“2 In that day, the LORD’s branch will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the beauty and glory of the survivors of Israel. 3 It will happen, that he who is left in Zion, and he who remains in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even everyone who is… Read More Biblical verses about the righteous branch
“As the Lord liveth, and as my Lord the king liveth, surely in what place my Lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.” (2 Samuel 15:21) There is Ruth-like quality in this asseveration and there is almost an echo of it in the words of… Read More Today’s Thought: There will thy servant be
From the Lampstand, Adelaide, Australia How easy it is for God to bring the world to its knees! The world is flummoxed because of a tiny virus. The world as we knew it will never be the same. But, COVID-19 hasn’t just affected the world; it’s also a trial for God’s ecclesia, and trials expose… Read More An Appeal in Troubled Times
Being a good and faithful servant May all who read God’s word be so committed to living their lives for their Lord and Saviour that they will hear Jesus at his return say, as he expresses it in a parable, “Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will… Read More Today’s thought (June 1) Being a good and faithful servant
Continuing to look at the way we could form and keep an ecclesia we refer again to an early twentieth century writing of Frank Jannaway. At that time the ecclesiae could flourish, but today in the time of Covid-19 we can only notice how a lot of our members are elderly people. Some find the… Read More Leading Brethren
Those having chosen to follow Christ should regularly come together and be the breath of life for the ecclesia.… Read More A breathing ecclesia
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)
“Love one another; just as I have loved you” (April 20) Love is probably the most common word in both Christian and non-Christian literature. It is used in a wide range of situations with many different meanings. It is usually used in common speech today in a very casual way! Are those who read God’s… Read More Love one another; just as I have loved you
Readings to At the end of your life Pro 5:1-23 The Scriptures 1998+ (1) My son, listen to my wisdom; Incline your ear to my understanding, (2) So as to watch over discretion, And your lips guard knowledge. (3) For the lips of a strange woman drip honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil; … Read More You shall howl in your latter end
Philippians 1 & 2 The majority of Paul’s New Testament Epistles begin with him introducing himself as “Paul an Apostle of Jesus Christ”. By referring to himself as an “Apostle” he is underlining the authority with which he is writing – he is saying he has a status conferred on him by Jesus himself. The… Read More Philippians 1 – 2
The last few days we encouraged our members to spend time in the Bible this weekend, first focusing on the death of our Saviour, then celebrating how death has been defeated. We looked at how this master teacher who could do miracles was humble to take up the work of slaves. He also never wanted… Read More Servant of his Father
Excerpts from the Book of Matthew: from “The Holy Peshitta of the Assembly of Jerusalem.” Matthew 6:24: 24“No man is able to serve two masters, for he will either hate one and he will love the other; or he will honour one and he will treat the other with disrepute. You are not able… Read More Slave for people and God
Deuteronomy 18:16 according to all that thou desiredst of Jehovah thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Jehovah my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. Deuteronomy 18:17 And Jehovah said unto me, They have well… Read More Written to recognise the Promissed One
Isaiah, the Book according the ESV Study Bible. Here you can find some fragments from one of the Study Bibles of English Bible translations which we use as one of our Standard Bibles, namely the ESV. [1:1] The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days… Read More Isaiah’s Book of the Messenger of Glad Tidings
Isaiah prophet and messenger of God Isaiah, (Hebrew Yesha’yahu, “God is salvation”) (8th century BC, Jerusalem, ancient Israel), the largest and probably the most universally cherished of the Old Testaments prophetical books. The biblical Book of Isaiah is named after him but only some of the first 39 chapters are attributed to him. Isaiah was… Read More Isaiah prophet and messenger of God
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