How many senses do we possess? To most people the answer would straightway be “Five”. This is the standard textbook analysis of the human senses, although occasionally we hear someone referring to their ‘sixth sense’, and we know by the context that they feel they are using a sense of a type altogether different to the normal five. [Read more…]
6. Gods of the market place
Followed by Kipling’s Poem, “The Gods of the Copybook Headings”
About 3500 years ago a man by the name of Moses walked the heights of a bare and rocky mountain waiting for divine revelation. When it came he presented it to the multitudes encamped below in the form of two stone tablets engraved with ten basic laws for mankind. Those laws were not only the guidance of God for assemblies of Israel, but an expression of the very nature and character of God Himself. The laws were by no means new, but the engraved tablets were an authoritative expression of them. And in the process of time since then, those laws have become the basis of the legal codes of many civilised nations. [Read more…]
7. Protocol & Etiquette
In the interests of true deference, how should we address our Lord when speaking to Him in prayer, or referring to Him in public?
Our Lord’s earthly name was JESUS. In Greek it is Iesous, and comes over from the Hebrew Yeshua, which the A.V. translates as Joshua. In the same way we should understand that Peter’s first name Simon was really the O.T. Simeon, son of Jonah. If the translators had continued to use the names they already employed in the O.T., we should today be used to calling our Saviour ‘Joshua’, but they felt the urge to TRANSLITERATE instead of TRANSLATE and that is why we have this change of name to JESUS. There is no point in being pedantic about this. We have grown used to this name, and we shall continue to call Him JESUS, even if there is a growing tendency amongst some today to use the expression Yeshua. [Read more…]
13. The House of the Soul
A preliminary investigation and resource document on a little known topic
Abstract: This paper shows that there is mounting evidence for the existence of a sheath around our bodies, which under certain circumstances may be seen as an aura of blue light. Whereas in the past Christians may have fought shy of approaching this subject, because of the way in which it appears in spiritualistic literature, now it seems to be necessary to investigate it, because it is stated in the Bible, and in the testimony of a reliable Christian witness who experienced the death-state, and returned by the word of the Lord. [Read more…]
14. The Fence Makers
“This place is too narrow for me; give me space in which to dwell!” Isaiah 49:20
The narrow confines of a cot are a baby’s security. But before many months have passed, the little child is given the greater freedom of, say, a play-pen. And somewhat later he is allowed the run of the house, and then the garden. And when school days begin, the boundaries expand a stage further, as parents perceive a growing responsibility in their child. [Read more…]
15. The Fence Breakers
“Whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of the Heavens.” Matt.5:19
Our last Telegraph was entitled “The Fence Makers”. In it we saw how men were making artificial barriers to restrict spiritual vision and growth. We saw how Paul condemned this in his writings. In this Telegraph we shall be concerned with those who BREAK FENCES of GOD’S MAKING. [Read more…]
8. Worship
The Biblical Foundations and Divine Orders of Worship
Rom.15:4 “Whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we, through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.” 1 Cor.10:11. “All these things happened to them as types, and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages is come.”
These quotations from the writings of the Apostle Paul set the seal upon the value of the Old Testament for ALL CHRISTIANS. We cannot do without it. [Read more…]
20. Every Knee shall Bow
[To the reader – this paper is an open reply to a letter on the subject of the extent of God’s forgiveness and love to His creation. It covers many of the queries that arise in the minds of those who have been tutored into believing that God has some fiendish everlasting torture chamber, called the Lake of Fire, reserved for most of mankind.]
Dearly beloved brother in Christ, Greetings in the name of our Lord and Saviour. [Read more…]
22. Behold He Comes!
All the signs tell us of the Lord’s near return. Many of God’s people are writing enthusiastically about this, even composing songs and choruses to thrill the heart to this blessed theme. There are books without number to expound the ‘mechanics’ of His return, and some magazines are devoted almost entirely to topics related to the Second Coming. [Read more…]
23. Jesus the Firstborn
JESUS, FIRSTBORN OF EVERY CREATURE
How often have we, as the Church of Jesus Christ, been guilty of neglecting the Old Testament. But Paul declared that all these things were written of olden times for our instruction. And in another place he spoke of the advantage of the Jew, that ‘unto him were committed the oracles of God.’ We ourselves have had to apologize to the Lord for not taking His teaching seriously enough. And this article shows one example of how important truth can be lost thereby, because the Lord has brought to our notice the meaning of the firstborn and the firstfruit, and we believe that many who read this article will find the outcome mentally explosive – so much so that they may have to think again all the foundations of their faith. [Read more…]
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