Robert Neilly
Oct 24, 20213 min read
What is unseen is eternal 24/10/2021
because we are not looking at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen. For what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is...
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Robert Neilly
Oct 23, 20211 min read
Corinth and the Corinthians
Tomorrow is the last Day Share on Paul's letters to the Corinthians. We are planning to start studying Jeremiah and a number of Day...
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Robert Neilly
Oct 22, 20213 min read
Sufferings in Perspective 22/10/2021
For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. [2 Corinthians 4:17 NIV] Our...
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Robert Neilly
Oct 20, 20213 min read
Outward Decline and Inward Renewal 20/10/2021
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. [2 Corinthians 4:16...
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Robert Neilly
Oct 18, 20213 min read
Thanksgiving Overflowing 18/10/2021
All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of...
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Robert Neilly
Oct 16, 20213 min read
Prospect of Resurrection 16/10/2021
Why is Paul able to rise above his circumstances which most, if not all, of us would consider dreadful. He has talked about being treated...
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Robert Neilly
Oct 14, 20214 min read
Faith in hard times 14/10/2021
Whenever we see the words, "It is written," we know that this is a reference to a passage from the Old Testament. Some people are...
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Robert Neilly
Oct 12, 20213 min read
A recurring death sentence 12/10/2021
In his second letter to the Corinthians, Paul makes this statement, "We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus" [2...
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Robert Neilly
Oct 10, 20216 min read
Hard pressed but not crushed 10/10/2021
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not...
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Robert Neilly
Oct 8, 20214 min read
Treasures in Jars of Clay 08/10/2021
[Picture by Adita Josh on Unsplash.] But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not...
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Robert Neilly
Oct 6, 20214 min read
Light ....in the face of Christ 06/10/2021
For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s...
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Robert Neilly
Oct 4, 20213 min read
We do not preach ourselves 04/10/2021
For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. [2 Corinthians 4:5 NIV] I...
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Robert Neilly
Oct 2, 20214 min read
The Gospel of the Glory of Christ 02/10/2021
Paul uses a phrase to describe the Gospel - he refers to the Gospel as the Gospel of the Glory of Christ. The god of this age has blinded...
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Robert Neilly
Sep 30, 20213 min read
Our Gospel is veiled 30/09/2021
[Photo by novia wu on Unsplash] Paul is tackling a thorny issue which has caused debate and discussion throughout the centuries. He...
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Robert Neilly
Sep 28, 20215 min read
Open and Above Board 28/09/2021
Maybe I am showing my age. Do you remember the TV drama called Minder with George Cole playing the lovable chancer, Arthur Daley. Arthur...
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Robert Neilly
Sep 26, 20213 min read
Gentle Correction 26/09/2021
Bible Teaching There is a visitor to the home of Priscilla and Aquila who becomes famous. His name is Apollos and he is an orator. This...
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Robert Neilly
Sep 24, 20213 min read
Sacrificial Service (P & A) 24/09/2021
Sacrificial Service At the end of Paul's letter to the Romans we discover this reference to P. and A. Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow...
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Robert Neilly
Sep 22, 20213 min read
Serving Together (P & A) 22/09/2021
Serving together In God's perfect plan A and P came to Corinth just in time for a visitor. Paul has arrived in this godless city and is...
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Robert Neilly
Sep 20, 20214 min read
Suffering Together (P. and A.) 20/09/2021
Suffering hardship together Janie and I have shared 46 years of married life with many ups and downs but we have never had to deal with...
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Robert Neilly
Sep 18, 20213 min read
Priscilla and Aquila - Together 18/09/2021
I want to introduce you to a couple who are mentioned 6 times in the New Testament and so we can begin to build up a picture of them. I...
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Robert Neilly
Sep 16, 20214 min read
We do not lose heart 16/09/2021
In recent Day Shares, we have considered how apostles were treated in the first century. Paul lived a life of hardship, deprivation,...
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Robert Neilly
Sep 14, 20213 min read
The dregs of society 14/09/2021
[Photo of 'garbage' or rubbish at side of street by Jon Tyson on Unsplash]. Paul uses very strong language to describe the way apostles...
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Robert Neilly
Sep 12, 20213 min read
Life of an apostle 12/09/2021
This blog might seem a bit strange and different from the usual Day Shares. I am trying to imagine what an advert or job description of a...
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Robert Neilly
Sep 10, 20214 min read
A different perspective 10/09/2021
[Picture by Karren McPherson] Do you ever get worked up about something and later on you wonder what all the fuss was about? Maybe I am...
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Robert Neilly
Sep 8, 20214 min read
Wisdom and foolishness 08/09/2021
We live in a world where there has been a great expansion in knowledge. We know more about our natural world, for example, than we did a...
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Robert Neilly
Sep 6, 20214 min read
Defiling the Temple 06/09/2021
In the last Day Share we learned that believers in the Lord Jesus Christ are the temple of God. God's Holy Spirit is living in each...
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Robert Neilly
Sep 4, 20214 min read
You are God's temple 04/09/2021
[Photo by Jeremy Zero on Unsplash.] Read 1 Corinthians 3:16-17. Paul makes a statement that must have shocked his readers - especially...
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Robert Neilly
Sep 2, 20214 min read
The Day 02/09/2021
[Picture by LA khai-way on Unsplash.] In the last Day Share entitled Building Materials we were looking at the metaphor Paul uses to...
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Robert Neilly
Aug 31, 20214 min read
Building Materials 31/08/2021
[Photo by Aldric Rivat on Unsplash.] In the last Day Share we spoke about the foundation of the church at Corinth. Paul made sure that...
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Robert Neilly
Aug 29, 20213 min read
Pictures of a Church 29/08/2021
[Photo by John Price on Unsplash.] You are God's cultivated field You are God's building [1 Corinthians 3:9-11] Paul is mixing his...
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Robert Neilly
Aug 27, 20214 min read
Growth comes from God 27/08/2021
I took this photo of a ploughed field when Janie and I were travelling through France in 2011. If this field is going to produce a...
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