Forever

Revelation 19:1-10


Our vision of the future should shape our choices today.

In the new creation, we will be free from evil, the evil of sin that distorts our masculinity and femininity. In the new creation, God will separate the true from the false and the light from the darkness. The forces of darkness are strong in the world today, but in the age to come darkness will be destroyed for good. In Christ, we are freedom fighters, not puppets of the overlords. We will not be seduced by the devil, and we will fight the fight until the end.

We exist to shine light in the darkness, love in the hatred, through knowing Jesus and making Jesus known. For those in Jesus, by faith we are gifted with the righteousness of God and free of condemnation, transformed into his likeness. While we struggle with sin now, in the new creation we will be sinless, perfected, and glorified to true and perfect humanity. We will be secure in who we are, and relate to each other joyfully and perfectly. There will no longer be the battle of the sexes, but how our differences bring us together to glorify God. Now and forever, we are secure in the boundless and undefeatable love of God, for whom we were made for. Let us live in light of this eternal truth, and of the new creation.

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21 Oct 2018

Sam Low

Sam joined the team in 2018 as one of our inaugural church planting residents in our Planters Academy. Sam is now the Lead Pastor of City on a Hill Gold Coast which launched publicly in 2020. Sam has a passion to see people discover the life, joy, and hope that is only found in Jesus. He loves to preach the bible to whoever will listen and is energised by seeing leaders developed and released to use their gifts and passions for God’s glory. Sam is married to Sally and they have three sons Bailey, Hudson and Zion. He is an ordained Anglican Minister.

21 Oct 2018

Guy Mason

Guy is the founding and Senior Pastor of City on a Hill, a church that began in 2007 with a small team and a big vision. Today City on a Hill is a movement of many churches that gathers across multiple locations, in different cities and is united around the central mission of knowing Jesus and making Jesus known. Guy is a passionate communicator of the gospel who is committed to engaging culture with the beauty, truth, and relevance of Jesus. Guy graduated with a BA in Public Relations from RMIT University, has a Masters of Divinity from Ridley College and is currently completing a Doctorate of Ministry with Wheaton College. He is the husband to Vanessa and the father to four children. He is an ordained Anglican Minister and serves as an Archdeacon in the Diocese of Melbourne.

21 Oct 2018

Nick Coombs

Nick is the Lead Pastor of City on a Hill Melbourne East. He loves Jesus, is passionate about connecting deep theology with everyday life, and eager to make a difference in the time he has by helping plant as many churches as possible. After Jesus, Nick loves his wife Jules, and his two kids, Axel and Aria. He holds an MDiv from Ridley College, is an ordained Anglican minister and gives too much of his time to fantasy sports.

21 Oct 2018

Andrew Grills

Andrew is the Lead Pastor of City on a Hill Geelong. He has spent most of his life as an officer in the Australian Army. Graduating with the Sword of Honour from the Australian Defence Force Academy, he served in Infantry and Intelligence, including operations in East Timor with the commandos. He holds a postgraduate degree in International Relations from Oxford University and an MDiv from Ridley College. Andrew later became an Army Chaplain at the Australian Recruit Training Centre at Kapooka, before leaving the full time Army in 2013 to plant City on a Hill Geelong. Andrew has been married to his beautiful wife Danna for over 20 years and has five young children. He loves the ocean, traveling, camping, playing with his kids (including attending their innumerable sporting matches), and reading military history.