John 9 – Our blind eyes are touched by the ointment prepared by the mingling of the dust of the ground with the moisture from the mouth of him who was sent from heaven. But this does not cure us. We receive the command to go and wash in the waters of Apostleship (John is… Read More The waters of Siloam
John 6 – They who understand the doctrine of the Father and believe it unto obedience, eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man; for, saith he, “He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him”. This in-dwelling is by faith of the words… Read More The word of God within us
Samuel 16; Jeremiah 20; Romans 5-6 What ‘powerful’ chapters we have today. Firstly David, humbled by the consequences of his sin flees from Jerusalem. He refuses to take any action against the one who curses him. He says of Shimei, “Let him curse, for the LORD has told him to. It may be that the… Read More Today’s thought “… who tests the righteous” (July 30)
Today’s thought “I have obeyed” (July 3) King Saul was highly successful in destroying the Amalekites, but we note what Samuel said to him (1 Samuel 15:1-3) before he did this! After giving him the reasons why the Amalekites should be destroyed, Samuel tells him, “Now go and strike Amalek, and devote to destruction all… Read More Today’s thought “I have obeyed” (July 3)
Today’s thought “He humbled himself by becoming …” (April 8) Paul, in the first two chapters of his letter to the Philippians we read today, draws some utterly powerful thoughts, that is, spiritually powerful, from his contemplation of the ‘mortal’ life of our Lord Jesus. Paul tells them to “Do nothing from selfish ambition or… Read More Today’s thought “He humbled himself by becoming …” (April 8)
Declare Jehovah his glory among the nations We have started a short Bible Class series on the three objectives we have set ourselves as a church – this was the first on 29 January. “1 Oh sing unto Jehovah a new song: Sing unto Jehovah, all the earth. 2 Sing unto Jehovah, bless his name;… Read More To Glorify God and His Son
The consistent Biblical view is that this world is ruled by human desires gone wrong.… Read More What Causes Sin?
Today’s thought “If you are willing and obedient” (May 12) Today we started reading the wonderful prophecy of Isaiah. His time as a prophet of the Lord covered the reign of four kings, beginning with the reign of Uzziah who suffered leprosy as a punishment for becoming too proud in his later years and entering… Read More Today’s thought “If you are willing and obedient” (May 12)
As the Jewish political organization tottered towards its end, the call of the Gospel was dramatically widened: for the first time, Gentiles were invited to share in the privilege of knowing the eternal God. Paul was the foremost and most energetic leader of this preaching to the Gentiles. “It was necessary that the word of… Read More The Return of Israel
Today’s thought “They did as Jehovah God commanded Moses” (April 17) Numbers 36 Obedience Sometimes situations arise when we are vexed by a question and we don’t know what to do. Often the answer is found in the word of God. At other times our situation is not covered by what is in the Bible… Read More Today’s thought “They did as Jehovah God commanded Moses” (April 17)
The 1st Adam was the beginning of man, the “head”, the first-made. Out of the seed of Adam and Eve all men and women came. “Because of Adam and Eve’s sin, humankind is sinful” is not exactly totally right. Man still has his own free will and has still the same opportunity as Adam and… Read More The 1st Adam in the Hebrew Scriptures #8 Looking for the 2nd Adam
The reason why the Belgian Free Christadelphians made an opening to thoughts of others is explained in Personal thoughts, communication, establishing ecclesia and guest writings. We can not go beyond the fact that the Christadelphian community has problems getting enough people coming to their ecclesiae. In Belgium, which you also could call a A-religious country,… Read More Reasons why you may not miss the opportunity to go to a Small Church
Whilst destruction is upon the land it might well be that more people shall come to recognise that the fierce anger of the Divine Creator is released. Who can stay His hand? Who can give Him council? {America the Beautiful} Those who have a natural fear for God do know when they accept Him as… Read More Daily Spiritual Food To prepare ourselves for the Kingdom of God
The Christian community with all people of the world should come to realise that Bible is full of scriptures that address wisdom. These days we looked at it with the Book of Proverbs and the Book of Wisdom. In the world we can find many Christians criticising others and when trinitarian Christians hear about others… Read More Outflow of foundational relationship based on acceptance of Jesus
Philippians 1 & 2 The majority of Paul’s New Testament Epistles begin with him introducing himself as “Paul an Apostle of Jesus Christ”. By referring to himself as an “Apostle” he is underlining the authority with which he is writing – he is saying he has a status conferred on him by Jesus himself. The… Read More Philippians 1 – 2
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