Sennacherib Should Have Known!

John Ecob 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 them so what...

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  are saved...

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  son of...

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 we bear the...

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 gave to the...