Every Nation Bahrain

Acts 2 starts and ends with the disciples coming together. We can highlight God's design and call for the church to embodied gathering. When the believers gathered together, they witnessed miracles.

It takes both generation to shape and influence the world so that it becomes what God intended. God imparts a double blessing on the next generation's life and ministry.

In a world where bad news from the past and present abounds, we show up and respond with a different spirit that is full of faith and obedience. When we respond in faith and obedience, we choose God's blessings that will last for generations.

Right after the world is destroyed and you have to start all over again, God gives seed to Noah. In the worst of times, your rescue is in the seed.

Right from creation, in the best of times God gave seed to man.

We believe that water baptism and Communion are the two sacraments ordained by Christ, visible signs of God’s covenant of grace. Baptism is the sacrament of entrance into the Church by which believers publicly identify with the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. Communion is the sacrament whereby believers corporately remember Christ’s body given and his blood shed for their forgiveness. Sacraments are means of grace in which God is present, affirming his promises represented by the visible signs.

We believe God’s mission is to redeem a people for himself from every tribe, nation, and language and to restore creation for his glory. As the Father loved the world and sent his Son, and the Father and the Son sent the Spirit, the Triune God sends the Church into the world to proclaim the gospel, make disciples, and seek God’s justice and reconciliation in the world.

We believe that Jesus, the King of kings and Lord of lords, will return to earth bodily, in power and glory, at a time fixed by the Father and unknown to the Church, to raise the dead and judge the world. He will clothe the righteous with immortal, glorious bodies, rewarding them according to their deeds. But the unrighteous, Satan, and the forces of darkness, he will punish with eternal destruction. God will consummate redemption and renew creation, and his people from every nation will enjoy, worship, and reign with him forever.

We believe that sanctification is the process, beginning at regeneration, whereby God conforms his people to the image of Christ through his Word and Spirit. By grace, Christians grow in holiness and love for God and others throughout their lives as they submit to Jesus, obey God’s Word, and walk by the Spirit in fellowship with other disciples.

We believe in Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, incarnated for our redemption, born of the virgin Mary, fully God and fully man, one person in two natures. As our substitute, he lived a sinless life and willingly gave himself as a propitiatory and reconciling sacrifice for our sins on the cross. He died, was buried, rose bodily on the third day, ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father as the only mediator between God and humanity. One day he will return again to judge the living and the dead.

We believe in one holy, universal, and apostolic Church, the body of Christ of which Jesus is the head. As God's holy people on mission, the visible Church is expressed in gathered communities where believers assemble to pray, worship, hear God's Word, receive the sacraments, and fellowship with one another. Through the ministry of his Spirit, faithful disciples, and biblically-qualified leaders, Christ builds and grows his Church.

We believe in God the Holy Spirit, giver and renewer of life, sent to guarantee our promised future. The Spirit convicts concerning sin, enlightens to the truth, awakens to repentance and faith, regenerates sinners, and unites believers to Christ, making them partakers of the divine nature. By the Spirit’s indwelling, Christians enjoy God’s presence and fellowship. By being filled with the Holy Spirit, Christians are divinely empowered for witness and ministry. As they bear the fruit of the Spirit and exercise spiritual gifs, believers edify the Church and bear witness to God’s kingdom.

We believe that salvation, planned in eternity and promised throughout Scripture, is God's gracious act of rescue whereby he delivers lost and sinful people through faith in Christ's redemptive work. Because of his great love, God makes people spiritually alive in Christ through regeneration by the Holy Spirit. By grace, God forgives and justifies people through faith, apart from works, conferring upon them all the benefits of union with Christ, including the gift of God's righteousness, the indwelling Holy Spirit, and adoption into his family.

We believe the gospel is the good news that God became man in Jesus Christ to reconcile lost people to himself. He lived a perfect, sinless life on our behalf and died on the cross for our sins. He was buried, and on the third day rose from the dead, securing our redemption forever. Having triumphed over Satan and the forces of darkness, he ascended into heaven as Lord of all. Everyone who repents and believes in him receives forgiveness of sins and eternal life

We believe God created all things, visible and invisible, out of nothing, and all very good. He sovereignly sustains and governs creation for his glory ad the benefit of his creatures. God created humans in his image, male and female, to know, love and glorify him in covenant relationship and to serve as stewards of the earth. The first man, Adam, sinned against God, resulting in alienation, death, guilt, shame, and a curse upon the earth. Separated from God and subject to his judgment, all humans have inherited a sinful nature from which they cannot themselves.

We believe God has spoken through human authors in the Scriptures, the sixty-six canonical books of the Old and New Testaments. The Bible is the only written, verbally inspired Word of God and is self-attesting, unchanging, and without error in all it affirms. As God's authoritative, infallible, and sufficient revelation for life, doctrine, and practice, the Bible is to be trusted and obeyed.

We believe in one God, creator and sustainer of all things. He is perfect and unchanging; completely loving, good, and holy; limitless in knowledge, power, and presence. God eternally exists in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; one in essence, having the same divine attributes and perfections, with each person fulfilling distinct roles. Gracious in his eternal purpose to redeem a people for himself, God is worthy of wholehearted love and worship.

To rejoice in the Lord means to find joy again, over and over, in the Lord. This results in peace in the midst of anxiety, contentment despite lack, strength despite trouble, and supply for every need.

Enduring joy comes from the surpassing worth of pursuing Christ, by knowing Him despite the loss of all earthly gain, and pressing on towards His upward call.

Christ set the example of humility and serving, and was eventually exalted. Joy is made complete when we walk in the same way in our relationships - in unity, love and service - and we shine as light in the world.

Leveraging wealth for kingdom cause and impact

Is financial freedom the end goal of people? Jesus showed u that there is more to life than financial freedom.

Our relationship with money is not just an issue of following financial rules, it's about a relationship of trust with God.

The Lord promises to shake and dethrone nations and kingdoms and the strength of their armies in order to exalt His servant leaders as His chosen representatives of His kingdom.

The people of God have been defiled by their neglect of God's temple while being busy with building their own houses, resulting in disappointing crops and harvests, but the relaying of the temple's foundation will restore His blessing upon His people. Let us then revive our hope in the restoration of the fortunes of God's people as we prioritize the building of God's house.

The rebuilding of God's house is accomplished by God strengthening His people by His Spirit. Let God renew our strength in the task of rebuilding His house by revealing His plan to shake the nations so that the treasures held by these nations will be loosened for the glory of His name.

When God is pleased and glorified, we experience His presence, blessing and favor.

This week, we had the privilege to hear God's Word through one of our pastors in Every Nation Middle East. Brian, who was reached out in the campus as a student, shares what it means to leave a legacy to the next generation.

Paul preached 2 years for in the lecture hall of Tyrannus and all the provinces of Asia heard the word of the Lord, and extraordinary miracles were being done by the hands of Paul.

Saul saw a vision on the road to Damascus, and Jesus himself spoke to him. Ananias prayed for him and he was healed from blindness, and he began preaching the word immediately after.

The apostles were persecuted as they preached the word of the Lord, and were even imprisoned. But an angel set them free and they were back to preaching the following day!

The resurrection of Christ is a miraculous event that revealed Jesus as greater than death, worthy of worship, and worth proclaiming to the world world.

The Holy Spirit came upon the disciples in the Upper Room, and they began proclaiming the mighty works of God in various languages. Peter preached the word and about 3,000 were added to their number that day.

The death of Christ is a miraculous event that revealed Jesus as the Son of God - the wisdom of God and the power of God disarming rulers and authorities in triumph.

Christ's love for his church is the kind of love we are to reflect in our marriages. It is sacrificial, relentless and perfect.

Marriage is a gift that is exclusive, personal and valuable.

Jesus gives us a new status of holiness that allows us to begin the daily process of becoming holy.

Jesus displayed perfect holiness as a man and bore our sins so that we could share his holiness.

God’s holiness is deadly to sinful humanity, and there must be some way to enable people to have a relationship with him.

Our first parent’s sinful choice to disobey God renders the human race unholy, and God reveals his solution for our problem.

Our understanding of personal holiness is grounded in the holiness of God. We worship him in the beauty of his holiness.

Two people working together produces greater result than one working alone. In this year-end message, we will learn the value of working together and that a shared vision will kindle greater passion for the shared mission.

Finding our lives in Jesus' name is not limited to our eternal dwelling, but His desire is for us to live joyful and abundant lives found in Him (John 10:10). The celebration of Christmas should remind us of the truth that fullness of life is found when our lives revolve around the person and work of Jesus.

Christmas is not a mere celebration of the coming of Christ but also speaks about the prophesied Divine King who rules our world and will usher in a fully established new kingdom when He returns. He is worthy of worship in our lives today and forevermore.

Jesus is the Lamb of God who brings salvation for God's people through His death, which in turn redeemed us from death, sin and Satan.

God revealed Himself in the person of Jesus. In the Old Testament, God showed Himself in the flesh in various Christophanies. Experiencing God in the flesh was a rare experience in the Old Testament. It was something to be feared and may even entail a person dying by being in the presence of God. Christmas reminds us that Jesus, who is uncreated, second person of the Trinity, and fully God, stepped in our world to be with us and be like us. He pitched His tent with us or "tabernacled" with us so we may be redeemed an called children of God.

Together is a four-week series on heeding God's Word to effect change. It is based on the story of Nehemiah. At the end of the series, our hope is that we will be moved with compassion through God's Word and be inspired to effect change in our culture.

Together is a four-week series on heeding God's word to effect change. It is based on the story of Nehemiah. At the end of the series, our hope is that we will be moved with compassion through God's Word and be inspired to effect change in our culture.

Together is a four-week series on heeding God's word to effect change. It is based on the story of Nehemiah. At the end of the series, our hope is that we will be moved with compassion through God's Word and be inspired to effect change in our culture.

Together is a four-week series on heeding God's word to effect change. It is based on the story of Nehemiah. At the end of the series, our hope is that we will be moved with compassion through God's Word and be inspired to effect change in our culture.

Our purpose comes from God and we can walk out that purpose.

Our identity comes from God who formed us and knows us.

See how ordinary people in the community could be a blessing to their spheres of influence and there discover the ultimate joy of harvesting.

Showcase the dynamics of relationships between one another with different completing personalities; showing how Jesus resolved it.

The intricacies of following Jesus. Highlight the dynamics of following Jesus with all its complications and questions yet at the end have a realization of who Jesus is to us.

Showing biblical example of the inner workings of the relationship of the three persons within the Godhead that would lead the way to understanding further what relational discipleship is about.

The Holy Spirit enables us to proclaim this message of first importance with power (1 Corinthians 2:1-5). In the same way, receiving this message is made possible by the power of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 1:18).

Christ's resurrection is of first importance. Christ being buried, raised and appearing to many witnesses (1 Corinthians 15:4-8) prove Jesus' claims and validate our faith in Him (v. 14). Christ's resurrection upholds all reasons to believe and hope that when we die with Him, we will also live with Him (Romans 6:8).

Christ's death on the cross is of first importance (1 Corinthians 15:3). He was afflicted, pierces for our transgressions, and crushed for our iniquities. Through his death, the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all (Isaiah 53:1-10). Christ had to die. Scriptures attest that His death was instrumental in bringing the unjust to God (1 Peter 3:18).

The church is on a mission. In order for every tribe and every nation to call on the name of the Lord Jesus, we must be willing to do whatever it takes to bring the Gospel to them, for as long as it takes, until it takes, and then we keep going.

The Lord sets free the prisoners and those who are doomed to die. As such, the closing of history will see all nations worshiping God.

The greatest need of all peoples and cultures is hope that we have in the God of our salvation. It is the gospel that reveals this hope.

Jesus delivered a demon-possessed man who has been oppressed for a long time. After his deliverance, he went back to his town, restored back to his hometown and became a herald of the Gospel. Oppression comes in many ways. It may be religious, social, economic or political. Jesus dominated and defeated the work of the demon; proclaiming that He is the Lord of all creation, whether the physical world or the spiritual world. Jesus is able to miraculously deliver us from our oppressors and restore us back to our identity and introduce new ways of living for Him.

Jesus calming the storm exposes the human heart's predisposition to fear and be anxious in events that are beyond our control. Storms in the sea are normal events in a fisherman's life. However, they were caught in a tempestuous one that they couldn't handle. Jesus calmed the storm and brought peace to their hearts. This miracle showed Jesus' lordship over matters that are beyond our control.

This miracle points to Jesus' heart and compassion or those who are afflicted. More than the physical healing that Jesus provided for the leper, He touched him and responded to him with compassion. He restored the leper's social status by healing him and commanding him to declare himself healed among the priests as a custom for healed lepers.

In some of Jesus' miracles, He does it to show His divinity and purpose of being the Messiah. In this account, Luke was intentional in highlighting that compassion to bring comfort was Jesus' prime motivation for the miracle. Jesus expressed His compassion and desire to comfort the widow by raising the son from the dead.

Jesus demonstrates His omniscience and lordship over the sea; defying the natural laws of the sea and instantaneously providing a large number of fish for their catch. This miracle did not only provide for their personal needs of the fishermen but also opened a opportunity to be Jesus' first disciples; to serve Him for the rest of their lives. His provision comes with a greater purpose of drawing us closer to Him ad enable us together to serve Him fully; catch men and draw people closer to Him.

Jesus sets the beginning phase of His ministry by performing miracles to heal many. The healing of Peter's mother-in-law brought the community's attention to Jesus as the miracle worker; one who heals and delivers people from demonic oppression. The community's identification of Jesus as a miracle-worker, applies for us today. He is God and He is faithful to let us experience His supernatural power in our time of need. We can believe God for miracles for our personal situation and trust the Holy Spirit to do wonders as we minister to others.

How can I be generous and what will it bring me?

How will I know if money is the source of my confidence?

How will I know if I love money more than God?

The glory of God will be fully displayed when he raises from the dead all who have trusted in Jesus. This great hope comforts the souls of all who wait on God to fulfill his promises.

God performs miracles in order to display his works which reveal his character, nature, and purpose. He does not perform them on the basis of the worthiness of the recipient, since none are ultimately worthy.

Jesus is sovereign and performs miracles to bring his disciples through the chaos of the current corrupted creation in order that they might fulfill his mission and eventually inherit the new creation (v. 21).

Ephesians 5:1-2, 18-21

God's miraculous salvation through Jesus is sufficient to satisfy the needs of all who hunger for God and righteousness, even as his miracle of multiplied fish and bread satisfied the hungry multitude (v. 11).

God sometimes performs miracles to deliver people from the consequences of their sins (v. 14). In essence, this is what God has done in raising Jesus from the dead.

God's miracles are important for spreading the gospel, since some people will not believe in Jesus unless they see signs and wonders (v. 48).

The ultimate purpose of God's miracles among us is to reveal the glory of the Son of God (v. 11), yet a concomitant secondary purpose is to bless people.

We are continuing our study through John's Gospel.

We are continuing our study through John's Gospel.

Jesus is the light of men. This light can be rejected or believed in. Those who believe are made children of God. As believers who have experienced the life and light of Jesus, we are called to witness about that light so that all may believe.

Jesus is the logos - was in the beginning, was with God, was God, and dwelt among us in the flesh. Emphasis is on Jesus being Lord and creator, supreme and pre-eminent. The response is much awe and hope in this "baby on a manger" who we celebrate this Christmas.

Lois and Eunice discipling the next generation in the home, and Timothy's influence went beyond the home. The foundation of faith was passed on by a parent and even a grandparent.

Picking up from the Abrahamic mandate to be a blessing t all the families of the earth, we now segue into a Gentile and his family that encountered God through Peter. Cornelius is a family man, a Roman army officer, well respected by the Jews, and a man who made an impact among his family, relatives, close friends, and in the city through his faith, example, and influence. He responded to God. His conversion was a major stepping stone in advancing God's kingdom in the empire's capital and later to the Gentile world.

Jesus is the source of all life. That life became flesh and dwelt among us. Christmas reminds us that in these troubled times, He came near to bring you life, and to sustain and uphold you.

God called Abraham and made a covenant with him, promising that "in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." The call of God for Abraham ad his descendants to be a blessing to all the families of the earth sets the tone for God's purpose to bless the nations through the families.

Understanding God's provision within the covenant relationship leads us to obedience therefore being agents of transformation within God's Kingdom purpose

Understanding God's provision within the covenant relationship should led us to realize that we, His people, are called to walk in His ways and fear Him. Provisions therefore, should lead us to trusting God not the provision. God wants the people to learn that the living Word is more important than the bread. When people live for material things, they will never find life that truly satisfies them.

One of the central themes of the book of Deuteronomy is the call to remember who God is an what He has done. Before the Israelites enter the promised land, God reminded them of a time when they were led astray, how He humbled them and put them in a place where there is no one to depend but God. God did not test the hearts of men to reveal for already what's inside the heart of men. But God tested his people so they may know the condition of their own hearts. When abundance comes, pride can easily set in the hearts of men. When people start to think that it is through their talent and the work of their hands that gave them wealth, then God's hand of warning will remind them otherwise.

God has established and is faithful to His covenant, an aspect of this covenant is His promise to provide. God wants his people to live by the covenant that He made.

Every covenant has two parties involved and each side has a responsibility to fulfill. God wants his people to obey so they may enjoy the blessings of God's covenant. We must remember God at all times especially in times of abundance for it is easy to forget our need for God in times of plenty. We mut remember the source of wealth and the One who enables us to acquire it.

We rekindle the next generation's passion to serve God who works wonders resulting in inspired servant leadership.

We reclaim our generation's spiritual heritage by imparting faith and hope through God's Word and our multigenerational relationships.

We study the word in order to apply and obey what it says.

The central message of the Bible is clear and understandable, and that the Bible itself can be properly interpreted in a normal and literal sense. The Bible is written in such a way that its teachings can be understood by all who will read it as they seek God’s help.

Marriage is a sacred and permanent institution designed by God between a man and a woman.

Real love in a biblical perspective should be lived and applied by everyone.

Series Break: Luke 24

Canon can be generally described as the collection of books, which form the original and authoritative written rule of the faith and practice of the Christian Church, i.e. the Old and New Testaments. The word canon, in classical Greek, is properly a straight rod, "a rule" in the widest sense.