Isaiah (Program #33) – The Springs of Salvation

In the Bible, water is used as a picture of how God conveys even flows His divine life into man.   There are numerous such references in both the Old and New Testaments.  In the gospel of John, for example we hear Christ Himself proclaimed “out of your innermost being shall flow rivers of living water.  In the Old Testament, the book of Issac also contains many references to this living water.

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Matthew (Program #23) – The Decree of the Kingdom’s Constitution (11)

In order for us to live under the heavenly ruling of the kingdom, we must be very careful in dealing with others.  Matthew chapters 5 and 6 touch things deep within ourselves; like our temper and lust, even our anxiety about  riches.  But chapter 7 brings us to the crucial matter of how we deal with other people.

As we once again consider the account in Matthew and how much the Lord cares for the way we handle other people.

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Isaiah (Program #32) – A Twig from the Stem of Jesse & a Branch from the Root of Jesse (2)

The world situation has changed in dramatic fashion in this final decade of the millennium.  Who could have predicted such incredible events and what is next?  Two thousands years ago the world situation also underwent incredible changes and those events were followed closely by the coming of Christ.  Is the world stage once again being set for His coming?

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Matthew (Program #22) – The Decree of the Kingdom’s Constitution (10)

Matthew 6:21 says “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”  This simple expression is full of meaning.  If we expect to get our heart on heaven and on the heavenly things, we need to get our treasure there first.

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Isaiah (Program #31) – A Twig from the Stem of Jesse & a Branch from the Root of Jesse (1)

Isaiah 11 contains a well-known description of the Kingdom of God where the wolf dwell with the lamb and the leopard with the kid, even a nursing babe is safe in the cobra’s den.  Makes a great bible story for our children doesn’t it?  But when will there be reality to the story?  It will come when the Christ of reality is fully administering His righteous kingdom on the earth.

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Matthew (Program #21) – The Decree of the Kingdom’s Constitution (9)

Matthew 6:1 says “but take heed not to do your righteousness before men in order to be gazed at by them; otherwise, you have no reward with your Father who is in the heavens.”   It then goes on to list three activities that were frequently done by the religious people of that day in public; to pray, to give alms to the poor and to fast.  But the Lord’s encouragement to His people is to do these things in secret where only He can see.

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Isaiah (Program #30) – The Great Light for the Shining in the Darkness

Darkness.  Just the word conveys a lot of images.  It’s one thing to be in a dark room, a room void of light.  It’s another thing to feel darkness within.  It’s possibly the most graphic symbol of what it is to be without God.  We have all been there, may be you are there right now.  Isaiah 9 says “The people who walked in the darkness have seen a great light; Upon those who dwell in the land of the shadow of death Light has shined.”

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Matthew (Program #20) – The Decree of the Kingdom’s Constitution (8)

For centuries, Christians have not had a clear understanding of the law.  On the one had Romans and Galatians tell us that the law is over.  For example, Romans 10:4 says “Christ is the end of the law unto righteousness to everyone who believes.”  Base on verses like that a lot of Christians thinks that we can ignore the law altogether…

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Isaiah (Program #29) – A Sanctuary to the Positive Ones…a Trap and a Snare to the Negative Ones

1 Peter chapter 2 reveals Christ as the stone which the builders rejected.  “This has become the head of the corner, and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; who stumble at the word,”  This word was quoted from Isaiah 8 and reveals Christ not simply as the Savior but as the One of God’s purpose and plan.  How do you know Him?  Do you know Him as your Savior?  If you do, do you know Him as the Stone?

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Matthew (Program #19) – The Decree of the Kingdom’s Constitution (7)

In the Old Testament law it was unlawful for a man to commit murder or to commit adultery.   But in the gospel of Matthew, in the New Testament even to hate someone or just to look upon someone with lust is to fall short of the standard of the kingdom of the heavens.

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