The Fulness of Christ (3) – “Christ in You, the Hope of Glory”

Exposition | by | Volume 29, Issue 4 | July – August 2023

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“For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” (2 Cor. 4:6)

In the previous article we reflected on the wondrous concept of being “in Christ”: members of his body, branches in the true vine, sheep led by the true shepherd, stones in a holy temple. These are lofty thoughts for finite minds, but the notion of “Christ in us” is even loftier.

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Caleb (6) – “He Had Another Spirit”

Exposition | by | Volume 29, Issue 4 | July – August 2023

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In Joshua 21 we are informed about the casting of lots for certain portions of the land for the Levites. In verses 10-11 we learn that God was going to decide which Levitical family would inherit the cities in the tribe of Judah, and Hebron in particular. We also learn that these children of Aaron were to be apportioned 13 cities amongst the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

It is significant that the first city mentioned was Hebron (v11,13). Why is Hebron being emphasised by position and repetition? One reason is because Caleb had given it up as his inheritance—we have seen evidence for that in previous articles. A second reason is that while the many children of Aaron would be divided amongst the 13 cities, the direct high priestly line probably lived in Hebron.

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Some Encouraging Thoughts from the Epistle to Philippi (4)

Exposition | by | Volume 29, Issue 4 | July – August 2023

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“That I may win Christ…that I may know him”

We have seen how Paul made it abundantly clear that to know Jesus and his faithfulness to his Father is a vital motivating force in our spiritual transformation.

In Philippians 3:10, Paul encourages us to “know Jesus” intimately, something he has had to learn himself, and by this means understand the righteousness of God in him. He states that there is a need:

to know the power of his resurrection,

to know the fellowship of his sufferings,

to know what it means to be made conformable to his death.

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Vulnerability

Exhortation | by | Volume 29, Issue 4 | July – August 2023

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When we think of the teaching of our Lord, vulnerability may not be the first idea that comes to mind. But it is there, within our Lord’s teaching—the sense of being vulnerable to each other and being vulnerable to our God.

What do we mean by vulnerability? Well, it’s the idea of being open and not hardened. It’s the idea of being open to attack. The dictionary definition of the word is “the quality of being exposed to the possibility of harm”.

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Men Ought Always to Pray and Not to Faint

Editorial | by | Volume 29, Issue 4 | July – August 2023

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The parable concerning the unjust judge and the persistent widow is one which is only recorded by Luke in his 18thchapter. It follows hard on the heels of a salient warning in the previous chapter, in which our Lord described the dismemberment of the nation by the Roman eagles. He alerted his disciples to the signs that would herald that destruction. They would experience days identical to the days of Noah and the days of Lot in which violence and immorality would abound.

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Seleucia in Mesopotamia

A Natural History of Biblical Lands | by | Volume 29, Issue 3 | May – June 2023

After the death of Alexander the Great in 323BC, the territories he had conquered were divided between his generals, and his friend Seleucus Nicator (r. 312–281BC) became king of the eastern provinces stretching from Lebanon to Afghanistan. In Daniel chapter 11 this territory and power was known as “the king of the north”. This huge dominion had two capitals, which Seleucus founded at around the same time (305BC), namely Seleucia in Mesopotamia (Iraq) followed by Antioch in Syria.

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Unique Features of the Gospels: Matthew (2)

Youth | by | Volume 29, Issue 3 | May – June 2023

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Matthew’s gospel is not in chronological order. It is referred to as the ‘didactic (instructive) gospel’ and is like a mosaic of the Master’s teachings, given in different places and at different times, but collected together and arranged to show the Lord as the master teacher; one of whom it would be recorded “the people were astonished at his doctrine: For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes” (7:28-29).

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