Let us consider the words recorded in the last verse of 2 Samuel 23: “Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all” (Vs 29). They may seem like simple words, but they speak volumes and contain many and various sorts of learning, counsel and exhortations.

Isaiah 50 is about the obedient servant. This is a Messianic passage, about redemption. The Lord had come calling but there was no one listening, as if His arm was too short. Isaiah/Jesus lit a fire of redemption, by his obedience to the Lord, his instructed tongue.

SOMEONE once said to me, “You Christadelphians are the only church I know that preaches ‘primitive Christianity’. It’s a pity you’re so small!”

What great reminders these words are of the position we have been blessed within God’s family and the joy, hope and peace that brings to our lives. I love how much it means to Paul, that his siblings in Christ are doing well, the constant place they have in his prayers, and how much he encourages them.