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THE NEW COVENANT

When God met with Moses on Mount Sinai, He made a covenant with the people of Israel.  The covenant was simply this: if the Israelites would carefully follow and obey the commandments and statutes that God delivered to Moses, then they would be blessed and inherit everlasting life.  Seemed like a fair trade, and a very good deal for the Israelites.  What they found, though, was that this was not as easy as it sounded.  The harder they tried to keep the commandments, the more they found it difficult to do so.  Ultimately, God became grieved with His people and said, “They do always err in their heart; and they have not known My ways.” (Psalm 95:10;  Hebrews 3:10).   As a result, He spoke through His Prophet Jeremiah and said, “Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to ...
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ACCORDING TO YOUR FAITH

"And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed Him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.  And when He was come into the house, the blind men came to Him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto Him, Yea, Lord.  Then touched He their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.  And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.  But they, when they were departed, spread abroad His fame in all that country." (Matthew 9:27-31).                                          This simple story from the gospel of Matthew reveals some profound truths about faith.   Yes, it is the record of a notable miracle that our Lord performed on two blind men centuri...
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THE INSPIRATION OF THE ALMIGHTY

According to Webster’s New World Dictionary , the original meaning of the word “inspire” was “to breathe, or blow upon or into,” and, “to infuse life into by breathing.”  Before Jesus ascended to heaven after His death and resurrection, He appeared to His disciples and said to them, “Peace be unto you: as My Father hath sent Me, even so send I you.”  Scripture says that He then breathed on them and said, “Receive ye the Holy Ghost.”  Also, when God created man, He breathed into Him the breath of life, and from that time on man could only survive as he continued to draw breath.  When Jesus breathed on the disciples that day, however, it was something more.  It was the infusing of the Holy Spirit into their lives; and just as it was necessary for them to breathe to sustain their life, it would now be necessary for them to draw life from Jesus through the Holy Spirit that He breathed into them.    It is this breath of God, this inspiration of the Alm...
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