Victoria Point Baptist Church

Genesis 3:17-24 The fall of man was not just a personal act of disobedience, but was an act of treason. Adam and his decedents committed the ultimate act of betrayal. Adam declared independence from his kingdom government. In so doing severed his relationship with the King of Heaven, abandoned his position as ambassador. And lost his dominion over the earth. The devil's goal was to drive man from...

Genesis 3:17-24 The fall of man was not just a personal act of disobedience, but was an act of treason. Adam and his decedents committed the ultimate act of betrayal. Adam declared independence from his kingdom government. In so doing severed his relationship with the King of Heaven, abandoned his position as ambassador. And lost his dominion over the earth. The devil's goal was to drive man from...

The Bible teaches the eternity of God. This means that God has always existed. His existence extends endlessly in the past and in the future. There was not a time when He did not exist. He never came into being and He will never cease to exist. We often look at God through human eyes and as a result we bring Him down to our level. It is important that with a sense of great awe and wonder we unders...

God may well do things differently, for he is not limited in any way, but His character cannot change. He cannot stop being God. He cannot improve or decline. He simply cannot change. You can count on Him to be the same today as he was in eternity past, or as he will be in a million years' time. Therefore God's promises to us will never change either. They are promises you can always count on. In...

When Jesus walked on this earth, sinners of all backgrounds went to Him. The worse a person felt, the more likely they saw Jesus as a refuge. Sometimes the down-and-out, who flocked to Jesus when he lived on earth, no longer feel welcome among his followers. I wonder why ? When we relate what we do as earning God's support and love, we place a great emphasis on doing the right thing. Therefore we...

During my life I have done some things which now I really regret. But, even though that is the case, I know I have people that still love me. In fact, I could do almost anything and they would still be committed to me. Yes they may be hurt, disappointed or even ashamed, but in the end, they would still stand by me. We all need people who will show that sort of commitment. No-one is more committed...

Making choices is something we do every day. Some of these decisions will have an ongoing effect on our life, so we feel the pressure of getting it right. We often find ourselves standing at the crossroads. Will I go this way or that? Will I study these subjects, will I take this new job, should I marry this person, should I invest in this company. The list is endless. God wants us to make good ch...

God is not like a company executive who demands that we show up and perform, but rather, He seeks that we might understand what He is like. Nothing is News to Him. He knows everything. He sees everything. He knows what we need. He knows all our secrets. He knows all our scars. God's eyes are never off us. But rather than being fearful of God's constant gaze, we should be thankful. God knows us. He...

God put so much of the fear of Mordecai into the hearts of the people that the very people who were ordered to kill the Jews, helped Mordecai to defeat those who would have killed them! This is God's doing. God made Mordecai and object of dread to the enemies of the Jews. He put His fear into the life of this once simple, humble gatekeeper, then He placed him in second of command in the kingdom an...

Esther wasn't lucky to be queen; Mordecai wasn't lucky to have overheard the assassination plot; it wasn't luck or chance that made Haman enter the royal courts at this time with this heart. All of these events were orchestrated by God and not by luck.. This becomes difficult, of course, when bad things happen to us. It is easy to see God's management of all things when we see good things happen....

God gives us our position in life. Many times we are blinded by circumstances and cannot see it, but God gives us our position in life. He gives it to us that we may use it for His Cause, for the spread of His Gospel in this day in which we live. We have tremendous advantages given to us by God! God has conferred them on us for a Divine Purpose. In every human life runs that Divine Purpose. Nobody...

Mordecai refused to reverence Haman. He would not bow himself down to the ground to satisfy Haman's self-seeking idolatry. Bear in mind that the order to bow before Haman came from the king. Everyone bowed, except Mordecai. He refused to be a part of this worship of Haman.

It is now that the heroine of our book walks on the stage. She enters into the narrative here and God begins to move in a very special way in her life. God has been preparing her. God has been getting her ready. She is brought up as an orphan girl in the home of this man named Mordecai. God was preparing her. God had a work for her to do.

A historical book of the Old Testament that shows how God preserved His Chosen People. The book is named for its main personality, Queen

"I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing." John 15:5 As Jesus spoke, the vines hung heavy with ripened fruit throughout the region. His listeners understood the significance of the vine and the dependency the branches had to the source of nutrition and water..... Jesus, as the Vine, is our Source of life-life today...

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." John 14:6 Thomas and the rest of Jesus' disciples could not comprehend His leaving them. He warned them-on multiple occasions-but they could not seem to accept it. As they struggled with this, Jesus helped them to see the Father and to understand that they were one.....Jesus, as the Way, the T...

Jesus said to her, "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 Jesus' friends, Mary and Martha, are distraught. Jesus has arrived too late-their brother Lazarus is dead. The grieving Martha hears Him say, "Your brother will rise again," and she responds in f...

"I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture." - John 10:9 How does God describe Himself to His creation? In John 10, Jesus tapped into something familiar to each of His listeners-shepherding. Likely, the bleats of nearby sheep echoed behind Him as He spoke. Anyone sneaking into a sheepfold by any means than the door was not there legitimately....

Jesus uttered these words to a group that witnessed an incredible scene. Teaching in the temple, a woman caught in adultery was brought to Jesus. As the accusers attempted to trick Jesus by asking if He thought the woman should be stoned, Jesus mutely wrote in the sand. The accusers evaporated and the embarrassed woman was set free with forgiveness and the admonition to turn away from the darkness...

"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep." John 10:11 Jesus is the Door and so much more. He is the Shepherd-the One whose voice the sheep know and trust. The Shepherd will protect and save the sheep at any cost...........Jesus, as the Good Shepherd, died to save each of us.

And Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst." John 6:35 Jesus spoke these words after a quiet night alone in the wilderness. He fled to this wilderness after the miracle of feeding the 5,000 men (and more women and children) with just five loaves and two fish. Following this miracle and these words, the people...

Introduction to the I AM series. ""Very truly I tell you," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!" John 8:58

One of the reasons I worry is because I look at life through human eyes. What will I possibly do if that happens ! We soon see ourselves in deep trouble. We are in way over our heads. Fear takes over and worry reduces us to a blob of anxiety. Now last week I said most things we worry about never actually happen and that's often the case. But if what we fear most does occur- then we need to defeat...

We often stress and worry about things that really don't matter. I have good neighbours and they are no problem to me at all. That is except for the way they do some things. When they clean their cars, they do the outside first and then they clean the inside. This is the wrong way round. Likewise they mow the lawn and then they whipper snipper the edges. Not the right way to do it. Now these thing...

Romans Chapter 8 is full of well-known verses that enable us to be extremely positive about our lives even in the midst of great challenge. Without a doubt this chapter is rich with deep theological truth. Yet if we were to simplify an important theme of the latter verses we could summarise Paul's words in this way. God is on our side. His love continually flows over us. He is always at work in ou...