Whom He Wills He Hardens

15 March, 2026

Further to understanding something of God's dealings with the true Israel of God, and thence with all men, we come to consider His deliverance of Israel from Egypt. Included here are the signs and wonders in the judgement of the gods of Egypt, and…

With Jesus Within the Veil

14 March, 2026

We look at the significance of the Golden Altar of incense in connection with Ark of the covenant in the temple and what that means for our life in Jesus Christ.

The Spiritual Man

13 March, 2026

In his first letter to the church in Corinth Paul speaks of the Natural man and the Spiritual man. In his second letter, Paul, in the process of defending the true apostolic gospel and ministry, is identified by the governing Spirit of the Lord as…

Ethnicity and Works

08 March, 2026

Despite the broad and deep and eternal provision of God for the nation of Israel, all included in their promised Messiah, when He finally appeared they rejected Him and put Him to death. Nevertheless, Paul assures us that God's purpose according to…

The Spirit of the Cross

07 March, 2026

Dealing with serious problems in the church at Corinth, Paul goes to the Cross of Christ in the hands of the Holy Spirit as foundational to life in the church, as well as life in the world. It is the Testimony of God administered by the Holy Spirit…

The Searching Spirit

02 March, 2026

Isaiah, anticipating our day, and Paul, interpreting Isaiah in our day, help us gain understanding of the Spirit of God in the new testament provision in Christ.

The Abolition of Death

01 March, 2026

The Lord Jesus Christ came, incarnate, to abolish death and to bring life and immortality to light through the gospel. We consider how He was always intent upon bringing this to pass throughout His time among us on earth. We also consider the…

A Table Spread

22 February, 2026

As we consider the faith of the Syro-Phoenician woman who pled with Jesus to deliver her demonically possessed daughter, we discover the riches of the Lord made freely available to the implicitly trusting heart.

The Glory

15 February, 2026

One of the privileges, and great responsibilities, that Israel enjoyed in covenant relationship with God, identified by Paul in Romans chapter 9, is the "glory." What is the glory? What does the glory mean for us in Christ? We consider something of…

Sonship

08 February, 2026

Paul lists a number of privileges associated with the covenant relationship God established with Israel beginning with Abraham. As we seek to understand the distinction between the Israel of God, and Israel after the flesh, we consider one of those…

The Sorrow of the God of Compassion

01 February, 2026

Faced with the necessity of the judgement of the Flood, God was sorry that He had created man upon the earth, and it grieved Him at his heart. This was not regret; neither was it an egoistic "Woe is me!"; nor was it a cosmic "Oops!" Knowing all that…

Behold, I Make a Covenant

25 January, 2026

After the covenant that the Lord made with Israel at Mt. Sinai was broken, and there was a measure of reconciliation wrought through the intercessions of Moses and some contrition among the people, the Lord moves to ultimately bring in the New…

The Spirit and the Letter

18 January, 2026

How are we to understand every jot and tittle shall be fulfilled in Jesus Christ? How are we to understand the ceremonial and ritualistic aspects of the Hebrew scriptures and, in particular, their fulfilment in Christ? To gain some understanding of…

Moving Forwards

11 January, 2026

With reference to Paul's commitment to forget what lies behind, and to press toward the goal to which the Lord called him, Ken asks: Will my goal make me more like Jesus? Will my goal cause me to make a difference in the world for Jesus? Will this…

Show Me Your Glory

28 December, 2025

Having prevailed in prayer with God for His gracious Presence to "go among" them, and to take them for His inheritance, Moses calls upon the Lord to show him His glory. The holy Judge of all the earth makes His goodness pass before Moses, and…

Communion in Christ

25 December, 2025

When Isaiah prophesied Jesus' Messianic ministry, he made it clear that it was a fully-orbed and wholly spiritual ministry which was an expression of His communion with His Father in the Holy Spirit. We look at the early days of this extraordinary…

Come and Follow

21 December, 2025

We are taken from Jesus the baby born in Bethlehem, our Saviour, and then to His growth to a boy led by the Spirit of God as He makes the doctors of the Law astonished at His understanding and answers at twelve years of age. We are then challenged to…

Paul's Anguish II

14 December, 2025

Paul's anguish over Israel following their rejection of their Messiah is seen in type in Moses' anguish over Israel in their rejection of their Messiah in type, when they rebelled and made the golden calf immediately after God made covenant with them…

My Right Hand and My Left Hand

07 December, 2025

The cup, the baptism, the age to come in the Kingdon that is not of this world, a hope that we all share in Christ.

Paul's Anguish I

30 November, 2025

Following Israel's rejection and crucifixion of their Messiah, Paul grieves deeply for the tragic failure of so many of his countrymen. This anguish of the apostle is seen in type in Moses following the tragic failure of Israel in their soon…

The Sinaitic Covenant

23 November, 2025

The great heart and purpose of God is to bring us to Himself, and to deliver us from a life of sin. We see the realisation of this in the Everlasting Covenant, in type, as God makes covenant relationship with the people of Israel at Mt. Sinai. This…

Messiah's Incarnation and Suffering

21 November, 2025

In a brief overview of Isaiah chapter 53 we see the meaning of the Lord Jesus bearing the sin of fallen man, and His infinite pleasure to His Father despite being "made sin" and "cursed". We also appreciate the meaning of the Father being satisfied…

Spirit Controlled Thinking

16 November, 2025

In this message Terry traverses the scriptures by way of highlighting the Lord's mind for us at the intersection of good and evil in our thinking. Having the capacity to identify the origin of the whole range of thoughts that enter our minds on a…

She Has Done What She Could

02 November, 2025

The gospel of the God of extravagance in His people embodied in the memorial of a woman.

The Hearing of Faith

26 October, 2025

The apostle Paul begins and ends the letter to the Roman church speaking of faith, which he also identifies as a key feature of the letter. Throughout the letter, he expounds the gospel, the "mystery which was kept secret since the world began" which…

The Acts of Israel

19 October, 2025

Just as the Lord began in power and effectual fruitfulness in the early church in the days of the apostles, so too in type of this did Joshua and Israel begin in their conquest of the land of Canaan after crossing the Jordan river. We consider some…

Possess the Inheritance

12 October, 2025

When Israel, led by Joshua, entered Canaan, each tribe was allotted an inheritance according to the original promise of God to Abraham. We consider the rich antitype of this for the children of God in Christ, and the true meaning of where Israel…

Sovereignty and Its Image

05 October, 2025

The Cross of Jesus Christ is popularly understood, in a purely natural sense, as an extraordinary forensic device which God uses to supposedly satisfy His justice by "balancing the scales" of His righteousness in the consideration of man's sin. We…

Encounter With the Gibeonites

28 September, 2025

Having entered the promised land (Christ), Joshua builds an altar (the Cross), and the blessings and cursings are read at Mt. Gerizim and Mt. Ebal respectively. Then the Gibeonites, among the people to be utterly destroyed, deceive Joshua and the…

The Troubler Then; The Troubler Now

21 September, 2025

We see the first real internal trouble that Israel had after entering the promised land, and the parallel of the first real internal trouble that the church had after the day of Pentecost. Hearing the voice of the Lord, the Spirit of truth, and being…

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