The Bible Standard - Re-Discover the Truth.

Description: Despite the current worldwide health crisis there is a clear logical future for the world. This is provided in God’s promises for the future of this world when the Lord Jesus Christ will return to reign as King.

The 2 categories of the fear of God are both reverence and being afraid of the consequences of kindling God's anger, as He is a consuming fire. Exactly what category of fear is eliminated by a maturing love? What is the creational testimony of fire in relation to the principle of the fear of God that is required to serve God acceptably?

Description:  With the arrival of the coronavirus the world as we know it is changing.  When Christ returns it will change even more. This talk tells us how and what to expect both now and in the future, with the knowledge that God has not left us without a hope.

Description:  Clear explanations and logical presentation of the reality of the death process for all. The curse to Adam after his sin is the exact process everyone experiences. The Hope of the future is only possible by acting on God’s word - the hope of the gospel.

Description:  God is using the world’s circumstances, of which Corona Virus is one, to bring about his purpose. The political world is being restructured in the way God revealed through his servants, the prophets Daniel and Ezekiel. Events are happening so accurately, we can be sure that the Lord will soon return to setup his Kingdom on Earth. We need not fear about the current situation, or the future, as God has promised he will ultimately bless those that love him, and worship him in spirit and truth.

Bro Roger Lewis

Bro Richard Morgan

A small group of young Christadelphian brothers have taken the time to produce this valuable resource for the brotherhood and beyond, they are using the Bible reading planner developed by Brother Robert Roberts called The  Bible Companion. The Bible Companion (or Bible Reading Planner) is a guide developed by the Christadelphians to aid reading the Bible. It was first produced by Robert Roberts when he was just 14 years of age, in about 1853, and revised by him over a number of years into its current format. 

 Most Christadelphians use this plan each day and it was designed to help you read the old testament once and the new testament twice each year.

 These readings which we feature are recorded using the KJV or the NKJV of the Bible and we hope will be helpful to those who may struggle with time or who have poor eyesight.

"EXECUTE THE LORD'S VENGEANCE"  April 12

Today’s chapter in Numbers (31) tells us about the death of Balaam and of those who accepted his counsel that the only way to combat the Israelites – was not by force – but by seducing them into immorality.  They took his advice and put it into practice and it worked!  But now God acted!

Our chapter starts, “The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Avenge the people of Israel….”, leading Moses to say, ‘Arm men from among you for war, that they may go against Midian to execute the LORD’s vengeance” [v.1-3] The result is the kings of Midian are slain “and they also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword”

We then read that it was “on Balaam’s advice” [v.16] that the Midianites had sent in women that “caused the people of Israel to act treacherously against the LORD … and so the plague came among the congregation …”   So Balaam is killed and all those immoral leaders, as Moses acted to “execute the Lord’s vengeance.”

This “vengeance” is seen many times in the Old Testament both against Israel’s enemies and against Israel itself when they themselves lapsed into immorality.   The same applies to spiritual Israel. that is, those who claim to follow Christ but whose way of life brings dishonour to Christ’s name, just as unfaithfulness by natural Israel brought dishonour to the LORD’s name.

How easy it seems to be for both Jews and Christians to deceive themselves into thinking God will not deal with them when they slip into immoral ways of living.  Balaam of all people, who had had such contact with God, as we read in chapters 22 to 24 should have had a fear of God!  But ‘No’!

Sadly the history of Christianity shows too many examples of similar failures. Look back at some blunt words of Paul we read last week in Galatians!  “Do not be deceived God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.  For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.   And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” [6 v7-9]

Balaam sowed the seeds of his own destruction although he had had so much contact with the true God.  A lesson to us – what are we sowing?  What will we reap?

A small group of young Christadelphian brothers have taken the time to produce this valuable resource for the brotherhood and beyond, they are using the Bible reading planner developed by Brother Robert Roberts called The  Bible Companion. The Bible Companion (or Bible Reading Planner) is a guide developed by the Christadelphians to aid reading the Bible. It was first produced by Robert Roberts when he was just 14 years of age, in about 1853, and revised by him over a number of years into its current format. 

 Most Christadelphians use this plan each day and it was designed to help you read the old testament once and the new testament twice each year.

 These readings which we feature are recorded using the KJV or the NKJV of the Bible and we hope will be helpful to those who may struggle with time or who have poor eyesight.