Newmarket Community Church
in association with
Plumbline Ministries,
is now hosting the
Christian academy.
Newmarket
Community Church are
currently running the popular
Alpha
course. If you
would like to register please contact us!
MESSAGE
OF
THE
WEEK
Cleansing
'...the blood...cleanses us from all sin.' 1 John 1:7
John writes: 'If we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.' This Scripture gives us three ways to stay clean in a spiritually polluted world: 1) By walking in the light. That means striving to be so honest before God and man, you wouldn't be ashamed to have anyone read in tomorrow morning's newspaper, what you did today. 2) By being accountable. To grow strong in an area of weakness, sometimes you need someone mature enough to deserve your confidence, gracious enough to put up with your inconsistencies, and honest enough to confront you. Above all, they should be committed to you in love. 3) By dealing with your sin right away. The moment that brings the consciousness of sin, should lead to the confession of sin. At that point you must believe that 'the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin'; then get up and go on with God; don't wallow in self-condemnation. If there's something rotten in your refrigerator you know it every time you open the door. You may not know exactly where it's located, but the smell tells you it's in there. Our lives are like that. If there's something wrong within us, those we come into contact with are going to sense it, whether or not they know what it is or why it's there. It gives off an odour that's detectable. That's why we must continually open ourselves to God and allow the Holy Spirit to come in, cleanse our hearts, and remove whatever's hindering us in our walk with Him.
