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The healing of the leper is the next miracle in our series…This miracle is recorded for us in Matthew 8:1-3, Mark 1:40-42 .  Following the Lord’s Sermon on the Mount, a leper approaches Christ, worships Him and requests that he would be healed of His leprosy.  Let’s take note of the leper’s request… “Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.”  The Lord then grants his request and the leper is immediately cleansed from his leprosy. For today’s devotion let’s look at the three parts to...Read Full Story

The catching of many fish is the next miracle in our series…This miracle is recorded for us in Luke 5:3-10 .  In the background of this miracle, we see our Lord sitting teaching a great crowd as He sits upon Peter’s ship that was sitting a short distance from shore. He, probably, did this to avoid being engulfed by the overwhelming mass of people. Following His teaching, the Lord commands Peter to move the boat to deeper waters and drop down his net to so that he can catch fish.  Peter, a...Read Full Story

The healing of many various people is the next miracle in our series…This miracle is recorded for us in Mat 8:16; Mar 1:32, Luk 4:40-41 .  In this account of the miracles of Christ, we find Him healing many individuals with various sicknesses, as well as those who were demon possessed.  In Matt 8:16 we read “When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:” This account helps us to...Read Full Story

The healing of the Centurion servant is the next miracle in our series…This miracle is recorded for us in Matt 8:5-13, Luk 7:1-10 .  The Lord, as He enters Capernaum. is met by a Centurion (Roman captain over a legion of soldiers – approximately 60-100 men).  This Centurion had a servant who was sick with palsy (a nervous disorder causing paralysis).  The Lord offers to come to this Gentile’s home to heal his beloved servant.  The Centurion answers, “Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest...Read Full Story

The healing of Peter’s  mother in law is the next miracle in our series…This miracle is recorded for us in Mat 8:14-15; Mar 1:30-31, Luk 4:38-39 .  Here, we find our Lord, during a visit to Peter’s house, seeing Peter’s mother in law lying sick with a fever.  We are told that the Lord “stood over her”, “touched her hand”, and “lifted her up”.  Following the touch of the Lord’s hand upon her, “immediately the fever left her”.   As a response to her healing, she then “arose and ministered unto...Read Full Story

Heb 11:39-40  And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:  (40)  God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. Here we find a very basic recap of our series of studies from Hebs 11: And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, All of these faithful Old Testament saints were a good witness of the grace of God and the coming Messiah.  Their lives spoke to all around them of how what is...Read Full Story

Heb 11:32g And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of… the Prophets, In our text, we find “the prophets” being lumped together as an example of those who exercised great faith in the Lord. What type of faith did all the prophets display in their life? All the prophets shared in exercising a faith that trusted God’s Word with a certainty that it would come to pass… Can you imagine Moses standing before Pharoah and declaring the coming of the 10 plagues if he did not...Read Full Story

Heb 11:32f  And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of…  Samuel,… The life of Samuel is described for us throughout the book of 1 Samuel and then in other various portions of the Scriptures. Just like in the life of David, there are so many different times that Samuel exhibited faith in his Lord that it makes it difficult to decide which event is the best to emphasize for this short study. Understanding that Samuel’s faith was exhibited in his life in many ways… let’s...Read Full Story

Heb 11:32d  And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of…  Jephthae,… The life of Jephthah is related to us in Judges 11:1-12:7. After being cast out of his own family because his mother was a harlot (prostitute), Jephthah is used of God to deliver the Israelites from the hand of the invading Ammonites.   Following the great victory over the Ammonites, Jephthah kept the promise he made to God, and gave up the possibility of descendants (Judges 11:34) by giving over his...Read Full Story

Heb 11:32a  And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon,… The life of Gideon is related to us in Judges 6:11-8:35. In the early part of Gideon’s ministry, the Lord commanded Gideon to tear down the altars that had been built to the false god Baal.  Although Gideon knew that tearing down the idols of Baal would place his life in jeopardy, by faith, he obeyed the Lord and tore down the idols of Baal (Judges 6:24-27). Later in his life, Gideon was called upon to lead...Read Full Story