PASTOR TIM JUPP

First, Peter exalts Jesus. Only in Jesus could there have been forgiveness.  Although it is Israel that is indicted, the world (Pilate) is found guilty on the same charges. The appeal to repent and be converted puts the Jew and Gentile on the same grounds. Justification through forgiveness in Jesus name is available to all.  Just as the lame man could not walk but was made well through faith In Je...

Jesus had said, at this very spot, that the miracles He had done spoke for Him. Peter is very clear; he is a representative of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.  It is Jesus’ miracle not Peter’s. It’s as if Jesus had said 'just wait a few more weeks and your rejoicing will cause a thousand to rejoice with you. Your party is not ready yet!'    Then suddenly after Pentecost Peter says 'arise...

Jesus had told them to ‘wait for the promise of the Father’. ‘When the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place’. Then they continued under the apostle’s direction and ministry as The Lord continued to build His church!  When we see the Lord begin to pour out His blessings, and we continue in devotion, awe, generosity and joy we will find in an AWESOME CHURCH! &q...

Radical faith alters society!                                                                                              On that day, without a sound system or amphitheater, 3000 people were cut to the heart, believed in the resurrected Jesus and chose to identify as Jesus followers!   God had chosen to use a fisherman, Peter, who  dared to warn of impending doom and gloom to a rebellious genera...

Conclusion: Radical faith will bring an altered society: early in Acts God chose to use a fisherman. Peter dares to warn of impending doom and gloom to a religiously twisted, rebellious, self serving generation. Then, just as Joel had done 800 years earlier, Peter declares mercy in the name of Jesus: He says, ‘before the coming of that great and terrible day of the Lord, it shall be, that whoever...

Conclusion: Radical faith will bring an altered society and God chose to use a fisherman and a Pharisee to kick His church off the ground. Between Pentecost, 33 AD and 66 AD, when Paul dies, the world was turned upside down. Why? Because the Spirit descended on a group of average people who wanted to serve Him: that’s what the Book of Acts is all about. When Christians manifest that they are since...

Conclusion: Ten days in between Christ’s ascension and the pouring out of the Holy Spirit. The apostles were NOT inactive but preparing to receive the necessary supply for their mission. These guys had learned to trust in the Word and to pray: “Dad, you promised! Dad, you promised and we know you keep your promises! So, we are waiting on you until your promise comes! " Waiting is extremely to...

If we are called to do something for Christ then we should assume that He will enable us to do it! He has called us to do something! If we have not yet received the power, we had better wait! But the early church didn’t JUST wait… they all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication…. Does that sound kinda radical? Is that asking too much? That is the choice we have before us! The degree...

It is not for me to know the times or the seasons. The Father has kept those plans to Himself. He is sovereign and will do what He sees fit when He sees fit! Jesus said to Stephen, Phillip, Saul and Tim; you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you and you will be a witness for me!  You may not see it coming but there is a destiny for you and the day of your destiny will come! C.H...

For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.  Of the increase of His government and peace There will be no end, Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, To order it and establish it with judgment and justice From that time forward, even fore...

Jesus is wonderful! He is the very definition of wonderful. He is wonderful, in his Virgin birth, in His Davidic Lordship and in His humble human home. He is wonderful in His in His pre-existence, in his role as Creator and as the Sustainer of the universe. He is wonderful in His mighty miracles, His masterful teaching,  His many prophecies, in His abhorrent sufferings and in His intentions at His...

Isaiah 11:10 "And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse, Who shall stand as a banner to the people; For the nations will rally to Him, And His place of rest will be glorious." Come home! Do you hear it? Are you listening? There is a still small voice that screams at your soul to come take rest in Him; His rest is glorious and endless and has no memory of wrong. The Nazarene is calli...

God’s faithfulness to Eve, to Noah, to Abraham, to David and even to Solomon is unquestioned and unquestionable. The Fathers’ promises are irrevocable; His calling and purpose are eternal. It is His path and branch that will succeed and prosper. It was in His time the stump of Jesse shot forth a fresh shoot which branched out to bear His fruit eternally. When redemptive history is done, and all th...

'Observe that here is the grand mystery of the incarnation . Christ is that seed of the woman. That seed of the woman, that glorious One, — He speaks not of seeds as of many but of ONE seed— how he abhorred the devil and all his devices. There was enmity between Christ and Satan, for he came to destroy the works of the devil and to deliver those who are under bondage to him. For that purpose...

"There are certain graces which are never produced in Christians, to a high degree, except by severe temptation.” There is a peculiar tenderness, without which one is not qualified to shepherd Christ’s sheep, and to feed his lambs,— a tenderness, without which one cannot strengthen his brethren,  a tenderness which does not usually come to such a man as Peter, except by his being put into the...

Mankind is sinful, depraved and deceitful in nature. We will always default to self service. Imagine following Jesus into the heart of danger, being told of His demise and then carrying on a argument of self en-grandeur. One of His followers’ would have Him dead: literally all the others sought their own honour. Jesus washes their feet and objects to their selfishness by demonstrating a new model...

We cannot doubt that the time of our Lord's crucifixion was appointed by God.               His perfect wisdom and controlling power arranged that the Lamb of God should die, at the very time when the Passover-lamb was being slain.   The death of Christ was the fulfillment of the Passover. Jesus was the true sacrifice to which every Passover-lamb had been pointing for 1500 years! What the dea...

These cosmic signs will be so great that the world’s population will cower in fear to the point of passing out. -men will be gripped by anxiety . All of this will culminate in the dramatic, spectacular return of Jesus, coming with His church to this earth. !!! Believers will stand apart from the unbelieving world at this point. Rather than being in distress, believers will be saying, MARANATHA! CO...

What a day it will be when Jesus breaks though the clouds and settles the world’s power struggles, takes His rightful throne in Jerusalem and rules the promised Kingdom we call Earth! Then this anxious world will know peace! C.H SPURGEON  Here is the Master’s word to us, “When you hear of wars and commotions, don’t be terrified: for these things must first come to pass; Should great wars occur, as...

While this story is an encouragement to those who cannot and a challenge to those who will not, it is chiefly a warning to those who exploit! While those who labour in the word are worthy of double-pay, they have no right to demand better pay than the Shepherd of us all. NEVER!   The prosperity gospel is a stench in the nostrils of God; their entire system of religious business will be torn down!...

If it is preached that Christ has been raised from the de ad, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. (1 Corinthians 15) To doubt is natural but disbelief is a choice. To deny the truth without investigation is t...

“Those that are most crafty in their designs against Christ and his gospel cannot with all their art conceal them from his cognizance. He can see through the most politic disguises, and so break through the most dangerous snare;” MATTHEW HENRY Application: What do we learn about Jesus answer? "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.”Ma28:18 “Submit yourselves to every ordin...

It was not simply an act of evasion that any time Jesus was in these kinds of debates He would use the technique of answering a question with a question, confounding the opposition and leaving them in ruins. R.C SPROUL It was one of those days in the Passion Week; Jesus was doing His thing teaching and preaching. But the temple was enemy territory; the religious elite would have none of it. They d...

Every part of our lives as His disciples is an extension of the life of the pre-existent Son. The Son calls us into His eternity, to live in harmonious union with Him, to participate in the redemption of creation, and to be a part of His glory. John Sartelle, God has dedicated Himself to us and to our stories. As the Author, God is in complete control of our lives. He knows the beginning and He kn...

"This is the one easily besetting sin of our nature—to turn aside from the living God and to make unto ourselves idols in some fashion or another; for the essence of idolatry is this— to love anything better than God, to trust anything more than God..... In some form or other this great sin is the main mischief in the heart of man; and even in saved men this is one of the developments of rema...