10 - Your rod and your staff

Isaiah 10:5-34 - Tim Smylie
Even evildoers serve God’s good sovereign purposes – and he will hold them accountable for their evil (vv5-19)
Because of these truths, God’s people can face the future with confidence – whatever is going on in the world (vv20-34)

The Message of Easter

Acts 2:22-41 - Steve Hope
 Jesus is God’s Son (v22) - Accredited by:
The unique authority of his teaching
His authority over nature
His authority over sickness and death
His authority to forgive sin
Jesus’ death was part of God’s plan (v23)
Jesus is God’s King – the Lord of history (vv24-36)
Jesus is our only hope for forgiveness and new life (vv37-41)

09 - Two Kingdoms

Isaiah 9:1-10:4 - Tim Smylie
The kingdom of light – created by the LORD’s zeal (9:1-7)
A people united in the joy of freedom and peace under the rule of Immanuel
The kingdom of darkness – under the LORD’s anger (9:8-10:4)
A people torn apart by arrogance, selfishness, and oppression

08 - God is with us

Isaiah 7:18-8:22 - Tim Smylie
Briers and thorns in Immanuel’s land (7:18-8:8)
Waiting faithfully among the briers and thorns (8:9-22)= living in “awe-filled obedience” to God’s word

07 - The Promise

Isaiah 7:1-17 - Tim Smylie
Shaking hearts are called to trust God’s promise of an unshakeable kingdom (vv1-9)
Hard hearts will not stop the fulfilment of God’s promise (vv10-17)
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06 - Seeing the Lord

Isaiah 6 - Tim Smylie
 “High and exalted”: a sight of supreme majesty (vv1-4)
“Your guilt is taken away”: an experience of purifying grace (vv5-7)
"Here am I”: a response of willing service (vv8-13)
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05 - A song for the beloved

Isaiah 5 - Tim Smylie
A lover of God sings of the delight and disappointment of God (vv1-7)
The disappointment of those who delight in bad fruit (vv8-30)● Living to accumulate and indulge leads to loss (vv8-17)● Rejecting God’s wisdom leads to decay and defeat (vv18-30)
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04 - Our shelter and our glory

Isaiah 3:1 - 4:6 - Tim Smylie
Searching for security and significance in the falling city (3:1-4:1)
Finding it all in the renewed city (4:2-6)
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03 - The splendour of his majesty

Isaiah 2:6-22 - Tim Smylie
Self-exaltation brings us low (vv6-9)
In the end, the LORD alone will be exalted (vv10-22)
- and that’s good news for those who humble themselves and put their hope in him today.

02 - Restorer of the City

Isaiah 1:21 - 2:5 - Tim Smylie
The present city – a dis-ordered place (1:21-23)
The promise of restoration (1:24-31)
The future city – a re-ordered place (2:1-5)

01 - The Father speaks

Isaiah 1:1-20 - Tim Smylie
The vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem – which all creation needs to hear (vv1-2a)
The Father mourns a broken relationship and its bitter consequences (vv2b-9)
A non-solution: religion that is heartless, not relational (vv10-15)
The only solution: renewed relationship through inner washing and changed lives (vv16-20)

11 - We need to talk

Colossians 4:2-18 - Tim Smylie
We need to talk....
Persistently to God – about our lives and the spread of the gospel (vv2-4)
Carefully to outsiders – with boldness and sensitivity (vv5-6)
Affectionately to one another – with interest in the big and the little things (vv7-18)

Carol Service 24th December 2023

Tim Smylie

10 - Breaking old moulds

Colossians 3:18 - 4:1 - Tim Smylie
Wives and husbands (3:18-19)
Children and parents (3:20-21)
Slaves and masters (3:22-4:1)

09 - A new people in Christ

Colossians 3:11-17 - Tim Smylie
As a new people in Christ we are called to:
Display the unity we have in Christ (vv11-14)
Tune our hearts to the peace we have in Christ (vv15-17)
 

08 - New life in Christ

Colossians 3:1-10 - Tim Smylie
The art of living our new life in Christ involves:I. Learning our new orientation – to Christ’s rule over all (vv1-4)II. Developing our new character – leaving old ways behind (vv5-10)

07 - Don’t go chasing shadows

Colossians 2:16-23 - Tim Smylie
Spiritual reality is found in Christ – not in special regulations (vv16-17)
Spiritual progress comes through relationship with Christ – not through incredible experiences (vv18-19)
So pursue true maturity – not just the appearance of maturity (vv20-23)

06 - Freedom in Christ

Colossians 2:8-15 - Tim Smylie
True freedom is only found in Christ (vv8-10)
He has freed us from: (vv11-15)
Our present slavery to sin (vv11-12)
Our past record of sin (vv13-14)
All other powers (v15)

05 - Christ our treasury

Colossians 1:28 - 2:7 - Tim Smylie
 Jesus Christ has everything you need for wholeness… (1:28-2:3)
. …so pursue wholeness in him – not anywhere else (2:4-7)

04 - Saints and servants

Colossians 1:21-27 - Tim Smylie
Those who belong to Jesus Christ are:I. Saints, sharing in the reconciliation won by the suffering of his physical body on the cross (vv21-23)II. Servants, sharing in his ongoing suffering for the sake of his body, the church (vv24-27)

03 - How important is Jesus, really?

Colossians 1:15-20 - Tim Smylie
Jesus the Son of God is:
Lord of all creation (vv15-17)
Lord of the new creation (vv18-20) 

05 - Still in the ruins

Lamentations 5 - Tim Smylie
 Look, LORD, at our ruined inheritance (vv1-18)
Come, LORD, and restore our inheritance (vv19-22)

02 - Knowing God

Colossians 1:9-14 - Tim Smylie
True knowledge of God involves:
Learning what is important to him (v9)
Living to please him (vv10-12a)
Enjoying his rescue and his gift (vv12b-14)

01 - Foundations

Colossians 1:1-8 - Tim Smylie
The context of true spirituality (vv1-4)
- a loving community united by faith in Jesus
The motivation of true spirituality (vv5-6a)
- a clear and secure hope for the future
The result of true spirituality (vv6b-8)
- a fruitfulness that fulfils our deepest purpose

04 - The high price of sin

Lamentations 4 - Tim Smylie
 Lost glory (vv1-10)
Lost foundations (vv11-20)
The price must be paid (vv21-22)

03 - The greatness of his love

Lamentations 3 - Tim Smylie
A believer’s personal experience (vv1-24)
Bitter darkness and crushed hope (vv1-18)
Reborn hope through focussing on the proven character of God (vv19-24)
A believer’s wise counsel (vv25-47)
Seek God, and wait patiently for his goodness (vv25-26)
Own up to sin, and seek his mercy (vv27-47)
A believer’s prayer for justice (vv48-66) 
 

02 - The strangeness of his anger

Lamentations 2 - Tim Smylie
The strangeness of God’s anger:
Shows the seriousness of sin (vv1-10)
Means there is hope for mercy (vv11-22)

01 - In the ruins

Lamentations 1 - Tim Smylie
Caring for the ruined city (vv1-11)- caring about sin, and those ruined by sin
When we are part of the ruined city (vv12-22)- “the LORD is righteous”

Jesus - Lord of history

Revelation 5 - Tim Smylie
Who is worthy? (vv1-4)
the problem of the sealed scroll
The one who is worthy (vv5-10)
the triumphant Lion who is the slain Lamb
Worthy of worship (vv11-14)
 

51 - Follow me

John 21:15-25 - -Tim Smylie
Some of us are called to follow Jesus:
On the other side of dramatic failure (vv15-17)
Through significant suffering (vv18-19)
By a long life of steady, faithful witness (vv20-24)
Together we follow
The eternal Lord (v25)