Coulter addresses Clough Biker Service

The congregation was welcomed to the service by John Swan, St James Rector’s Churchwarden.

There was rousing singing by the packed gathering of great Christian hymns and psalms, including: ‘Now thank we all our God’, ‘The Lord’s my shepherd, I’ll not want’, Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us’, and ‘Abide with me.’

The Scripture readings were taken by Jack Agnew, the Clerk of the Mid Antrim 150 course (Hebrews Chapter 14), and rider Paul Cranston (Jeremiah Chapter 31).

Rev Dr Coulter, who is chaplain to the Mid-Antrim Motor Cycle Club, took the Biblical text Amos Chapter 4, verse 12: prepare to meet thy God as the core of his sermon.

He compared the preparations which bikers make for their races with the spiritual preparations we need to make to enter the Kingdom of Christ.

“Just as bikers make decisions in preparing for the races, we all must make a decision on which direction we take in life – the broad road which leads to destruction, or the narrow way which leads to Jesus.

“We mist also ask ourselves – are we living to please our God? We have all suffered the loss of loved ones. On the Christian road of life, too, we simply do not know what is going to happen next.

“In life, this is the challenge of living. None of us can guarantee what will happen in the next minute. We need to consider the detail of how we please God.

“We need to seriously consider what Christ has done for us on the Cross, so that at the end of our race we can hear the words – well done, good and faithful servant,” said Rev Dr Coulter.