Have you ever noticed that after Matthew and Mark introduce us to Jesus Christ in their opening verse they then almost exclusively refer to him as Jesus or Lord? However when we read the epistles of Paul and the other apostles they speak of him as the Lord Jesus Christ, Christ, Jesus Christ, the Lor…
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“Thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter”? (Ezek 16:20,36).
Molek was an Ammonite deity to which children were sacrificed by being placed on its red hot extended …
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“All scripture is given by inspiration of God.” 2 Timothy 3:16
“Holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.” 2 Peter 1:21
The Bible is the most remarkable book ever written, a miracle in our hands transcending every other writing. Its source is the God of Israel, the Creat…
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“The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.” (Isaiah 24:5)
We are living in a godless society: there is no respect paid to the Creator, our heavenly Father, His Son or His Word.�…
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It is sometimes difficult for us to decide how far we should go in our involvement with the world without compromising our faith, our loyalty to Christ. It can be difficult to find a balance. On the one hand we could become exclusive and have little or nothing to do with our contemporaries and fall …
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We feel hopeless and powerless in the face of tragedy. There can be few if any more painful trials in life than to lose one’s own child. It is considered that such a loss is worse than the loss of parents and even one’s spouse. Nobody expects their children to pre-decease them in the normal outw…
“The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness” (Prov 16:31)
In the normal course of events it is assumed that with age comes wisdom, that life’s experiences teach lessons that make for better judgment and stability. Elihu thought that it should be the case. H…
When Israel was brought into the promised land, Joshua gave the tribes their inheritance. Among the laws governing their tenure was this one, “The land shall not be sold forever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me” (Lev 25:23).
Clearly they were receiving an inh…
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To appreciate what our Lord has done for us we shall consider the stress he had to endure as ‘his hour’ drew near. A servant or slave is one who does the will of his master, one at the disposal of another. Jesus knew it was the will of God that he should be crucified: “Yet it was the will of t…
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In this editorial we will continue our contemplations on the price that was paid for our salvation, what was involved in our Lord ‘bearing our griefs, and carrying our sorrows.’ As the time approached, “when he should be received up,” his impending death in Jerusalem weighed more heavily upo…
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