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John Griffiths
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A Greater than Abraham
The question is posed, ‘Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead?’ John 8. 53. Unequivocally, Luke states of Christ, ‘He shall be great’. He is our great High Priest, the great King, th…
John Griffiths
2014 Volume 69 Issue 1
Devotional
A Greater than Jacob
The life of Jacob reads like a history of the nation of Israel. He spans more of Genesis than any other individual. Despite our perception of Jacob’s character, God appeared to Jacob just as often as …
John Griffiths
2016 Volume 71 Issue 2
Devotional
A Greater than Jonah
As we said in the preceding article, the correlation between Jonah and Jesus Christ is seen both by way of comparison and contrast. That Christ is greater than Jonah may be seen also in respect of His…
John Griffiths
A Greater than Jonah
2015 Volume 70 Issue 1
Devotional
A Greater than Jonah – Part 1
When King Ahaz of Judah was offered a sign by the Lord, he rejected it. Nevertheless, the Lord promised the house of David a sign, ‘Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his …
John Griffiths
2014 Volume 69 Issue 4
Devotional
Christ – A Greater than Solomon – (3) As to His Supplication
Solomon appears to be a man of prayer. Certainly two of his prayers stand out: that at the commencement of his reign, and his prayers at the dedication of the temple. When we say that prayer changes t…
John Griffiths
Christ – A Greater than Solomon
2016 Volume 71 Issue 1
Devotional
Christ – A Greater than Solomon – (4) As to His Sovereignty
(a) The Kingdom’s commencement Adonijah, Joab, and Shimei were all put to death at the beginning of Solomon’s reign, 1 Kgs. 2. The millennial reign of Christ will likewise be prefaced by judgement upo…
John Griffiths
Christ – A Greater than Solomon
2015 Volume 70 Issue 3
Devotional
Christ a Greater than Solomon – Part 2
Twice, our Lord comments about Solomon. Firstly, He speaks of Solomon’s glory, of his outward magnificence and opulence, ‘the gleam of his much wrought gold, the smooth whiteness of his ivory palaces,…
John Griffiths
Christ – A Greater than Solomon
2015 Volume 70 Issue 2
Devotional
Christ in Zechariah’s Prophecy – Part 1
If a scriptural reason is needed for studying the person of Christ in the book of Zechariah, we might refer to Peter, ‘To him give all the prophets witness’, Acts 10. 43. Christ Himself endorsed such …
John Griffiths
Christ in Zechariah’s Prophecy
2016 Volume 71 Issue 3
Devotional
Christ in Zechariah’s Prophecy – Part 2
(III) THE ADVENT OF THE LORD, ‘Behold, I will bring forth’, 3. 8, 9. (i) ‘My servant the Branch’, v. 8. Isaiah writes of Christ and His servant character. His first song begins, ‘Behold, my servant’, …
John Griffiths
Christ in Zechariah’s Prophecy
2016 Volume 71 Issue 4
Devotional
Christ in Zechariah’s Prophecy – Part 3
(VI) THE APPROACH OF THE LORD to Jerusalem, 9. 9, 10. (i) Christ’s first advent – the character of the coming one, v. 9 The historic fulfilment of this prophecy, recorded in all four gospels, shows th…
John Griffiths
Christ in Zechariah’s Prophecy
2017 Volume 72 Issue 1
Exposition
Christ in Zechariah’s Prophecy – Part 4
(VII) THE ALLUSIONS TO THE LORD, 10. 4 (i) The Corner, i.e., the cornerstone. Christ as the foundation stone is the bedrock of Israel’s Messianic hopes. The cornerstone was also the keystone which bro…
John Griffiths
2017 Volume 72 Issue 2
Exposition
Elder and the role of Leadership in the Local The Church
EDITOR‘S NOTE: This is the second of a short series on this very needy and practical area of elders. It is designed to emphasize the spiritual nature of this work and how we need to encourage younger …
John Griffiths
The Elders
2011 Volume 66 Issue 2
Contemporary Issues
Elders: Role models in the local church
Elders are to lead by example. Look at the qualities that should be seen in our elders. I have avoided the word ‘qualifications’ as it is suggestive of institutional training and examination success. …
John Griffiths
2011 Volume 66 Issue 4
Contemporary Issues
Hezekiah – The Devoted King
2 Chronicles chapter 30 Gathering God’s Way proclaiming to the tribes the place and purpose of the meeting. The Place – As the post went out to Israel as well as Judah, they were to impress upon the p…
John Griffiths
Hezekiah
2013 Volume 68 Issue 4
Devotional
Hezekiah – The Devoted King
‘wrought that which was good and right and truth before the Lord his God … he did it with all his heart and prospered’, 2 Chr. 31. 20, 21.1 The Silent Years as to Record – from birth to 25 years of ag…
John Griffiths
2013 Volume 68 Issue 3
Exposition
Hezekiah – The Devoted King – Part 3
The supernatural years after recovery – from 39 to 54 years of age His Sign Ahaz rejected the sign offered by the Lord, Isa. 7. 11, but his son Hezekiah requested a sign.1 Therefore The Lord ‘brought …
John Griffiths
Hezekiah
2014 Volume 69 Issue 1
Devotional
Joash – The dependant King
1 Joash’s Aim (continued) ‘Joash was minded to repair the house of the Lord’, 2 Chr. 24. 4. At 30 years of age Joash shows a brief flash of maturity and independence when he questions Jehoiada as to t…
John Griffiths
Joash
2012 Volume 67 Issue 3
Exposition
Joash – The dependant King
Joash or Jehoash, the eighth king of Judah, reigned for forty years from 835-796 BC according to E. R. Thiele. His mother was Zibiah of Beersheba. His father was Ahaziah, a son of wicked Queen Athalia…
John Griffiths
Joash
2012 Volume 67 Issue 2
Exposition
Metaphors of the Church
The Assembly as the House of God – Its Dignity, 1 Tim. 3. 15. The first use of the expression ‘house of God’ is in Genesis chapter 28 verse 17 where Jacob, having slept and dreamt, awoke to the realiz…
John Griffiths
2011 Volume 66 Issue 1
Devotional
Metaphors of the Church
The Dispensational Aspect (The Church which is His Body) The Local Aspect (The Church of God) Col. 1. 18; Eph. 1. 22, 23 THE BODY 1 Cor. 12. 14-27 Matt. 16. 18 THE BUILDING1 Cor. 3. 9 Eph. 5. 24, 2…
John Griffiths
A Building
A Body (Published 1983)
A Bride
A City
A Priesthood
2010 Volume 65 Issue 4
Exposition
Unveiled – The History of the Kingdom of Heaven (3) – (II) The Parables of the Contamination of the Kingdom
Parable No. 2 Parable No. 3 Parable No. 4 The Wheat and the Tares The Mustard Seed The Leaven False Disciples False Development False Doctrine Parable No. 2 – The Wheat and the Tares vv. 24-3…
John Griffiths
Unveiled – The History of The Kingdom of Heaven
2012 Volume 67 Issue 4
Exposition
Unveiled – The History of The Kingdom of Heaven – Part 1
Matthew chapter 13 rates alongside Leviticus chapter 23 and Revelation chapters 2 and 3 as a passage that unfolds future events before they happen. The Feasts, a calendar of Israel’s agricultural year…
John Griffiths
Unveiled – The History of The Kingdom of Heaven
2012 Volume 67 Issue 2
A Word for Today
Unveiled – The History of the Kingdom of Heaven (2) – The Parable of the Commencement of the Kingdom
The Parable of the Commencement of the Kingdom Parable No. 1 - The Sower and the Seed, v. 1-9, 18-23 It is recorded of the Lord, ‘Jesus [went] out of the house’. This may well symbolize the Lord turni…
John Griffiths
Unveiled – The History of The Kingdom of Heaven
2012 Volume 67 Issue 3
Exposition
Unveiled – The History of the Kingdom of Heaven (4) (iii) The Parables of the Composition of the Kingdom vv.44-50
Parable No 5 Parable No 6 Parable No 7 The Treasure The Pearl The Dragnet Israel (a believing remnant) The Church Tribulation Saints Parable No. 5 The Treasure, v. 44 – Israel (a believing re…
John Griffiths
Unveiled – The History of The Kingdom of Heaven
2013 Volume 68 Issue 1
Exposition
Will I be a Winner or a Loser at the Bema? – Part 1
Will I have an abundant entrance into the everlasting kingdom or will I be saved by the skin of my teeth? 2 Pet. 1. 11; 1 Cor. 3. 15. Will it be reward accompanied by rejoicing, or will it be reward t…
John Griffiths
Will I be a Winner or a Loser at the Bema?
2017 Volume 72 Issue 3
A Word for Today
Will I be a Winner or a Loser at the Bema? – Part 2
7. THE SETTLEMENT – Why? Remorse and Regret ‘Suffer loss’. The b?ma is not just a prize giving; wrongs will be righted. Scriptures that teach this are (emphasis mine): ‘Look to yourselves, that we lo…
John Griffiths
Will I be a Winner or a Loser at the Bema?
2017 Volume 72 Issue 4
Exposition
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