The touch of the Master’s hand
Apr 27
"And Jesus put forth His hand and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed" (Matthew 8:3). This is the first occurrence in the New Testament of the word "touch," and it is significant that it was Jesus who was doing the touching. When Jesus healed someone, He could (and sometimes did) merely speak a word to accomplish the healing. The nobleman's son, dying in Capernaum, for example, was healed when Jesus so spoke in Cana of Galilee, six miles away (John 4:46-53).
Think you’re good enough for Heaven?
Apr 20
"For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God" (Hebrews 7:19). Men and women have many false hopes in this world, one of which is that they can earn heaven by good works. Even though God's law is a perfect law, it can never make a person fit for heaven, because no one can keep the law perfectly. There is a better hope, however, and that hope is "the hope of salvation" (I Thessalonians 5:8) "which is Christ in you, the hope of glory" (Colossians 1:27).
Unseen Angels
Apr 07
"For He shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways" (Psalm 91:11). God has created "an innumerable company of angels" (Hebrews 12:22), and there are many references to them in both Old and New Testaments, but few living men or women have ever actually seen real heavenly angels--or, at least, recognized them as such. We may "have entertained angels unawares" (Hebrews 13:2), for they can assume the appearance of men on occasion, but normally they are invisible to human eyes.
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