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  1. 18 hr ago

    The Good News #2 'In the Empire' with Bible student David Fraser

    A @Christadelphians Video: # The Good News #2 'In the Empire' - YouTube Summary**[Actual, provable Bible Truth]**: The word "gospel" (euangelion) did not enter a vacuum—it was already a political term used throughout the Roman Empire to announce royal births, military victories, and the ascension of new rulers. Caesar Augustus himself was proclaimed as "son of God," "saviour," and "bringer of peace" decades before Christ's birth. This historical reality makes the New Testament's claims about Jesus profoundly counter-cultural and powerfully subversive.Welcome back to our thought-provoking series on The Good News. In this outstanding expositional presentation, Brother David Fraser reveals the astonishing historical context that makes the Gospel message even more wonderful and revealing than we might have imagined.The Roman world was saturated with another "gospel"—the imperial gospel of Caesar Augustus. When Jesus was born, Caesar was already proclaimed as "son of God," "saviour," and "bringer of peace to the world." The very words we associate with Christ were carved in stone for Caesar!This insightful study explores:- How Caesar Augustus manipulated the Roman Republic into an Empire- The use of "euangelion" (good news) for Caesar's achievements- The imperial cult that demanded allegiance to Caesar as Lord- The counterfeit gospel that Christians bravely resisted- How God sovereignly manipulated Rome's decrees to fulfil prophecyThe contrast is truly wonderful: Caesar grasped at greatness through oppression and violence, while Christ emptied Himself through obedience and was exalted by God. One gospel demanded a pinch of incense; the other demands our whole hearts.📖 **Isaiah 52:7** -📖 **Luke 2:10-11** 📖 **Acts 17:7** -📖 **Romans 1:3-4** 📖 **Philippians 2:9-11** 📖 **Matthew 22:20-21** 📖 **Daniel 2:34-35** ## Chapters00:00 - Introduction to The Good News series00:55 - The Roman Empire's crisis (44 BC)02:10 - The word "euangelion" already in use03:19 - Julius Caesar's assassination05:00 - Octavian's rise to power07:30 - Caesar Augustus becomes Rome's first Emperor09:03 - "Devi filius" - Son of the deified one10:50 - The Priene inscription: "Beginning of the good tidings"12:36 - The calendar changed for Caesar's birthday13:50 - Imperial gospel saturated the New Testament world16:06 - Peace by oppression and brutality18:39 - The test: "Caesar is Lord"20:48 - Two kings, only one true throne21:03 - The denarius coin with Caesar's image22:26 - Made in God's image: give yourself to God23:48 - The Priene inscription and Mark's Gospel26:18 - The Roman centurion declares Christ is Son of God28:11 - God manipulated Caesar's decree29:28 - The heavenly host announces true peace30:55 - Paul takes the gospel to Rome's heart33:23 - Our citizenship is in heaven34:37 - The Alexamenos graffiti mocking Christ36:55 - The cost of confessing Christ as Lord37:20 - Polycarp's faithful testimony39:14 - Holding fast to joyful hope40:22 - The word of our God stands forever41:39 - Conclusion: Christ is coming as King## TagsBible study, Gospel truth, Christadelphian, Bible Standard, Roman Empire, Caesar Augustus, Good News, Euangelion, New Testament context, Biblical history, Book of Mark, Luke's Gospel, Isaiah prophecy, Daniel prophecy, Jesus Christ, Son of God, Early Christianity, Roman persecution, Faith under pressure, Biblical expositionWe 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!

    The Good News #2 'In the Empire' with Bible student David Fraser

  2. 19 hr ago

    Thought forJuly 31st. “IF GOD BE FOR US”

    Today we read two of the most meaningful chapters in the Bible for those who truly sense they are “called to be saints.”  [Rom. 1 v.7] They are a sequel to yesterday’s chapters – Romans 5 & 6 – that challenge believers that they, “having been set free from sin” must now be “slaves to righteousness.” [6 v.18]  The sacrifice of Jesus brought an end to the law of Moses, a law which spelt out all the ways that humans become classified as sinners in God’s eyes. In its place we have, says Paul, “received the spirit of adoption, as sons (and daughters) by which we cry, ‘Abba, Father.’ [8 v.15] Let us sense as fully as we can that we became the adopted children of God when put on the name of his Son in baptism; let us think positively of the wonder and privilege of this! It was a spirit which transformed the world of the first century – and there was a renewal of this spirit to a considerable degree in the wider world when the Bible was first printed and available for all to read.   Chapters 7 & 8 today go together; we should ignore the chapter break.   It is essential we develop a spiritual mind, in contrast to a fleshly mind – there is nothing in-between.   Paul says, “those who live according to the spirit set their minds on the things of the spirit … the mind of the spirit is life and peace.” [v.5,6]  This “set” of our minds, develops to greater and greater degrees the more we meditatively read God’s word and this letter of Paul is an outstanding and inspirational example.   Paul says, “If God be for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? … Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?  Shall tribulation or distress … No, in all these things we are more than conquerors, through him who loved us.  For I am sure that neither death nor life … nor things to come … nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” [v.31,35,37-39]   God will certainly be “for us” – as long as we are for him and show we are trying our best to be “slaves to righteousness.”      When we come to ch, 15,  verse.13 will ‘jump out’ at us  “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.” This is not the power to do miracles, it is having a genuine spiritual mind in contrast to a fleshly mind: absorb the point Paul makes in what we read in v.5  of chapter 8   ‘For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.”  And, O,  the wonder then of God being “for us.”

    Thought forJuly 31st. “IF GOD BE FOR US”

  3. 1 day ago

    Thought forJuly 30th. “WE REJOICE IN HOPE”

    Our chapters in Romans (5 & 6) need to be read and digested slowly – like rich food!  Paul proclaims that believers “having been justified by faith … have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ …  have also obtained access by faith in to this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” [Ch.5 v.1,2]        This causes a wonderful peace of mind – the result of our faith in God’s word – like those who have lived before, such as Noah who “being warned by God concerning events yet unseen” acted “in reverent fear” [Heb. 11 v.7]   We rejoice because we are convinced that God is “a living God” ready to be involved in our lives so that “we feel sure of better things – things that belong to salvation” [Heb. 6 v.9, note also v,11,12]    Let us “rejoice in hope” sustained by this hope when times are difficult, but usually not as bad as they were at times for Paul.  Note his words, “We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down but not destroyed” [2 Cor. 4 v.8-9]     There is a graphic account of this in our Jeremiah chapter (20) when “Pashur the priest … who was chief officer in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.  Then Pashur beat Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks …” [v.1-2] Jeremiah then prophesies – “you Pashur and all who dwell in your house, shall go into captivity … and there you shall die” [v.6]         Then Jeremiah has anxious thoughts, comparable in some ways to Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, he writes, “For the word of the LORD has become for me a reproach and derision all day long.  If I say, ‘I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name,’ there is in my heart a burning fire … I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.” [v.8,9]  We pondered v.12, “O LORD of hosts, who tests the righteous. Who sees the heart and mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you I have committed my cause.”        Do we desire to see God’s vengeance poured out on today’s Godless world?  Well God will decide whether we live to see it or not – or whether there is a brief period of rest until we awake and, through his grace, rejoice to have a part in the endless wonder of his kingdom, the great and wonderful thing is that “we rejoice in hope.”

    Thought forJuly 30th. “WE REJOICE IN HOPE”

  4. 1 day ago

    The Good News #1 'On the Mountains' with Bible student David Fraser

    A @Christadelphians Video: **YouTube Summary/Description****[Actual, provable Bible Truth]**The Good News is not merely a New Testament concept; it is rooted in the very heart of the Old Testament. The undeniable truth is that **God Reigns**. From the dusty roads of Babylon to the mountains of Zion, the prophetic voice of Isaiah declares a message of complete restoration. God hasn't forgotten His people. He is the Creator who forms the earth, yet His greatest work is the creation of a faithful people for His name. In Isaiah 40-66, we uncover the foundational source of the Gospel—the revelation that the God of Israel is the one true Sovereign, and His plan of salvation culminates in the Lord Jesus Christ.**Overview**This thought-provoking and expositional study with Bible student David Fraser takes us on a journey through Isaiah's "Book of Comfort." We explore how God, through His prophet, answered the hopelessness of Israel in captivity. By contrasting the impotent, man-made idols of Babylon with the magnificent power of Yahweh, this talk reveals the stunning truth: God carries us, redeems us, and has a purpose for His creation that extends to the ends of the earth. It is an outstanding, uplifting look at how the "Good News upon the Mountains" finds its ultimate fulfilment in Christ, offering hope to all who feel forgotten.**Chapters**00:00 - Introduction: The Good News and the Rule of God01:30 - Israel in Captivity: The Hopelessness of Babylon03:50 - The Call to Comfort: Isaiah 4006:30 - God Who Makes: The Unique Creator09:20 - God Who Speaks: The Power of His Word12:50 - The Herald of Good Tidings: Isaiah 52:715:00 - The Fulfillment: Jesus in the Synagogue18:00 - The New Creation in Christ21:00 - Conclusion: The Feast of God and the Victory Over Death**Bible Verse Category**📖 **Isaiah 40:6-8** - The Word of God Stands Forever📖 **Isaiah 40:26** - The Creator Calls the Stars by Name📖 **Isaiah 52:7** - Beautiful Feet Upon the Mountains📖 **Luke 4:16-21** - The Fulfillment in Christ📖 **Isaiah 65:17** - A New Heavens and a New Earth**Tags**Bible Study, Bible Truth, Gospel, Good News, Isaiah, Christadelphian, Bible Standard, Prophecy, Book of Isaiah, Old Testament, God Reigns, Christian Inspiration, Faith, Bible Teaching, Expositional, Theology, The Gospel of ChristWe 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!

    The Good News #1 'On the Mountains' with Bible student David Fraser

  5. 2 days ago

    Thought forJuly 29th. “IF I FIND FAVOUR”

    We are now reading of the more serious developments in the life of David: the full extent of the trouble that Nathan the prophet had said would come upon him as a result of his sins of adultery and murder.  His son Absalom has a conspiracy to seize the throne and David flees from Jerusalem saying, “If I find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me back … but if he says, ‘I have no pleasure in you , behold here I am, let him do what seems good to him.”  [2 Sam. 15 v.25,26] Then “David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went” [v.30]. We note how the Mount of Olives also features in the life of David’s ‘greater son,’ Jesus, “it was his custom” to go there [Luke 22 v.39].  Jesus ascended to heaven from here and will return there [Acts 1 v.11-12] and cause it to split in two [Zech. 14 v.4] and surely that last event will be a key factor in God’s physical judgements on our godless world! The vision in Revelation invites us to read it as a literal event, for together with the reference to “Armageddon” we read, “…there were flashes of lightning , rumblings, peals of thunder, and a great earthquake such as there had never been since man was on the earth, so great was that earthquake.” [16 v.18] The last verse in our chapter in Jeremiah (19) is also relevant to our thoughts, “Thus says in LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, behold, I am bringing upon this city and upon all its towns all the disaster that I have pronounced against it, because they have stiffened their neck, refusing to hear my words”   Today, God’s word is available to be read in every language, but how many “hear” by properly reading it?  In God’s perception of humans today, nearly all are stiff-necked!  Let us make sure we are not.  Let us become like Abraham of whom we read today in Romans ch. 4; “No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.   That is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness.”  But the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone, but for ours also.  It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead, Jesus our Lord.” [v.20-24]  May no distrust, no disbelief make us waver – but instead may we “grow strong in faith” and so “find favour.”

    Thought forJuly 29th. “IF I FIND FAVOUR”

  6. 2 days ago

    Thought forJuly 28th. “EVER SINCE THE CREATION … “

    Today we started reading Paul’s letter to the Romans: it is a most meaningful letter for its 16 chapters cover the things that those who desire to truly believe in and follow Christ should understand. Paul is writing to those “called to be saints” [v.7]   Do you feel – in your heart – that this includes you?  Paul’s aim is that they (and you) “may be encouraged by each other’s faith ..” [v.12].  The foundation to this is their (and our) belief in God – and his creative power in bringing all things into being “for”, writes Paul, “the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness  and unrighteousness of men, who, by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them … his invisible attributes, namely his divine power … have been clearly perceived ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.”[v.18-20].   For at least the last 150 years more and more have been “claiming to be wise” [v.22] in theorising that there is no God and that all that exists sort of, invented itself!  There is nothing really new in this – in Paul’s day philosophers had their theories so that they had no sense of responsibility to a Creator – and today many convince themselves –  that there is not, nor ever has been, a Creator. The only ‘responsibility’ they have is between themselves – and what a mess they are making of that! The Jewish ‘world’ came to an ugly end about 500 years before Christ.  Our chapter today in Jeremiah (18) tells us about the final decadent years of the kings descended from David, God declares to the distressed prophet, “I will show them my back, not my face, in the day of their calamity” [v.17]  Later, the Roman ‘world’ came to an ugly end as “God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity … they exchanged the truth about God for a lie…” [v.24,25]   In the 2nd chapter Paul tells all who have such an attitude, “you are storing up wrath for yourselves on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgement will be revealed.” [v.5]  The ultimate “day of wrath” appears to be getting very close – let us get closer and closer to God that we may clearly see his “face” when the world faces a terrible “calamity”.

    Thought forJuly 28th. “EVER SINCE THE CREATION … “

  7. 2 days ago

    Thought for July 27th. “WITH FEAR AND GREAT JOY”

    Fear seems to be incompatible with joy!  Yet “fear” in the Bible often means a feeling of complete awe, being overwhelmed with feelings of astonishment at some event.  Now, how can you experience this – and have joy at the same time?  The answer is seen when you really put your minds to imagining the situation described in our Matthew reading (Ch. 28) today.  “Toward the dawn … Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb (of Jesus)” [v.1]        They (and it seems from the other Gospels that there was at least one other woman) got up in the middle of the night; their object was to embalm the body of their Lord, (Mark 16 v.1) their last opportunity to do so before it began to decompose. They probably did not know that Nicodemus had brought “a mixture of myrrh and aloes” [John 19 v.39] when they put the body into the tomb.           They get to the tomb and to their awe an angel is there and says to them, “Do not be afraid for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified.  He is not here, for he has risen, as he said.  Come, see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead … so they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy” [Matt.28 v.5-8]  Can we enter into their feelings at least a little? Jesus met them “and they came up and took hold of his feet and worshipped him.” [v.9] The risen Lord is now their Lord in an even greater sense.  The women were the first to really believe – they had been among the women watching the crucifixion from a distance [ch. 27 v.55,56], they had been the ones willing to get up in the middle of the night, dress and with flickering burning “torches” wend their way to the garden in which was his tomb (John 19 v.41) and the dawn was just breaking as they arrived.     Our world is in deep spiritual darkness, but the dawn must be near. Are we awake and ready for our time “of fear and great joy”?  The inexpressible drama of the return of our Lord from heaven will totally confound the minds of everyone!  They cannot even begin to comprehend the nature of the experience of the time of trouble about to come.  It will be greater than anything ever seen on earth before!  At that time God’s angels gather will his elect! (Matt. 24 v.31)  Dare you not believe?  What agonies of mind will all others experience.  Let us read and meditate on God’s word as often as we can  “encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.” [Heb 10 v.25]

    Thought for July 27th. “WITH FEAR AND GREAT JOY”

  8. 5 days ago

    The Christadelphians #17 'Demons'

    [Actual, provable Bible Truth] - We live in an age where the source of wickedness is often attributed to supernatural forces. But what does Scripture actually teach about demons and unclean spirits? In this thought-provoking and insightful exposition, we systematically examine the Bible's testimony on this often-misunderstood subject. Are demons personal spirit beings, or does the language of Scripture point to something else entirely—such as the nature of idolatry, the reality of false doctrines, and the description of severe afflictions? This outstanding presentation cuts through popular tradition to reveal what the Word of God truly says, offering a wonderful and liberating perspective on the power of Christ over every form of human suffering and spiritual deception. Prepare for a revealing study that will challenge your assumptions and deepen your trust in the all-sufficiency of our Lord Jesus Christ. **Chapters:** 00:00 - Introduction: The Question of Demons 01:40 - The Nature of Idolatry and "Demons" in the Old Testament 05:54 - The Non-Existence of Pagan Gods 09:38 - Demons & Unclean Spirits in the Ministry of Jesus 13:58 - Jesus' Silence on How to Avoid Demons 16:29 - Why Did Jesus Speak to Demons? Understanding the Language 20:50 - The Testimony of the Demons & Demented People 24:09 - "Doctrines of Devils" in the New Testament 27:50 - The "Spirits" of False Prophets 30:17 - Our Spiritual Warfare: Wrestling Against Powers 33:29 - Conclusion: The Victory of Faith **Bible Verse Category:** 📖 Matthew 4:24, Deuteronomy 32:17, Psalm 106:36-38, 1 Corinthians 8:4 & 10:20, Isaiah 65:3, Leviticus 18:21-22, Luke 5:24 & 11:14, Luke 4:39, John 9:6, Mark 1:34, Matthew 15:22 & 20:30, 1 Timothy 4:1, Ephesians 6:11-12, Matthew 24:24-25, Acts 20:29-30, Deuteronomy 11:16, 1 John 4:1 & 5:4, Revelation 2:1-2, Acts 4:26, 1 Corinthians 2:6-8, John 16:33. **Tags:** Christadelphians, Bible Truth, Demons, Devil, Satan, Spiritual Warfare, Expository Teaching, Bible Study, Scripture, Salvation, Jesus Christ, Healing, False Doctrine, Idolatry 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!

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