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"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us."​
JOHN 1:14
WHO IS JESUS?

More than a historical figure

Jesus lived in first-century Israel, but the people who spent time with him kept saying the same thing: being around him changed them. Something happened in his presence that didn't happen anywhere else.

Across every culture and every generation, people continue to describe Jesus in deeply personal ways. They speak of finding hope, freedom, peace and a love they didn’t think was real.

The Gospels give us a portrait of Jesus through the eyes of people whose lives were deeply touched by meeting him.

Jesus declared to the crowd - 

“Come to me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”

Matthew 11:28

If you relate to that today - weary, burdened - you've come to the right place.

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You can come as you are

The Gospels are full of moments where Jesus encounters someone on the margins — and everything changes. These aren't cautionary tales or moral lessons. They're portraits of who Jesus was, and who he still is.

Clouded Sunset Sky

Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in...

REVELATION 3:20
WHO IS JESUS?

Maybe it's your time?

You might be here reading this today, and you are searching for God. You know He is real, but you feel far from Him. You’re aware that sin has created a separation between you and your Creator.

Isaiah puts it plainly: Your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden His face from you” (Isaiah 59:2).

 

This is the broken relationship Jesus came to restore.

John 3:16 declares“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.”

Jesus came to restore your relationship with God, giving you freedom from sin, deliverance, healing and perfect peace.

We believe Jesus was born miraculously of a virgin, lived a sinless life, and willingly went to the cross to take the full punishment for sin upon Himself. He carried what we could not carry, so we would not have to live under guilt and condemnation.

We believe He rose from the dead, defeating death itself, and then sent the Holy Spirit so that people could be made new from the inside out. This is what it means to be “born again”—not just improved, but made alive to God, freed from the power of sin, and empowered by the Holy Spirit to live in a completely new way.

For the kingdom of God is righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. (Romans 14:17)

This is not a distant idea or abstract theology—it is the life God is inviting you into.

 

Your life restored, marked by forgiveness, peace with God, and a new beginning through Jesus Christ.

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How to Pray

“Jesus, I come to You today.

I recognise that I have sinned and I need Your forgiveness.

Thank You that You went to the cross for me and carried the weight of my sin.

I believe You rose again and are alive today.

I turn from my old life and ask You to forgive me and make me new.

I give You my life.

I choose to follow You.

Fill me with Your Holy Spirit and lead me from this day forward.

Amen.”

If you just prayed that prayer for the first time, congratulations!

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Urban Oasis C3 Church

269 Hills Rd, Mairehau, Christchurch, New Zealand

PH: 03 385 0170

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