New Focus Church

The Lord Jesus Christ calls us to come to Him as little children. When we do He embraces us in His arms, lays His hand upon us, and intercedes with His Father on our behalf.

The Lord Jesus Christ’s comments on divorce and remarriage went to the heart of man’s sinful condition. We act from the hardness of our hearts, we decide in our own self-interest. But God’s way is a better way, and in Jesus Christ sinners can find redemption, forgiveness and everlasting joy.

Our Lord Jesus Christ teaches His disciples and us about the horrors of hell that we all may know what God has saved us from, and what God has saved us to, by the death of our Saviour.

The Lord Jesus Christ reminds His disciples about God's elective purpose and the spiritual and eternal blessings that flow to all believers because they belong to Christ.

The Lord’s disciples failed to understand His teaching about His imminent suffering, death, resurrection and ascension and Mark says they were 'afraid to ask' for an explanation. The Lord, therefore, shows them His kingdom is not about greatness but about service, not about personal glory but about personal sacrifice and He Himself is our example.

The Lord Jesus Christ healed the son of a man struggling with faith. In doing so the Saviour teaches us all something about faith, and encourages us to cry with those in need, “Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief”.

Our Lord’s Transfiguration was a unique and glorious revelation of His glory and honour. By it we see His majesty, His supremacy, His sacrifice and His grace. By it we see Jesus only.

The Lord Jesus teaches His disciples what it means to follow Him. Following Christ is a spiritual experience. We follow Him by faith. We stand for His truth, serve His calling and rejoice in His sovereign grace and glory. Following the Lord in this life will bring Christ’s people honour in heaven in the life to come.

The Lord Jesus is speaking openly about His coming suffering, death and resurrection. Peter rebukes the Lord and is in turn rebuked by the Lord because Peter has a taste for the things that be of this world and does not savour the things that be of God.

True faith is a heart experience, what Paul calls “believe in thine heart”. I know anyone can say “I believe in Jesus”, or “Jesus is the Christ”, perhaps Judas was present here, and did. But let us not get precious about examining others when the Lord’s question is direct, intimate & personal. “Whom do you say I am?”