In isolation the above statement written by the Apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 4:10 seems strange, even enigmatical, but the following words provide us with his rationale, “that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body”.
Isaiah 49, the great Old Testament chapter declaring t…
“Bearing about … the dying of the Lord Jesus” – Implications for Believers Read More »
When David pondered God’s all-encompassing knowledge he said, “Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off” (Psa 139:2). Later he invited God to “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in…
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In a succinct statement, the Apostle John says “God is love” (1 John 4:8). In it, he compresses into one word the truth about God. It arrests our attention because of his authority and his long and deep experience at the centre of God’s dealings with man in His beloved Son. “God is love” i…
“To the poor the gospel is preached”
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 …
What Kind of Person are You? Read More »
It is one of the greatest paradoxes, that in an age when so much is known about the intricacy and complexity of the innumerable living things that men could attribute all these wonders to the blind forces of chance! One cannot but think that they desire to expunge God from their lives, and hence res…
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From the very beginning of our creation God established an evening and morning as the wo defining moments of a day (Gen 1:5). They act like two bookends, helping us to distinguish the start and finish of daily consideration and activity. As such they become significant markers, allowing us to paus…
Morning and Evening Read More »
This month sees our annual Combined Weekend for 1995 and, as in past years, our program centres around two principal areas. One aspect involves fraternal activities including Bible exposition, exhortation, praise, and Sunday School work to encourage and build up brethren and sisters and their famili…
In October this year it will be one hundred years since Brother Robert Roberts visited Adelaide and it is proposed to make this a feature of our annual Combined Weekend from 21-22 October, God willing. The chosen theme Endure as Seeing Him Who is Invisible emphasises the need to make Yahweh a realit…
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Separation and Dedication are seen to be the two requirements that God has laid down if we are to be a “people for His Name”. For the Israelite who wished to demonstrate his desire to voluntarily separate and dedicate himself to Yahweh in a way that was more than mere words, Yahweh made provisio…
I Will Pay My Vows Read More »
To be part of the Family of God implies great responsibilities. Isaiah shows how great these are when he declared the words of Yahweh: “Every one that is called by MY NAME … I have created for MY GLORY” (Isa. 43:7, 21). A “people for His Name” therefore implies a “people for His Glory�…
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