The following ideas are offered as helpful suggestions on how to structure an exhortation for Memorial meetings.
NB: The word exhort means to strongly encourage, and all exhortations should aim to “stir up one another to love and good works” (Heb 10:24). Exhortations can include new or …
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In the western world, we have become complacent due to societal-wide affluence and prosperity. Until recent times, this has caused us to become largely insulated from many of the uncertainties of life.
However, in recent times, we now live in a world increasingly given over to fear, with the medi…
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By grace are ye saved through faith
Understanding the contextual framework of the times should also deepen our appreciation of the powerful concepts that Paul is speaking about in the following reference: “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:…
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Re-evaluating the Bible’s teaching on grace in light of this First Century context
When the New Testament writers used the term “grace” they were doubtless aware of how the concept of grace was understood in society. They were not inventing a new theory to describe how God deals wit…
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Introduction
The word “grace” (Greek charis) is used 156 times in New Testament writings. The word is particularly prominent in the writings of Paul, and his close associate Luke. Given the fact that Paul writes “by grace ye are saved” (Eph 2:5,8), and Peter said at the Jerusalem Conference…
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Jesus as the Son of God
When we reflect upon the title, the Son of God, it is important that we do not interpret it with the reasoning of Greek metaphysics or other foreign concept in mind, but rather seek to understand the title within the bounds of its (OT) Hebrew heritage. We note that in the Bi…
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The Throne of the LORD
We know from many New Testament references that after his resurrection, Jesus “sat down on the right hand of God; from henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool”. As the table of NT references from Psalm 110:1 below shows, this theme is constantly repe…
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Jesus is the most strikingly unique man in human history. The New Testament Gospel accounts record that he spoke like no other man (John 7:46), he did works like no other man (John 15:24), his origins were like no other man’s (Luke 1:35), he was without sin like no other man (Heb 4:15), his brutal…
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