After The Christadelphian, The Testimony is the oldest magazine still in publication. Edited from the UK and distributed in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States the magazine has a fairly wide readership. Editorial aim is “the study and defense of holy scripture”.
It appears to this writer that the generally accepted view that each of the Gospel records emphasizes a different aspect of the person of the Lord Jesus which in turn relates to the faces of the cherubim has served …
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The Reality of Scriptural, God-given prophecy indicates that a Divine intent is operative in the earth. Certain events are happening (and have happened in the past) on a national and international scale because of a Divine will and purpose to …
“Sanctify the Lord of hosts”!
The words are easy enough to say, but not quite so easy to put into practice. We all recognise that God requires us to do it; but how are we to set about it? How …
It Has Been well said that there is no short cut from Jericho to Jerusalem. There is only one way that leads to the gates of Zion, where the immortal garland is to be won, and it is a hot …
The Right approach to Scripture was perfectly illustrated by the Thessalonians, who were commended by the Apostle Paul with the words,
“For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye …
The Jews who came to Jesus in John 5 were hostile to his message because they believed it to be incompatible with the Old Testament Scriptures in which they trusted, and in which they thought …
“And There was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein” (Rev. 11:1).
The subsequent verses of this chapter do …
We Are All obliged to study the Scriptures, whether brother or sister, old or young. Study is not the task of speakers only, or even just brethren, or those who have a ‘bent’ for study. Bible …
In his autobiography Brother Roberts wrote the following: “During this time, the Crimean War broke out we had all been looking out for an advance by Russia upon Constantinople, and it was very exhilarating to find events apparently shaping in …
The Lord Jesus said:
“Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies” (Mt. 5:43,44).
The first part of the statement is a direct …
It is very important not to confuse political sagacity with the insight that comes from the study of the sure word of prohecy., About fifteen years ago General Smuts gave evidence of possessing a large measure of the former, but …
The Divine provision of the forgiveness of sins is implicit in God’s promises to Abraham, and Gentiles are related to the covenants of promise through the blessedness of forgiven sins in Christ Jesus. But so too for natural Israel, …
SINO-SOVIET TRADE DEAL. The Soviet Union and China reached swift agreement recently in Peking on expanding their economic relations. This move should improve the chances of future political progress. On the third day of his visit the Soviet First Deputy …
Of Course believers are to be involved in good works! However, to some of our contemporaries Christianity only consists of acts of kindness. They are lacking in basic Bible teaching, and, being highly political, are influenced by godless psychological concepts …
The Use of ‘leopard’ stretches from Genesis to the Revelation in a narrow theme involving falsely deified men in enchanting political and religious systems. Preaching and prophetic connections run across lands and cultures to show a united devilish concept …
In Luke 17:20 the Pharisees ask Jesus “when the kingdom of God should come”, and receive a somewhat peremptory reply which it is not the purpose of this article to discuss. Jesus uses the occasion to address a discourse …
It Is Not unusual to hear or read of explanations of the Lord’s betrayal by Judas which attempt to explain the motives which drove Judas to commit such an evil deed. Due to the terrible consequences, it has been suggested …
A Reading of Acts and the Epistles reveals that some Jewish believers were creating havoc in the ecclesias by their insistence upon a close observance of the Law of Moses. By dubious methods they infiltrated their teachings into the Christian …
The Jewish Chronicle, we remember, charged the Christian with error for turning an abstraction poetically termed the adversary satan into a real being, and an investigation of the Old Testament references appeared to substantiate the view of our contemporary.
The …
The Promises made to Abraham, a foundation stone of our faith, are frequently cited in public addresses in which attention is rightly focused on the ‘land’ and on the ‘seed’ as the central subjects of the Divine promise. There is …
With regard to the comment in the July Testimony, I submit the following for your consideration.
You say that Jesus did not mean that his words should be taken literally. I feel that he did intend his words to be …
Psalm 102 presents us in its conclusion with a thought that expresses all the wonder of the closeness of our fellowship with God, both now and in the perpetuation of that relationship eternally. A contrast is made between the permanence …
By Tracing a particular word through the Scriptures we can often gain much in the way of exhortation, and at the same time have the simplest of all aids to remembering that same exhortation: a single word. The ‘nail’ is …
Superseding the Synagogue type, this “Pearl of Prayers” anticipated the need of scattered disciples and Gentile converts and provided a bond between believers in its “manner” of approach to God. Offered daily in the spirit of its Teacher, it would …
In Writing to the Corinthians the Apostle Paul declares of the believers there, “ye are God’s husbandry” (1 Cor. 3:9). The margin of the AV says, “ye are God’s tillage”; the RSV, “you are God’s field”; and the NEB, “you …
In view of the fact that Heb. 2:14 (20th century translation) states that Jesus partook of our nature in the same way, also that Christadelphians hold that, in spite of the alleged supernatural begettal, he was under Adamic condemnation and …
There are several faults which can be found in the reasoning of the serpent. Not the least of these is, of course, that he rejected the Word of God, thus making God a liar. This article picks out one particular …
“I give you power to tread on serpents and scorpions” (Luke 10 :19) A spiritual interpretation of these words seems to accord with the context much better than does a purely literal interpretation.
The verse in full reads: “I give you power …
Adam slept. From his side God formed an help fitting and appropriate for him, bone of his bones, flesh of his flesh, and called “woman”. God had said, “Let us make man in our image, after our …