Mahon Methodist

Mahon Methodist Church
Mahon Road
Portadown
N. Ireland

Message from our Minister

Welcome to Mahon Methodist Church

Welcome to the web site of Mahon
Methodist Church.

“Christ Jesus …. made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.”
Why did Jesus come into our world?
The late David Watson comments on this very question in his daily readings.
“What was the purpose of Jesus’ coming into our world?
Firstly, he came to save—not to judge. He lived in this sinful world for as long as we allowed him to. In the end, it was not that he rejected us because of all our faults or failings, but that we rejected him. He suffered and served—and that’s what his followers are called to do. So if you are tempted to pull out of your church situation because you find faults and failings of others hard to bear—remember Jesus Christ.
Secondly, Jesus came as a wonderful counsellor, perfectly fulfilling the name given to him hundreds of years before (Isaiah 9 v 6). When he
left the earth physically, he promised that another counsellor would come and be with his people for ever (John 14 v 16).
Thirdly, Jesus became poor for us—desperately poor—so that you through his poverty might become rich (2 Corinthians 8 v 9) - rich in faith and love. Truly to follow Jesus accepting his lifestyle so that
others might live.
Fourthly, Jesus came as the Prince of Peace. In God’s eyes the quality of our relationships is more important than the rightness of our particular convictions. As Christians, we are often bad at learning how to disagree; but we do need to remain in harmony. ‘Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace’.(Ephesians 4 v 3). If we cannot experience and demonstrate the reality of this in Christ, what have we to offer to the rest of society,
with its fractured relationships? We are to be peacemakers rather than peace-lovers and this is a painful calling, but it’s what we should be
involved in if we are true followers of Jesus”
(“Through the year with David Watson”)

Rev Desmond Curran

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