A man being Christ’s free man is a great reason why he should patiently endure the humiliations and bondages that belong to this life. Our present probation is only for a season, and that a short one. It will assuredly come to an end. The toil, and the monotony, and the weariness of body and… Read More Today’s thought “Christ’s free men” (February 24)
God’s righteousness is at hand and now beyond the law of God, God’s righteousness is revealed, to which the law and the prophets gave witness.… Read More Law and justice very important concepts
“God who knows the heart …” Today we read about a conference of a serious nature that took place in Jerusalem among the disciples and other principal brethren; it was about problems that had arisen among the believers. Some of the Pharisees who were now believers in Christ were saying that the Gentiles whom Paul… Read More Today’s Thought “God who knows the heart …” (May 05)
Today’s thought “Things known from of old” (November 4) Today we read details about the extensive missionary work of the Apostle Paul; first with Barnabas, then with Silas. Paul and Barnabas returned to Antioch and “declared all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles”… Read More Today’s thought “Things known from of old” (November 4)
Today’s thought “Turning to a different gospel” (April 2) In the opening chapter of his letter to the Galatians Paul writes of his astonishment “that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel” (1:6). He goes on to say that “if anyone… Read More Today’s thought “Turning to a different gospel” (April 2)
Today’s thought “Period of uncleanness and offerings” (March 6) “1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman conceive seed, and bear a man-child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of the {1 } impurity of her sickness shall she be unclean.… Read More Today’s thought “Period of uncleanness and offerings” (March 1)
Today’s thought “Circumcise your heart” (May 12) 6 The Lord, your God, will circumcise your hearts[a] and the hearts of your descendants, so that you will love the Lord, your God, with your whole heart and your whole being, in order that you may live. (Deuteronomy 30:6 New American Bible Revised Edition) 16 Circumcise therefore the foreskins… Read More Today’s thought “Ability to circumcise your heart” (May 13)
Coming together From the acts of apostles and from early civil writings of the first century of our contemporary era we come to know that those who want to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ tried to come together at different occasions. There was not set one specific day in the week, but they could… Read More Why we do not keep to a Sabbath or a Sunday or Lord’s Day #6 Sunday or the Lord’s day
On July the 30th we have the readings of the apostle Paul, who first demonstrated that Jews and Gentiles alike are sinners in the eyes of God and therefore worthy of death but that the gentiles also can be accepted by God and though not physically circumcised can be spiritually circumcised. (This aspect was subject… Read More Hope by faith and free gift
These days we look at out willingness to see and to search for truth. We also, in our ecclesia, shall look for ways to come more to insight and to find ways to help each-other to build up in strength and knowledge. Coming closer to the end times it becomes more important that as many people… Read More God who knows the heart
Are we better off? In the world we may find atheists, believers in all sorts of gods, and believers of all sorts of denominations in the one they call the Only One God. Are those who think they believe in Jesus to be God, or those who think Jehovah being God the only righteous? They… Read More Condemnation of the World and Illustration of Justification
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