Anchorpoint Radio

One of the most difficult truths of the gospel message to get across to people is the fact that we have all offended a holy God. But these marks of guilt against God are continually being recorded in heaven to determine the judgment deserved by sinners. But these dreadful marks of guilt are here contrasted with the wonderful marks of love and forgiveness forever displayed in the Saviour’s wounds and names being indelibly written in the Lamb’s book of life. 

Though there are many stories of love and many stories of sacrifice in the Bible, the two only truly come together for the first time at Calvary where Christ in love provided the ultimate sacrifice for sin. Why? So that we could be sure of being in heaven with Him. The Bible speaks of only two destinations. Those who trust Christ are saved and enter heaven through His blood, but those who refuse to receive God's forgiveness must be banished from the holy presence of God forever. Which destiny will it be for you?

There is nothing relative about the Word of God. It is filled with timeless, unchanging, absolute truths. Sometimes it is this very inflexibility in scriptural statements that makes individuals uncomfortable with or even hostile to the Bible’s message. But there are some things in the Word of God that are absolute impossibilities. Even in relation to God. Did you know that there are some things that God CANNOT do? For one, He cannot lie. He also can never change. Some of these impossibilities are difficult for us to accept – like the impossibility of ever saving ourselves, of ever making ourselves any better in the sight of God. However, other impossibilities are wonderfully comforting – like the fact that God will never, no never, turn away anyone who comes to Him in repentance and faith. 

“Amazing Grace” is a truly beautiful song. But how sad that many music artists around the world while lending their beautiful voices and instrumental skills to the song hardly appreciate what the song is truly all about! Well, it contains the simple gospel message of the awareness of sin, the grace of God in saving souls, and the joy of the believer upon receiving that message. Is grace amazing to YOU? Are the words of this beautiful hymn the language of your heart?

The Gospel of John, chapter 9, is entirely dedicated to the story of one poor blind man and his encounter with the Lord Jesus Christ. It was one of the “sign” miracles that the apostle John included in his gospel – miracles that displayed the glory of God in Christ. This man was blind from birth and would never be able to see apart from divine intervention. How similar to this is our own condition. We are also blind from birth as far as the spiritual dimension is concerned. In our natural condition, we are not able to see and appreciate Christ for Who He is. Nor do we rightly understand our own standing before God as sinners. Our message this week looks into the circumstances of this man’s story and how it applies to us even today.  

Time cannot be better spent than to sit at the foot of the cross and considering the death of our Lord Jesus Christ. There we see where God’s love and His judgment met together. There is no greater display of the grace of God for the very sinners who tortured and taunted Him there. Have you ever stopped long enough at the cross to think upon what was actually happening there and why?

You know, we would be in denial if we didn’t concede that the world in which we live is filled with death, sorrow, fear, pain, and hopelessness. And we are powerless in the face of death, our final enemy. The Bible says that through fear of death, we are in bondage our whole lives. But the Lord Jesus has power over death. He was and still is the conqueror over the grave. Believers have eternal life – life that goes on beyond the grave. Interested? Then, listen as the wonderful story of Lazarus in John chapter 11 unfolds.

Not long after the Israelites had been rescued from slavery under Pharaoh, King of Egypt, they started complaining and rebelling against God, bringing upon themselves judgment in the form of venomous snakes that bit the people. But God in His mercy provided a remedy. Moses hung a brass snake upon a pole - and all who looked upon it lived. The application is simple. Sin causes suffering, sadness, and death. The remedy? Christ himself, just like that brass snake, would be lifted up on a cross and guilty sinners who look to Him will be saved. Have YOU ever looked to Christ to have your sins forgiven? 

What a wonderful message the Bible contains! There is salvation on the simplest terms! Christ has provided the way - the door to heaven - and we can only get on the narrow road to heaven through Him. But there is also the broad road that leads to hell and destruction. Have you located where you are on the roadmap to eternity?

We all know that the cross is the symbol of Christianity worldwide. But even as a symbol, it serves to point out how Christianity differs from all other religious systems that the world has developed. After all, it is an old rugged cross - the cross upon which the Saviour died. In today’s broadcast, evangelist Peter Ramsay takes up the glorious message of the cross. Have you believed its glorious message?