January – February 2010
The first two Servant Songs are followed by confirmation of the Servant’s tasks and assurances of success (42:5–9; 49:7–13). The third and fourth are followed by invitations to respond and partake of the benefits resulting from his labours (50:10; 54–55). The connection between the fourth so…
“If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you” John 15:19
In this article we continue our theme by putting together the passages in which the Lord Jesus Christ made comment upo…
“Not of the World” Read More »
Our theme of “Christ and Caesar” is a challenging one. It implies two masters each expecting loyalty and undivided service, yet what they stand for is so diametrically opposed that no man can serve both masters. The danger is that in trying to give service to both masters, conflict of conscience…
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While we see modern Israel as a token of the coming Kingdom of God and a sign of Christ’s return, the Jewish state is really no different from any other contemporary country. Israel is a modern, progressive nation, interested in the development of its resources and the well-being and p…
Desert Rhubarb, a Dead Sea Canal and Torah from Vending Machines Read More »
Exodus and Genesis reveal the creative power and majesty of our God and by many types and figures, point forward to Jesus Christ. While Genesis is the ‘seed-bed’ for the Truth’s doctrines and promises and primarily dealt with faithful individuals like Noah, Abraham and Joseph, Exod…
When we turn to the subject of prayer, we do so with some ambivalence, conscious as all of us are of our own inadequacies in this area of intimate communication. We all understand keenly the desire felt by the disciples to learn from the Master how to pray acceptably. Like us, the apostles had befor…
Lord, Teach Us To Pray Read More »
As we read and consider the awful suffering of our Lord on the cross it is, to a degree, alleviated for us because we know that his resurrection with full joy and release from pain and suffering is to follow in the next chapter. However for the disciples and most of the followers of Christ this wond…
UNDER the present conditions of imperfection forgiveness is something that affects both men and God: it affects man in relation to his fellows and man in relation to God. Although we may think of forgiveness as something inwrought in human behaviour and universally recognized, it is really a Biblica…
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This exhortation, given by Brother Michael Owen (UK) at the Adelaide Combined Weekend (October 18), was enjoyed by the 1200 brethren and sisters attending. Under the weekend theme of “Learning from the Master – Building Christ-Centred Ecclesias” the exhortation highlighted the significance of …
“This is My Body, Given for You” Read More »
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…
Jesus or the Lord Jesus Christ? Read More »
