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Meaning of Life - What the Bible Teaches May 05, 2020

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A super class about perspective, What is the meaning of life? many have tried to answer this age old question from Man's perspective - But what about God's ?

Thought for May 5th...' abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols and...from sexual immorality(Acts 15vs29)' May 04, 2020

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"... AND FROM SEXUAL IMMORALITY"

May 5

There is a very interesting link between our 3 readings today. The early church has a crisis

meeting to decide whether the new Gentile converts should be expected to keep the Law of Moses.

Leaders including Paul, Barnabas, Peter and James participate in, what we would call today, a high

level conference in Jerusalem .

The end result is that a letter is compiled to be sent to all the churches telling them that it is

not required that they should keep that Law, but it did add that they should “abstain from what has

been sacrificed to idols … and from sexual immorality.” [Acts 15 v.29]

Our Deuteronomy reading (Ch.22) has a section headed ‘Laws concerning sexual immorality’ (v.13-30)

in which rules are laid down that the people must abide by an upright moral code and

that a woman should preserve her virginity until marriage and if she is found not to have done

so she is to be put to death “because she has done an outrageous thing … so you shall purge evil

from your midst” [v.21].

There is no evidence that such punishment ever happened among the early Christians. Baptism into

Christ blotted out all past sins. However we read in Hebrews, “Strive for peace with everyone, and

for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord … that no ‘root of bitterness’ springs up

and causes trouble and by it many become defiled; that no one is sexually immoral or unholy …”

[Ch.12 v.14-16]

Our other reading today was in the Songs of Solomon which is an allegorical story of true love and

how a bride adores her beloved. “My beloved is mine, and I am his.” [ Ch. 2 v.16], this is

interpreted as illustrating Christ’s love for his church. Paul was to write, “Husbands love your

wives as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her … that she might be holy and true and

without blemish” [Ephesian to be true members of

the body of Christ should bear these words very much in mind.

‘The Jewish Revolt (66-73 CE) - Part 1’ May 04, 2020

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Bro Dan Blackburn leads us in the first part of this new bite-size series Looking at the Nation of Israel.

‘The events of the Jewish Revolt against the might of the Roman Empire form the historical backdrop for the Gospels and Letters of New Testament. The holy city of Jerusalem was destroyed and the Temple was burnt to the ground. The remnants of the nation of Israel were exiled from the land by the year 135CE, leaving them to wander through countries at the mercy of foreign governments who were hostile to their cause. Jesus himself warns his disciples about the coming destruction on the city and the land, and history testifies to the veracity of his words. It is in our days that we see the times of the favour beginning to dawn on Zion, leaving Assyrian and Roman exile in the shadow of the past.’ - Dan Blackburn

‘Last 6 months of the Lord’s life’ May 04, 2020

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Interesting talk about this dramatic time period in the Lord's life.

Understanding God's Righteousness Class 5 - Our Last Judgement part 2 May 04, 2020

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Bro Jim Dillingham

Revelation Online Study Class: Revelation 2 May 04, 2020

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Pete Owen leads a Monday night Revelation Study class - Enjoy

Pandemics, Plagues, Earthquakes, Eruptions - What doe they Portend May 04, 2020

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Bro Don Pearce

The Bible is 'NOT' a self help guide! May 04, 2020

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The Bible is Not a Self-Help Guide

In our reading today from Ecclesiastes 12 the Preacher finally ends his struggle to find meaning in life with a very simple yet profound conclusion – “Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man” (v.13). But what is it that makes the commandments of God, contained in the Bible, stand apart from any other wisdom this world offers? The Preacher has analyzed everything for us throughout the book and come to this conclusion, which is preceded with a warning – “The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are given by one Shepherd. My son, beware of anything beyond these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.” (v.11-12). Bro Richard Morgan

read more here... https://bibletruthandprophecy.com/its-the-thought-that-counts-the-bible-is-not-a-self-help-guide352020/

Daily Bible Readings from the Christadelphian Readings Planner for 4th May (Deut 21, Song 1, Acts 13) May 03, 2020

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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.

Thought for May 4th...' Since...you judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life(Acts 13vs46)' May 03, 2020

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“… JUDGE YOURSELVES UNWORTHY” May 4

Our chapter today (10) in Acts is most thought provoking. The message of the Gospel is now spreading and what

is most fascinating is all the different reactions Paul and Barnabas experienced as they travelled. What is also

significant is the extent to which they quoted from the Old Testament – but that was their Bible. Our chapter contains

no less than 7 quotations from the Old Testament made in the speech at Antioch in Pisidia. The Old Testament is

God’s word just as much as the New Testament.

Their initial preaching was to Jewish communities, for they visited them first as they travelled from place to place

and supported their message about Jesus with all these quotations from the Old Testament. Evidently the Jews, and

sadly it is the same today, only read their Bible selectively – but God’s word must be read in totality.

“Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, ‘It was necessary that the word of God be spoken first to you. Since

you thrust it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.” [v.46,47]

There is some comparison in this in what has happened over the last 50 years. Belief in God and his word has shrunk

alarmingly in the ‘western’ world. – and so those who earnestly believe his word have turned to other races such as

India, where, for example, there are now about 100 congregations – and growing each year – but we know of none in

India 40 years ago – or Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal or Bangladesh for that matter.

How many today are not taking the word of God seriously? Or maybe only taking it selectively in an endeavor to

try to prove, for example, that they go to heaven when they die, or that “grace” is ever abounding so they do not have

to really strive against sin. If they are not taking God’s word seriously – and ‘thirstily’ into their hearts, they are, to

quote Paul and Barnabas, starting to “judge themselves unworthy of eternal life”

Let us make sure we are among those who accepted and obeyed the message and “began rejoicing and glorifying

the word of the Lord …” [v.48

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