Posts by Barry Forder (Page 9)

The Gospel of Grace

In our Sunday Morning studies, we are currently going through Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians. It is regarded by some as one of Paul’s greatest and most important letters. Dr Merrill Tenney said “Few books have had a more profound influence on the history of mankind… Christianity might have been just one more Jewish sect, […]

Jehovah Jireh

This is another powerful name for God. Jehovah Jireh…….the Lord our Provider! We could say Yahweh Yireh, but somehow Jehovah Jireh trips more easily off the tongue. Y and J are interchangeable in Hebrew. Let us look at Genesis 22:1-19 “Now it came to pass……….that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he […]

EL SHADDAI

This time we are going to look at the name El Shaddai, which means Almighty God and again we shall look at this name in relation to Abram. El Shaddai, the Almighty, all sufficient God is a precious name showing the goodness and grace of our God. This name occurs 8 times in the Old Testament. […]

El Elyon

Last time we looked at how amazing our Great and Mighty God is. We discovered. How our Great ‘I Am’, Yahweh or Jehovah has myriad names throughout the Bible. We saw how the Creator of Heaven and Earth is God in three persons, working together to form the Universe and all there is in it, […]

A Tragic End

Over the last 8 months we have been studying through 1st and 2nd kings, we have seen the monarchy in Israel split in two as a result of the fear of man and an unwillingness to trust in God. As a result, each subsequent part of the divided kingdom fell yet further into apostasy to […]

Moving Shadows

Second Kings 18-20 records the life of one of Israel’s greatest kings, Hezekiah. We are told of him that “He did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did” (2 Kings 18:3). This isn’t just a comment about the things he did, good as they […]

ELOHIM

The first revelation in scripture of God’s character is the fourth word in the first book, Genesis. “In the beginning GOD…”! (Genesis 1:1) The Hebrew for God here is Elohim. It is like a mark of authorship, ownership, His signature if you like. For example… ‘Pride and Prejudice written by Jane Austen’. ‘The Bible written […]

What’s in a Name?

What’s in a name? It’s a good question! I am sure you will agree that a name is important, vital even. Some names are better known than others. Some are famous, some infamous! If I mention Henry VIII for instance, what do you immediately think of? How about Hudson Taylor? Martin Luther? Jack the Ripper? […]

I have learned in whatever state I am to be content.

I expect some of you have heard of Saeed Abedini and are praying for him and his family. He is an Iranian convert from Islam to Christianity and he has been in prison in Iran for his faith for three years with no immediate or even long term hope of release. His home is in […]

God can use you where you are!

This week I want to take you back to the exile of Judah to Babylon. Imagine how it must have been for the families of those first noble young men like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, whose names were changed by king Nebuchadnezzar, in honour of the pagan gods he served, to Belteshazzar, Shadrach, […]