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Pilgrimshope. Please ignore message #37.

Thankyou Pilgrimshope. That should have been Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. (Matthew 24:14, NIV) ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

Thankyou Pilgrimshope. That should have been 1 Timothy 2:3-4 This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. (1 Timothy 2:3‑4, NIV) ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

What is God’s Will for all Men There are many valid answers to this eternal question. However, they all revolve around two truths: God wants all people to be saved (1 Timothy2:3-6). For those who accept his offer his purpose is that they be “conformed to the image of his Son” (Romans 8:29)...

It is certainly good to work for the Lord. I think it is even better to work with the Lord.

The many Bible translations translate this in many different ways. These includes “the unlearned, babes, infants, ordinary folks, like little children” as well as “little children.” But they all get the same message across. We could debate about which is linguistically correct, but it doesn’t...

To take this matter a little further, I would like to share with you a quote from Millar J Erickson’s book, “Christian Theology” (page 1245). He doesn’t beat about the bush, but sums up some of the fundamental issues which are at the heart of this problem. “There are certain dangers...

THEOLOGY This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words. (1 Corinthians 2:13, NIV) Theologians have, over the centuries, brought the search for an understanding of God down to an...

God bless you Blik. Your story is an inspiration to us all. Allan Walker

CONSIDER IT PURE JOY Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. (James 1:2‑3, NIV) There exist within the redeemed child of God that which could be described as two sources of...

FAITH AND SCIENCE Yes, I agree. I personally have never found any difficulty in reconciling my faith with Science. It was in 1956 while studying Relativity, Quantum Mechanics et‑al in my final year of Science, that I started, for the first time in my life, to think about God. I can still...

Thankyou Blik, You are quite right. The Word of God must be our starting point.

Thankyou Blik, You are quite right. The Word of God must be our starting point. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

KNOWING THE FATHER I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. (Ephesians 1:17, NIV) The process of coming to spiritual maturity is based upon coming to “know” the Father and his...

Amen. May it be so in the life of every Child of God. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

Yes indeed. Jesus taught quite emphatically that this is at the heart of God’s plan of Redemption. Allow me to expand that scripture to which you referred. Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you...

CHRIST IN YOU To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. (Colossians 1:27, NIV) As I see it, the manner in which the glorious reality of our redemption in Christ works itself out in our lives, is the...

Recognising Spiritual Gifts What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. (1 Corinthians 2:12, NIV) The ability to recognise spiritual gifts is ultimately borne of our own relationship with God...

The Distribution of Authority Yes. Spiritual authority is distributed among the members of the Body of Christ along with the gifts of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:7-11; 12:27-31; Romans 12:3-8). Consequently, spiritual gifts incorporate the authority to take control of those spiritual...

SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY Jesus laid the foundation for the exercise of God’s authority in the church, when he said: You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you...