Covenant

Discussions about Covenant

The Magi series – VI. The Magi – Creation Mourns the Death of Its Creator and the Nation of Israel is Ended

Although the death of Jesus was not directly involved with the Magi, it is important that the sign in the heavens not be omitted either.  Of all the festivals which were involved in the birth of Jesus, one omission stands out prominently: the Passover.  This feast had a powerful message to its participants: while Israel […]

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Vacuum or Fountain

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.  Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect

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The Door She Could Not Shut

Behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon–possessed.”    Matthew 15:22 My dad’s sermon startled me.  I have been scanning files into the computer over the last years and so there are about 30 files

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The Lord, the King, the Redeemer, the Rock

Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel, and His Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: ‘I am the First and I am the Last; besides Me there is no god.‘    Isaiah 44:6   When Lloyd C. Douglas, author of The Robe and other novels, was a university student, he lived in a boarding house. 

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You are There – Maundy Thursday

…”Take, eat; this is My Body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” … “This cup is the New Covenant in My Blood.  This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”                             I Corinthians 11:24-25 So this day shall be to you a memorial; and you shall

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The Clap of the Floods – Sunday of the Passion

He Who vindicates me is near.  Who then will bring charges against me?  Let us face each other!  Who is my accuser?  Let him confront me!  It is the Lord Jehovah Who helps me.  Who is he who will condemn me?      Isaiah 50:8-9a A few years ago, when we were living in Pincher Creek, its

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Blind, Prison, Darkness and Covenant

I, the LORD, have called You in righteousness, and will hold Your hand; I will keep You and give You as Covenant to the People, as a Light to the Gentiles, to open blind eyes, to bring out prisoners from the prison, those who sit in darkness from the prison house.      Isaiah 42:6-7 In the

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REMEMBER! (The Sabbath)

Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and Jehovah your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore Jehovah your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day. [Deuteronomy 5:15] How satisfying to look on your field or garden and see the green shoots

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