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 …
Exclusive or Inclusive? Read More »
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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The first six chapters of Numbers describe the sanctified ecclesia in the wilderness. Since establishing Israel as His covenant people in Exodus, God had done everything to now make them to inherit the land of promise. They had been numbered and organised into family tribes. The order of the march h…
The LORD Bless Thee and Keep Thee Read More »
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…
“I Set My Face Like a Flint” Read More »
From this title, taken from Jesus’ words in Mark 10:33–34, it is clear that he knew in detail what would befall him in Jerusalem at the hands of Jew and Gentile.
Caiaphas had obtained the confession from Jesus that he was the Son of God, Israel’s King, which he could use to persuade Pilate,…
Delivered to the Gentiles to be mocked, scourged, spat upon and killed Read More »
In this editorial and the next we shall consider the final episode in the life of our Lord: we shall contemplate what was required to “fulfil all righteousness” (Matt 3:15), so that he might be “the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world” (John 1:29). Our Lord’s submission to …
“… Calvary, There They Crucified Him”. Read More »
In this editorial we shall contemplate pressures and circumstances our Lord and Saviour faced as he strove to please his heavenly Father in all things and to live a perfect life. The conquest of sin, sinlessness, and the upholding of God’s righteousness was the precondition for salvation: this was…
“Thou Art My Beloved Son” Read More »
