would practice my teaching, imitate my life", but as the life of Jesus is the exact transcript of perfect virtue, He can point to Himself as the paragon of holiness, as well as the teacher of it. The Christian should take nothing short of Christ for his model. Under no circumstances ought...

" What a wonderful expression! To think that we, poor creatures that we are, should be thus joined to Christ by a marriage union, nay, by a vital union,-is indeed amazing. Oh, the depths of the love of Christ, that such an expression as this should be possible!  There is a mystery that He should leave His Father and quit the home above and become one flesh with His elect, going with them and...

People talk about the will of God as if it's hidden and hard to find. Indeed the perfect will of God for your future is, but how we are to live today is not! The hidden will of God is revealed on the pages of scripture. Christians are to be the light of the world, alert, holy, submissive, sober and filled with the Spirit, singing and praising God with thankful hearts. These things are not hid...

"Time is a strange commodity- we can't save it, retrieve it, relive it, stretch it, borrow it, loan it, stop it or store it. We can only use it or lose it. We can't call 'time out' in the game of life. Indeed there is no such thing as a literal 'instant replay'. That appears only on film."  ; "I am wired by nature to love the same toys that the world lo...

We once walked in darkness but Christ has given us light that we might walk in light. As your light shines before men, "they see your good works and then, may they glorify the Lord!" They may choose to go back to darkness. We must not chase them or turn down our lamps but continue to shine in the darkness. Where light abounds, darkness cannot. Darkness only abounds where light is not. Wh...

In this passage, Paul makes a threefold argument;  There is stuff that goes on around here that is really dark. If we are not careful we will reflect that darkness. People in that darkness will not inherit the kingdom of God. Period. Therefore, don't try to justify inappropriate behavior with empty arguments or listen to those who do. Why would you want the 'Stench of Darkness' on y...

Do our lives and actions pass the 'smell test'? Have we learned to be more like Jesus and are we on the way of holiness? When we come to grips with who we really are as loved children of God; when we remember how much Jesus loved us and how He proved His love, we will want our lives to scream, 'Jesus', to mimic the life of the Savior. He gave Himself freely and then He gave Him...

" If you think you can walk in holiness without keeping perpetual fellowship with Christ, you have made a grave mistake."  C.H. Spurgeon Likewise, if you think you can walk with God and not your fellow believer, you have diluted the truth of the Church. We must live with and live well with one another to 'not grieve the Spirit'.  If we are to grow to an ever-increasing reflecti...

"There is a something in them which is not to be found in the best 'worldling', something which is not to be discovered in the most admirable carnal man; a something in their character which can be readily perceived, and which marks them as belonging to another and a higher race, the twice-born, the elect of God, eternally chosen by him, and therefore made to be choice ones through...

"The true follower of Christ will not ask, "If I embrace this truth, what will it cost me?" Rather he will say, " This is truth. God help me to walk in it, come what may!" A.W. Tozer Under the direction of Jesus we will grow up the be the mature adult 'body' we are supposed to be. We must know we need to grow! We must desire truth! We must allow truth to change u...

This passage is about Christ's gifts to the church, His bride - NOT gifts to members of the church. GIFTED STONES - specifically given to equip, build up and to lead officially or unofficially with an office or none. Who are these people; what is their purpose and what end product should result from their acceptance in the church? Mature, grown up believers living in unity of faith and knowle...

As there is one God eternally existing in three persons, there is one body eternally existing in myriads. The Church is one and the unity must be fought for until the day our great hope is realized. Until then grace has been gifted to us in measures appropriate to our calling. 'These are ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS in God's plan.' Your giftedness is what you essentially need for victorious l...

Today it seems there is no tolerance for men of conviction, even in the church. Just take a stand that scripture takes and you will be labelled intolerant. Now more than ever we need MEN OF CONVICTION who know that one way is right and the other is wrong. We need men who will dare to say, 'thus saith the LORD', here I stand; As for me and my house! "We admire a man who was firm in t...

It is Christ's prayer that 'they may be one as we are one'. (John 17) "Christ wishes His disciples to be kept in a state of unity by maintaining a like-mindedness and an identity of will, being mingled together as it were in soul and spirit and in the law of peace and love for one another. He wishes them to be bound together tightly with an unbreakable bond of love, that they m...

For this reason Paul says, Drive On, the mystery revealed is- the Creator of the universe always wanted you and will always want you as His treasure, His Church. For this reason he prays, that you will know the power of the Spirit, the fellowship of Christ and the comforting fullness of the Father. Now what Paul declares in great doxology is great benediction. Our God is not able- He is exceedingl...

"This prayer of the apostle is one of the most grand and sublime in the whole oracles of God. The riches of the grace of the Gospel and the extent to which the soul of man may be saved here below are most emphatically pointed out here. Every word seems to have come immediately from heaven; laboring to convey ideas of infinite importance to mankind.  No paraphrase can do it justice and few com...

The church of Jesus Christ is the most important institution in the world. The assembly of the redeemed, the company of the saints, the children of God are more significant in world history than any other group, organization, or nation. The United States of America compares to the church of Jesus Christ like a speck of dust compares to the sun. The drama of international relations compares to the...

"Do you see the building rise as each one of God's chosen is brought in, called by grace and quickened? Do you mark the living stones as in sacred love and holy brotherhood they are knit together? Have you ever entered the building, and see how these stones lean one upon another bearing each others burden, and so fulfilling the law of Christ? Do you mark how the church loveth Christ, and...

Paul again reminds us of who we are, where we came from and what our proper response to grace must be. But here he adds the news that there is now only one people of God. The playing field has been leveled. The great chasm of benefit that Israel once knew is gone; Israeli privilege is a thing of the past. We are not longer aliens from the commonwealth or strangers to the covenants, but children of...

The whole point is our utter unworthiness met supreme grace and then we were freely given glories beyond 'the stuff of dreams'. Though we were to work a million lifetimes, we could not earn the first trace of what is granted to us; His Church, His Body, His Bride. We were once the spiritual dead, the sons of disobedience, objects of wrath and in the chains of our rebellion. Then came gra...

" As long as there is summer and winter, day and night, seed time and harvest, there will be a church in the world. No pestilence will destroy the fruit of the substitutionary, sin-atoning labor of the righteous soul of Jesus. Jesus died to purchase a people for Himself out of every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages. Jesus shed His own blood to redeem a bride for Himself. Unti...

" I am fully persuaded dear people, that unless we see something like this happening, the average man will stagger back from our efforts, our conferences, conventions and crusades- they will stagger back disappointed, disillusioned and despairing.  But oh if something happens that demonstrates God! Now people, that's revival!" Duncan Campbell, 1968 Lewis Island and Hebrides Revival....

I am the Resurrection and the Life. He who believes in Me though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this? John 11:25-26 Audio Clip, Pastor Billy Graham Song, Just As I Am, Billy Graham Crusade

Palm Sunday is the day we celebrate Jesus' entry into Jerusalem. There is a 'not so subtle' declaration of His proper identity and a gathering of various celebrants but there is no pomp or ceremony. What was called 'Jesus Triumphal Entry' was not triumphal in the least. It was a final showdown with an impromptu parade. Jesus had come with an attitude of surrender and subse...

God is never not revealing Himself. In days like these that are so apocalyptic in nature, He is all the more. God is certainly revealing Himself to everyone, but how much more to those who know Him! Paul's prayer for us is that we will be given wisdom and insight into God, to understand what is going on around us. Oh that we would be enlightened by divine wisdom and revelation unto a full gra...