Ebenezer Baptist Church Manchester

19/12/2025

I don’t know who needs to hear this but it’s opened my heart.

In the Bible it rained for forty days and forty nights, on day 41 the rain stopped.
Moses committed murder and hid in the desert for 40 years, year 41 came and God called him to rescue Israel.
Moses went up the mountain for 40 days, on day 41 he received the Ten Commandments.
The Nation of Israel wandered in the wilderness for 40 years, year 41 came and they walked into the promised land.
Goliath mocked Israel for 40 days, day 41 came and David killed him.
Jonah preached a message of repentance to Nineveh for 40 days, on day 41 God forgave them.
Jesus fasted and was tempted in the desert for 40
Days, days 41 came and the devil fled.
After His resurrection Jesus appeared to His disciples for 40 days, on day 41 He ascended into heaven.
The lesson behind all this? The rain will stop, the giant will fall, and one day you will enter the promised land.
As long as you don’t give up on day 40, your day 41 will come.

God bless you all.
Pastor Steve

19/12/2025

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19/12/2025

Science—True and False

“And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.” (Genesis 2:9)

It is significant that the first reference to “science” in the Bible is in connection with the tree of the “science” of good and evil. The English word “science” comes from the Latin scientia, meaning “knowledge.” In both Old and New Testaments, “science” and “knowledge” translate the same Greek and Hebrew words respectively. Science—properly speaking—is what we know, not naturalistic speculation (as in evolutionary “science”). Adam and Eve knew a great deal about God and His creation, and all of it was “very good” (Genesis 1:31); they did not need to have a knowledge of evil, and God warned them against it (2:17).

But they partook of the forbidden tree anyway, and therewith evil knowledge entered the hearts and minds of mankind. Throughout the long ages since, true science has been of great good in the world and false science has wrought great harm. The apostle Paul has warned us against it: “Keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called” (1 Timothy 6:20). In the context of the times, Paul was specifically warning against the gnostic philosophers.

In contrast, the final climactic reference in the Bible to knowledge is Peter’s exhortation to “grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 3:18). “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge” (Proverbs 1:7), and in Jesus Christ “are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Colossians 2:3). Therefore, let us resolve to eschew the knowledge of evil and grow in the knowledge of Christ! HMM

18/12/2025

18/12/2025

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