BIRMINGHAM BIBLE STUDENTS

logo Birmingham Bible StudentsThe Birmingham class have been meeting together for 45 years since 1967, we are a small group of individuals who fellowship in harmony with the bible teachings (Matt 18:20). We meet once a week in an informal setting where we are able to relax & learn from the bible, everyone has the opportunity to ask questions, give their opinion, share their thoughts so that we ALL fully understand the TRUTH, whilst promoting and encouraging FAITH and erasing fears based on common misperceptions of the Bible. It is not our intention to attack or denigrate the beliefs of others. The Birmingham Bible Class are supporters of the Bible Standard Ministries.  You can read more about the movement here. Please do not hesitate to contact us for more information.  If you do not live in Birmingham but would like to fellowship, there are other similar classes around the UK (Hyde, London, Sheffield, Cardiff, etc.) and the World (USA, France, Germany, Brazil, Poland, India, Russia, Lithuania, Ukraine, etc.) .

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  • March 1
    March 1
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    2016.03.01-2017.02.28

    The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus--Phil. 4: 7.

     It is not our own peace that is here referred to. It is the peace of God—the peace which comes to us from a realization of God's power and goodness and willingness to hold us by His right hand as His children. The thought is that this peace stands guard continually, as a sentinel, to challenge every hostile or worrying thought or fear. It keeps the Christian's mind so that he at heart has peace with the Lord, fellowship, communion; and it guards his mind also, his reasoning faculties, instructing him and assuring him respecting the Divine power and wisdom and love—Z '03, 8 (R 3128).

    The peace of God is that rest of heart and mind which results from consciousness of harmony with God and God's arrangements. Its being maintained and ruling in the heart amid conditions untoward to the natural man make it surpass all human understanding, and through Christ's office, it guards heart and mind, both from evil and amid and unto good—P '34, 31.

    Parallel passages: John 14: 1, 27; 16: 33; Rom. 5: 1; 8: 6; Col. 1: 20; 3: 15; Job 34: 29; Psa. 4: 8; 25: 12, 13; 29: 11; 85: 8; 119: 165; 125: 1, 5; Prov. 3: 17, 24; Isa. 26: 3; 28: 12; 32: 2, 17, 18; 53: 5; 54: 13; 57: 1, 2, 19; Jer. 33: 6; Luke 1: 79; 2: 14; Acts 10: 36.

    Hymns: 108, 54, 106, 107, 109, 179, 244.
    Poems of Dawn, 303: Daylight and Darkness.
    Tower Reading: Z '11, 397 (R 4898).

    Questions: Have I this week had this peace? What helped or hindered it? How did I use it? What resulted from it?

     
     
    DAYLIGHT AND DARKNESS

    I PRAYED to God in the morning,
    "Thy yoke is easy, Lord,
    And light indeed is Thy burden,
    And crystal clear is Thy word,
    And I am ready for service,
    Whatever Thou wilt," I said,
    As blithely I started forward,
    The pathway bright ahead.

    The night came down with its darkness,
    And long indeed was the road,
    And I was tired and weary,
    And fainting beneath my load.
    I lost the words of His promise,
    And none of my work was done.
    I cried aloud for the daylight,
    For a smooth road, and the sun.

    Then a voice came out of the shadows,
    The voice of my unseen Friend:
    "Lo, I am with you always,
    Even unto the end."
    It took the night and its darkness,
    And a long road, rough and dim,
    And the faithful care of my Shepherd,
    To bring me close to Him.
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  • March 13
    March 13
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    As many, therefore, as are perfect, should be of this mind; and if in anything you think differently, God will also reveal this to you. But to what we have attained, let us walk by the same line--Phil. 3: 15, 16, Diaglott.

    It is indispensable to those who have reached the mark of perfect love that they shall keep actively engaged in the service of the Lord, laying down their lives for the brethren. Such must stand, not only as representatives of God and of the principles of righteousness, but as representatives of those strong in the Lord and the power of His might, and in the faith of His Word—ready and willing and efficient in the encouragement of other runners in the race-course—that they likewise may attain to the "mark"—Z '01, 10 (R 2753).

    The character attainments of the past are the basis for the development of the present, and the promise for the future. The faithful use of what we have already attained will result in further growth. This is the heart's sentiment of those whose hearts are thoroughly fixed in God, and whatever they lack, whether it be of service, knowledge or grace, such a disposition on their part will be recognized by God as meet for further blessing of growth in service, knowledge and grace, which in due time He will bestow—P '30, 30.

    Parallel passages: Job 1: 1; Psa. 37: 37; Matt. 5: 48; 19: 21; 1 Cor. 2: 6; 14: 20; 2 Cor. 13: 11;Eph. 4: 11-13; Col. 4: 12; Heb. 5: 14; 1 Pet. 5: 10; Gal. 5: 10; Rom. 12: 16; 15: 5; Phil. 2: 2; 4: 2;Gal. 6: 16.

    Hymns: 267, 1, 20, 23, 95, 170, 315.
    Poems of Dawn, 306: The Early Impress.
    Tower Reading: Z '08, 183 (R 4188).

    Questions: Have I this week striven to practice the suggestions of this text? With what results?
     
     
    THE EARLY IMPRESS
    PROV. 22: 6

    I TOOK a piece of plastic clay
    And idly fashioned it one day;
    And as my fingers pressed it still
    It bent and yielded to my will.
    I came again when days were past,
    The bit of clay was hard at last;
    My early impress still it bore
    And I could change its form no more.

    I took a piece of living clay
    And gently formed it day by day;
    Molding with parental art
    A young boy's soft and yielding heart.
    In time his tender years were gone,
    It was a man I looked upon;
    My early impress still he bore
    And I could change him nevermore!
     
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  • March 27
    March 27
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    2016.03.27-2017.03.26
    I pray for them … that they all may be one … that they may be made perfect in one … that the world may know that thou hast … loved them as thou hast loved me--John 17: 20-23.

    In amazement we inquire, How can this be? Our Lord Jesus was always in perfect harmony with the Father—a Son who gloriously reflected His likeness; but it has not been so with us; we were sinners and had nothing worthy of love. Yes, but we have been washed and cleansed, and, however imperfect our earthen vessels may still be, our hearts are perfect in His sight who is able to read the heart. And, as He sees us with a perfect heart—a perfect purpose and intention—striving to overcome the weaknesses and disabilities of our imperfect flesh, and with painful, yet determined, effort to do His will, and humbly trusting in the provisions which He has made for our redemption from the fall, God recognizes in us that which is worthy of His love—Z '03, 79 (R 3160).

    Blessed thought! The Lord's people enjoy the intercession of Christ, who prays the Father to perfect each one in the knowledge and faith of the Son of God as fellow disciples of Jesus Christ; nor need this cause wonder, since their completeness in oneness must precede their bringing the world to faith, by which the world will recognize that the Father loves them as His true people with the same kind of love as that which He bestowed upon Jesus—P '30, 30.

    Parallel passages: 2 Sam. 1: 26; Psa. 133:1-3; John 17: 11; Rom. 12: 5; 1 Cor. 1: 10; Gal. 3: 28;Eph. 4: 3-6; John 14: 11, 20; 1 John 1: 3; 3: 24; Col. 2: 2; 3: 14; Heb. 13: 23; John 12: 26; 15: 9;16: 27; Eph. 2: 4; 1 John 3: 1, 2.

    Hymns: 45, 63, 67, 68, 165, 176, 333.
    Poems of Dawn, 50: God Knows.
    Tower Reading: Z '03, 359 (R 5358).

    Questions: What experiences of this week showed the truth of this text? How? What were the results?
     
     
    GOD KNOWS

    GOD knows—not I—the devious way
    Wherein my faltering feet must tread,
    Before into the light of day
    My steps from out this gloom are led.
    And since my Lord the path doth see,
    What matter if 'tis hid from me?

    God knows—not I—how sweet accord
    Shall grow at length from out this clash
    Of earthly discords which have jarred
    On soul and sense; I hear the crash,
    Yet feel and know that on His ear
    Breaks harmony—full, deep and clear.

    God knows—not I—why, when I'd fain
    Have walked in pastures green and fair,
    The path He pointed me hath lain
    Through rocky deserts bleak and bare.
    I blindly trust—since 'tis His will--
    This way lies safety, that way ill.

    His perfect plan I may not grasp,
    Yet I can trust Love Infinite,
    And with my feeble fingers clasp
    The hand which leads me into light.
    My soul upon His errand goes--
    The end I know not—but God knows.
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  • March 31
    March 31
    All day
    2016.03.31-2017.03.30

    Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses--1 Tim. 6: 12.

     Whether our warfare be of the more public kind or of the more private sort, there must be warfare; and, more than this, there must be progress and victory, else we can never be accepted of the Lord as "overcomers." Another thought should be borne in mind by us all. The Lord in making His estimate will take knowledge of the spirit which actuated us, rather than of the results secured by our efforts. In view of this, let us see to it, not only that we do with our might what our hands find to do, but also that our every sacrifice and gift to the Lord and His cause is so full of love and devotion that the Lord will surely approve it, as done from love for Him and His, and not from vainglory—Z '03, 91 (R 3166).

    The Lord's people are called upon to stand on God's side in battling for righteousness. A strong love for the prize of God's calling will be an efficient help by way of stimulating hope and courage in this good fight of faith; and having publicly taken their stand on God's side in this warfare, let them bring no shame upon the cause of God and Christ by cowardice in ignoble flight from, or surrender to, the enemy—P '32, 30.

    Parallel passages: 1 Tim. 1: 18; Eph. 6: 12; 2 Tim. 2: 5; 4: 7; Phil. 3: 12-14; 1 Tim. 6: 19; Matt. 7: 21-23; 10: 32, 33; John 9: 22-28; Rom. 2: 7; 10: 9, 10; 1 John 4: 15.

    Hymns: 266, 9, 272, 225, 58, 32, 201.
    Poems of Dawn, 308: We Still Can Serve.
    Tower Reading: Z '98, 153 (R 2309).

    Questions: Have I this week fought to win eternal life in harmony with my profession? Why? How? With what effects?

     
     
    WE STILL CAN SERVE

    YOU'RE growing old? Your task is done?
    And now you rest with setting sun,
    Lamenting that your work is o'er,
    That you can't labor any more?

    Ah, weary not to do God's will!
    Go, labor on, your task fulfill.
    You'll always have the Master's care--
    The oldest trees some fruit must bear;

    For age has labors none the less
    Than youth, though in another dress.
    As evening twilight fades away
    New glories shine, not seen by day.
April
April

2019: Motto Text – Cross Bearing

“And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.”

~Luke 14:27~

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