Sermons from Aberdeen Christian Fellowship

In the race of life, is it your desire to finish well?  How can this be done?  Florence concludes her series on various aspects of faith in the life of the great Old Testament leader, Moses, and highlights five ways that we can have faith that finishes and finishes well. 

In this sermon, Vijay looks at John 6.16-21. He observes  that we find ourselves feeling the most helpless when we experience 'natural' needs (like sickness, natural calamities, death and so on). In this passage, the disciples encounter Jesus while they are in a boat on a stormy sea. In their moment of deepest need, they see Jesus walking on water. They seem him as the One who is Lord over nature. Jesus is not subject to the physical laws of nature. If Jesus provides help where we feel most helpless (in our natural needs), he will surely meet us in every other need. Those who turn to Jesus in their need, find that his answers exceed their expectations.

Iain speaks on the Book of Ruth and highlights that God is still working despite the circumstances that we experience.

What do two miraculous pregnacies, a bouncing baby boy, an all time hit worship song, family trouble and a sermon from a man who had been deaf and dumb all have in common?  Answer - they all formed part of the series of amazing events leading up to the first Christmas.  In this one-off message, James looks at the exciting build up to the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ and extracts some practical lessons for us as we approach Christmas.

Mary mother of Jesus gets mentioned by name less than 20 times in the New Testament but she is an intriguing character. Pete looks in a bit more detail at the life of the person who probably spent more time than anyone else with Jesus.

The incarnation refers to God coming in the form of humanity. But, why does God do so? Hebrews 1.1-4 states that it is so that humans could come to know and love God and be known and loved by God. The Son of God lays aside all advantage and takes on the vulnerability of a man in order to offer every human the opportunity to know him personally.

Moses was a great Old Testament leader who spoke face-to-face with God and is mentioned more than once in the Bible as a man of faith.  Despite this, he experienced failure.  In this message, Florence shows that failure doesn’t have to be final and gives six ways that we can apply lessons from this incident in Moses’ life to our own circumstances. 

Vijay looks at John's account of Jesus' feeding of the five thousand . He reminds us that the point of the account is not just to highlight the miraculous provision of food for the crowd. All the details of this miracle are clues to a deeper point that John's Gospel is making. Jesus is the new Moses who satisfies humanity's deepest hunger by offering himself to them. He is the Shepherd Lord who provides humanity their deepest need. He concludes by offering a challenge. Are we open to Jesus meeting our deepest needs the way he will meet them or do we insist that he meet our deepest needs the way we expect him to?

Based on Matt. 22 v 34-40, we’re asked to love God with every part of our being, then love our neighbour (anyone) in the same way. Is it an overwhelming assignment?