In this editorial we shall explore how the grace of God shown to the Apostle Paul at his conversion transformed his character and was inevitably interwoven in the teaching in his epistles. Saul’s implacable hatred of Jesus Christ and his followers in the Jerusalem ecclesia could not be restr…
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Just days before he would be crucified, Jesus’ disciples, Andrew and Philip, told him that certain Greeks desired to “see Jesus”. This intimation caused the Lord’s mind to contemplate the outcome of his impending sacrifice. In a remarkable answer to this request the Son of God reflec…
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When John the Baptist received reports of the miracles Jesus was performing, he sent to Jesus from prison two of his disciples with the question, “Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?” Our Lord answered indirectly: “And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and …
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“Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved. Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ” 1 Corinthians 10:33; 11:1.
Many characters both in scripture and in history are remarkable for what they endured “for conscie…
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It is important for us to be mindful of God’s objective in creation. The four and twenty elders, prostrate before him that sat on the throne of Him that liveth forever and ever say, “Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy ple…
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We need to take time to consider these final hours of the life of God’s beloved Son. Isaiah says, “Behold my servant, whom I uphold” (42:1). Life is so busy and prone to distraction and interruption that in order to appreciate the wonder and love of our Saviour we need solitude and time. We do…
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The greatest commandment, to “love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might”, is appended to the fundamental truth, “the Lord our God is one Lord” (Deut 6:4-5). The fact that there is only one God meant that the Israelites’ focus and devo…
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The above phrase is taken from Psalm 11:3 which reads in full: “If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?” In these perilous last days the authority of the Bible has been undermined to the extent that God Himself has been mocked and ridiculed. Various influences have le…
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“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live” John 11:25
Have you ever stopped to think how important the resurrection of the dead is? Without resurrection there is no hope for man. There will be those who will be pri…
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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 heavi…
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