Jesus spoke in parables to conceal the mysteries of the Kingdom of heaven from unbelieving Israel on the eve of their final rejection of their long promised Messiah as a nation. At the same time He was on the cusp of the revelation of these mysteries…
Following His resurrection Jesus spent forty days speaking to the apostles the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God. We consider Luke's mention of the Kingdom of God throughout his account of the period covered by the book of Acts, and observe the…
In the wake of Christmas '23, and in the prospect of the new year '24, Ken covers the Plan and Purpose of God in sending His Son our Saviour, with the encouraging reminder of His Presence with us (Immanuel) every day.
The prophet Hosea locates Messiah's beginnings from everlasting, and then the prophet Micah picks Him up in Bethlehem, and via the Assyrians, the Babylonians, the Romans, and ultimately the kingdom of Antichrist in the day of Jacob's trouble and…
Simeon identifies the baby Jesus to Joseph and Mary as a "sign which shall be spoken against." We consider what this means for us in Him, in the light of Isaiah's prophecy concerning the child that shall be called Immanuel.
The covenant of circumcision given to Abraham finds its fulfilment in Christ through the new birth. We consider Mary, the mother of Jesus, coming to the point of her circumcision, and the parallel of that in our own experience, as well as some…
The Lord speaks to Job about behemoth and leviathan where we see some typical application to the strength of the natural (soulical/psychic) man, and something of the nature of satanic darkness. In the light of the revelation of God, Job is finally…
Looking at Paul's instructions in Romans 14 we are taught to respect, welcome and embrace others with views divergent to our own, to live so as to honour Jesus, and to continually learn to love as Jesus loved.
Canvassing a broad range of scriptural truth, Terry demonstrates that death for those in Jesus Christ is not to be feared. In the course of this treatment of the matter, Terry also demonstrates that death does not mean annihilation, neither for those…
George gives us a simple and straightforward word on salvation in Christ. Bought with a price through His death and resurrection, we are exhorted to repent and receive the Gift, and give evidence of that through the works of faith, initially…
God speaks to us in all the phenomena of the natural creation, even of His eternal power and Godhead. Inanimate creation is animate with the mind and wilful purpose of God. We see this in the first half of God's revelation of Himself to Job. We also…
In pursuit of the "unsearchable riches of Christ" we consider what the Lord has to reveal to us through His response to Job towards the conclusion of Job's ordeal.
Created in the image of God, we are destined, if we will, to eternal fellowship with Him in His Son, in His Life, in His Spirit. We see this inward spiritual yearning in Job, though he has minimal understanding of what is going on in him, and the…
As one in deep trouble, misunderstood by his friends, Job prefigured Jesus in deep trouble and misunderstood by his friends. However, while Job, in his day, lacked the understanding and revelation that was necessary to overcome the adversity, Jesus…
Paul the apostle identifies the natural (soulical, psychic) man as distinct from the spiritual (pneumatic) man in the process of addressing a church spiritually wayward, and psychologically disordered (Corinth). In so doing he gives us instruction…
Paul's expectation and prayer concerning his anticipated visit to the believers in Rome, en route to Spain, unfolds in a completely unexpected and unforeseen way. In consideration of this Ken encourages us in the essential value and exercise of…
Through the obedience of Jesus unto the point of death on the cross, the devil was judged, as was fallen man, God was satisfied, Redemption was wrought in a final Act of God in Christ, and salvation was assured in a perfect Saviour for whosoever…
Having seen Satan's beginning as Lucifer the archangel, his ascendancy over creation though deceived fallen man, and his prophesied encounter with the seed of the woman in part 1 of this teaching, we now consider his conquest by the Lord Jesus. This…
We consider Satan's beginnings as Lucifer the archangel; we move to his fall through pride and his deceitful capture of the allegiance of man. Through the exercise of his presumed sovereignty over the kingdoms of men we see his encounter with, and…
We look at the central significance of Redemption in the eternal purpose of God, as hidden behind Job's affirmation that his redeemer lives.
George looks at the incident where the unjust steward, relieved of his post, makes provision for himself in the days ahead, and applies this to the Lord's command to us to lay up treasures not on earth but in heaven.
Referring to Paul's exhortation to have the mind of Christ in Philippians chapter two, Ken encourages us to determine to have an attitude to the circumstances in our daily lives, good and bad, that issues in behaviour that honours our God. Further to…
Satan misjudges God in presuming to prove that Job's faithfulness is bought by divine blessing; man misjudges God in presuming Him to be unworthy of trust because of His apparent connivance at evil, and often-seeming helplessness or unwillingness to…
Ken explores the coming Millennial rule of the Lord Jesus and the conditions on earth when that comes to pass, as an inspiration to evangelism. We are encouraged to this particularly in the present historical state of things among the nations and the…
The faith of God, believing in Christ, is nothing if not founded on the righteousness, or justification, of God Himself. While few ever closely consider this, or appreciate the significance of it, it is nevertheless part and parcel of a growing…
We consider Job's believing as something done, not simply a spiritual concept, or article of a creed. We do this to some extent by looking at Paul's reference to the "hearing/obedience of faith" in his letter to the church in Rome. In this endeavour…
According to the theology of his day Job struggled first with the unjust suffering of the righteous as well as the prosperity of the wicked. This then was brought sickenly close to home in Job's own experience when he lost everything he owned as well…
We consider Job's all out heart's cry to close with God Himself above every other need he has as the root of God's testimony concerning him as a "perfect and upright man, one who fears God and eschews evil." We look at this as speaking to us about…
Invariably the Lord Jesus will completely capsize all of our natural expectations and conceptions of both Himself, and also of His manner of rule of the universe. This has tremendous implications for the way our lives unfold as we firstly come to Him…
At the heart of our life in Jesus Christ is the guidance, assurance, correction and comfort of the Holy Spirit. Terry takes us through a comprehensive scriptural teaching of the way the Spirit of the Lord governs our life in Christ through our…