Anyone who does not live righteously and does not love other believers does not belong to God and can not be a Child of God.… Read More Today’s thought “Those who can be a Child of God” (December 17)
In today’s second Bible reading we get the impression that God’s people looked on His laws as burdensome and felt that serving Him was difficult. The Elohim therefore asks them: “ O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.” (Mic 6:3 ASV) The God of… Read More Today’s thought “How have I burdened you?” (December 08)
Today’s thought “If God be for us” (July 31) Today we read two of the most meaningful chapters in the Bible for those who truly sense they are “called to be saints” (Romans 1:7). They are a sequel to yesterday’s chapters – Romans 5 & 6 – that challenge believers that they, “having been set… Read More Today’s thought “If God be for us” (July 31)
We are reading the letters of John. They are rather challenging, partly because he writes in quite a different way to Paul and Peter. It some ways he is simpler, he tries to make sure his readers grasp the basics of living for Jesus and for the Father. As we meditate – slowly and carefully… Read More Today’s thought “By this it is evident …” (December 17)
James 3 Preaching and teaching the Word of God is a serious “job”. Willing to be “servants of God” we are fully aware of the particularity but also of the seriousness and possible consequences of our task. Those who want to teach in the ecclesia should know or be aware of the strictness or strict… Read More Today’s thought “Teachers will be judged with greater strictness than others” (December 09)
This morning we looked at those who are in Christ Jesus who will not be judged as sinners but are taken on by God as His children. (Romans 1 & 8) We thought of the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus which has made us free from the law of sin and… Read More Morning service of 2021 October 17: Adopted children
Today’s thought “Gather into one the children of God” (April 18) Disunity is a common feature in our world. The nature of politics highlights this; there is constant debate between opposing voices. In contrast the message of God’s word looks forward to a time of oneness. The friction created by those who were jealous of… Read More Today’s thought “Gather into one the children of God” (April 18)
Today’s thought “Those who fear him” (February 27) Psalm 103, 1 Cor 12-13 The phrase “those who fear him”, meaning, who fear God, occurs three times in our Psalm reading today. The sense of ‘fear’ is – to be in heartfelt awe of what God must be. This is a Psalm that should reach deep into… Read More Today’s thought “Those who fear him” (February 27)
The Spirit of God calls our body His temple and as children of God we should unite and assemble in that spiritual temple by the formation of an ecclesia or church.… Read More Ecclesia – Church – Minding your reference
In Belgium we are a very very tiny community. Our mother-church in England has many baptised members and everywhere in Great-Britain you shall be able to find Christadelphian Halls. Not so in Belgium, the Netherlands nor in France. We are not so lucky or not so blessed. The difference with us and other Christian denominational… Read More Priorities for our Christadelphian community and for the spreading of Good News
Coastlands or all of those in far-off lands should come to know that there is Only One True God, Who is also the God Who has chosen Him a people. It is the eternal all-knowing Godhead Who said to Isaiah that he is His servant Israel, in whom He will display His glory. Jehovah God… Read More Today’s Thought “Given for a light to the Gentile” (June 24)
Today’s thought “It is shameful for a woman to …” (March 1) We reflected at length on the verse that includes the above quotation in reading 1 Corinthians 14 today. So many churches, apart from the Catholic Church, now allow women to speak*, and in some cases take quite prominent roles. The words, “it is… Read More Today’s thought “It is shameful for a woman to …” (March 1)
The path we walk as disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ and as children of God is described as the “narrow way” – and with good reason. We regularly encounter snares, obstacles and potholes as we patiently navigate the rocky road. Yet there is also much light and beauty to enjoy as we make that… Read More ‘M’ for Meditation – Choose a Psalm
Throughout the times there have always been disputes about how everything came into being and if there are gods or who has the right to call himself or herself the first god. For David, who grieves over the pervasiveness of sin and its sad effects, it is clear that it are fools who say that… Read More Today’s thought “Folly and Wickedness of Men” (January 06)
A call to each one who want to believe or who believes in God to come to see that Jesus is the way to God and that we all should be united with the sent one from God, building one united body.… Read More Avoiding friction and distraction in the body of Christ
Today the most widely held view is that “God is love”. Does not the Apostle John say so in his epistle (1 John 4:1-6), and in his gospel? “God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son” that men and women should live and not die (John 3:1-6). God is all kindness,… Read More The Love of God
Every person is in a way a creation of God. Every human being which we can find on this world is there because God allows him or her to be there. When looking at man we can find lots of people who have no connection at all with the One Who allows them to be… Read More Born of the Father
Lots of Christians use a prayer where they talk to a God which they call “Father”. “Our Father, which art in heaven” This first line from “The Lord’s Prayer” used to be one of the best known in the New Testament. Today it is much less frequently repeated. But even at the height of its… Read More God as Father
EXODUS 6:20 20 And Amram took him Jochebed his father’s sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years. EXODUS 2:18 18 And when they came to REUEL their father, he said, How is it that ye are… Read More Memorizing wonderfully 7 Exodus
Today there are still too many people who call themselves Christian and celebrate the resurrection of Jesus on the pagan holiday for the god of Spring, instead of remembering it on the day Jesus really died, April 9.… Read More Wednesday 5 April – Sunday 9 April 30 CE Pesach or Passover versus Easter
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