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Our Testaments!

Matthew 18:20
"20 For where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them."

We just studied in the Gospel of Luke, chapter twenty-four where Cleopas and one other unnamed Disciple on the road to Emmaus had a close encounter with the Resurrected Jesus!!! While this was a very special occasion when Jesus was teaching them about Moses and ALL the PROPHETS, and how ALL the SCRIPTURES are about Him. He gave them all the information again. They will need to retell this information again and again. Jesus wants them to practice and become comfortable and competent in telling these events. And retelling these events. 

This is also an example of Jesus's promise from the Gospel of Matthew, chapter eighteen, verse twenty coming TRUE! "For where two or three are gathered together IN My NAME, there am I in the MIDST of them." It's an incredible promise and it is proven true!! Like all of God's promises!!!

We are going to study some of them this week. There are well over seven thousand promises from God in the Holy Bible. God is the promise keeper. Just think about the "Old Testament" and "New Testament." We commonly think of them as the collection of books that makes up the Holy Scriptures. But, what does the word "testament" mean? "Something that serves as tangible proof or evidence." Also; "A statement of belief; a credo." And; "A usually formal, written directive providing for the disposition of one's property after death; a will and testament." Our Testaments are far more than a collection of book!!!
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