Hills Bible Church

On Sunday, 3 December, Pastor Craig Baxter continued the series 'Genesis: God's Unveiling Plan of Redemption and Blessing' with 'Enter Christ's Rest' from Genesis 2:1-3. After six days of forming and filling and creating the heavens and the earth God ceased from His work, having completed it, and found satisfaction in it. As a result God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, set apart for Him. The significance of the seventh day regained prominence as later God commanded the newly established nation of Israel to keep it holy for Him as a sign of His covenant with them. It also acted as a shadow of the spiritual rest that Christ later came to deliver to all people. In this study we learn that because Christ worked to save us, we do not need to work to save ourselves, but can enter His perfect rest to know God and enjoy Him forever by faith.
God’s Rest (Gen 2:1-3)
Israel’s Rest (Exodus 31:12-17; Deut 5:12-15)
Christ’s Rest (Heb 4:1-11; Matt 11:29-30)
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Recorded on Sunday, 3 December 2023 Copyright © 2023, Hills Bible Church. All rights reserved.

On Sunday, 26 November, Pastor Craig Baxter continued the series 'Genesis: God's Unveiling Plan of Redemption and Blessing' with 'Image is Everything' from Genesis 1:26-31.
Why did God create people? This is perhaps one of the greatest questions derived in the mind of man and has to deal with the idea of purpose. It is this question that our text for this study answers. We have noted that God created the heavens and the earth, and all that is in them, over six days. But on the sixth day something dramatically changed: God made man in His own image and addressed him, giving him certain commands to follow. In this lesson we learn that as image bearers of God we are called to spread God’s glory through all the earth by bearing godly children and stewarding God’s world.
We were created to reflect God’s image (vv. 26-27)
We were created to raise Godly children (v. 28a)
We were created to steward God’s creation (vv. 28b-31)
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Recorded on Sunday, 26 November 2023 Copyright © 2023, Hills Bible Church. All rights reserved.

On Sunday, 19 November, Pastor Craig Baxter continued the series 'Genesis: God's Unveiling Plan of Redemption and Blessing' with 'God our Creator' from Genesis 1:3-25.
There is perhaps no portion of Scripture that has exacted more attack over the last 200 years than Genesis 1-3, particularly with regards to the origins of the universe. While it is widely accepted that the universe began by some random chance event and developed through the process of natural selection, the Bible tells us otherwise. In our study we see that the one true God purposefully and powerfully formed and filled the earth in six consecutive 24-hour days, which reflects redemptive work. In this message we learn that creation displays a powerful, purposeful and personal God who came in Christ to recreate a people for Himself.
- Creation as Historical
- Creation as Theological and Christological
God creates by the Word
God has dominion over His creation
God seeks good for His creation
God is personal
God cares for His people
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Recorded on Sunday, 19 November 2023 Copyright © 2023, Hills Bible Church. All rights reserved.

Jesus was a master storyteller, and the parables He told were ingeniously simple word pictures with profound spiritual lessons.  Understanding the parables is crucial for every follower of Jesus. He told parables so His people might comprehend clearly His message about the kingdom of God.  But do not be fooled; parables serve as beacons of truth to the seekers but remain unclear riddles to those whose hearts are already dull.  Join us as we investigate the nature of parables and explore the rich truths revealed in them about who Jesus is and what He came to achieve.  This series will yield meaningful results for yourself and others: for yourself as you ponder and apply their teaching, for others as you use these lessons in home devotions, children’s Sunday School or wherever the truth should be proclaimed.
Recorded 12 November 2023
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On Sunday, 12 November, Pastor Craig Baxter commenced the series 'Genesis: God's Unveiling Plan of Redemption and Blessing' with 'The Beginning of God's Plan' from the opening verses of the Bible - Genesis 1:1-2.
The great tragedy of our age is that an aggressive pursuit of secularism and individualism has left society without meaning, purpose and answers to the most fundamental questions every generation grapples with: who am I and what is my purpose for life? Genesis, known as the book of beginnings, provides the answers to these and many other crucial questions central to our lives. Not only that, but it is from the roots of Genesis that God’s redemptive plan in Christ emerges and unfolds through the rest of Scripture. Let us begin our journey through this crucial book.
Creation all began with God (v. 1)
Creation only makes sense in God
Creation is given life by God (v. 2)
Creation is all for God
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Recorded on Sunday, 12 November 2023 Copyright © 2023, Hills Bible Church. All rights reserved.

On Sunday, 5 November, Pastor Andrew Edmonds delivered 'Life Saving 101' from Luke 5:7-25.
The mission of Jesus is to seek and to save that which is lost (Luke 19:10). Jesus is the Life Saver, so our mission is to join with Jesus and introduce people to the One who can save them! But sometimes the Church forgets it’s job description, and as Christians we can become so used to what it is like having the blessings of being Church that we forget what it is like to be a non-believer. We need to be refreshed in the objective by learning from Jesus and other life savers.
Main lesson: By overcoming the physical and spiritual barriers in our mission we can be life savers that help people to be introduced to Jesus. Jesus is a life saver and the mission of His Church is to join with Him in that mission.
Introduction: “Life Savers Get a ‘Hole’ lot more out of life!”
Luke 15
Luke 19:10
The mission of Jesus overcomes physical barriers (Luke 5:17-19)
The mission of Jesus overcomes spiritual barriers (Luke 5:20-25)
The mission of Jesus is extraordinary (Luke 5:26)
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Recorded on Sunday, 29 October 2023 Copyright © 2023, Hills Bible Church. All rights reserved.