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  • A Song Of Loves

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Oct 21, 2018
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,741 views

    Both Psalm 45:6-7 and Hebrews 1:8-9 address Jesus as God, yet distinguish Jesus from God.

    A SONG OF LOVES. Psalm 45:1-2; Psalm 45:6-9. The mysterious word in the title of this Psalm, ‘Shoshannim’, may refer to a six-stringed instrument, or to the scattering of roses or lilies around the nuptial bed: what we might call confetti today. The word ‘Maschil’ may be a musical reference, ...read more

  • Who Is This?

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Aug 30, 2018
    based on 5 ratings
     | 9,234 views

    Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Job 38:2.

    WHO IS THIS? Job 38:1-7, Job 38:34-41. After all the crying and sighing, moaning and groaning of Job (and I do not blame him for it); after all the blaming and shaming, sharing and tearing of his ‘miserable comforters’ (Job 16:2): “Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind” (Job 38:1). ...read more

  • A Context For The Hymn

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Sep 3, 2017
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,204 views

    The obedience of Christ elicits, draws out, the obedience of Christians.

    A CONTEXT FOR THE HYMN. Philippians 2:1-13. The word “If” that opens this passage might better be translated as “Since” (Philippians 2:1). The sense is, “If there is any encouragement in Christ (and there is), if any consolation in love (and there is), if any fellowship (sharing) in the Spirit ...read more

  • A Context For The Call To Rejoice

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Sep 10, 2017
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,856 views

    Exhortations, and a very important promise.

    A CONTEXT FOR THE CALL TO REJOICE. Philippians 4:1-9. ‘Our conversation is in heaven,’ said the Apostle in the previous chapter, ‘from whence also we are awaiting (as) Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ’ (cf. Philippians 3:20-21). “So, my brethren… stand fast in the Lord” (Philippians 4:1). Paul ...read more

  • The Destiny Of Creation.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on May 14, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,894 views

    Creation groans. We groan within ourselves. Creation is subjected in hope. We are saved in hope.

    THE DESTINY OF CREATION. Romans 8:12-25. 1. The Mortification of Sin (Romans 8:12-14). Paul has just commented that ‘if Christ is in you the body is dead on account of sin’ (cf. Romans 8:10). And that ‘the Spirit of Him who raised up Jesus from the dead will also quicken (revivify, make ...read more

  • A Lesson In Patience.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jun 8, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,609 views

    Jacob the trickster duped by his uncle. The love of Jacob for Rachel perseveres and prevails. God at work behind the scenes.

    A LESSON IN PATIENCE. Genesis 29:15-28. Jacob had been on the run from his twin brother Esau. Jacob, being the younger twin, had duped his elder sibling of both his inheritance and his blessing. Esau’s understandable anger was beginning to look dangerous, so their mother Rebekah devised a ...read more

  • A Great Multitude Fed.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jun 27, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,484 views

    The unfailing compassion of Jesus.

    A GREAT MULTITUDE FED. Matthew 14:13-21. MATTHEW 14:13. Jesus had tried to withdraw from the throng in Galilee by boat, and sought some rest and relaxation in the Golan Heights: but the crowds followed Him on foot. MATTHEW 14:14. Jesus was moved with compassion towards the multitude which ...read more

  • Water Walking In The Storms Of Life.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jun 27, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,578 views

    Jesus is an ever present help in the day of trouble.

    WATER WALKING IN THE STORMS OF LIFE. Matthew 14:22-33. MATTHEW 14:22-24. Jesus told the disciples to get into a ship and go to the other side of the lake while He dismissed the people. Then He went into a mountain to pray. By the time evening had come, the ship was in the midst of the lake, and ...read more

  • An Attempted Genocide And Moses Drawn Out.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jul 6, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,187 views

    The silent work of God amongst His people.

    AN ATTEMPTED GENOCIDE AND MOSES DRAWN OUT. Exodus 1:8-22, Exodus 2:1-10. 1. An Attempted Genocide (Exodus 1:8-22). When the children of Israel settled in Egypt, they numbered just seventy people (cf. Exodus 1:1-5). But ‘the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and ...read more

  • Who Do You Say That I Am? Revised.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jul 8, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,616 views

    Peter’s confession was not merely the recitation of a creed: it was an expression of an inner belief and conviction which had taken hold of his whole life.

    WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM? Revised. Matthew 16:13-20. 1. Jesus asked, “WHO DO MEN SAY THAT I THE SON OF MAN AM?” (Matthew 16:13). Throughout the Gospels our Lord’s favourite name for Himself is: “the Son of man.” It is an expression which is found in Psalm 8:4. It is a title which ...read more

  • The Way Of The Cross.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jul 9, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,857 views

    The Cross of Jesus, and our cross.

    THE WAY OF THE CROSS. Matthew 16:21-28. MATTHEW 16:21-23. When Jesus began to openly teach the necessity of the Cross, Peter - of all people - took Him aside, and began to rebuke Him. This brought to the lips of Jesus what is perhaps the sternest rebuke that He ever gave. Jesus' rebuke of ...read more

  • The Call Of Moses.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jul 21, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,896 views

    The important thing is not the bush, but the presence of God in our lives.

    THE CALL OF MOSES. Exodus 3:1-15. EXODUS 3:1. Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, and led them to new pastures on the far side of the desert, towards Mount Horeb (a.k.a. Mount Sinai). This place is also known in this verse as “the mountain of God,” and elsewhere as ‘the ...read more

  • O How I Love Your Word

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Aug 28, 2019
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,091 views

    Not just reading the Scriptures, or hearing them, but speaking them, owning them!

    O HOW I LOVE YOUR WORD. Psalm 119:97-104. Psalm 119:97. The Blessed man avoids the walk of the ungodly, the stance of sinners and the seat of the scornful. ‘But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in His law does he meditate (both) day and night’ (cf. Psalm 1:1-2). A similar dichotomy is ...read more

  • Two Kinds Of Servitude

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on May 20, 2017
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,603 views

    Two ways of life. Two very different masters. Two pathways: one leading to death, and one leading to life. Two very different paydays.

    TWO KINDS OF SERVITUDE. Romans 6:12-23. What we are, and whose we are, shapes what we do with what we've got. Negatively, the Apostle Paul encourages us to resist any attempt that sin makes to usurp authority in our physical lives (Romans 6:12). Even for Christians, the body and its ...read more

  • A Solemn Feast Day. New.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Nov 8, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,061 views

    Past mercies are the foundation of present prayers, and present prayers are the channel towards future blessings.

    A SOLEMN FEAST DAY. Psalm 81:1-10. This Psalm opens with a summons to resounding praise (Psalm 81:1-3), with reasons to do so attached (Psalm 81:4-7). It continues with an address by God, beginning with a commandment, with a promise attached (Psalm 81:8-10); and going on to upbraid the people ...read more