Jesus came to do something that we were incapable of doing…meeting God’s holy requirements for the atonement of our sinful rebellion. In fulfilling the Law for us, he gave us the privilege of right standing with God simply through faith in His work on our behalf. What a freeing reality!
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Breaking Bread 2018-07-22
Breaking Bread is a touching weekly presentation by Tim Edwards in preparation for communion. This week is about the blood of Christ and how his ultimate sacrifice brings us salvation and freedom.
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A Love That Conquers Fear
A Rolling Stone article recently suggested that even though we are living in the safest time in human history we are living in an age of fear. God does not want His children to live this way and He has done everything to free us from that fear. In Philippi, Paul and Silas demonstrate the difference that this freedom can make.
Paul’s guidance around the question of circumcision seems puzzling until we consider it in the light of the paradox of Christian freedom.
Peter’s supernatural escape from prison recorded in Acts 12 can be an inspiration to those of us who deal with the less tangible but very real imprisonments of chronic oppression. God wants His children to know freedom. What we learn about God from Peter’s jail break should give us hope.
2017-08-20 As the first church transitioned from its earliest Jewish roots to a church for people from a wide array of backgrounds, Paul held up a standard to guide religious practice…the laws of Christ…the law of love. The new freedom the disciples found in Christ was never to be used as a license but when appropriate surrendered for the sake of the gospel and the good of others
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Tim’s Journey To Freedom
2017-01-15 On this Family Sunday, “Body Speaks”, the monthly sharing of a personal testimony to God’s redemptive work”, featured our Pastor, Tim. He shared how God led him from a place of slavery to performance to the wonderful freedom of God’s grace. Website: http://ngcc.ca/
2017-02-12 On this Family Sunday, “Body Speaks”, the monthly sharing of a personal testimony to God’s redemptive work, featured Sherrilyn Harman. She shared how God brought her from anger, fear and depression to the wonderful freedom of God’s grace. God is good! Website: http://ngcc.ca/
