Rob Rufus on the REAL Cross-Centred Life

"I've read the whole of Isaiah 53 many times but what is the obvious clear message of what happened on the Cross?

Simply this - that Jesus was crushed so that God would never crush you. Jesus was pierced so that God will never ever pierce you with sorrows or with sickness or with poverty. Jesus was punished so it is a guarantee that God will never ever punish you! Jesus was made a guilt offering by God so you will never feel guilty".

Rob Rufus - "Established in the Gift of Righteousness - Part 1" - City Church International, Hong Kong - Sunday 4th January 2009.

Greg Haslam on His Presence = Joy!

"Yet the great need of the hour is for thousands of men and women in this generation to encounter God in the way that Isaiah did and be overwhelmed with God's glory as a result. Only this will result in the kind of Church we all long to see and only this will produce the kind of joy, lasting happiness and peace that the world so craves but is never able to manufacture. Real joy - the God kind - doesn't come in a bottle, can't be swallowed in pill form, can't be injected and won't be found in any thrill-seeking endeavour anywhere in the world. Pure joy is only found in the Presence of God".

Greg Haslam - "A Radical Encounter with God" - New Wine Books, West Sussex (2007) - p28.

Greg Haslam on the Church's Need

"The bottom line is this; if the Church is to become the centre of renewal and world change that Isaiah said she would (see Isaiah 2:1-4) then we need a fresh encounter with Isaiah's God".

Greg Haslam - "A Radical Encounter with God" - New Wine Books, West Sussex (2007) - p18.

Greg Haslam on God's Work in the Nations Today

"I believe God is busy raising up men and women just like Isaiah today - people who have experienced the glory of Christ and will speak prophetically to our nation. God will grant them access to the highest places and most influential people in the land so they can testify to His glory".

Greg Haslam - "A Radical Encounter with God" - New Wine Books, West Sussex (2007) - p14.

Greg Haslam on Encountering God

"I believe that we can encounter God in much the same way as Isaiah did, at least in degree. We can hear His voice and know His commission on our lives just as the prophet did".

Greg Haslam - "A Radical Encounter with God" - New Wine Books, West Sussex (2007) - p14.