Brothers in Christ – Kanisa la Christadelphian huko Anderlecht

Participants bonded together into one body

avril 18, 2024 par Christadelphians, publié dans Behaviour or attitude towards others, Christadelphian, Faith, Jesus Christ - son of God, Thought for today

In the ecclesiae of Christadelphians, members meet regularly to pray with each other and share bread and wine together.
There is also an annual high day commemorating Jesus’ last supper. This year, that commemoration celebration will take place on Monday 22 April. That evening, 14 Nisan is commemorated in recognition of God’s acceptance of Jesus’ ransom offering, offering Himself as a Lamb before God and instituting the Last Supper as an event to be repeated regularly.

At the service of remembrance Jesus Christ initiated at the “last supper” on Nisan 14 he broke bread and asked his disciples to do that likewise in the future. Jesus commands us to do this (eat bread and drink wine) in remembrance of him, until he comes. For followers of Christ, it is an important message and an act of connection with the master teacher.

As Paul expounds later, doing this is a participation (communion, fellowship, partnership) in the body and blood of the lord. He also emphasises that this is a communal act, and the participants are bonded together into one body. (1 Corinthians 10:16-17)

“16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not [the] communion of the blood of the Christ? The bread which we break, is it not [the] communion of the body of the Christ? 17 Because we, [being] many, are one loaf, one body; for we all partake of that one loaf.” (1 Corinthians 10:16-17 Darby)

As brothers and sisters, we want to go through life united and testify for the Nazarene teacher who declared himself willing to stand up for us and even die for us.

Before Jesus was betrayed, he had prayed that there could be unity among his followers. He said:

“20 And I do not demand for these only, but also for those who believe on me through their word; 21 that they may be all one, as thou, Father, [art] in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us, that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. 22 And the glory which thou hast given me I have given them, that they may be one, as we are one; 23 I in them and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one [and] that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and [that] thou hast loved them as thou hast loved me.” (John 17:20-23 Darby)

Note in which directions this unity extends. There is unity between Jehovah God and His son Jesus Christ. Likewise, there is unity between Jesus and his followers. These followers should be one with Jesus and His heavenly Father as Jesus is one with His heavenly Father. Some wrongly see Jesus’ unity with God as a reason to assume that Jesus would then be God. They then forget the text that people should also be one with Jesus and with God as Jesus is one with his heavenly Father. Their way of thinking would then mean that people are also God and would even be God. (So that mindset is more likely to invalidate their Trinitarian thinking.)

We must even recognise that Jesus expects that « All » his followers should be one, not only those who lived then, but that it also concerns those who, by their word — that is, by the word of his disciples — in him would put faith, so that this unity extends into the future and includes all true Christians living today.
At the same time, that unity reaches into heaven to enclose Jesus Christ and Jehovah God, so that his followers could be — as Jesus put it — „in us be one”. And that being one is what will now be commemorated and highlighted next Monday on Nisan 14.

This memory is not merely a ritual, it is something to think about, and it is a time for self-reflection. It is a look back at what Jesus received from his heavenly Father, Jehovah God. But also what Jesus did with those received gifts, such as performing miracles. In addition, it is also a special commemoration of the Lord’s Supper, when Jesus and his apostles were together around the table and saw Jesus break bread and say a blessing over it. Then Jesus indicated that he would hand over his body and that blood would flow. But from then onwards, his blood would be a sign of a New Covenant between God and people.

We cannot imagine a stronger and closer unity than that which exists between Jehovah God and his son, Christ Jesus.

“23 For *I* received from the Lord, that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus, in the night in which he was delivered up, took bread, 24 and having given thanks broke [it], and said, This is my body, which [is] for you: this do in remembrance of me. 25 In like manner also the cup, after having supped, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood: this do, as often as ye shall drink [it], in remembrance of me. 26 For as often as ye shall eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye announce the death of the Lord, until he come. 27 So that whosoever shall eat the bread, or drink the cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty in respect of the body and of the blood of the Lord. 28 But let a man prove himself, and thus eat of the bread, and drink of the cup. 29 For [the] eater and drinker eats and drinks judgment to himself, not distinguishing the body. 30 On this account many among you [are] weak and infirm, and a good many are fallen asleep. 31 But if we judged ourselves, so were we not judged.” (1 Corinthians 11:23-31 Darby)

Jesus asked whether his disciples could be included in the closest family association of God, a privileged sonship. The apostles should have seen „the glory as of a Only Begotten of the Father”.

“And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we have contemplated his glory, a glory as of an only-begotten with a father), full of grace and truth;” (John 1:14 Darby)

They learned how to be one with each other and with Christ. They also proclaimed that their followers should take care to be one. So they had to

„preserve the unity of the mind in the unifying bond of the peace”

and had to be aware that there is one body and one spirit, as those who call themselves followers of Christ were called

« in one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, by all and in all.

Given the many things they jointly possessed, what a closely connected and contiguous body its followers must have become!

The apostle Paul compares the community of followers of Christ to a human body. That body has several limbs, but they still belong to that one body.

Our religious community also consists of many people from different nations. Each ecclesia in turn, has many members, and all its members belong to the same body of that religious community. That body of Brothers and sisters in Christ, however many, form one body. Together they are connected to and in Christ, baptised with one Spirit soaked, absorbed into that one body.

This coming weekend and Monday to Tuesday, we remember, that through Christ and through one Spirit, we have all become one body in the name of Christ.
These special days we are thinking in particular that there should be no division in the body, but that we, as brothers and sisters, as the members of that one body, care for each other equally.

“12 For even as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so also [is] the Christ. 13 For also in [the power of] one Spirit *we* have all been baptised into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bondmen or free, and have all been given to drink of one Spirit. 14 For also the body is not one member but many. 15 If the foot say, Because I am not a hand I am not of the body, is it on account of this not indeed of the body? 16 And if the ear say, Because I am not an eye I am not of the body, is it on account of this not indeed of the body? 17 If the whole body [were] an eye, where the hearing? if all hearing, where the smelling? 18 But now God has set the members, each one of them in the body, according as it has pleased [him]. 19 But if all were one member, where the body? 20 But now the members [are] many, and the body one. 21 The eye cannot say to the hand, I have not need of thee; or again, the head to the feet, I have not need of you. 22 But much rather, the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary; 23 and those [parts] of the body which we esteem to be the more void of honour, these we clothe with more abundant honour; and our uncomely [parts] have more abundant comeliness; 24 but our comely [parts] have not need. But God has tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to [the part] that lacked; 25 that there might be no division in the body, but that the members might have the same concern one for another.” (1 Corinthians 12:12-25 Darby)

Let us not lose sight of that message, of that last meeting of Jesus and his apostles around the table in the upper room in Jerusalem, and grow in love for each other with the truth, under the watchful eye of one shepherd, Christ Jesus our lord, so that we will not be ashamed when we have to appear before his judgment seat.

As brothers and sisters of each other, we listen to Jesus’ voice as we unite as one flock with one shepherd.

“15 but, holding the truth in love, we may grow up to him in all things, who is the head, the Christ: 16 from whom the whole body, fitted together, and connected by every joint of supply, according to [the] working in [its] measure of each one part, works for itself the increase of the body to its self-building up in love.” (Ephesians 4:15-16 Darby)

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep:” (John 10:11 Darby)

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God’s Words for the Pilgrimage #2 Words of God for life

février 4, 2024février 2, 2024 par Guestspeaker, publié dans Behaviour or attitude towards others, Faith, Jesus Christ - son of God, Reflection - Meditation

The Words of God in Pilgrimages

Above all, the pilgrim finds himself gathered together with others to listen to the Word of God, and the light of this word provokes in him a new look of faith on his own life, and on the rejection he has made of God on many occasions. He discovers the road ahead. Like David, like the prodigal son, he turns away from his sin and turns to God, who is always ready for forgiveness. He does penance in the full sense of the word: his pilgrim confession is the starting point of an authentic conversion.

In joy, and in an atmosphere of celebration, he partakes of the bread and wine together in memory of the Last Supper of Jesus Christ (the Eucharist). He experiences the unity that exists among all the children of God: there is truly one faith, one Lord, one baptism, one God and Father, but also an unfeigned charity, which carries with it peace and happiness. Finally, he finds himself part of the Church’s mission. At the same time, he feels solidarity with all men in the same struggle for justice and freedom.

God’s Words for the Pilgrimage of life

Life is a pilgrimage

It is in a second phase that pilgrims will discover, in the light of the Word of God, that the unfolding of their life takes on a new meaning in the radiance of the realities lived during a pilgrimage: « Life is the true, the only pilgrimage ».

A Journey to Meet God

Like pilgrimage, human life is a journey to meet God. God has always been looking for man to give himself to him and he offers him an exchange of love, which is realized in Jesus Christ. The sanctuary that the pilgrim frequents is only the image of that « perfect sanctuary » which is the humanity of Christ. God was the first to love us with an extraordinary love through the gift he gave us of his Son, Jesus Christ.

A walk in the Church

Son of God, who came to the earth of men, ‘the Word of the Father which he reveals, ‘a servant who accepts suffering’, he continues his mission in the Church.
Through Baptism, he united us to the mystery of his death and resurrection. Now, when we gather in the ecclesia, we feel connected as brothers and sisters in Christ, but even more so with our Divine Father, the One True God. This connection with God or God’s covenant with His people, and us, gives us the strength to go on in life.

And his Spirit is beginning to realize in the community of believers the unity towards which the whole of humanity is on the move.

An Upward Walk to Holiness

It is also in the Church that the Christian receives the eternal Word of God. He receives it in faith, and in its light he perceives the vocation to holiness which is his and which he must realize throughout his life and through the most diverse forms of his activity. He will do so, not on the cheap, nor even passively, but with a fully lucid commitment, the true dimension of which he sometimes needs to rediscover. Through his work, in his daily life, the effort made will not only be a legitimate search for the happiness for which he is made, but also a contribution to the building of a new world.

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January 6, 2024 official opening of the Anderlecht ecclesia

janvier 9, 2024janvier 9, 2024 par Marcus Ampe, publié dans Announcement, Christadelphian, History & news feed, News, Questions & Answers

Saturday January 6 was the time. It could be said that the Christadelphian ecclesiae have had a new brother or sister in Belgium.

Méthode Belanwa and his wife have expressed their willingness to provide their living space to build a house church. With their still unbaptised friends, they followed preparations every Sunday evening every Sunday evening to start a baptism soon.

Together they want to form a community of brothers and sisters in Christ and this was the official starting shot this Saturday.

After the welcome and opening prayer, Brother Marcus Ampe gave the youth and Bible reading and discussion of the Creation of the world and the first commission God gave to mankind. Reference was therefore made to the important task that we as Christadelphians should fulfil, showing respect for every living being, be it plant, animal or human.

Then we discussed how we would build our ecclesia in the future and hold services to serve God.

Two courageous women dared to ask some important questions, such as who conducts or dictates to us what and how we should do everything, this compared to the administrative body of the Witnesses of Jehovah (the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses) or the Watchtower (Bible and Tract Society), and the role of the Pope in the Catholic Church.

It was made clear that there are many different Christadelphian groups, such as the Amended, Unamended, CBM, Carelinks, Berean, Xanga, Logos, Old Path, Restoration, Living Hope, Williamsburg Christadelphans as well as the Thomasites and other Christadelphian groups, each with their own organisation and ways of church conduct.

It was made clear that we do not have a worldly governing body or governing body, as the Christian Congregation of Witnesses have their Faithful Slave, and that we are completely independent here in Belgium. We are fortunate to be able to count on the patronage of the English ecclesia in Newbury, which has expressed its willingness to support us further. By the way, they have already done a lot of preparatory work, for the baptisms, when Marcus Ampe had been eliminated for a while for health reasons. Their support is therefore greatly appreciated.

Our independence means that we are also open to anyone from the Christadelphian communities and beyond. By the way, one does not have to be baptised to celebrate services with us. Only are not baptised people, not allowed to participate in the symbols, but they may be present.

A selection of Bibles presented for the ecclesia – Een selectie van bijbels gepresenteerd voor de ecclesia – Une sélection de Bibles présentées pour l’ecclésia – Uchaguzi wa Biblia uliowasilishwa kwa ajili ya eklesia

Everyone is also invited to read together from the « Sainte Bible Gros Caractères Segond -NEG », which we took as the standard Bible for the service. In addition to this French-language Bible of the « Société Biblique de Genève » (Genfer Bibelgesellschaft), many Bibles were proposed, under which the members of the ecclesia can choose to use for Bible studies. In doing so, we indicated that everyone is free to use any Bible translation for those study moments or beyond.

For the children’s service, the choice was made for « La Bible pour les enfants » published by Mame. But the question was also asked whether a Dutch-language Children’s Bible could also be provided. Brother Marcus had already searched for this before, but had not yet found a solid version that always kept a clear difference between God and Jesus.

Singing at Leeds Grammar School in 2001 — The Northern Christadelphian Choir singing at Leeds Grammar School in 2001

The question arose among the women about songs, hymns or anthems, cantiques and gospels in our services. The African men also came forward with their wishes that they like lively music, in which dance also plays a role. Brother Marcus who was a dancer by profession and previously was able to attend services full of dance and lively music in the non-trinitarian Baptist community, had ear for this and assured that if good African and European music could be found, never testifying to the wrong person, we could also use it in the service.
Brother Marcus and Steve Robinson assured those present, that in our services we would also use the excellent source of music produced at the Williamsburg Organisation, Christadelphian music organisation, The Northern Christadelphian Choir, and many Australian Christadelphian music groups owned by Brother Marcus al Cd’s. For the music recorded by brother Peter Clausen from Ohio, on mp3 system for the Christadelphian Hymns, we have yet to find a French version.

In any case, I now also have the music of Joel Lwaga of which we will use his « You are the Way » at our next meeting.

It was also quoted that, as in the other ecclesiae that Brother Marcus is going for, he will also regularly open the service with some Psalm, as there.

Furthermore, it was indicated that in our independence how to perform the service, and without a fixed order, our services will not always run the same, but different sequences may be followed. By the way, that variation keeps the whole thing fresh and makes it adaptable to the events of the day.

Subsequently, it was discussed how to work towards the upcoming baptisms and where and how we would let them take place. It was agreed to check whether we could use the church of the Philadelphia faith community or the Free Protestant Church in Anderlecht on a Saturday afternoon in February. That would be the most ideal if we could use a baptismal basin in such a church building without idols. In case this would not work, it was proposed to have baptism in a public swimming pool or in a bath, provided it will still be too cold for a pond or water outside.

We were able to conclude that everyone was very enthusiastic about the start of the ecclesia, as well as the good prospects of soon welcoming several members and baptised people into our community.

Steve Robinson then gave the prayer for the evening meal, after which everyone could chat with the tasty food that the women had foreseen.

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The intentions of our Brussels ecclesia

janvier 5, 2024décembre 30, 2023 par Marcus Ampe, publié dans Behaviour or attitude towards others, Christadelphian, Faith, History & news feed, Jesus Christ - son of God, Reflection - Meditation

Even though we do not have a publicly freely accessible, easily recognizable ecclesia building, we want to open up our ecclesia or church to people of all kinds, race, country nature, culture or language.

In our West Brussels ecclesia in Anderlecht we hope to receive different people and to address them in French, Swahili but also in Dutch and English. By default, the services will take place in Anderlecht in French and Swahili, compared to our other ecclesiae in English, French and Farsi.

Our community of faith consists of members who want to open up to others as brothers and sisters in Christ to make known our Nazarene teacher Jesus Christ.

We are convinced that Jesus through our Heavenly Father, Jehovah God, was sent to earth as a Saviour to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to bring the Kingdom of Christ to life. In our community, we recall how Jesus lived, and preached the Word of God, but also how he was put to death on a stake for the forgiveness of our sins. We also want to express to others our hope of the testimony of many people that Jesus rose from the dead after his death and again promised that he would return as the time will be found ripe by God.

As Jesus was brought back to life by the Only True God, who created everything and made sure that we may be here on earth now, we believe and want to let others know that this resurrection from the dead can and will come to us. For this we have to wait until the end of the times or the end of all things

In our ecclesia, we want to prepare people for the appointed times, when we as humans will be tested and will have to withstand the incredibly severe violence against humanity that will use the adversaries of God to take the people away from God.

Thanks to God the Father, the son is still available to send us and, seated at God’s right hand, he will act as a mediator for us. Through his teaching, we want to be guided and build our community to Biblical standards.

We follow the first-century building of the faith communities of those who wanted to follow Jesus Christ. Although certain Jewish Laws no longer apply to all followers of Jesus, we also realise that certain Jewish laws or rules of life have not disappeared or been abolished at all. The Supreme God who was also the God of Abraham and Jesus made His commandments and rules known to man so that he would have firm guidance. His Words have been recorded for many generations who can follow these Words by reading and studying the Bible. A lot of time is spent on reading the Bible in our ecclesia. Furthermore, in that Book of Books there are also songs and prayers indicated to praise and honour God. We will use these but also contemporary prayers in our faith community to encourage us and ask God to protect us, to train and accept as children of Him.

In the previous article, you could read how the Greek word for « church » is « ekklesia« , and simply refers to that meeting or gathering, meeting of the called ones, or meeting of those who were « proclaimed« . « Church » was an unreligious word referring to a group of people considered to be followers of Jesus. The ecclesia does not really refer to a building but concerns people. It represents the group of people who have decided to come together to praise and honour God.

We in Anderlecht wish to offer such a place where people can feel at home and where we can hold meetings to study the Word of God, praise and honour God as well as commemorate the last supper of Jesus and his apostles and share the bread and wine with each other.

It must be remembered when When Jesus said

« I will build my church »

he was not talking about a literal building he was going to erect, but about a community he would form and support. We thus form a community under Christ and would like to invite others to join that brotherhood of Christ or that Church of Christ as well.

We want to show people that « church » means more than a church building or the Roman Catholic Church or a church of the Pentecostal movement. As ecclesia, we see it as one of our tasks to clarify the confusion of concepts surrounding « church. By the way, it is to avoid confusion that we prefer to use the word « ecclesia » for whatever one might call our society or gathering or brothers or followers.

We pretend to be obedient to the « Supreme Lord who is above all lords » whom we as our Only God uphold. We have also resolved to be stimulated by His Word so that we can grow and continue to work to grow the entire faith community. We therefore expect our members to show their willingness to take up God’s Word together to learn lessons from it and to let themselves through that Word « fertilize ».

As a community of believers, we expect all baptized members to take the right attitude to cultivate the right attitude among anyone who wants to join us in our ecclesia and our brotherhood.
As in a fine family, we want to form a community of willing children, interested in always learning and growing, always with each other’s helping hand and according to the Will of God. To this end, those who commit themselves to the True Faith must be aware of the promises of God and His Plan for the entire world. In this way, we also want to commit ourselves and work together to follow the instructions about joy and suffering and to look joyfully at the reward that God has for His loved ones provided.

As a community, we are willing to share God’s salvation with people around us, in and outside our community.

Although we are all different personalities, unity in the same faith is Jesus the Messiah the driving factor for the whole community and it is that shared hope that gives everyone joy of life and everyone share in the same hope-for-the-future.

Our part is to be faithful ships of the love of God (2 Corinthians 4:7; 2 Timothy 2:21). That is why we are committed to being diligent and obedient to the order « to be execution followers ». That is clearly not a passive order that we want to follow up and fulfill together.

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Gathering and meeting for God

janvier 4, 2024décembre 28, 2023 par Bijbelvorsers, publié dans History & news feed, Jesus Christ - son of God

In ancient times, Jehovah God of the heavenly powers had called His People to meet regularly to reflect on Him and His deeds and to honour Him. For example, God-loving people came together at a time „ or ” agreed place „ (1 Samuel 13: 8; 20:35) in, for example, a ” tent of meeting „ (Exodus 27:21). Such a „ place of meeting ” was derived as miq · raʼ from the basic verb qa·raʼ (calling), to indicate that it was an answer to the call of God.

Qa·halʹ is related to a verb that „ convenes; meeting ” means (Exodus 35: 1; Leviticus 8: 4) and is often used to designate a municipality as an organized group of people. Sometimes qa·halʹ (municipality) is used together with ʽe·dhahʹ (meeting) (Leviticus 4:13; Numbers 20: 8, 10).

The Greek ek·kleʹsi·a (from ek, „ from ”, and kleʹsis, „ a call ”) is usually used in the Greek Septuagint as a translation of the Hebrew qa·halʹ (municipality) and sometimes of ʽe·dhahʹ (meeting), although the latter word is also represented by the Greek expression su·na·goʹge (which means „ a gathering ”, from sun, „ at a ”, and aʹgo, „ bringing ”).

For looking at our meetings we go to the meetings that the followers of Jesus held. We speak of an ecclesia for the place as well as for the group or collection of believers, as indicated in the Christian Greek Scriptures the « municipality » with ek·kleʹsi·a.
In Acts 7:38 it is used with regard to the congregation of Israel. The Greek word su·na·goʹge appears in Acts 13:43 („ meeting in the synagogue ”) and in James 2: 2 („ meeting ”). Another Greek expression, pa·neʹgu·ris (from pan, „ als ”, and aʹgo·ra, which denotes any kind of meeting), is displayed in Hebrews 12:23 with „ general meeting ”.

There were certain days when people were seen to gather with the family with other believers. For example, there was the weekly Sabbath, a day of „ complete rest, a holy meeting ” (Leviticus 23: 3), taking the time to consider God’s Word, as in the later synagogues, where ’ Moses was read every Sabbath ’ (Acts 15:21).

The new moon was also celebrated (Numbers 28: 11-15), the day of trumpet call (Numbers 29: 1-6), the annual Day of Atonement (Le 16), and was celebrated as the main event of the year the Passover (in commemoration of Israel’s deliverance from Egypt; Exodus 12:14), of which God ordered to celebrate this for eternity, making this also for true Christians and therefore also for us Christadelphians here in Belgium, is the most important day of meeting (on Nisan 14 for the Passover feast or Passover).

In memory of the salvation for the Jews of impending extermination in the Persian Empire; Esther 9: 20-24) there was the Purim feast, as well as the Initiation Feast (recommending the temple’s rededication on 25 Kislev 165 BC.; John 10:22, 23).

In addition, there were three annual „ periodic festivals of Jehovah ”: the feast of unleavened bread, the feast of weeks (Shavuot) (later called Pentecost) and the Feast of Tabernacles or Sukkoth (Leviticus 23), as to which feasts God decreed:

„ On three occasions in the year, all that is male among you will appear before the true Lord, Jehovah ” (Exodus 23:14-17).

It is therefore a form of devotion to God and succession to His commandments that we can now also keep these festivals in mind and honour.

Because of the great spiritual value of these festivals, many men ensured that their entire family was present (Luke 2:41-45). Moses also explicitly said that once every seven years, during the Feast of Tabernacles, the men, the women, the children and indwelling strangers of Israel had to gather in the place that Jehovah would choose,

„ that they may listen and that they may learn, as they must fear Jehovah your God and make sure to accomplish all the words of this law ” (Deuteronomy 31:10-12).

So provisions were made that the Israelites could meet very often to consider Jehovah’s Word and intentions. Even today, we can find reasons enough to meet regularly and bring honour to God.

Originally they came together in open nature and in a space or tent covered with a tarp. It was when the Jews were in Babylonian exile, or shortly thereafter, that they turned to stone buildings, which were used as synagogues, places of worship, or as Jewish places of gathering. Over the years, cities grew and several synagogues were distributed in the city to accommodate the different people. For example, large cities obtained more than one synagogue.

Synagogues were initially meeting places where people could exchange ideas about the Word of God. Reading and teaching from the Scriptures. In those places of meeting, a space for prayer was provided or the study rooms were also places of worship. These places where God was praised were also a testimony to the love and loyalty one had for the Creator God.

Jesus Christ and his disciples used to go there to study and discuss the Scriptures together, as well as to praise God. It was in the synagogues that Jesus and his disciples ventured to teach and encourage those present (Mt 4:23; Lu 4:16; Acts 13:14, 15; 17:1, 2; 18: 4). Because the Scriptures were regularly read in the synagogues, James could say to the Christian governing body in Jerusalem:

„ Traditionally, Moses had people preaching him in city after city, because he is read in the synagogues every Sabbath ” (Acts 15:21).

The basic features of the synagogue-led services were adopted by Christians for their meetings, where the scriptures were read and explained, encouraged each other, prayed, and praised God. — 1 Corinthians 14: 26-33, 40; Colossians 4:16.

To this day, it is our job as the former People of God, Jesus Christ and his apostles, and their followers, get together and don’t leave the meeting. It is therefore important to keep an eye on the times and to always encourage each other so that everyone can grow and persist in faith, encouraging each other, and all the more as we see the day of God approaching. (Hebrews 10: 24-25).

19 Therefore, brothers, since we have boldness* for the way of entry+ into the holy place*+ by the blood of Jesus, 20 which he inaugurated for us as a new and living way through the curtain,+ that is, his flesh,+21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God,+22 let us approach with true hearts in the full assurance of faith, having had our hearts sprinkled from a wicked conscience+ and our bodies bathed with clean water.+23 Let us hold fast the public declaration* of our hope+ without wavering,+ for he is faithful+ that promised. 24 And let us consider one another to incite+ to love and fine works,+25 not forsaking the gathering of ourselves together,+ as some have the custom, but encouraging+ one another, and all the more so as YOU behold the day drawing near.+(Hebrews 10:19-25).

In such meetings or meetings it is important to think about the basic doctrine and to continue maturing. (Hebrews 6:1-3). At such meetings we as the prudent can try to acquire knowledge and do our utmost to offer ourselves approved to God. (Proverbs 18:15; 2 Peter 3:18; 2 Timothy 2:15) It is there at such meetings that we can help each other to grow in Christ and be excellent servants of Christ Jesus. (1 Timothy 4: 6)

Our job as followers of Jesus Christ is for us as Brothers and Sisters in Christ to bear witness to our faith and take on us to meet regularly to each other as well to feel the feeling of unity and to study the Word of God together and to bring honour and praise to the God above all gods, Jehovah the Lord of hosts.

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The name ‘Christadelphian’

décembre 16, 2023décembre 15, 2023 par Christadelphians, publié dans Christadelphian

Christadelphians could have called themselves Christians. But from about 100 C.E. some Christians began to change the original faith of Christ and his apostles. So, as most Christians now don’t have the same beliefs as they do, since 1864 the name Christadelphians was chosen.

It was said of the followers of Christ, “he is not ashamed to call them brothers” (Hebrews 2 v 11). The name Christadelphian (Greek, like the New Testament original) simply means ‘brothers in Christ’.

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Putin orders tactical nuclear weapon drills to deter the West

Reuters, May 6, 2024 Event Russia said on Monday May 6, it would practice the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons as part of a military exercise after what the Moscow said were threats from France, Britain and the United States. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Russia has repeatedly warned of rising nuclear risks – […]

Russia backs warlord to tighten grip on Africa

The Times, April 15, 2024 Event Russia’s navy has shipped thousands of tonnes of weaponry to Libya, using ties with a local warlord to create a bridgehead through which it can bolster its military presence in Africa. The vessel, escorted by a navy frigate, entered the port of Tobruk in eastern Libya on April 8 […]

Putin compares himself to Jesus in his battle to uphold tradition

The Times, April 9, 2024 Event President Putin has compared himself to Jesus Christ as he quoted the Bible to explain his divine mission schooling Russia’s youth in “traditional” values. The Russian president has frequently portrayed himself as a stalwart defender of the Christian faith against the “Satanic” West. But in a revealing insight into […]

Those on the waters of faith

Last Sunday we were happy to meet three new brethren who got walking with us on the water laid in front of us. They with us can sing “Teach my your way”. In Newbury, they saw a sort of likeness between brother Marcus and Elija and were pleased to have new brethren and sisters join […]

Christ dwelling by faith in the believers heart

So that Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts; in love being rendered firm, and the foundation laid, (Eph 3:17) Paul restates the prayer’s central appeal, identifying the presence of Christ with the empowerment of the Spirit (Eph 3:16). Just as the Church is becoming a holy temple for God (2:21–22), so the individual […]

Putin tells the Middle East to pull back from a catastrophic clash

Reuters, April 16, 2024 Event Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday urged all sides in the Middle East to refrain from action that would trigger a new confrontation which he warned would be fraught with catastrophic consequences for the region, the Kremlin said. Putin, who has forged much closer ties with the Islamic Republic since […]

Kremlin says Russia and NATO are now in “direct confrontation”

Reuters, April 4, 2024 Event Russia and NATO are now in “direct confrontation”, the Kremlin said as the U.S.-led alliance marked its 75th anniversary on Thursday. NATO‘s successive waves of eastern enlargement are a fixation of President Vladimir Putin, who went to war in Ukraine two years ago with the stated aim of preventing the […]

Netanyahu unveils Israel’s ‘day after’ plan for Gaza

The Times, February 23 , 2024 Event Israel wants operational freedom throughout Gaza “without a time limit” as part of its postwar plan for the territory, Binyamin Netanyahu has told his war cabinet. In his long-awaited “day after” plan outlining Israel’s post-war intentions for Gaza, the Israeli prime minister also called for a “demilitarised, deradicalised” […]

Russia’s worrisome invite to Hamas, PIJ and its implications

Jerusalem Post, February 19, 2024 Event Russia has invited Palestinian groups to Moscow, which could bring together Hamas, the Palestinian Authority, and other terrorist groups*. Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said over the weekend that Russia invited Palestinian factions to meet in Moscow at some point in late February, the latest Russian move to […]

What the intensifying US-Iran proxy war means for crisis-wracked Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen

Arab News, February 15, 2024 Event Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip has spilled over into neighboring countries and sent shockwaves across the wider region, transforming Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen into battlefields in an escalating proxy war between the US and Iran. This mounting instability has wrought havoc on the economies of the […]

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