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Do we really seek the Lord’s guidance?
"Notice the deceit - they pretend earnestly to seek the Lord's guidance, but at heart they simply desire God to approve a course they had already decided upon. All too often this is how we deal with God.We make up our minds, then close them to God's mind. Is it a wonder that we go …
Links to Rev James Philip’s notes on 1 and 2 Kings
1 Kings 2 Kings
Links to Rev James Philip’s notes on 1, 2 and 3 John
1 John 2 John 3 John
Links to Rev James Philip’s notes on 1 and 2 Peter
1 Peter 2 Peter
Links to Rev James Philip’s notes on 1 and 2 Timothy
1 Timothy 2 Timothy
Links to Rev James Philip’s notes on 1 and 2 Thessalonians
1 Thessalonians 2 Thessalonians
Link to Rev James Philip’s notes on Philippians
Philippians
Seeing Beyond The Things That Are Happening Right Now
"You get some idea of Jeremiah's faith in this intriguing story. Nothing seemed less likely than that the land would ever recover from its disasters, yet Jeremiah could see beyond them to the good time coming. What better illustration of the text, 'Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not …
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Links to Rev James Philip’s notes on 1 and 2 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 2 Corinthians
Links to Rev James Philip’s notes on 1 and 2 Samuel
1 Samuel 2 Samuel
Links to Rev James Philip’s notes on Psalms
Psalms 1-50 Psalms 51-100 Psalms 101-150
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James Philip
We Need More Than Rules And Regulations.
"The Rechabites had remained faithful to the voice of a man, yet Judah, spoken to by God Himself, had been neglectful of His Word. It is much easier to follow the rules of men than to live by God's Word. That is why so many Christians are attracted to 'regulation' Christianity, for it still leaves …
Expect Great Things From God!
"When God gives dreams (Jeremiah 31:26), they come to pass. Have we faith to take (Jeremiah 31:28) Scotland in our time? The situation now is much as it was then, and God is still the same? Do we hinder God's purposes because of our inability to believe He can restore its lost glory? Expect great …
A New Heart And A New Life
"Note the twofold blessing of this new covenant - forgiveness and a new heart to keep His commandments. O the wonder of it! His law in our inward parts - what can this mean but that we are to live it out day by day. This is our inheritance. Let us claim it and dare …
What a wonder-working God is ours!
"This points forward to the coming of Israel's King, Christ. What a wonder-working God is ours! He gives the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness (Jeremiah 33:11). And if He can do this for a whole people, will He stumble at our individual needs? Look to Him. …
Everything Can Be Turned Around – By God!
"This chapter reads like a whirlwind! And the Lord is in the whirlwind. What has angered God at Moab? See verse 26 - “Make her drunk, for she has defied the Lord. Let Moab wallow in her vomit; let her be an object of ridicule." - this is the sin of sins. Judgment inevitably …
Don’t Let Familiarity Breed Contempt!
"The impressive thing here is the respect shown to Jeremiah by the pagan authorities. Strange, is it not that the outsiders seem more able to recognize the worth of God's servants than God's people do? Familiarity, they say, breeds contempt. A prophet is not without honour save in his own country." (Rev James Philip, Notes …
It Won’t Be Easy!
"All that will live godly will suffer persecution. Jeremiah is put in a foul dungeon for being faithful to God's Word. There are times when all respectability is shorn from men and the bitter hatred of their hearts is revealed. None are so bitter as those who are stung by God's Word and refuse it!" …
Faithfulness Is More Important Than Popularity.
"It is easy to impute unworthy motives to those we dislike (Jeremiah 37:13). When we once incur another's dislike, nothing we do will ever please him, he will only be too eager to think evil even of the good we do. Yet, secretly, he knows, like Zedekiah, that the word of the Lord is with …
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God’s Word – In Increased Strength
"Vain are men's efforts to quench God's plans. Put the prophets in prison, burn the Bibles, but God's Word cannot be locked up, and out it will come, in increased strength (Jeremiah 36:32) to confound men's worst efforts against it. How God must laugh when He sees puny men thinking to put HIM in His …
Satan can do no more than God allows.
“One marvels at the grace God shows even in His wrath to wicked men. Captivity is ordained for Zedekiah, yet God wills to restrain the Babylonian conqueror, and will not allow Zedekiah to be killed. We need to remember that Satan takes orders from God - he can do no more than God allows.” (Rev …
The God Of The Impossible
"Doubts come because we feel God might not be able to do the impossible. What a blessing is here in Jeremiah 32:27 - He is the God of the impossible. Look at Jeremiah 32:40 in connection with the new covenant - 'My fear.' The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and of …
The Joy Of God’s Love
"Learn here that God's love (Jeremiah 31:3) is the source of true joy and gladness and rejoicing. If we are considered by others to be dull and over-seriously pious, it is not that we are too religious, but not religious enough. Can it be that we have missed the joy of God's love?" (Rev James …
"Preaching and Teaching" by James Philip
Inspiration, authority, infallibility and inerrancy are the necessary prerequisites for preaching and teaching. If a true ministry is to be exercised, these theological foundations are indispensable. This is implied by Paul’s employment of the word ‘ambassador’ to describe the work of the ministry. The word ‘ambassador’ is used twice in the New Testament by Paul. …
Link to Rev James Philip’s notes on Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes
Don’t Try To Fool God.
"This return to obedience (Jeremiah 34:9) came alas, too late, and anyhow, it fell through very quickly. It was simply a bribe to God, to induce Him to save them from danger, and when they found it did not work, they lost enthusiasm for God's commands. People still try to fool God that way today, …
Don’t Lose Hope!
"6 “‘Alas, sword of the Lord, how long till you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still.’ 7 But how can it rest when the Lord has commanded it, when he has ordered it to attack Ashkelon and the coast?” It is all very well to complain about desolation and judgment in the land …
God is waiting to bless you. Will you come to Him and be blessed?
"Remember, God is promising these blessings to a repentant people - that must never be left out. His promises are grace, our response is faith, we are to call upon Him (Jeremiah 33:3) and take from Him what He offers. James say, 'Ye have not because ye ask not.' Is that why you are unblessed?" …
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Better To Play With Dynamite … !
"Jehoiakim started something here that has come into fashion again in our time - cutting up God's Word with a knife! Note Jeremiah 36:24 - 'Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words'! Aye, men might well be afraid when they …
A Word Of Warning
"It was jealousy that moved Ishmael to murder Gedaliah. The Bible has a habit of revealing the fateful consequences of human passions. Who amongst us really believes that that jealous spirit within is capable of this? Believe the Bible rather than your own feelings, and be on your guard. Root it out!" (Rev James Philip …
Thinking back … remembering God’s faithful servants … and giving thanks to God
" I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me" (Galatians 2:20). Many years ago, in the early years of my Christian life, I was …
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