The Meal That Heals

THE MEAL THAT FILLS

the seed while it was still in the loins of the father. In the following Scripture, the writer points out how Abraham paid tithe for Levi while Levi was still in his father’s loins: “And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham. For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchizedek met him.” Hebrews 7:9-10 Circumcision was the visible sign of the covenant. Any Hebrew child that was not circumcised would be cut off from the people (Genesis 17:14). This mark upon the flesh was the most important act a Hebrew male could receive as evidence of his covenant with God. The main problem was the mark in the flesh had little impact upon the heart. Jesus revealed that sin came out of man’s heart: “For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.” Matthew 15:19 The Hebrew prophets understood the weakness of circumcision of the flesh and predicted God would one day bring a New Covenant that would change the heart: “And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh.” Ezekiel 11:19 The Change in the Heart The proof of the Gospel is in the power of the Gospel. The evidence that the message of Christ is life changing is seen in those whose lives it has changed. What other message can transform the lost sinner in thirty minutes or less? Picture this: a sinner enters a church where he has never been and sits in a seat where he has never sat. A minister he has never before seen preaches from a Bible the sinner has never read. He hears a message on redemption that he has never heard and accepts an invitation he has never received to believe in a Savior he cannot see. After praying a simple prayer, the man or

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