Isolated from ecclesias and mixing daily with those of different faiths, holding on to the Truth became very difficult.

Sometimes when we’re in the middle of troubles, God will seem distant. We’ll be left looking for assurance and comfort, and we will sometimes wonder where God is because He won’t be as obvious as we’d like.

When we focus on outward actions and those that are trivial, we have completely missed the higher principles God wants us to follow.

Our corporate responsibility goes beyond our fellow brothers and sisters to include the community around us.

God brought me to my knees pleading for forgiveness because we were not able to hold our marriage together. Now my faith is based solidly on God’s forgiveness and grace. I walk in His strength and not my own weakness.

Following is an excerpt of an exhortation given nearly 100 years ago, dealing with an issue that continues to this day—the issue of intolerance. This was shared in North America by Bro. Harry Tennant (Watford, UK) in 1989, as part of an Ecclesial Eldership study day. ~ Editor

Holiness requires that we think differently about ourselves. It demands we consider our own motivations and actions.

Jesus Christ has all the answers for our understanding of the Scriptures.

Humans are creatures of habit. The biggest determining factor of how we will behave is how we have responded in the past. This can be a good or a bad thing.

We should keep awake at all times. We are in end times.

In the first part of this article of this series, we considered the civil war between Israel and Benjamin in Judges 20-21. We noted that Israel continued routing Benjamin until almost the entire tribe was wiped out. Was this really the right thing to do? We’ll consider this question and continue with the theme of how we can achieve unity amongst God’s holy people.

Jesus knew it was time to leave the comfort of Martha and Mary’s home.