Recent Meetings

We continue to be blessed by the willingness of able brethren to come and present the Gospel message at our Sunday evening meeting. On Sunday 10th January Laurence Jones of Scarborough used a passage from Luke 18 1-17 ( especially vs 11-14) to speak of two quite different prayers given by two men of contrasting attitudes, the pharisee and the publican. They left to two different destinations, the one condemned as trusting in his own self righteousness; the other justified as trusting in God for salvation.

On Sunday 17th January Paul Richardson visited from Harrogate and remarked that since it had been established that the normal attention span was 17 minutes he would confine his address to that time limit. He did! Using the title of a pop song from yesteryear "Three steps to heaven" he advised that we must recognise that we are sinners in the sight of God, experience guilt and repent - turn from our sins and trust in Jesus to be our Saviour and look forward to the Rapture when we will be taken up to dwell in the presence of God forever.

Yesterday evening [ 24th January] John Clegg of Skelmanthorpe based his message upon four passages from John's Gospel: chaps. 14 1-6, 15 13, 10 17-18 and 27-29. There is a two word phrase common to each of those passages "no man". These four things man cannot do: he cannot go to heaven without Christ, he cannot love us the way Christ does, he could not take the life of Christ away from him - the Saviour laid down His life willingly- and man cannot take away the salvation of the believer. All present were exhorted to take hold of the offer of salvation in order that on His Day we may meet the King of Kings as Saviour not as Judge.

First Gospel Meeting of the New Year

We were greatly blessed this evening by a Gospel presentation by Gordon Robshaw of our own assembly. I enjoyed his meditative style - he referred to Christ's use of parables[reading from Psalms 78 1-7 and Matthew 13 10-17 and 34-35] and the reason why: a mixed audience of those who trusted in Him and those who did not. One phrase particularly struck me which Gordon used when describing the Salvation that God offers "...a right relationship, a new relationship and a permanent relationship"!

Last week the meeting was led by Andrew Elliot. A brief report from anyone present would be welcome {Click on "comment"}.

Also do click on the link to a "sister site" - the Falsgrave Evangelical Fellowship. Be warned, I logged on at 9pm to write this report and I have been reading articles and reports on that site and those linked to it for two and a half hours! Let us all study diligently to become approved workmen in the Kingdom of our Heavenly Father. God Bless you.