The Scriptures never cease to amaze us, and sometimes Yahweh speaks as powerfully by what He has chosen to exclude from the record, as by what He includes. This is especially true of the books of Chronicles, a record of the ‘acts left out’.
As the Chronicler shifts his focus from the genealo…
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The brethren in James’ time were suffering under the oppression of rich men (James 5:1-6). These Jews were more focused on heaping up treasures in this life than caring for their neighbours. As a result, they were unmoved by the cries of their workers, whom they were defrauding. Living lives of e…
In Matthew 6:33, our Lord speaks these well-known words, “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you”. There are two elements in this statement—the Kingdom of God and the righteousness of God. They later become the basis for the g…
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The word Ophel is used in several different ways in the Old Testament. It is used of a specific geographic location within Jerusalem. Hence:
2 Chronicles 27:3 – “He [Jotham] built the upper gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.”
2 Chronicles 33:14 – �…
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In Proverbs 6:6-8 we are exhorted to observe the amazing life of ants and be wise: “Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest”.
Navigation expert, Eric C…
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This series is an abridged version of the notes for the Australasian Youth Conference to be held in April 2025, God willing. May we all encourage our young people and each other concerning the topic of 1 Timothy.
The fifth chapter of 1 Timothy focuses on the ecclesia as a family and the role of …
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Genesis 1:20-31
Day 5 – Aquatic and Aerial Life (v20-23)
Verse 20
“Let the waters bring forth abundantly” – sheretz = ‘to swarm’. RV margin: “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures”. The reference is to their extraordinary fertility (cp Gen 48:16, “grow into…
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Questions
When Israel came to Elim, there were threescore and ten palms and how many wells?
David desired the water from which well?
What did Jesus offer the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well?
What did Jacob do to water Laban’s sheep, kept by Rachel?
When finding a wife for Isaac,…
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The Spirit at work in our lives
We have established that the Holy Spirit is at work in our lives through the power of God’s Word to transform our thinking and behaviour.
We have learned that we can’t separate God from His Spirit. It is simply Him at work, breathing out of Him, developing …
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At the conclusion of the Olivet Prophecy, our Lord spoke about the state of our world at the time of the end in Luke 21:25-36. Before this, he spoke of the collapse of the Jewish State in AD70, and then in verse 24 predicted that “Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times o…
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