Rock of Ages Evangelical Church

Psalm 1:4   The first three verses of Psalm One tell us of the blessed man, what kind of person he is, and the outcome of his life. The last three verses speak of the opposite of the blessed man. The ungodly. These are the ones whose counsel the blessed man will not take, whose way of life he will not follow, and in whose seat he will not sit. But what do we think of when we speak of an...

Romans 10:14-17   In the context surrounding these famous verses, Paul shares the grief and sorrow of his heart for the salvation of his brethren, the Hebrews, Israel. They, trusting in their own righteousness and rejecting the righteousness of God remain ignorant to the truth of the Gospel. This is where he asks the questions, "How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed?...

Psalm 1:3  After establishing The blessed man is one who no longer walks in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands eyes glazed upon the temptations of vanity fair in the path of sinners, nor will ever again find comfort in the seat of mockers. And in seeing the delights and desires change from worldliness to loving and cherishing the word of God in which he lives, we now see the effects of th...

John 3:1-21  Nicodemus confesses that Jesus must be from God for no-one could do the signs He did if He weren't. Jesus in His response to this doesn't acknowledge any of that, instead going straight to the root...Unless one is born again he cannot even see the kingdom of God. What does this mean? The term 'born again' infers a first birth, that there is something wrong in this first birth. So...

Psalm 1:2  The blessed man is one who does not walk in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands inquiring, ogling, contemplating wickedness in the path of sinners. Nor will he ever be found sitting comfortably, making his home in the place of mocking and scorning true religion. BUT...his delight is in the law of the Lord!  The scriptures are full of the righteous man's love for God's word,...

John 3:1-2   Many had professed belief in Christ due to witnessing the signs He performed. But Christ knew men and what was in them, how fickle they are and didn't entrust Himself to them. He knew just how many signs the Israelites saw in the wilderness and yet the first generation died there in unbelief.  But then comes Nicodemus...And at night!

Psalm 1:1  Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the [a]ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful  We say 'bless you' to someone when they sneeze. We end messages with blessings. But when it comes to the blessed man of Psalm One, what does it mean to be blessed?

John 2:23-25  Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name when they saw the signs which He did. But Jesus did not commit Himself to them, because He knew all men, and had no need that anyone should testify of man, for He knew what was in man.  The long awaited Messiah was expected to come performing signs and wonders. Jesus did! However even...

Luke 8:43-48  In this truly amazing story an unknown woman who has suffered 12 long years with an issue of blood, who for over a decade has remained unclean, untouchable, isolated, separated and desperate. All she needed was to touch the hem of Jesus garment and she knew she would be healed. Such faith, and she was made not only well but completely whole. Jesus Christ doesn't do this only for...

John 2:13-22   in this fast paced text Jesus clears the temple of merchants and their wares sold for the sacrifices of the temple. How could one man drive out so many people using a hand made whip. Why did they obey Him? Why did He do this? Because zeal for His Father's house had eaten Him up!

John 2:1-12   The first sign of Jesus was to turn water into wine. Moses first sign was to turn water to blood. What is the significance of this extraordinary miracle?

Acts 9:1-20  Saul was zealous for Judaism and  hated Christ and the Way. He persecuted Christians and desired to utterly destroy the Church. And yet the truly breathtaking mercy and grace of God was showered upon him that he became perhaps the greatest man after jesus Himself that the Church has ever known. He was the chief of sinners and yet was a great example of Gods gracious gift and...

2 Timothy 2:1-13   In this text Paul encourages Timothy to  be strong in the grace that is in Christ and goes on to say that he suffers trouble as an evildoer because of the Gospel he preaches. Today in this wicked and perverse generation where the LGBTQ+ agenda is being pushed down our children's throats and being celebrated as a great thing in their schools, the faith Church who Steadf...

Joshua 24:15 Joshua puts the question to the people “Choose this day whom you will serve” but as as for Joshua and his household they would serve the Lord.  The question is posed to us today, what does it mean to serve the Lord and will we choose to serve the Lord in our day?

John 1:35-42 What a privilege it is when others hear us speak of Christ and they follow Him. John the Baptist cries 'Behold the Lamb of God.' They hear him and follow Christ! How is it that the chief priests, scribes and Pharisees missed it? How is it that the first generation of the Israelites saw undeniable signs and wonders and yet died in unbelief? What is the reason why some who hear don't he...

Sir, we wish to see Jesus  - The woman at the Well This is what the people of Sychar would have said to the Samaritan woman who encountered Jesus at the well. Something had happened to her, and they wanted to find out for themselves. Because once you've seen Jesus and you've been saved, 1. Everything else fades into insignificance; 2. You just have to tell everyone; and 3. You need to see and...

Job 42:1-6  Job was a righteous man. God Himself affirmed this as satan tried accused him and tried to destroy his character before God. The Lord knowing Job's integrity allowed him to be tested and he lost almost everything but his life. In all this his wife urged him to give up and his 'friends' tried to convince him that he must have sinned greatly against God. In these verses Job realised...

John 1:29-34  Once again we see here that John the Baptist cannot withhold himself as he sees the Lord Jesus walking towards him, he cries out, "Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world." Jesus is the Lamb of God, the sin bearer, the penal substitution for His people. He was revealed to Israel but was to take away the sin of the world. No longer was the good news of God's s...

Luke 14:16-24 In this account Jesus tells of a great banquet in which many are invited and many accept the invitation on face value. However as the banquet is announced, those invited begin giving terrible excuses for being not attending. Join us as we delve into the invitation and supper call, the rejection of the invitation, the report and the reaction. The Lord's banquet will be fully attended...

John 1:19-28  John baptist ruffled the feathers of both the religious of the day and of the worldly society too. Multitudes came out into the wilderness to hear him and to be baptised into the baptism of repentance. He was clear that he was not the Christ and that He who was to follow was far greater than him. He called the religious hypocrites a 'brood of vipers' and challenged the King abou...

2 Timothy 3:16-17 As Christians we believe that the bible, a collection of 66 individual books is the inspired, inerrant word of the living God. But how did we come to believe this?

John 1:18 The aim of the apostle John in the introduction to his gospel is to show that Jesus Christ is the Word who was at the beginning with God, and was God. That this Word became flesh. Jesus Christ is a real man and is essentially God. One person with two natures. Here John tells us that no-one has seen God at anytime. What about all those theophanies? What about Moses who spoke to God 'face...

1 Corinthians 10:31 Continuing on from 'What is Your Purpose', we look into the first and second questions of the Shorter Catechism. What is the Chief end of Man? Man's Chief end is to Glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever. How do we doe this, and what does it include?

John 1:15 John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.  Can we understand why we are told that John in bearing witness to Jesus, 'Cried out?' He couldn't help himself. Like Paul's 'Woe is me if preach not the gospel.' or the word burning in the heart of Jeremiah that he could not hold it back....

Romans 16:3-5 What do I mean with the title ‘My Home Church’ Well it could mean two things, my local Church of which I’m a member, and attend regularly and it could mean ‘The Church In My Home’ which I attend regularly. The question is> Is there a Church in your house? And what is a house Church, or a Church in your house? We know that when we gather together on a Sunday in our Church building...