Anchorpoint Radio

Today's broadcast looks at this second birth as the absolute requirement for a person to get to heaven. Have YOU been born again? Has there ever been a time in your life when you received spiritual life from God through trusting Christ as YOUR Saviour? We trust that this message will help you understand your need and direct you to the only one who can save you - the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Bible makes a very categorical statement in 1 John Chapter 5 and verse 12 - "He (or she) that hath the Son has life, and he (or she) that has not the Son of God, has not life." There are only 2 parts to that verse. You either have the Son - that is, truly know the Lord Jesus Christ as your own personal Lord and Saviour - or you do not. So, how about it? Do YOU have this 'life' that the Bible talks about?

The story of the prodigal son is really a picture of how we, as sinners, have strayed away from God and desire to live our lives just as we choose - without God. It's a sad commentary on the human heart. Just like the prodigal, we take all the good things that the Father has provided for us and leave for the 'far country' to spend our time and resources on things that just don't satisfy. Only when the prodigal 'came to his senses' was he prepared to turn back again in search of all that he had left behind.

While it is true that the word ‘gospel’ means ‘good news’, it is so necessary to get people to realize that there is a black background to the shining diamond of God’s salvation. People need to realize the solemn and desperate condition they are in as sinners before a holy and righteous God. This involves bringing up the unsavoury topic of sin and this week’s message takes a long, hard look at this unpopular theme.

The origin of evil has always been a controversial topic, one that needs to be accounted for in all religions. What is evil? How can we define it? Why is there so much evil in the world? Is it possible to get rid of it? Well, it's quite obvious that man's attempts over thousands of years have been futile to do much about it. Maybe, it's time we listened to what the God of the Bible, the only true God, has to say about it.

The gospel message we hear today is often a confusing one. How often is sin preached? What about the need for genuine repentance? Or the judgment that awaits the Christ rejecter? Do we hear much about the sound Biblical doctrines behind the gospel message? We desperately need to get back to what the Bible actually says. In today's broadcast, evangelist and teacher Phil Coulson looks at the writings of the Apostle Paul in the Book of Romans as he discusses one of the essential elements of the scriptural gospel message. Sin. 

The gospel message is a personal message. It's not just and intellectual understanding of Bible truth. It is an invitation for a personal relationship with the God of the universe. As with all personal interactions, there must be honesty. God knows all, so there's no use in trying to hide anyway. This message looks at three simple statements starting with the sinner's, "I perish". Next, with Christ's cry from the cross, "I thirst". And finally the words "I believe", which is precisely what God wants you to do.

How marvellous that God should ever choose to intersect our earth, our history, our own personal lives! But He has! By the giving of His Son, God has provided a way for me and you to be brought back into a personal relationship with Him. But this, of course, meant that He had to come from eternity into our time and to leave heaven to enter our world. Why? So that our upcoming appointment with eternity will bring us joy together with Him instead of the separation that comes from never knowing Him as Saviour.

Our broadcast today deals with our alienation from God - and its consequences. But, here's the good part - there was One who was willing to bear this alienation, this separation for us. It was none other than the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross of Calvary - where He suffered the separation from God that we should have experienced. It is possible for you to find forgiveness of sins and get to know God personally - to close up that gap of separation once and for all. Interested?

Just like the old gospel hymn says – I once was blind, but now I see - millions of sinners have had their spiritual sight restored by Christ. We were all born in darkness – with the terrible affliction of blindness as far as our souls are concerned. We can’t see God. And we can’t really see ourselves either – unable to recognize the seriousness of our lost condition before God. Today's message talks a little about spiritual blindness – and the remedy God has provided for it.