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There is a maze on the front cover of this booklet, but a maze does not have just one path; it has a whole tangle of them. For many people the Bible is a bit like a maze, as they struggle to find their way through it. It is a book which, at first, is difficult to find one’s way and make sense of it. Many get easily lost and sadly some give up.
However, many people enjoy mazes and some people have a system for finding their way through a maze and this booklet demonstrates a system for finding your way through the Bible. It is called “right division” and it shows the reader a path through the Bible, a way to make sense of what is written there.
New DVDs:
- Overview of Ephesians: Nathan Johnson
(1 DVD, £5.00)
- Overview of Colossians: Sylvia Penny
(1 DVD, £5.00)
- Philemon: Michael Penny
(1 DVD, £5.00)
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New CDs:
- The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit: Michael Penny
(4 studies on 3 CDs £6.00)
- Philippians Verse by Verse: Michael Penny
(14 studies on 7 CDs £10.00)
(Also available on MP3 Disc 2 (£10.00))
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As with any ongoing war, it is wise to go back to the beginning— to see what started the conflict and who the opposing sides are. We first read of the conflict of the ages in Genesis 3. We are introduced to the opposing sides—Adam and Eve, and us, are caught in the middle … between God and Satan. This booklet traces the conflict throughout the Bible; showing what have been the past battles and indicating future ones.
Perhaps the best known example of
an unfulfilled prophecy relating to the terms of Jeremiah
18:7-10 is that of Jonah going to Nineveh.
Jonah was told “Go to the great
city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness
has come up before me” (Jonah 1:2), but Jonah refused to go, and
caught a ship going in the opposite direction. So the word of
the Lord came to Jonah a second time: “Go to the great city of
Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you” (Jonah 3:2).
Jonah obeyed and proclaimed the
message he had been given: “Forty more days and Nineveh will be
overturned” (Jonah 3:4). However, far more than forty days
passed yet the city was not destroyed.
This very definite announcement,
this very black / white assertion, this clear statement of
prophecy, came to nothing! Why? Surely we would expect that any
clear-cut statement made by God would be carried out. Here He
told Jonah to state that Nineveh would be ‘overthrown’ (KJV,
ASV) in forty days. There were no conditions attached, no
ifs or buts, so why didn’t it happen?
And how many other prophetic
statements are there in the Old and New Testaments
which simply did not see their fulfilment? This publication
features the main ones and explains why God either did not do
the good he had promised, or why he withheld the judgment.
- An overview of the Bible
(4 DVDs, £20.00)
- Approaching the Bible
(2 DVDs, £10.00)
- Four Studies
(1
DVD, £5.00)
- Paul’s Predicaments: The Life of the Apostle Paul
(4 DVDs, £20.00)
- Prayer
(1 DVD, £5.00)
Click on one or more of the above links for more information, and to
order.
In his writings John skillfully
uses contrasting imagery to great effect:
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truth and lies
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light and darkness
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life and death
He does this to compare the way of
Jesus Christ with the way of the world.
In his epistles he uses the term
‘the truth’ in a very particular sense, to mean a specific body
of revelation. This booklet is a discussion of what John means
by ‘the truth’. He calls on his readers to believe and act upon
‘the truth’, for to do so is the key to an unbreakable
relationship with God through the Lord Jesus.
These are recordings of the Reading Seminar where Michael Penny looked at promises & prayers such as:
- All these things will be added unto you;
- Ask and it will be given;
- I will give words and wisdom.
Are we right to expect what we ask for. For example, in Matthew 19:28 our Lord Jesus told the Twelve: “I tell you the truth, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”
Few, if any, would apply that to themselves today, so why do many apply to themselves another promise the Lord said only to the Twelve, “I will do whatever you ask in my name … You may ask me for anything, and I will do it” (in John 14:13-14).
He also covered
- the use of ‘will’ and ‘may’ in prayer;
- repetition in prayers, when is it meaningful and when vain or empty;
- and much more .
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