Armenian Christian Fellowship

Iranian Christian Fellowship, 158, Sutton Court Road, Chiswick, London, W4 3HR

Christmas 2025

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This sermon defines Jesus as the “Spring of Life,” offering renewal, internal satisfaction, and eternal growth. Using personal testimony and the analogy of a cancer cure, Brother Edward emphasizes that receiving this life necessitates sharing it with others, transforming a small church into a vital channel for the community.

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The sermon centers on 1 John 1:2, “The life was made manifest,” exploring the identity of Jesus as the “Spring of Life.” Brother Edward emphasizes that Jesus’ birth was the realization of life itself, providing meaning where there was none. Drawing from the Gospel of John, where “life” is mentioned fifty times, the discourse highlights Jesus as the bread, water, prince, word, and light of life.

Brother Edward outlines four specific characteristics of this life:
Renewal: It is a new life that transfers a person from death to a state of constant renewal, preventing the “boredom” of repetitive existence.
Internal Satisfaction: Like the Samaritan woman at the well, believers receive an internal spring that satisfies deep emotional and spiritual thirst that external things (marriages, possessions) cannot.
Eternal Growth: Unlike health, beauty, or wealth, which are “vanity” and fade, the life Jesus provides is eternal and never dries up.
Transmission: True spiritual life must be shared; it begets life in others.

Congregation response

Brother Edwards issues a direct challenge to the congregation to move beyond a “facade” of happiness.

  • Personal Inventory: Attendees are asked to identify if their “internal spring” has dried up or been “eaten by locusts” (worldly distractions).
  • Evangelistic Responsibility: Using a medical analogy, Brother Edward argues that withholding the “cure” (the Gospel) from those “dying of cancer” (sin/despair) is a form of indirect murder.
  • Action Point: The congregation is urged to pray for specific opportunities to bring people burdened by anxiety and sorrow to the Lord, viewing themselves as “channels” rather than reservoirs.

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