Christadelphians

07/10/2026

Thought for today ” For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain” (October 08)

21 For me to live is Christ, and to die gain. The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally from the Original Tongues (J. E. Smith, trans.; Php 1:21). (1876). American Publishing Company. As a Brother in Christ, we have given our body and soul to Jesus Christ, our saviour. The apostle Paul has been mulling over his life in Christ....

  21 For me to live is Christ, and to die gain. The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally from the Original Tongues (J. E. Smith, trans.; Php 1:21). (1876). A…

07/10/2026

First commandment with promise

“1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honour thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise), 3 that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.” (Ephesians 6:1-3 ERV) “Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.” (Exodus 20:12 ERV)...

“1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honour thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise), 3 that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live lo…

06/10/2026

Thought for today “Honour your father and mother” (October 07)

Children, listen to your parents in the Lord: for this is just. 2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first command with solemn promise;) 3 That it may be well to thee, and thou mayest be long time upon earth. The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally from the Original Tongues (J. E. Smith, trans.; Eph 6:1–3)....

Children, listen to your parents in the Lord: for this is just. 2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first command with solemn promise;) 3 That it may be well to thee, and thou mayest be l…

06/10/2026

Pompeius Trogus

Pompeius Trogus = Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus = Pompey Trogue (Roman historian) Pompeius Trogus was a Roman historian who originally came from Narbonese Gaul, and who was a rough contemporary of Caesar Augustus (r. 27 bce–14 ce). His main work, the Philippic Histories, which dealt with the Macedonian empire founded by Philip II and, more generally, with the Hellenistic kingdoms born out of Alexander the Great’s conquests, is now lost, and known only indirectly…...

Pompeius Trogus = Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus = Pompey Trogue (Roman historian) Pompeius Trogus was a Roman historian who originally came from Narbonese Gaul, and who was a rough contemporary of Caesar …

05/10/2026

Thought for today “You did not learn Christ that way” (October 06)

20 And ye have not so learned Christ; 21 If ye heard him, and were taught in him, as is the truth in Jesus: The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally from the Original Tongues (J. E. Smith, trans.; Eph 4:20–21). (1876). American Publishing Company. The ‘Gentiles’ whose walk has been described in this chapter, "did not learn…...

05/10/2026

Judges 14 ( #2) Parentally arranged marriage

Judges chapter 14 14:2 get her for me as my wife. Though parentally arranged marriages are nowhere mandated in the OT, this tended to be the practice, a fact reflected in expressions like “give your daughters to their sons” (e.g., Dt 7:3). In contrast to modern Western marriages, where marriage tends to be an individual matter and driven by personal desire for companionship and romance, arranged marriages in the ancient world often represented alliances intended to ensure the continuation of the families through progeny....

Judges chapter 14 14:2 get her for me as my wife. Though parentally arranged marriages are nowhere mandated in the OT, this tended to be the practice, a fact reflected in expressions like “give you…

05/10/2026

A benedictory prayer, a prayer report, intercessory prayers and thanksgiving prayers

“3 Blessed the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly in Christ: 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love: 5 having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved: 7 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 8 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, 9 having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him 10 unto a dispensation of the fulness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth; in him, , 11 in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will; 12 to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ: 13 in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,—in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of own possession, unto the praise of his glory.”...

  “3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ: 4 even as he chose us in him before the fou…

04/10/2026

Thought for today “God giving you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in His knowledge” (October 05)

16 Cease not returning thanks for you, making remembrance of you in my prayers; 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, might give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in his knowledge: 18 The eyes of your understanding enlightened; for you to know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the holy ones,...

04/10/2026

Judges 14 ( #1) First Account Linked to Samson’s Timnite Wife

14:1–20 Samson, now a grown man, asks his parents to arrange for him to marry a Philistine girl he saw in the nearby town of Timnah. This passage records Samson’s feat of slaying a lion with his bare hands and the riddle he devised after seeing bees had made a hive in the lion’s carcass. The narrative then turns to Samson’s wedding celebration....

14:1–20 Samson, now a grown man, asks his parents to arrange for him to marry a Philistine girl he saw in the nearby town of Timnah. This passage records Samson’s feat of slaying a lion with his ba…

03/10/2026

Thought for today “Fallen from grace” (October 04)

4 Ye were neglected from Christ, whoever are justified in the law; ye have fallen from grace. The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally from the Original Tongues (J. E. Smith, trans.; Ga 5:4). (1876). American Publishing Company. Those who believe in Christ have been freed from the bo***ge of the law. They should therefore live as free people....

4 Ye were neglected from Christ, whoever are justified in the law; ye have fallen from grace. The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally from the Original Tongues (…