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  1. Joseph and his Brethren #3 The Dreams and the Delay with Stephen Whitrehouse

    52 mins ago

    Joseph and his Brethren #3 The Dreams and the Delay with Stephen Whitrehouse

    A @Christadelphians Video: **YouTube Summary/Description**We continue our outstanding expositional journey through the life of Joseph, uncovering a deeply thought-provoking truth: delay is not abandonment. When the road keeps going down—from slavery to false accusation to prison—how do we keep trusting God? This revealing study of Genesis 39–41 shows us that waiting is not the same as being forgotten. The dream wasn’t dead; it was being held until God’s perfect time.We witness Joseph in Potiphar’s house, where God’s presence is unmistakable, only to enter a sudden silence—the very place where Joseph’s faith speaks loudest. The relentless temptation, the false accusation staged with a garment, and the descent into the prison house all lead us to a wonderful truth: the closed door does not mean God is absent. Through Psalm 105, we see the iron entering his soul, refining him like metal in fire. Then, in the darkness, a glorious shadow of Christ appears—the innocent sufferer between two transgressors, the cup and the bread, and the cry “Remember me.” Finally, at the appointed time, the door swings open. Joseph stands before Pharaoh at thirty years old, trusted, tested, and honoured. The garments tell the whole arc: favour, false guilt, humiliation, and glory—pointing unmistakably to the Lord Jesus Christ.This is an insightful, inspiring study for anyone facing a season of silence. Let us learn to be faithful in ordinary days, to flee from temptation without looking back, and to be ready when God opens the door.**Chapters**00:00 – Introduction: When the Road Keeps Going Down 05:15 – The Silence of God: Faith in the Dark 07:04 – Temptation in Potiphar’s House: Day by Day 13:41 – The False Accusation: Garment and Lie 16:53 – From Pit to Prison: The House of Confinement 22:23 – The Iron Entering His Soul (Psalm 105) 25:18 – The Prison Preaches Christ: Butler, Baker, Remembrance 28:51 – The Refining Word: Two Years of Silence 32:10 – The Door Opens: Joseph Before Pharaoh 34:00 – The Hand: Trusted, Tested, Honoured 36:53 – The Garments: Favour, Guilt, Humiliation, Glory 38:10 – The Age of Thirty: Prepared in Silence 39:30 – Three Lessons: Faithfulness, Fleeing, Readiness 41:40 – Conclusion: The Key Is in God’s Hand**Bible Verse Category** 📖 Genesis 39:2-3,5 – Yahweh was with Joseph 📖 Genesis 39:9 – How can I sin against God? 📖 Genesis 39:20 – The prison house 📖 Psalm 105:18-19 – His soul entered the iron 📖 Genesis 40:14,23 – Remember me… but the butler forgot 📖 Genesis 41:14,42,46 – Brought out, clothed, thirty years old 📖 Matthew 27:12 – Jesus answered nothing**Closing Statement** We are a Christadelphian team, Brothers and sisters of Christ, and we're passionate about delivering powerful, Scripture-based content to strengthen and inspire your faith journey. If this presentation resonated with you, help spread the encouragement—share it with a friend today!**HashTags** Joseph, Genesis39, BibleStudy, FaithUnderPressure, TrustGodsTiming, Temptation, ChristInTheOldTestament, WaitingOnGod, ScriptureExposition, christadelphians, discoverthebible, cdvideo

    42 min
  2. Joseph and his Brethren #2 The Pit and the Price with Stephen Whitehouse

    1 day ago

    Joseph and his Brethren #2 The Pit and the Price with Stephen Whitehouse

    A @Christadelphians Video: **Description:**In this thought-provoking and wonderfully expositional study, we continue our journey through Genesis 37, tracing one of Scripture’s darkest descents—and its most revealing hope. The coat of many colours moves from Joseph’s shoulders to Jacob’s hands, torn and bloodied. Between the coat and the blood lies a pit without water, a price paid in silver, and a silent figure who prefigures the suffering of our Lord.This insightful presentation uncovers how the beloved son, sent by his father to seek his brethren’s peace, finds hatred, conspiracy, and rejection. Yet God is not absent in the darkness. What looks like Joseph’s ruin becomes the beginning of salvation, and the pit becomes the road to Egypt—and to the throne.Join us as we explore the stunning typology of Joseph as a shadow of Christ, the hidden hand of God at Dothan, and the three urgent lessons that rise from the pit for every believer today. Outstanding and revealing—this is Genesis as you’ve never seen it.**Chapters:**00:00 – Introduction: The Coat Leaves, the Pit Awaits 01:23 – The Father Sends His Beloved Son (Genesis 37:13-14) 04:35 – Shechem: Promise, Shame, and Joseph’s Future Portion 07:57 – Wandering in the Field: The Mysterious Stranger 10:45 – “What Seekest Thou?” – The Heart of Joseph’s Mission 12:36 – Dothan: Two Wells, Invisible Armies, and God’s Presence 15:44 – Conspiracy: “Behold, the Dreamer Cometh” 18:58 – The Master of Dreams vs The Master of Arrows 20:46 – The Pit: Murder Without a Blade 23:50 – Stripped and Cast Down: A Picture of Calvary 27:44 – They Sat Down to Eat Bread: The Cruelty of Sin 29:53 – Judah’s Bargain: Silver for a Soul 32:39 – The Price: 20 Pieces of Silver 33:34 – Joseph as a Type of Christ: Echoes of Calvary 35:36 – The Deception: Goat’s Blood and the Torn Coat 39:57 – Jacob’s Grief: Refusing Empty Comfort 41:34 – Three Lessons from the Pit for Today 43:35 – Conclusion: Trusting God When the Way Is Hidden **Bible Verse Category:**📖 Genesis 37:13-14 – The father sends the son 📖 Matthew 21:37 – “They will reverence my son” 📖 Genesis 12:7 – The promise at Shechem 📖 Luke 19:10 – Seeking the lost 📖 2 Kings 6:17 – The lesson of Dothan 📖 Genesis 37:18-20 – “The dreamer cometh” 📖 Leviticus 27:5 – Valuation of a young man 📖 Matthew 26:15 – Thirty pieces of silver 📖 Isaiah 53:7 – He opened not his mouth 📖 Genesis 37:31-35 – The torn coat and Jacob’s mourning **Closing Statement:**We are a Christadelphian team, Brothers and sisters of Christ, and we're passionate about delivering powerful, Scripture-based content to strengthen and inspire your faith journey. If this presentation resonated with you, help spread the encouragement—share it with a friend today!**HashTags:**Joseph, Genesis37, BibleStudy, Christadelphians, ThePitAndThePrice, JosephAndHisBrethren, TypologyOfChrist, BookOfGenesis, ThoughtProvoking, InspiringFaith, CDVideo, DiscoverTheBible, OldTestament, BibleTeaching, ChristadelphianTV

    44 min
  3. Thought for June 25th. “AND BEGUN TO REIGN …”

    2 days ago

    Thought for June 25th. “AND BEGUN TO REIGN …”

    We wrestle over understanding some of the symbolic language in the book of Revelation – but then come to clear and dramatic statements of the divine intentions for the future.  Ch. 11 which we read today is a particularly outstanding example; the vision of 24 elders “who fell on their faces and worshipping God saying,  ‘We give thanks to you Lord God Almighty, who is and who was, for you have taken your great power and begun to reign.  The nations raged, but your wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged, and for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints, and those who fear your name, both small and great, and for destroying the destroyers of the earth.” [v.16-18]  Note how the “small” are mentioned first.  Let us “give thanks” that the all seeing all knowing Creator of all things is exercising the ultimate control and destiny of all things.   However, he allows human beings  to exercise their freewill – foreseeing what that will lead to – both short and long term – before it is time – his time – to exercise his “great power.”  In our Isaiah reading chapter (50) there are appropriate personal words of encouragement to put alongside this vision in Revelation.  “The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary.  Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught” [v.4]  Let us awaken each morning with words (resulting in our subsequent thoughts) from the word of God. Finally, v.10 has a question for us; “Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of his servant?  (Ch. 52 v.13-14 makes it clear “my servant” is Jesus)  Back to v.10, “Let him who walks in darkness and has no light trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God.”  Our world is full of darkness, so we absolutely must do this.

    4 min
  4. Joseph and his Brethren #1 'The Coat and the Calling' with Stephen Whitehouse

    2 days ago

    Joseph and his Brethren #1 'The Coat and the Calling' with Stephen Whitehouse

    A @Christadelphians Video: In this outstanding and thought-provoking opening study, we explore Genesis 37 and uncover the wonderful truth beneath Joseph’s famous coat. While his brothers saw favour and his father saw promise, God was quietly forming something far deeper—a calling that no human hand could strip away.This insightful, expositional presentation traces Joseph’s journey from shepherd boy to the separated one—a living pattern of the Lord Jesus Christ. We examine the stark contrast between earthly power in Edom and God’s hidden work in a 17-year-old, the meaning behind the coat (ketonet), the prophetic dreams, and the envy that poisoned a family. What makes this truly revealing is how Joseph’s life teaches us that the visible coat can be torn, but the divine calling beneath it remains secure in God’s hands.Join us as we ask: What is God forming in *you* beneath the coat?**Chapters:**00:00 – Introduction: The Coat That Could Be Taken 01:04 – Edom’s Kings vs. God’s Hidden Work 03:28 – What God Forms Beneath the Coat 04:40 – Joseph’s Name: “Yahweh Shall Add” 06:26 – Joseph the Shepherd: Learning to Care 08:16 – The Evil Report: Faithfulness, Not Gossip 10:30 – Jacob’s Love: Favouritism or Prophetic Sight? 12:36 – The Birthright Passes to Joseph 14:35 – The Coat (Ketonet): Priestly & Royal Garment 16:54 – Hatred, Envy & The Poisoned House 20:27 – “More” – The Language of Envy 22:17 – Joseph’s Dreams: Linked to Bethel 25:50 – Sheaves Bowing: Preservation, Not Ambition 28:25 – The Brothers Sound Like Esau 32:22 – The Second Dream: Sun, Moon & Stars 34:35 – Jacob Observed, The Brothers Hated 36:31 – Three Lessons from Beneath the Coat 43:00 – When the Coat Is Taken, Will You Still Trust? 44:09 – Conclusion**Bible Verse Category:**📖 Genesis 37:2-4, 11 – Joseph’s coat and his brothers’ envy 📖 Genesis 30:22-24 – The meaning of Joseph’s name 📖 1 Chronicles 5:1-2 – The birthright given to Joseph 📖 Genesis 28:12-13 – Jacob’s ladder dream (the same prophetic vocabulary) 📖 Matthew 27:18 – Pilate knew they delivered Jesus for envy 📖 Genesis 49:26 – Jacob’s final blessing: “separate from his brethren”**Closing Statement:**We are a Christadelphian team, Brothers and sisters of Christ, and we're passionate about delivering powerful, Scripture-based content to strengthen and inspire your faith journey. If this presentation resonated with you, help spread the encouragement—share it with a friend today!**HashTags:** genesis, joseph, coatofmanycolours, bible study, old testament, josephandhisbrethren, envy, gods calling, christadelphians, discoverthebible, cdvideo

    45 min
  5. The apostle Peter, after the Resurrection #5 'The Delivered apostle and the smitten King' with Sam Tomkins

    3 days ago

    The apostle Peter, after the Resurrection #5 'The Delivered apostle and the smitten King' with Sam Tomkins

    A @Christadelphians Video: Join **we, the Christadelphians**, for this **outstanding** and **thought-provoking** Bible exposition with Sam Tomkins as we continue our series on *Peter after the Resurrection*. In part four, ‘Healing and Hope in Sharon’, we witness God’s **wonderful** preparation of Peter for a watershed moment—the opening of the gospel to the Gentiles.This **revealing** study traces Peter’s journey through Lydda and Joppa, where two miraculous healings (Aeneas and Tabitha) become powerful pictures of the spiritual condition of the nations—lame and dead, yet raised to walk before God. With **insightful** connections to Cornelius in Caesarea, we see how God spare no effort to transform Peter’s heart, moving him from ritual separation to embracing the very people he once avoided.You’ll be captivated by the **expositional** depth as we uncover Old Testament echoes—Psalm 41, Exodus 30, Leviticus 20—and the stunning symbolism of Joppa as the place where Gentile raw material was brought for the temple. This is a **wonderful** reminder that our Heavenly Father works patiently behind the scenes in our lives too, preparing us for His purposes.Whether you’re a long-standing believer or new to Scripture, this video will inspire and strengthen your faith. Don’t miss the climactic moment when Peter declares, “Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons.”## 📖 Chapters00:00 – Introduction: Persecution scatters the ecclesia 01:30 – Philip in Samaria; Peter and John’s missionary journey 04:04 – Peter’s second journey: visiting the saints at Lydda 08:35 – Healing of Aeneas (lame for eight years) – a picture of the Gentiles 13:31 – Resurrection of Tabitha (Dorcas) – the third-floor miracle 21:46 – Peter stays with Simon the tanner: moving forward in Joppa 26:17 – Cornelius the centurion: as Gentile as possible, yet devout 28:08 – Peter’s rooftop vision: “What God has cleansed, call not common” 33:51 – Threefold vision and three Gentile messengers arrive 37:30 – Six brethren witness as Peter goes to Caesarea 38:05 – Peter preaches to Cornelius and all gathered 42:50 – Conclusion: God’s patient work in Peter – and in us## 📖 Bible Verses📖 Acts 8:1-4 – The great persecution and scattering 📖 Acts 8:14-25 – Peter and John in Samaria 📖 Acts 9:32-35 – Aeneas made whole at Lydda 📖 Acts 9:36-42 – Tabitha raised in Joppa 📖 Acts 10:1-48 – Cornelius, the vision, and the Gentiles 📖 Psalm 41 – The Lord makes all his bed 📖 Matthew 16:19 – The keys of the kingdom 📖 Leviticus 20:25-26 – Clean and unclean beastsWe are a Christadelphian team, Brothers and sisters of Christ, and we're passionate about delivering powerful, Scripture-based content to strengthen and inspire your faith journey. If this presentation resonated with you, help spread the encouragement—share it with a friend today!**HashTags:** christadelphians, discoverthebible, cdvideo, bible study, acts of the apostles, peter after resurrection, sam tomkins, healing in sharon, tabitha dorcas, cornelius the centurion, gentiles grafted in, bible prophecy, new testament exposition, faith journey, inspirational sermon

    46 min
  6. Thought for June 23rd. “THEN SUDDENLY … “

    3 days ago

    Thought for June 23rd. “THEN SUDDENLY … “

    Our readings today are particularly interesting.  Our first reading, 1 Samuel 1, sees the birth of Samuel. We have read of the ups and downs of the era of the Judges – but now come to Samuel as the final all wise Judge, a type of Christ, that God works through to lay the foundation for the era of the Kings beginning with Saul and David. Isaiah’s prophecies are bringing us toward the end of the era of the Kings, the LORD is frustrated with the attitudes of his people – as he must be with the ‘christian’ world today.  Today’s chapter (48) starts, “Hear this, O house of Jacob who are called by the name of Israel … who swear by the name of the LORD … but not in truth and right”.  God tells the prophet of “things I declared of old … then suddenly I did them and they came to pass” [v.3] We think of the initial promises to Abraham, the deliverance from Egypt, the initial fulfilment of the promises to David – we will read in 1 Samuel in coming weeks; but this week in Isaiah we will read the detailed prophecies God gave him about the Messiah.   Although the Jewish scribes must have known these, they had ‘tunnel vision’ as to what they expected the Messiah to do, the message of the explicit prophecy in ch. 53 was ‘lost’ because of the pre-conceived notions in their minds. Is there a lesson in this for us? Have we pre-conceived notions?  Our readings in Revelation complete the dramas in today’s chapters.  While often  in symbolic language, they frequently included phrases, even sentences from Isaiah and other prophets, compare for example, today’s ch 6 v.15,16 with Isaiah 2 v 10,19, of events when “the great day of their wrath has come.” Revelation is not all symbolic language, especially of how the time of God’s wrath is followed by a “new song”. “Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honour and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created …. You ransomed people for Godfrom every tribe and language and people and nation” [4 v11; 5 v.9]   What a wonderful vision.   But first it is vital we acknowledge that our world today is in near total spiritual darkness – “then suddenly” God will act.  The increasing turmoil in all the nations surrounding God’s ‘Holy Land’ is ominous!  The last verse of our Revelation reading asks us a question “who can stand?” in “the great day of their wrath”? Are you effectively building up your faith – so you can? Read and reflect on God’s word every day.

    5 min
  7. Thought for June 24th. “IN A TIME OF FAVOUR”

    3 days ago

    Thought for June 24th. “IN A TIME OF FAVOUR”

    Our first reading is the heart stirring account of young Samuel in the Temple/tabernacle at Shiloh and the LORD calling him, “Samuel, Samuel” – and the message he received about the failure of Eli to discipline his sons.  The ungodliness of their behaviour in appearing to serve the LORD makes sad reading – but it has had its parallels in every generation – especially today.  In contrast, the vision Isaiah records is fascinating, “Thus says the LORD, the redeemer of Israel …. In a time of favour I have answered you, in a day of salvation I have helped you … to establish the land”  [49 v.7,8] We recall what we read 2 days ago, “I am God … declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done … I will accomplish all my purpose” [46 v.9,10].  The Jews over the centuries have often felt abandoned, but how significant are v. 13-15 in today’s chapter!   “… the LORD … will have compassion on his afflicted … But Zion said, ‘The LORD has forsaken me; my Lord has forgotten me.’  Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion … Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you.” As we reflect on the events of the last 70 – 80 years – we see how remarkable are v. 23, 25 ”… those who wait for me shall not be put to shame … for I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.”  We have seen this happen, the nations surrounding the new born nation of Israel contended with her in vain, the “time of favour” had begun. Our chapters in Revelation are awesome in many ways, especially in the angels of God being “told … to harm …only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads,” [9 v.4] What does the “seal” symbolise?  Ownership!  John, in his gospel, recorded Jesus as saying, “Do not labour for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life … on him (or her) God the Father has set his seal.” [6 v.27] May we all increasingly live with minds saturated with godly thoughts – and then resultant actions – that show we are committed to God and His Son – and will therefore experience the wonder of the ultimate “time of favour.”

    4 min
  8. The Apostle Peter, after the Resurrection #4 'Healing and hope in Sharon' with Sam Tomkins

    4 days ago

    The Apostle Peter, after the Resurrection #4 'Healing and hope in Sharon' with Sam Tomkins

    A @Christadelphians Video: ## YouTube Video DescriptionJoin **we, the Christadelphians**, for this **outstanding** and **thought-provoking** Bible exposition with Sam Tomkins as we continue our series on *Peter after the Resurrection*. In part four, ‘Healing and Hope in Sharon’, we witness God’s **wonderful** preparation of Peter for a watershed moment—the opening of the gospel to the Gentiles.This **revealing** study traces Peter’s journey through Lydda and Joppa, where two miraculous healings (Aeneas and Tabitha) become powerful pictures of the spiritual condition of the nations—lame and dead, yet raised to walk before God. With **insightful** connections to Cornelius in Caesarea, we see how God spare no effort to transform Peter’s heart, moving him from ritual separation to embracing the very people he once avoided.You’ll be captivated by the **expositional** depth as we uncover Old Testament echoes—Psalm 41, Exodus 30, Leviticus 20—and the stunning symbolism of Joppa as the place where Gentile raw material was brought for the temple. This is a **wonderful** reminder that our Heavenly Father works patiently behind the scenes in our lives too, preparing us for His purposes.Whether you’re a long-standing believer or new to Scripture, this video will inspire and strengthen your faith. Don’t miss the climactic moment when Peter declares, “Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons.”## 📖 Chapters00:00 – Introduction: Persecution scatters the ecclesia 01:30 – Philip in Samaria; Peter and John’s missionary journey 04:04 – Peter’s second journey: visiting the saints at Lydda 08:35 – Healing of Aeneas (lame for eight years) – a picture of the Gentiles 13:31 – Resurrection of Tabitha (Dorcas) – the third-floor miracle 21:46 – Peter stays with Simon the tanner: moving forward in Joppa 26:17 – Cornelius the centurion: as Gentile as possible, yet devout 28:08 – Peter’s rooftop vision: “What God has cleansed, call not common” 33:51 – Threefold vision and three Gentile messengers arrive 37:30 – Six brethren witness as Peter goes to Caesarea 38:05 – Peter preaches to Cornelius and all gathered 42:50 – Conclusion: God’s patient work in Peter – and in us## 📖 Bible Verses📖 Acts 8:1-4 – The great persecution and scattering 📖 Acts 8:14-25 – Peter and John in Samaria 📖 Acts 9:32-35 – Aeneas made whole at Lydda 📖 Acts 9:36-42 – Tabitha raised in Joppa 📖 Acts 10:1-48 – Cornelius, the vision, and the Gentiles 📖 Psalm 41 – The Lord makes all his bed 📖 Matthew 16:19 – The keys of the kingdom 📖 Leviticus 20:25-26 – Clean and unclean beastsWe are a Christadelphian team, Brothers and sisters of Christ, and we're passionate about delivering powerful, Scripture-based content to strengthen and inspire your faith journey. If this presentation resonated with you, help spread the encouragement—share it with a friend today!**HashTags:** christadelphians, discoverthebible, cdvideo, bible study, acts of the apostles, peter after resurrection, sam tomkins, healing in sharon, tabitha dorcas, cornelius the centurion, gentiles grafted in, bible prophecy, new testament exposition, faith journey, inspirational sermon

    44 min
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