This week we commence a new series, 'Abide In Me'. Whilst this phrase doesn't appear in the Scriptures until John's gospel, it has been God's yearning from before the foundation of the world. As the great prophetic anthem declares, 'I will be your God, and you will be my people'. God longs to have a people of his own who dwell with him, and he with them. Moreover, he has prepared and provided everything necessary, in Creation and in Redemption, for this mutual and eternal abiding to take place, and he is determined that it will. Into the pervading restlessness of the world and the unsettled but stubborn hearts of men and women comes the call from Christ to 'abide in me... abide in my love.' To seek life and fulfilment anywhere else, amounts to death. Only in this 'abiding' with God in Christ will we find rest for our souls, and bear fruit that remains. This is God's desire and delight! Beneath the restlessness and confusion, is it not ours as well?
Featuring a sermon puts it on the front page of the site and is the most effective way to bring this sermon to the attention of thousands including all mobile platforms + newsletter.
Text-Featuring a sermon is a less expensive way to bring this sermon to the attention of thousands on the right bar with optional newsletter inclusion. As low as $30/day.
Ray is Senior Pastor at Coromandel Baptist Church, South Australia. Before being appointed to this role in January 2012 and during his years of theological study at the Bible College of South Australia, Ray was Student Pastor at the church. Prior to this he was a high school...
