Helions Bumpstead Gospel Hall

Category: Gospel

  • Results Results Results

     

    As students, parents or teachers we’ve just been through the exam period and by now have had the big ‘D’ day for ‘A’ level and GCSE results.

    The hard work put in over the last few years we hope for the most part has paid off for those of you who’ve just done your exams.  The hours and hours of coursework and all the revision made all the difference and got you that grade you were hoping for – maybe enabling you to get into sixth form or the university of your choice.  There are the odd one or two who just seem to be able to drift through and get good marks with no effort but for the most of us, it depends on how hard we work.

    All of this caused me to think just how different things are with God.  The Bible clearly tells us that no matter how hard we work, however good and pure our intentions – there is nothing we can do of ourselves to secure a place in heaven.  In today’s society of doing and making it for yourself, it’s very hard for anyone to believe that someone else could have done everything on our behalf.

    Ephesians 2:8 says “For by grace you are saved, through faith, and not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works, so no one can boast.”  In dying on the cross the Lord Jesus Christ took the punishment due to us for our sins. He was sinless and therefore the only person able to be our substitute.  We do not have to work for salvation or pass some exam – the Bible simply says “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.” Acts 16:31.

    “It’s looking unto Jesus
    The holy One and just
    It’s His great work that saves us
    It is not try – but trust”

    We warmly invite you to come and hear how relevant Gods message is to you every Sunday evening at 6:30pm

  • “In the beginning, God created the Heaven and the earth”

     

    As Christians, we implicitly trust the Bible’s account of how the universe came into being. None of us at the Gospel Hall are scientists, but we can see all around us with our own eyes the beauty of the world – and we see within it the mark of an intelligent creator…God.

    It is this creator God who has also offered us the way of salvation.

    As great as His creation is, His love is far greater. Despite the fact that we are all sinners, God sent His only “beloved Son” Mark 1:11 to this world – here, He lived a sinless life for 33 years among the most sinful of men. At the end of those 33 years, He was crucified at the cross of Calvary. In 3 hours of darkness when He was hanging on the cross, this same creator God poured out all of His anger and hatred for sin on His sinless Son.

    When those 3 hours were finished and the wrath of God was exhausted, the Lord Jesus Christ cried “It is FINISHED” (John 19:30), and gave up His own life. Then, 3 days later, to prove to the world that He was satisfied with the work that His Son had completed at Calvary, the Creator God raised the Lord Jesus back to life – He is now in Heaven, sitting “on the right hand of the Majesty on high” Hebrews 1:3

    Discarding God from our lives is a dangerous thing to do – the very existence of God gives us something to live for. If there were no God, and nothing after death, then life itself would be completely pointless. But there is a point to life – salvation gives the Christian something to live for – namely trying to please God in a sinful world, and telling others about the Lord Jesus.

    If you want to hear more about the good news of the Gospel, you can either contact us here, or come along to one of our Gospel meetings.