Matthew was sitting at his tax table as he always did too collect the taxes from people who traveled from the far reaches of the Roman Empire. Capernaum was the city where Jesus made HIS headquarters, so we know that Jesus had passed by Matthew many times. Maybe they chatted, maybe they just made eye…

(1) So He got into a boat, crossed over, and came to His own city. (2)Then behold, they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you.” (3) And at once some of the scribes…

In this study, we have the incident of Christ’s casting the devils out of two men that were possessed. The scope of this chapter was to show the divine power of Christ, by the instances of his dominion over bodily diseases like leprosy, (vs 1-4), paralysis which also show the faith of a gentile (vs…

Is there anything you would like to accomplish, but you feel it’s just too far out of your reach? Maybe you are too small to get up on that plateau, or too weak to lift that rock. You have been told your whole life, it’s too difficult and you will fail. So you settle for…

When you give your life to Christ, you are turning your back on the World. While you still must live in the World, you can no longer be of the World. As such you must be ready to know the World will no longer be a hospitable place for you. This being said, anyone who…

The Lord God is not satisfied with only saving our souls, He also cares about the human body. When the centurion comes to HIM, asking that HE heal his servant, Jesus willingly heals the servant with His Word. When Peter’s mother-in-law lay on her deathbed, Jesus drove away the fever. He did not turn away…

The best way to understand the fear surrounding leprosy is the recent COVID-19 pandemic. The World shut down, humans across the globe were quarantined inside their homes. Not since the black plagues of the Middle Ages have Humans gone so far out of their way to distance themselves from other humans. The resulting troubles related…

In 1834 Edward Mote was invited to visit a friend and his ailing wife. His friend told Edward that he usually read some from the Bible, and then sang a hymn or two before saying a prayer for her. But on this day he could not find his hymnal, so Edward pulled out a piece…

Throughout the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus has been telling us what is expected of a Christian We are to forgive our enemies Keep our egos out of our religious acts Not to be hypocritical in Prayer. Fasting, & Charity