New Wine – Corsham Baptist Church https://corshambaptists.org Equipping God's people to build His Kingdom in Corsham and the surrounding area Thu, 03 Aug 2017 12:56:34 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://corshambaptists.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cropped-cropped-cbc-logo-blue-bg-32x32.jpeg New Wine – Corsham Baptist Church https://corshambaptists.org 32 32 124314796 God doesn’t believe in karma https://corshambaptists.org/events/god-doesnt-believe-in-karma/ Thu, 03 Aug 2017 12:56:33 +0000 https://corshambaptists.org/?p=2199 Today’s question Jesus asked:

“Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?”
Matt. 18:33

The amount discussed in the parable is huge, something like 20 years salary. God has forgiven us a similarly immense debt. We live in a culture of “you get what you deserve” and “what goes around comes around” but it’s wrong.

God does not believe in karma!

And if God is so abounding in mercy, how can we hold on to our grudges?

]]> 2199 Have you not read? https://corshambaptists.org/events/have-you-not-read/ Tue, 01 Aug 2017 10:26:59 +0000 https://corshambaptists.org/?p=2192 From Simon Ponsonby’s morning talk at New Wine today.

When the Saducees tried to catch Jesus out, His response was telling:

“…have you not read what God said to you…?” Mat 22:31

Jesus has read it, that’s why he was able to quote 24 books of the OT during his ministry [says Simon P, I’ve not checked!]

The devil’s read it, that’s why opponents of Christ from ancient Rome to ISIS are so keen to ban it.

But what about you? “To drop the Bible is to lose the plot”, says Simon, to coin a phrase.

]]> 2192 Know me more… https://corshambaptists.org/events/question-1/ Mon, 31 Jul 2017 11:50:02 +0000 https://corshambaptists.org/?p=2184 At New Wine this week, I thought I’d try to distill the essence of Simon Ponsonby’s morning message: questions Jesus asked. Question 1:

“Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time?” John:14-9

The Lord invites and wants us to know Him better. No matter if he’s talking to Philip and the other disciples that had spent night and day with him for 3 years or someone in Corsham with a few tentative questions.

Either way, His answer is not a dismissive “Haven’t you got it yet?”, remember it was Adam and Eve that hid from God, He went looking for them.

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