Category: Pastor’s Meditations

            “I will put a stop to the complaints…”             Little Johnny was always complaining to his mother.  Sometimes he would complain about his brother, and at other times about his sister, or his teachers, or his friends, or his…well you get the picture.  He was truly a master in…

            “…get away from…Korah…”             A Christian young man had a good friend-at least that is what he thought.  He trusted his “friend” completely and would tell him all of his secrets, problems and intimate dreams.  One day, this false friend betrayed him and revealed all his secrets publicly.            …

            “…a single statute…same law…”             The Law of Christ applies to every human being.  It is the same for men and women; Jews and Gentiles; young and old and for every race, tribe, people or nation in the world.  The Bible is the Word of God, and in it we…

           “You shall add oil to it…”             I enjoy eating bread.  There are many varieties I like, such as Cuban, French, Italian, White Mountain, garlic, etc. I can eat these breads with or without butter, but my favorite additive is olive oil.             Olive oil (and a little touch of…

            “…and arrange its setting;”             The house of God must be in order.  The furniture in the Tabernacle was orderly arranged.  Everything was in its place, whether it was in the outer court, in the Holy Place or in the Holy of Holies.             An old saying goes like this,…

            “…Holy to the Lord.”             The high priest wore a sign in his turban that reminded everyone who saw him, about holiness.  This is similar to the innumerable bumper stickers and posters that advertise Christianity in one way or another.             How can we experience God’s holiness in our…

            “He made the basin of bronze…”             The story is told of Ponce de Leon who came to Florida in the 1500s searching for the “Fountain of Youth.”  I do not know all the details, or if this story is even true; but one thing I know:  He did not…

            “He overlaid it with pure gold…”             Pure gold is a symbol of God’s perfection, glory and divinity.  This is perhaps, the reason why most of the furniture in the tabernacle was covered with pure gold.  The Ark of the Covenant for example, was made out of wood (a symbol…

            “…so the people were restrained from bringing…”             One of the most famous boxing matches of all time was the fight between “Sugar” Ray Leonard and  Roberto “Mano de Piedra” (Hands of Stone) Duran.  It was a fight between champions, for the world championship, but it ended in disgrace,…

            “…whose heart was stirred…”             When my parents were teenagers in Cuba, they would dance to such popular tunes as “Mucho Corazon” (Too Much Heart).  The chorus of this song went more or less like this:             “I will give for you my own life, and not die    …