Queen's Road Cell

We asked ourselves whether Seventh-Day Adventists should be regarded as a cult or a denomination. (i..e is the guy in 'Hacksaw Ridge' saved?) From what I have read its articles of faith I note that the movement shares the fundamental characteristics of an evangelical Protestant denomination. ". Adventists claim but one creed: "The Bible, and the Bible alone." Adventist doctrine resembles trinitarian Protestant theology, with premillennial and Arminian emphases. Adventists uphold teachings such as the infallibility of Scripture , the substitutionary atonement , the resurrection of the dead and justification by faith alone , and are therefore often considered evangelical ."(Wikipedia). We also note some distinctive understandings of aspects of Christian belief, including celebration of the Sabbath, the nature of judgement, annihilationism and Christ's role in the heavenly sanctuary. There is a great deal of respect given to the writings of Ellen G. ...

 We looked at John 4 for lessons on our witnessing: 4  And he had to pass through Samaria. 5  So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6  Jacob's well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour. [ a ] 7  A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” 8  (For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.) 9  The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) 10  Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” 11  The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? 12...

We asked whether it is acceptable for Christians to enjoy works of non-Christian fiction or art - whether movies or books or paintings or performances. ("Justice League" and "Thor: Ragnarok" were in view earlier at dinnertime).  We noted how part of what it means to be made in the image of God is that man is able to create. This creativity is flawed and sinful because of the fall, but it does not mean that we do not imperfectly show something of God's beauty, goodness and truth in their creations. So God reveals Himself not only in the general revelation of nature, but also in the creativity of those made in His image. It is worth remembering that fallen man has taken the glories of creation the wrong way to worship the sun and moon and stars, so we ought not to be surprised that general revelation through unredeemed human work can also lead others astray. Daniel mentioned the helpful point that many of the things we do with our leisure hours are not moral or ...

1 Cor 9:1-18 is Paul’s defence of his apostleship to a difficult church. He insists from commonsense (v.7-8), Scripture (v.8-10), natural justice(v.11-12) and Jewish custom (v.13) that he is totally entitled to material support from the Corinthians. However, he refuses to exercise this right, and takes pains to ensure that mentioning his right is not misunderstood as an attempt to exercise it. He is concerned for the purity of the gospel, which must not be sullied by greed on the part of the preacher. He will never be put in a position where his integrity is compromised by accusations of personal gain by his preaching (v.15). He will “boast” that he can present the gospel free of charge. Here we made a note that boasting is not necessarily a bad thing. Boasting that takes glory away from God and directs it to ourselves is wrong (1 Co 1:29), but boasting about one’s weaknesses to glorify God’s provision (1 ), God’s people (2 Co 1:14), and our ministry enabled by God (Ro 15:17ff) is...

I asked how we might respond to this meme: My thought is that an adequate Christian response will not be immediately obvious, because, factually speaking, the meme is not incorrect. However, it presents God/Jesus as unreasonable and demanding. The implication is that all would be well if only He did not knock to be ask to be let in. In the first place, the verse (Rev 3:20) to which the picture refers is directed to a church (i.e. Christians, not to non-Christians). The Bible presents not only a picture of invitation to be saved, but also of the sovereign power and right of God to save. The main wrong assumption involved in this meme is that mankind is perfectly fine when left alone by God. The meme does not acknowledge the grave sin of man against God that justifies our condemnation. So mankind is not in a neutral position - we are already condemned (Jn 3:18), and God the righteous Judge reaches out in mercy to extend salvation to us. Grace asked on behalf of her youth cell ...

Scripture Text — Acts 2:47b 47b   And the Lord added to their number   daily those who were being saved. Good morning church. I would like to thank Pastor Daniel for the privilege to share God’s word today. The title that was given is “Small groups – for Saving Life”, at this point I do wish that someone would save my life, now this is because my sermon today may not exactly fit with the title, but I hope that afterwards, Pastor Daniel would still spare my life. Let’s now pray before we begin. Before we begin, let me ask - who wrote the book of Acts? Correct, the author is Luke and we can tell because in the book of Luke (written by Luke), he states in Luke 1:3 “ to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus ” and in Acts 1:1, the author starts off by stating “ In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach” . So this helps us to see the author of Acts is most likely Luke. Now Acts is considered a histo...