How do we follow him? We see two great issues before us. First we see our sin that is much worse than we thought it was, much harder to shake, much more invasive than we feared. Then we see the grace that is ours. Grace which is greater than all...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Yet, a filthy sinner like Jacob gets a gracious visit from God himself. Genesis 28:10 Jacob left Beersheba and went toward Haran. 11 And he came to a certain place and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
We must see how bad the bad news is before we can see how good the good news is. The bad news is simply this: you can never break God’s law, but trying to break his law crushes you. The consequences and patterns of sin will follow you your...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
In Pride and Prejudice – Elizabeth Bennett hated Mr. Darcy. She disdained him to his face, to his friends and in her heart. She thought he was sullen, arrogant and ruthless. Then she found out she was wrong about everything....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
According to Romans 9, one the primary things we learn from this text is that Salvation is absolutely by Grace. God chose Jacob and not Esau before he was even born. God did not foresee anything good about Jacob, because honestly there is nothing...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Acts 2:22 “Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know— 23 this Jesus, delivered up...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Genesis 27: 30 As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, when Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting. 31 He also prepared delicious food and brought it to his father. And he...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Genesis 25: 20 and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife. 21 And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren. And...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son. 11 But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here am I.” 12 He said, “Do not lay your hand on...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of them together. 7 And Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” And he said, “Here...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
