Who are the 144,000 mentioned in the Book of Revelation? "I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel." Revelation 7:4 The Book of Revelation is a mystery to most people. Although we are told …
Category: Church reform
When will the five wise virgins waken up?
Jesus spoke this parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were wise and five were foolish. While the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept." Gospel of Matthew 25:1-2,5 This describes the Christian church at present – some are …
Jesus’ extraordinary conversation
Some of Jesus' quotations are well-known, such as: "Render to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's", but people do not sufficiently appreciate how extraordinary are Jesus' answers. This was not simply a comment but it was a quick-fire answer to the Pharisees who set out to entangle …
The danger of not studying the Book of Revelation
Jesus pronounced a blessing on those who read the Book of Revelation Rev 1:3, but many people do not read the Bible at all. Of those who do, many find the Book of Revelation too difficult to read and give up, far less to study it. So why should they read and study it, and …
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Jehovah’s Witnesses and their fundamental error
Jehovah’s Witnesses are very zealous with door-to-door evangelism. They will usually engage people with their views about God's kingdom on Earth, and they call their meeting houses Kingdom Halls. However, they have a fundamental error. They do not believe that Jesus Christ is God. They believe that the Son of God is the first and …
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And the Books were opened
The wicked need to know what awaits them after death, in the hope that they will change their minds and behaviour while they still have time. The Bible tells us: "I saw a great white throne, and Him Who sat on it ... I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the …
Broadway Christianity
"Enter in at the narrow gate because the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many going into it." Jesus Christ in Matthew 7:13. In this concluding part of His Sermon on the Mount the Lord Jesus warns us against "Broadway Christianity". This is not a warning …
Do you know the Way to Heaven?
The Way to Heaven is not by "being good", or by "going to church". Too often the church gets in the way, instead of helping you to find the Way. The Way to Heaven is not religion, philosophy or "living a good life". Jesus said to the ecclesiastical lawyers: “Woe unto you, lawyers! for you …
Reformation from blind faith
The 16th-century European Reformation was a reformation from the blind faith expected by Roman Catholicism. Blind faith is believing something because someone else has said it, rather than examining the evidence for oneself. It is encouraged by dogmaticians, who regularly use "proof by assertion" to "establish" their point. Instead of believing what the Roman Catholic …
Church courts or helpers?
In Presbyterianism it is common to hear of church assemblies being described as church courts. Why? This terminology promotes legalistic thinking, and this is too commonly found in dealing with cases of conscience or cases of discipline. This legal thinking needs to be balanced with the biblical teaching about office-bearers in the Church of Christ: …
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