Anchorpoint Radio

This week's message is all about the kindness and love of God towards us - and it's a message that we hope will remove any of your hard thoughts about God. His countless blessings on every level are something we should thank Him for every day - not the least of which is the tremendous spiritual blessing of salvation. 

A person needs a certain level of knowledge of what God is trying to communicate, but that knowledge itself will never provide the life that the sinner needs. For example, John 3:16 gives the gospel "in a nutshell" as some would say - but it will have no effect on the listener unless he or she actually hears what is being said in that verse - personally. Unless he or she individually comes into contact with the person of whom it is speaking - the Lord Jesus Christ himself.

Last week's message contained some thought-provoking teaching on future events as foretold by the prophet Isaiah and the apostle John - and how a MAN will be a hiding place in the time of storm. This broadcast goes into more detail of what that judgment will involve. And it's not a pretty picture - but one we have to look at in order to realize the extent of God's dissatisfaction with this world of sin. It's all given in the Bible as a warning to us all. So, please take the time to listen to what God has to say about the coming storm and the remedy that He offers us.

Almost 3000 years ago, the great prophet Isaiah penned these tremendous words in Isaiah 32, verses 1 and 2 - "Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment; and a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land." What did he mean? Who was this king? What is this tempest? When will all this happen? And how can a man be a hiding place? In our message today, you will hear answers to these and other questions as Phil Coulson relates Isaiah's words to the apostle John's revelations about the coming judgment on this planet. 

Today's message brings us back to the cross of Calvary - the place where God's love and God's justice met. It was there that God declared His supreme desire for mankind - their forgiveness. Listen to the words of Jesus when He said, "Father, forgive them." What gracious words in the face of abject hatred and cruelty! This message takes us back to that scene and the events that led up to the utterance of those marvellous words.

This message is a 'bird's eye-view" of the basics of the gospel message. An answer to questions people often ask when they become concerned about spiritual things. Questions like - What has God done? And why did He do it? How much did it cost God? How much does it cost me? And who's included? We hope that the answers to these questions will open your understanding as to what God is trying to communicate to us poor sinners.

Christians understand and acknowledge that, despite the world' sceptical and unthankful attitude at times, God is the ultimate source of all of our blessings. The greatest of all blessings that God wants you to receive from Him is His forgiveness through our Lord Jesus Christ. The first verse of Psalm 32 says "Blessed is he - or she - whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered." At the end of the day, isn't that all that really matters?

There is not a philosophy, a religious doctrine, an educational treatise, a scientific theory that comes close to delivering the power that is found in the preaching of the Gospel. This week's message looks at the power of God in salvation as expressed at Calvary. There were three crosses there. One sufferer died with the assurance of eternal life; the other faced certain judgment as he rejected his only hope. Which of the two thieves represent you? 

Today, we’ll be hearing about the wonderful love of God for us - this special love of God which was offered before we ever loved Him - love that was first in time, in degree, in grace, and finally in its claims upon us as believers to reach out to see others saved. What a marvellous love! We hope that if you’re not saved, that you’ll accept God’s priceless gift – His Only Son – as your Saviour today.