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POURED OUT

"Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her." (Matthew 26:13).   Two days before the Jewish Passover, Jesus and His disciples came to Bethany where Lazarus and his two sisters lived.   It was Lazarus whom Jesus had raised from the dead.   Jesus was invited to dine at the house of a man named Simon, who was a leper.   While there, a woman entered the room carrying an alabaster box that was filled with a very expensive ointment.   The box itself was very beautiful.   Alabaster was similar to onyx in appearance and must have been fashioned into a very attractive container to house such a precious ointment.   The cost of the ointment was equivalent to about $50.00 in today’s currency.   This would be an expensive possession today, but at that time it was a very valuable treasure.   It was certainly this woman’s greatest p...
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THE CUP OF THE LORD

In the tenth chapter of St. Mark, we read about Jesus leading His disciples to Jerusalem where He would face His final passion.   Starting at the 32 nd verse, we read, “And they [Jesus, along with His twelve Apostles] were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid.  And He took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto Him…” (Mark 10:32).   Scripture tells us that Jesus’ Apostles were both “amazed” and “afraid” .   Why was this?   To begin with, we need to understand that the political climate had turned ugly against Jesus and against the things that He taught.   The Pharisees and the Sadducees, the two main religious factions of His time, along with the High Priest and the doctors of the Law, were clearly plotting to kill Jesus.   Jesus’ followers knew this very well.   They also knew that the seat of their power was at Jerusalem....
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ABRAHAM AND LOT

“Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.” (Genesis 13:18).   “And the LORD appeared unto him [Abraham] in the plains of Mamre.” (Genesis 18:1).   Abram (whose name means “exalted father” ), who God later named Abraham ( “father of a multitude” ), is considered to be the father of Jews, Arabs, and Christians alike.   Jews and Arabs both trace their natural lineage back to him – the Jews through Abraham and his wife Sarah, and the Arabs through Abraham and his wife’s maidservant Hagar.   To Christians, however, he is the father of faith through his spiritual seed Jesus Christ.   It was the fact that Abraham believed God that set him apart from others in his generation.   Faith, therefore, and not natural lineage, is the thing that qualifies a person to be a child of Abraham.   As the scripture teaches, “...Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to h...
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