Anchorpoint Radio

Well, there's no doubt about it - EVERYONE wants to go to heaven. So, isn't it a strange thing that most people don't bother to prepare for it? There's no preparation necessary for hell. It's straight ahead - you can't miss it. But heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people. So then, how do you prepare for heaven?

Listen to these forceful words of the Lord Jesus Christ from Luke 13, "Strive to enter in at the narrow gate: for many will seek to enter in, and shall not be able." Why is this? Simply because they have not come God's way - through His only begotten Son. Through the cleansing power of the blood of Christ. Only Christ can take away sin through His sacrificial death on Calvary. Go in for God's salvation. You'll find a Saviour waiting to bless you. 

One of the most difficult truths of the gospel message to get across to people is the fact that we have all offended a holy God. But these marks of guilt against God are continually being recorded in heaven to determine the judgment deserved by sinners. But these dreadful marks of guilt are here contrasted with the wonderful marks of love and forgiveness forever displayed in the Saviour’s wounds and names being indelibly written in the Lamb’s book of life. 

Though there are many stories of love and many stories of sacrifice in the Bible, the two only truly come together for the first time at Calvary where Christ in love provided the ultimate sacrifice for sin. Why? So that we could be sure of being in heaven with Him. The Bible speaks of only two destinations. Those who trust Christ are saved and enter heaven through His blood, but those who refuse to receive God's forgiveness must be banished from the holy presence of God forever. Which destiny will it be for you?

There is nothing relative about the Word of God. It is filled with timeless, unchanging, absolute truths. Sometimes it is this very inflexibility in scriptural statements that makes individuals uncomfortable with or even hostile to the Bible’s message. But there are some things in the Word of God that are absolute impossibilities. Even in relation to God. Did you know that there are some things that God CANNOT do? For one, He cannot lie. He also can never change. Some of these impossibilities are difficult for us to accept – like the impossibility of ever saving ourselves, of ever making ourselves any better in the sight of God. However, other impossibilities are wonderfully comforting – like the fact that God will never, no never, turn away anyone who comes to Him in repentance and faith. 

“Amazing Grace” is a truly beautiful song. But how sad that many music artists around the world while lending their beautiful voices and instrumental skills to the song hardly appreciate what the song is truly all about! Well, it contains the simple gospel message of the awareness of sin, the grace of God in saving souls, and the joy of the believer upon receiving that message. Is grace amazing to YOU? Are the words of this beautiful hymn the language of your heart?

The Gospel of John, chapter 9, is entirely dedicated to the story of one poor blind man and his encounter with the Lord Jesus Christ. It was one of the “sign” miracles that the apostle John included in his gospel – miracles that displayed the glory of God in Christ. This man was blind from birth and would never be able to see apart from divine intervention. How similar to this is our own condition. We are also blind from birth as far as the spiritual dimension is concerned. In our natural condition, we are not able to see and appreciate Christ for Who He is. Nor do we rightly understand our own standing before God as sinners. Our message this week looks into the circumstances of this man’s story and how it applies to us even today.  

Time cannot be better spent than to sit at the foot of the cross and considering the death of our Lord Jesus Christ. There we see where God’s love and His judgment met together. There is no greater display of the grace of God for the very sinners who tortured and taunted Him there. Have you ever stopped long enough at the cross to think upon what was actually happening there and why?

You know, we would be in denial if we didn’t concede that the world in which we live is filled with death, sorrow, fear, pain, and hopelessness. And we are powerless in the face of death, our final enemy. The Bible says that through fear of death, we are in bondage our whole lives. But the Lord Jesus has power over death. He was and still is the conqueror over the grave. Believers have eternal life – life that goes on beyond the grave. Interested? Then, listen as the wonderful story of Lazarus in John chapter 11 unfolds. 

Not long after the Israelites had been rescued from slavery under Pharaoh, King of Egypt, they started complaining and rebelling against God, bringing upon themselves judgment in the form of venomous snakes that bit the people. But God in His mercy provided a remedy. Moses hung a brass snake upon a pole - and all who looked upon it lived. The application is simple. Sin causes suffering, sadness, and death. The remedy? Christ himself, just like that brass snake, would be lifted up on a cross and guilty sinners who look to Him will be saved. Have YOU ever looked to Christ to have your sins forgiven? 

What a wonderful message the Bible contains! There is salvation on the simplest terms! Christ has provided the way - the door to heaven - and we can only get on the narrow road to heaven through Him. But there is also the broad road that leads to hell and destruction. Have you located where you are on the roadmap to eternity?

We all know that the cross is the symbol of Christianity worldwide. But even as a symbol, it serves to point out how Christianity differs from all other religious systems that the world has developed. After all, it is an old rugged cross - the cross upon which the Saviour died. In today’s broadcast, evangelist Peter Ramsay takes up the glorious message of the cross. Have you believed its glorious message? 

Today's broadcast looks at the second birth as the absolute requirement for a person to get to heaven. Have YOU been born again? Has there ever been a time in your life when you received spiritual life from God through trusting Christ as YOUR Saviour? We trust that this message will help you understand your need and direct you to the only one who can save you - the Lord Jesus Christ.

The most difficult part of the work of a gospel preacher is to get people to stop. Even for a moment. To get them to press the 'pause' button of their lives and consider the essential issues of what their lives are all about -  questions like - Who am I? Why am I here? Where am I going? Today's message comes from a jail cell, from a young man about to go out to die. We would do well to hear what he says about life, death, and eternity. 

It's quite obvious that there is a lot of ‘brokenness’ of the world around us. he ‘whys’ may not all be answered, but there IS purpose in it all. God is not finished with this world yet. And Christians? Well, He’s helping us to focus on what really counts, testing our love and devotion, and developing in us a closer likeness to His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. 

The Bible speaks of God's desire to bring men and women 'out of darkness’ and ‘into His marvellous light’. There is the natural darkness under which each one of us is born - and when we are exposed to the truth of the gospel, we have a choice - the light of God or the darkness of our sin. Which will it be for you?

Not everybody has a place reserved in heaven. There are many that still remain outside. Though the forgiveness of sins and a relationship with Christ is freely available to all, not all have availed themselves of God’s salvation. We need to ask ourselves, “Am I inside of God’s salvation or outside of it all, still exposed to the righteous judgment of God?” In this week’s message, our focus is turned to this very simple question. Where exactly am I when it comes to my standing before God?

The Lord Jesus once told a story about a lost sheep - how there were ninety-nine that were safely in the shepherd's care, but one poor helpless sheep remained out in the wilderness, lost and alone. But there was a good Shepherd who would not rest until that sheep was back safely in the fold again. So, how about it? Are you a lost sheep? If so, have you heard the Shepherd’s voice? Have you answered His call?

One of the marvellous attributes of God is His wonderful kindness. Titus Chapter 3, for example, says in verse 4 and 5 the following tremendous words: “But after that the kindness  and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us.” God is certainly kind toward us. The most extravagant expression was in the giving of His Son over 2000 years ago for our salvation. Do YOU know anything about the exceeding riches of the kindness of God to you through Christ?

The gospel message we hear today is often a confusing one. How often is sin preached? What about the need for genuine repentance? Or the judgment that awaits the Christ rejecter? Do we hear much about the sound Biblical doctrines behind the gospel message? We desperately need to get back to what the Bible actually says. This week’s broadcast looks at the writings of the Apostle Paul in the book of Romans as he discusses one of the essential elements of the scriptural gospel message.- sin and how God deals with it.