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2007 Virginia Prophecy Weekend

 Bro Roger Lewis

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.

"IT IS NO LONGER I WHO LIVE"    April 2       The Apostle Paul has a most urgent message to bring to the Galatians – a message which has challenged believers ever since.     Paul writes, “I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you to the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel – not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the Gospel of Christ.” [1 v.6,7]       Paul is emphatic as to how important it is that the original gospel is maintained.  He adds, “…. Even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.” [v.8]  The potential for some to corrupt the original gospel is a fundamental reason why we need to constantly read God’s word – so that the original message becomes part of our thinking with the result that humanly devised beliefs, like going to heaven when we die, are immediately seen as wrong and we search the context of any verses that others advocate as teaching it  and see what they really mean.      Why do some turn away from that which is true?  There is an interesting example in the chapter we read in Numbers (16) which tells us how some of the Levites challenged the leadership of Moses; they say to him; “you have gone too far! For all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves … “.   Their complaint is, “you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards.” [v.14]      Their minds are focussed on positions of prestige and material rewards, but such will only come in God’s good time – in his kingdom. They had a false impression of what it is – in God’s sight – to be holy. Can we sense something similar in all the news about the new Pope?  We are reminded of the principle spelt out in a verse in Hebrews “Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord”. [12 v.14]       Turning to Galatians again, there is one key verse that we do well to memorise, for it sums up both Paul’s and Moses’ attitude to things divine.  “I have been crucified with Christ,” writes Paul, ”It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” [2 v.20]

In this time of social distancing - something even the most reserved of us is finding difficult, It behoves us to use our time at home with our families wisely, none more so than mothers. This is a short letter of encouragement to them...

From the Golden Grove Ecclesia

A thought for the Day from Bro Richard Morgan

A Study class centred on the book of revelation - given in a relaxed atmosphere and in a home environment the scriptures are commented upon and much edification offered. bro Pete Owen

The power of prayer 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.

“HAVING LOST ALL SENSITIVITY”            April 6        Are you sensitive?  Is that a good thing or a bad thing?  It seems to us that many people have largely lost whatever ability they had to be sensitive to the feelings of other people.  It is a great blessing that many will give to help victims of some tragedy but is that as far as it goes?    Many people live for themselves.  Paul in his letter to the Ephesians, as in his other letters, stresses the need for the committed follower of Christ to be sensitive to the feelings and needs of fellow believers. As we completed reading Galatians we should have noticed v.10 in the last chapter, “as we have the opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially those who are of the household of faith.”      Today in Ephesians we read, “Put away falsehood, let each of you speak the truth to his neighbours for we are members one of another” [4 v.25]  Challenging isn’t it to be described as “members one of another”!  It is because committed believers have become, in God’s all-seeing eyes, one spiritual family unit!       We came across this word sensitivity when reading the NIV which translates Paul as writing that they “must no longer live as the Gentiles (non-Christians) do, in the futility of their thinking … having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with continual lust for more” [v.17,19] The ESV (which we normally use) translates “they have become callous” – and that is what the world today has become as it has become less and less Christian.        The true believer is the very opposite! “Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouth”, writes Paul, “but only such as is good … that it may give grace to those who hear” [v.29]      This fits in with today’s Proverbs reading, “The heart of the wise makes his speech judicious … gracious words are like honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body” [Ch. 16 v.23,24].  This is the best possible advice for us in our  world.