Biblical Subjects

COVETOUSNESS

COVETOUSNESS

Covetousness is the last of the Ten Commandments and might be considered by  many to be one of the minor sins, not to be compared with the worship of idols,  murder or adultry yet the Bible states that  “whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all” (James2:10). 

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The Peril of Spiritualizing Scripture

The Peril of Spiritualizing Scripture

WHEN WE READ a book we endeavour to understand what the author intended by the words he uses and the manner in which he expresses them. In this way we learn the message the author sought to convey.

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What Happened at Calvary?

What Happened at Calvary?

“And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left” (Luke23:33)

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Life Wasn’t Meant to be Easy

Life Wasn’t Meant to be Easy

WHEN AN AUSTRALIAN POLITICIAN  coined the phrase, Life wasn’t meant  to be easy, I suspect David stood up in  heaven and shouted, Amen and Amen! 

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The Theme of  Isaiah’s Prophecy

The Theme of Isaiah’s Prophecy

ISAIAH PROPHESIED in the reigns of  Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah,  kings of Judah.  Chapters 1 to 6 were written during the  period when Uzziah and Jotham jointly  reigned. Uzziah was a leper during the  closing years of his reign and his son  Jotham reigned as co-regent. 

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Sennacherib Should Have Known!

Sennacherib Should Have Known!

WHEN SENNACHERIB THE KING OF ASSYRIA came against Jerusalem he boasted that the Lord God of Israel could not deliver the city from his army. He listed many cities he had already conquered and said that their gods had not been able to deliver the city from his army

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The Family of God

The Family of God

THERE IS A VAST DIFFERENCE between  believers in the Old Testament and  believers in the New Testament. Both  are called “saints” but Old Testament  saints were saved under the Old  Covenant that God made with Israel  on Mount Sinai. New Testament saints ...

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The Cost of Compromise

The Cost of Compromise

“Now Jehoshaphat had riches and  honor in abundance, and joined  affinity with Ahab” (2Chron.18:1).  Ahab was the son of Omri who reigned  over the northern ten tribes of Israel that  separated from Judah when Rehoboam  was king in Judah. Rehoboam was the ...

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Who Was David’s Mother?

Who Was David’s Mother?

by John R Ecob DD What did David mean when he said in his great prayer of confession that “in sin did my mother conceive me”? If you ask the Catholic he may say that it refers to the doctrine of original sin: that every one of us has original sin such that...

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Only One Correct Interpretation

Only One Correct Interpretation

When it comes to Biblical interpretation there can only be one correct interpretation. There may be many applications but only one interpretation. A common view held by theologically trained people is that everybody is entitled to their own view and one view...

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The Gifts of the Spirit to the Church

The Gifts of the Spirit to the Church

by John R Ecob DD At Pentecost, the Holy Spirit was given to baptise (place in) Old Testament saints into the Body of Christ and thus make “one new man” distinct from Israel. In Paul’s first epistle to the Corinthians chapter 12 he lists the gifts that God...

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Dark Dark Days

Dark Dark Days

by John R Ecob DD Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother. (Isaiah 9:19). The Prophet Isaiah lived in dark days of the history of Judah and Israel. The evil...

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