He Declares His Task The appellation ‘Watchman’ designates his calling. This is no position for the secret disciple, for he makes a sniper’s dream come true. He stands in the forefront of danger for his fellows’ sake, stands in supreme display against the arrows of adversity, and takes the brunt of the first fight. When…
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The church is the object of God’s constant watch.  ‘I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment; lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.’[1]  Whatever the peculiar situation of the modern church, whatever the form or nature of its trials, the enemy is one.  Heresies may damage…
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“They do not return to the Lord their God, nor  seek Him for all this” [Hosea 7:10] The basis of all religion is to seek God.  Israel was led and so encouraged that their lives through history have been a pageant of God’s unfathomed favour and wonder in a miraculous manifestation of provision and divine…
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“The tongues of dying men enforce attention like deep harmony,” (William Shakespeare, Richard II, II. 1-6), and if we had time and space we could print the final words that history has recorded of many famous people.  Here are just few, unattributed words – “Honey, get me the fork the darn toaster’s jammed.  “Why yes…
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Abraham was a man of the altar, Jacob of tents but Isaac of wells. “Now Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi, for he dwelt in the South.”[Genesis 24:62]   Abraham made a point of living in sacrifice.  Jacob held things lightly, ready to move (from his brother), whereas Isaac valued the need for continually…
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“If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.”[Gal 5:25]. If we are saved we should not live as the unsaved, if we are now regenerate we must not live as the unregenerate. In other words a prince should not live as a pauper. It therefore seems more than reasonable that…
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The seed is cast by the farmer into the field and may lie full of pregnant life, yet never in the soil.  The human and the divine may be as near as the seed to the ground yet they may never apprehend each other.  A person can be in touch with truth yet not free,…
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Prayer Enlisted for Victory David had come to the tabernacle to offer his petition and praises before a battle.  “Neither the crown on his head or grace in his soul could exempt him from trouble”[1]  This liturgical Psalm was written for the people of the congregation and the priests to take up prayer on their…
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“Surely there is an end [or future], and your hope will not be cut off.”[Prov 23:18] Most intelligent people would want God’s favour and there is no doubt that many of the righteous who regularly attend God’s house, participate in corporate prayer and diligently conduct home worship, may find that their faithfulness seems somewhat in…
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Last week we had a baptism service by full immersion and at other times we dedicate children to God, which is called Christening in other churches. In HICC we dedicate the child to God for His preserving and keeping power, praying earnestly that he will keep them safe and bring them to faith early in…
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