1 John Chapter 4 Verses 1-10
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, 3 and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the …. Read More
They Speak Of Him
If you were unable to do so prior to the previous meditation, it would be helpful to read Exodus chapter 12 verses 1-42. We follow on from our previous meditation, by considering God’s instructions to the children of Israel concerning the keeping of the Passover. There was a clear order in which things were to …. Read More
They Speak Of Him
Suggested reading: it would be helpful to read Exodus chapter 12 verses 1-42, prior to the following meditations. We continue with our meditations on well-known portions of Scripture that point us to Christ, by considering an annual event in the calendar of the children of Israel: THE FEAST OF THE PASSOVER Exodus chapter 12. The …. Read More
1 John Chapter 3 Verses 13-24
Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death. 15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 16 By this we know love, because He laid …. Read More
My Father’s House
“In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you” John chapter 14 verse 2. These words of promise spoken by Jesus before He left His disciples to go to die on the cross, have been a tremendous comfort and blessing to millions of Christians …. Read More
Genesis Chapter 28
Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him: “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan. 2 Arise, go to Padan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father; and take yourself a wife from there of the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother. 3 “May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful and …. Read More
They Speak Of Him – The Lamb (3)
We conclude our journey of the mention of THE LAMB in the Scriptures. THE PROCLAMATION OF THE LAMB John the Baptist prophesied the imminent arrival of Jesus and urged people to be ready for His coming. The time arrived, when he announced to two disciples, ‘Behold! The LAMB OF GOD who takes away the sin …. Read More
1 John Chapter 3 Verses 1-12
Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, …. Read More
They Speak Of Him – The Lamb (2)
We begin with the first of the seven stages of our journey that leads us to the Lamb that points to Christ: THE PRE-EXISTENCE OF THE LAMB We noted earlier that a consideration of the LAMB in the Scriptures will take us from eternity to eternity. This first meditation, therefore, will take us before creation …. Read More
They Speak Of Him – The Lamb (1)
On one occasion, when Jesus was speaking to the Jewish religious leaders, He said of the Scriptures, ‘these are they which testify of me’, John chapter 5 verse 38. These leaders spent a great deal of their time studying the Scriptures but they failed to see that all of them pointed the reader to the …. Read More