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Alpha is an opportunity to explore the big questions of life and the Christian faith in a friendly, open and informal environment. Our course will be held in person and lasts for 8 weeks.

Each session includes dinner, a short film and a discussion where you can share your thoughts with one another around the table. If at any point you decide Alpha isn’t for you, that’s not a problem. There’s no pressure, no follow up and no charge.

What have you got to lose?

For more information, email: alpha@stmatthew.je

 
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 WHO IS JESUS?

All of us have questions about Jesus and who He is: ‘is He just a good man or is He God?’, ‘is God even real?’, ‘is what we hear about Jesus really true?’ Even ‘what does He have to do with my life?’

C.S Lewis, a well-known Christian author once wrote of Jesus and who He is:

“Either this man was, and is, the son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God, but let us not come with any patronising nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us.
He did not intend to.”

 
 

Jesus points us to Peter’s description of Him as “the Messiah, the Son of the living God” (Matthew 16:16), because Jesus knew who He is and could be to us. Jesus has the power to change our lives.

Jesus is so unique because two worlds collide in Him:
heaven and earth, the divine and the human.

His name is the name above all names, and His star-breathing, storm-calming, miracle-working power is second to none. Yet, He is also the human Jesus, the personal friend who knows what we are going through and cares about us. That’s why the Bible also calls Him ‘Immanuel’, God with us.

For God so loved the world
that He gave his one and only Son,
that whoever believes in Him
shall not perish but have eternal life.

JOHN 3:16 NIV

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Jesus Cares!

Often we miss out on knowing God’s love because of our history, our failures, our hurts and our shortcomings. Sin has separated us from God and we can never make up for our sin by self-improvement or good works.

“But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” - Romans 5:8 ESV

God sent His Son, Jesus, to die in our place so that the weight of our shortcomings, our failures and fears could be placed on Him and in turn we are given His perfection which enables us to know God as our Heavenly Father. This is a gift of grace.

So how can we accept this gift?

By faith the Bible says that nothing in all of creation can separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 8:39). To accept God’s love is to put our trust in Him, and receive His forgiveness and grace. Only Jesus has the power to free us from guilt, shame and condemnation, and to give us a life of wholeness (John 10:10). All we have to do is turn to Him, believe in Him and choose to give our life to Him.

We would love the opportunity to show you just how much God cares for you. Why not get in touch or join us for our next Alpha course.

 
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