PASTOR TIM JUPP

Whatever we may adore, in worship , it must be God alone. At no time may we transfer such honor to any other created thing, or anything we may think is more important; even for an instant.  Francis Turretin To have a cognitive knowledge of who God is, is not even close to following Him! Baal worship is not gone but has morphed to subtle and culturally moral compromises. Look how we strive to grasp...

"Contrary to human reasoning, God picked a bunch of earthen vessels in which to put His treasure, so that the surpassing greatness of the power would be of God and not from any man. The fact that He used such humanly unimpressive men should give us hope that perhaps He can use common people like us to help further His kingdom." The mature saint just obeys. Others waiver under the stress...

" Faithful is God who has called you into His kingdom-  He has promised to assist you in all your trials. He who has called you is faithful and if you trust Him, He will preserve you." TEXT: I KINGS 17:17-24 SONGS : MORE THAN ABLE, ELEVATION CHURCH GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS, WORSHIP INITIATIVE CIRCLE GOOD TO ME,  EAGLE BROOK WORSHIP SAME GOD, ELEVATION CHURCH

"When we consider the promises of Christ, risking everything we are and everything we have for His sake is no longer a matter of sacrifice.    It just makes common sense."    David Platt. " If we trust Him as she did we shall not be losers, but infinite gainers: we may not only be assured of more grace, but will depend on His kind providence for the supply of all our necessary wants...

In times of great distress God raises up men that man would not raise up. God will always separate those He chooses to use. He takes them on wilderness journeys, which are God’s preparation and provision for their souls. That man doesn’t get what he wants, he gets what he needs. In keeping with his person, a nobody of any report , he finds himself at the Cherith of loneliness, or the Cherith of be...

“It is ever the Holy Spirit’s work to turn our eyes away from self to Jesus; but Satan’s work is just the opposite of this, for he is constantly trying to make us regard ourselves instead of Christ.  C.H. Spurgeon God has a purpose and plan for our days. Caves, crooked paths and injuries all have meaning within His plan. Graciously God uses our divergence, our rebellion and even our despair if we...

“The birth of Christ was the incarnation of God: it was God taking upon himself human—a mystery, a wondrous mystery, to be believed in rather than to be defined.” — Charles Spurgeon "God chose the stable for His Son to be born in for a very important reason. You see, when God sent His only Son to live on this earth, He made a strategic decision not to shelter Him from the harsh realities of t...

"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth” We see Jesus as He was before His birth and ministry upon the earth. He was with God and was God, and through Him the world was made. He dwelt with God before time began and unfolded the creation of the world. He watched as man rebelled against God...

So what did the angels see at the incarnation of Jesus? They saw the long awaited Messiah, the Anointed One that would overcome the powers of the sinfully persuasive evil dragon. They saw the hope of redemption dawning. A new era of grace was about to begin, where sins could be and would be wiped away by the sacrificial work of the Lamb of God. They could NOT and would NOT contain themselves! They...

Wars; corrupt self serving governments; violence in the homes in the streets and in the churches; the celebration without the cause; the fake hero Santa; the spirit of antichrist in Islam, liberal Christian theology and the prosperity gospel all are Satan still attacking Christ and His Christmas. Either we pretend or we just live as if Satan is an allegoric figure of evil, but He is real. Satan is...

"The Lord God appointed a set time for the coming of his Son into the world; nothing was left to chance. Infinite wisdom dictated the hour when the Messiah should be born, and the moment when he should be cut off. His advent and his work are the highest point of the purpose of God, the hinge of history, the centre of providence, the crowning of the edifice of grace."  " Redemption d...

This sermon was preached on Sunday, November 19th, by Mr. Jon Lang while Pastor Tim was headed into surgery. The very moment the service began, while we played Too Good Not to Believe, we received news that Pastor Tim was finally headed into surgery after a 6 day wait. It was pretty incredible! Only God can write this stuff! The topic of prayer is something that is deeply treasured as a daily part...

"There is a day coming when the Lord Jesus Christ shall judge His people and give to everyone according to His works. The great white throne shall be set up. The Judge of all shall sit upon it. The dead shall be raised from their graves. The living shall all be summoned to the judgment bar. The books shall be opened. High and low, rich and poor, gentle and simple — all shall at length give ac...

The principal design of Jesus coming in to the world is to reclaim such persons from the ways of sin and misery, and with great compassion He would bring them to repentance and obedience  and the hope of eternal life.  It is the grand design of Christ’s mission on earth to recover those like Zacchaeus in his unconverted state, were wandering in the way to everlasting ruin. John 1:4 In Him was life...

"The blind beggar outside Jericho was not shy about making his needs known. He was calling out at the top of his lungs, begging Jesus to stop and help him. He knew full well that he was blind and that he had no hope apart from this miracle-working teacher he had heard so many people talk about as they passed his place by the side of the road . He received mercy because he knew his need and cr...

"We were designed for more than the trivial pursuit of pleasure. The hard truth is that we will never find relief if we continue to seek it through possessions or through people. Seeking satisfaction in the things of this world is like chasing the wind. Once you’re finally exhausted and weary from your pursuit, you’re left empty-handed and disappointed and unsatisfied.  The problem is that ou...

I think Christians fail so often to get answers to their prayers because they do not wait long enough on God. They just drop down and say a few words, and then jump up and forget it and expect God to answer them. Such praying always reminds me of the small boy ringing his neighbor's door-bell, and then running away as fast as he can go. We must not be weary, though our requests do not immedia...

Q: What is the battle of Armageddon? Regarding the battle of Armageddon, Mr. Billly Graham has stated: “The Bible plainly forecasts the coming of yet another great war. It will be a war to eclipse anything the world has ever seen. It will embrace most of the nations of the world; and its focal point will be in the Middle East, where the armies of the world will some day deploy themselves, centerin...

"It would be a shameful crime, if, after receiving God's mercies, we should forget to praise him. God would not have our tongues lie idle while so many themes for gratitude are spread on every hand.  He will have no silent children in His house house." TEXT: LUKE 17:11-19 SONGS: HOW GREAT THOU ART (COVER) GRATITUDE, I AM THEY ALAS AND DID MY SAVIOR BLEED (COVER) GRATITUDE, REPRISAL,...

The duty of forgiving offenses is one of the most difficult duties of the Christian religion. It is so contrary to our natural feelings; it implies such elevation above the petty feelings of malice and revenge, and is so contrary to the received maxims of the world, which teach us to "cherish" rather than to forgive the memory of offenses, that it is no wonder our Saviour dwells much on...

1 Samuel 2:8 “He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the beggar from the dunghill--to set them among princes, and make them inherit the throne of glory!"  What an amazing stoop of love is that--from His throne in the Heaven of heavens, the Lord reaches down to the dunghills of earth--that He may deliver those who are in a lost and loathsome estate! He exalts beggars to the status of &quot...

The organized church continues to fail. The locking in of traditions and teachings of men have made hypocrisy mainstream. It has been the undoing of the gospel to raise human directions and objections to Biblical status. But there is a better way!     We must recognize that which we naturally value is temporal and is passing away! Prosperity, promiscuousness  and technology have numbed our spiritu...

" The Pharisees, who had dedicated themselves to the pursuit of righteousness, had degenerated into a group of hypocrites. They were involved in a parade and in a charade. Their joy was to parade their righteousness and their holiness, not before God, but before the eyes of men. They lusted for the applause of human beings. They paraded their righteousness before the eyes of the people. Their...

Being the Great Teacher He was, the Head of the new dispensation of religion, and beholding the people misled by their religious guides, He invites them to come, those oppressed by the burden of ceremonies and traditions, those oppressed by ignorance, sin and trouble, those destitute of true ease of conscience, He invites them to Himself, as the One who could give adequate consolation under all th...

"In making guilty, polluted rebels and heirs of endless perdition holy--not merely servants but children, heirs of God, and partakers of endless life and glory- the grace of God surpasses all finite conception." Our Saviour came to guide men's consciences, not to gratify their curiosity.  Ask not, How many shall be saved? But, Shall I be one of them?   Matthew Henry TEXT: LUKE 13:22...