Will God Ever End Suffering? This is the whole point that is so often missed. The assumption is made that God is to blame for suffering (which, as we have seen, He is not); that all suffering is bad (which is wrong); that if God allows suffering He therefore does not love us (when it… Read More Suffering and the God of Love #5 Will God Ever End Suffering?
We shall come to see that the Most High God shall make an end to this godless world and shall turn its ground up-side-down. (Isaiah 24:1) The Divine Creator had made his promise to sent some one to this world to restore the damaged relationship. That person has come already once but shall return to… Read More Jehovah shall make the earth waste and turn its ground up-side-down
(An excerpt from Obeying God rather than man by Geoff Henstock, foreword by John Botten) Obeying God is a crucial commitment of every disciple of Christ where there is a conflict with the laws, customs or commonly held views of whatever human society in which we find ourselves resident. It is an essential part of… Read More Obeying God rather than man
Today’s thought “The deceitfulness of sin” (November 30) The word ‘sin’ is an obsolete word today, do we ever hear it used in personal conversations? It would only be in a Bible talk and occasionally in discussions between brethren and sisters. What challenges we face in our godless world – but I doubt we ever… Read More Today’s thought “The deceitfulness of sin” (November 30)
Today’s thought “To set the mind on the spirit is life and peace” (July 31) Today we follow on from our thoughts yesterday on Romans 5 & 6 and read slowly and meditatively to savour the unfolding reasoning of Paul. He laments, “I do not understand my own actions … I do the very thing… Read More Today’s thought “To set the mind on the spirit is life and peace” (July 31)
Early in Acts we read of Peter preaching, “Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out” (3:19). All who do this should be “eagerly waiting for him” ready for when he comes “to save those who” are doing this, with oil in the lamps, ready to cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom!… Read More Todays tought (June 2) Repenting whilst eagerly waiting for Christ’s return
Wherever we look in the news at the moment, the headlines are about COVID-19, the Coronavirus and vaccination. It was incredible how the Coronavirus infection seemed to spread with ease, knowing no borders. The many measures taken by the authorities (some of them drastic) have done little to stop the virus from reaching many countries.… Read More Coronavirus, Vaccinations and an Old and New World
Speaking in the bitterness of my soul Depression is an illness today that is difficult to cure; sometimes it is impossible. Some “cures” are as bad as the complaint! If anyone had cause for feeling depressed it was Job. He speaks “in the bitterness of my soul” and says, “I loathe my life” (10:1). Job… Read More Today’s thought “I will speak in the bitterness of my soul” (December 8)
Today’s thought “… is condemned already” (April 11) Today, we have one of the best known verses in the Bible in our reading in John 3. But sometimes verses which are well known can lose their power to influence our thinking through over familiarity. It is verse 16 that is well known, “For God so… Read More Today’s thought “… is condemned already” (April 11)
We must be one with Christ; we must be in him, not only in our standing, but also in our daily walk and talk. … Read More Thought for today (January 17): Walking not after the flesh, but after the spirit
When man wants to see Who created him and admits his own faults in his willingness to come closer to his Creator, he can release his problems, giving them to the Most High, and as an upright can come to sing passionately glory-filled songs to Him, because by Him everything is in its right place.… Read More 2nd thought for today “Praise Jehovah God Who Creates and Saves” (January 16)
People have to cope with the cultural influences of their age and have to form for themselves a state of mind and take on a certain attitude and behaviour, which is going to be decisive if they are walking along God’s path or according to the flesh and this world, making them to sin. The Apostle John when referring to the human tendency to sin calls it the devil.… Read More Human Desire Personified
We cannot to anything against the heredity of sin, but we have the condemnation (for wrongdoing) in our own hands.… Read More Death spread to all men, because all sinned
When we come to tell our story of failure to God and are willing to admit our wrongdoing, God shall be wiling to listen and to forgive our sins.… Read More Today’s thought “Transgression to be forgiven” (January 15)
We can only hope to get our minds under the influence of the truth, by steeping our minds in it, and this is only to be done by laying it down for ourselves as a rule to read it continually, day by day. If we do that, then we shall get at the result; the… Read More The Way of Truth and Love Therein
The body is body of sin (Rom. vi. 6). To allow it to rule means death. Where it reigns there are visible: bitterness, lying, pride, vanity, selfishness, anger, lust. The body can be held in subjection but only in one way, viz., by the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.… Read More A Body of sin
Today’s thought “the Character moulded by the trials of life” (August 06) 2Sa 24: “The final chapter of the book reveals David in a wonderful light. His character, moulded by the trials of life, is shown to be mindful of his people as a mediator in Israel’s time of trouble. The people had been guilty… Read More Today’s thought “the Character moulded by the trials of life” (August 06)
Today’s thought “Don’t remember the wrong your servant did” (August 03) Let us stay for a moment by the Bible text we read yesterday. 2Sa 19:20 20 For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come this day the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet… Read More Today’s thought “Remembering the wrong done.” (August 03)
We have a tradition of annual fellowship weekends or days at our Church. They’re important because they give us another opportunity to come together as a church family and spend a bit of extra time looking at God’s messages to us in the Bible and how this could make a difference in our individual and… Read More Building the Body
We have seen that man can find the keys for a better life in the Bible or set-apart (holy) Scriptures. In that book of books man can find Who God is and what He wants from His people. By reading that bestseller of all times man not only can find the history of humankind, he… Read More The Wrath of God
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