SO GREAT SALVATION

“How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him” (Heb.2:3).  THE SALVATION of the souls of men and women is central to the whole purpose and plan of God. In the...

COVETOUSNESS

John Ecob  “Thou shalt not steal.  Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.   Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is...

The Peril of Spiritualizing Scripture

John Ecob  WHEN WE READ a book we endeavour  to understand what the author intended  by the words he uses and the manner  in which he expresses them. In this way we learn the message the author  sought to convey. Words are the  vehicles for thoughts just as numbers ...

What Happened at Calvary?

John Ecob  “And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left” (Luke 23:33).  The last supper finished and Jesus took His disciples across the brook Kidron to...

Life Wasn’t Meant to be Easy

John Ecob  WHEN AN AUSTRALIAN POLITICIAN  coined the phrase, Life wasn’t meant  to be easy, I suspect David stood up in  heaven and shouted, Amen and Amen!  David would hold the most exalted place  next to the Lord Jesus among all the Old  Testament saints. His name...

The Theme of Isaiah’s Prophecy

John Ecob ISAIAH PROPHESIED in the reigns of  Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah,  kings of Judah.  Chapters 1 to 6 were written during the  period when Uzziah and Jotham jointly  reigned. Uzziah was a leper during the  closing years of his reign and his son  Jotham...