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Whatever may be said about the immigrants flooding into main land Britain, they are ILLEGAL! They are invaders who mainly are not seeking refuge from persecution but access to the economic and welfare benefits which are unbelievably heaped upon them on their arrival.

Myth!

I do not believe that history provides an act so utterly lunatic!

Yes, during the Trojan war, the city of Troy was successfully invaded by the Greeks. But they were concealed in a wooden horse and, above all, that event is mythical!

What is happening at present is beyond a myth. In truth you could not make it up that a national government would act as  stupidly as the present Labour and the previous Conservative  governments have done in response to the criminal activities of those ferrying across the illegal immigrants and charging huge fees for doing so!

Alongside the brainlessness of the London government has been the duplicitous and double-dealing French government. At best, in the response to the promised payment of some £662 million over three years, under a border security deal signed in April 2026, the French authorities have seen to it that nobody drowns getting to the rubber boats as they start across the Channel!

Rewarding the French mendacity is but another example of the utter inanity that controls Westminster!

We are told by the ‘dummies’ who herald and defend what is taking place, that these invaders are poor souls in need of help. Many of them are, and I am sure that a dose of the ‘birch’ would greatly help to straighten them out! (more…)

“‭If‭ in‭ this‭ life‭ only‭ we have hope‭‭‭‭ in‭ Christ‭, we are‭‭ of all‭ men‭ most miserable‭.‭ ‭But‭ now‭ is‭‭ Christ‭ risen‭‭ from‭ the dead‭, ‭and‭ become‭‭ the firstfruits‭ of them that slept‭‭,‭” ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬1 Corinthians 15:19-20.

These verses formed part of my daily Bible reading today,  Thursday 10th September. They show the folly of those who denied that there was a resurrection!

In the margin of my Bible, beside verse 12 of this chapter, I  wrote these words quite some time ago: ‘Another error in the church at Corinth’ for it states there: “‭Now‭ if‭ Christ‭ be preached‭‭ that‭ he rose‭‭ from‭ the dead‭, how‭ say‭‭ some‭ among‭ you‭ that‭ there is‭‭ no‭ resurrection‭ of the dead‭?‭”‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

There were many errors circulating in that church both in the form of erroneous doctrines taught and believed by some and practices which were altogether improper and unholy and condemned by Paul.

There was division and infighting (1:10-13); there was the highly improper relationship between a man and his step-mother, which even the heathen would find abhorrent (5:1-7); there was a bringing of members to court by other members over issues that should have been settled by the elders (6:1-7) ; there was gross misuse of the sacrament of the Lord’s Table, even drunkenness (11:20-22)  — and here in Chapter 15, there is another instance of a departure from the Word of God, a most serious one indeed for it appears that some asserted ‭‭‭‭‭‭ “that‭ there is‭‭ no‭ resurrection‭ of the dead‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬”.

It must be noted in the light of these evils found amongst the Corinthian Christians that:

I. THE HOLY GHOST STILL CALLS THEM  ‘THE CHURCH OF GOD WHICH IS AT CORINTH’!

“‭Unto the church‭ of God‭ which‭ is‭‭ at‭ Corinth‭, to them that are sanctified‭‭ in‭ Christ‭ Jesus‭, called‭ ‭to be‭ saints‭, with‭ all‭ that in‭ every‭ place‭ call upon‭‭ the name‭ of Jesus‭ Christ‭ our‭ Lord‭, both‭ theirs‭ and‭ ours‭,‭” 1 Corinthians 1:2.‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

I dare say that such was the spiritual state of the Corinthian church — and I have listed only some of the errors Paul deals with in his epistles to the church — that there are many amongst us that would call for separation from that body! (more…)

“‭Thou shalt have no other‭ gods‭ before me‭, ‭” Exodus 20:3.‬‬‬‬‬

This is the ‘First Commandment’! It simply means, as Dr John Gill explains: ‘There is but one only living and true God, the former and maker of all things, who only is to be had, owned, acknowledged, served, and worshipped as such; all others have only the name, and are not by nature gods; they are other gods than the true God is; they are not real, but fictitious deities; they are other or strange gods to the worshippers of them, that cry unto them, for they do not answer.’

Of course, ‘other gods’ do not necessarily come in the form of brasen or wooden images. They can take on various forms — objects that we love and consider highly and put before the person of the true God.

They can be objects to which we look with affection and interest, above that with which we view the Lord.

When there is a choice to be made between obeying God’s Word and walking in submission to it or following the inclinations of our heart regarding an event, a person or a desire within us, then, if we forgo obedience to God’s Word in order to pursue that other path, we have in our life that which truly is ‘another god’!

There are many Christians who have erected a ‘shrine’ to another god and bow before that ‘shrine’ rather than obey God’s Word. This situation can very easily occur and is all too common in this cold and backslidden time!

When I first began attending the Free Presbyterian Church, the ‘atmosphere’ was filled with a consciousness of the necessity of having to:

‘Go through with God,

Our vows to pay.

Our all upon the altar lay.

The Holy Ghost will do the rest,

And bring to thee God’s very best.’

How often is that hymn sung now? Just how many have even heard of it?

Sixty-two years ago it echoed constantly within the walls of Free Presbyterianism.

The surrendered life was a constant theme of Dr Ian Paisley, under whose ministry I spent the first ten months of my Christian life before I became engaged in preaching each Sabbath as a student for the ministry.

Holiness

Holiness of life was constantly striven for. Oh sadly, there was not the success there ought to have been, but the desire and the effort was being made and encouraged from the pulpit and by the example of others.

How precious to me are the faces of those whose lives and prayers helped and guided a new convert! I still hold them in my memories of my days in ‘Old Ravenhill’!

There are still godly men and women within our ranks but I do not think that they are regarded as they should by many!

Their witness and views are counted ‘old fashioned’ and indeed, irksome and vexing. The sooner they be gone from our midst the better! Such is the sadly sinful attitude of some toward them!

This too would have been the way of thinking of many in the days of the prophets, who were called upon by the Lord to denounce the erecting and honouring of ‘other gods’.

First chapter

In my first Bible reading today (3.9.26), I read of David doubting and setting aside the promise of God to make him king, and instead adopting a lifestyle of self- enrichment and deceit! (more…)