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Scripture: Genesis 27 Trust God for Blessings “But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Behold, my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man’.” (v11) “Jacob said to his father, ‘I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me; now sit up and eat of my game, that your soul may…
Scripture: Genesis 26:1-33 I. God gives promises to ordinary people. A. Genesis 26:1 says there was a famine in the land in the days of Isaac like the famine in the days of Isaac’s father Abraham that is recorded in Genesis 12. While Isaac was thinking about where to go to escape the famine, God appears to him and makes…
Scripture: Genesis 25:19-34 I. In trouble God answers prayer. A. Jacob’s parents, Isaac and Rebekah, are in trouble in Genesis 25. God Himself had given Isaac’s father Abraham a promise in Genesis 12:2 that from his family line would come a great nation. But Rebekah was barren (Gen. 25:21). So Isaac prayed for his wife (vs. 21) that she…
Good God “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1) Good Creation “And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.” (Genesis 1:31) Good Relationship “then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life”…
Scripture: Genesis :26-28 & Matthew 28:18-20 I. The great commission means you are to reflect God’s glory. A. A commission is a commandment, and the commandment God gave to Adam and Eve is found in Gen. 1:28. The fact that God had made Adam and Eve in His image (vs. 26) is what would enable them…
Scripture: Genesis 2:18-25 | Ephesians 5:25-33 I. Marriage is about your spouse. A. Your focus in marriage is not about yourself and meeting your own needs. Your focus is on your spouse. The fact that Eve is a helper (Genesis 2:18) means that by definition she is not in this marriage to focus on herself.…
Scripture: Genesis 2:18 | 1 Corinthians 7:32-35 I. Singleness is hard, but you can be content. A. Genesis 2:18 does not teach that unless I am married, I am bound to be lonely. All that Genesis 2:18 teaches is that Adam had a big job (he was to have dominion over all the earth according…
Genesis 19:1-26 Some Things are Just Wrong “I beg you, my brothers, do not act so wickedly.” (v7) “Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.” (1 Corinthians 6:9-10)…
Scripture: Genesis 1:26-28 | 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 | Hebrews 13:4 I. It’s not just sex because sex pictures the Gospel. A. The very first chapter of the Bible addresses the topic of sex and marriage. How did God make us? Genesis 1:27 says He created us male and female. Sex then was God’s idea. And…
June 23, 2019 Scripture: Genesis 2:21-25 I. Marriage is a covenant of duty. A. The story of the first marriage begins with God surgically removing one of Adam’s ribs in Genesis 2:21. And from that rib God creates a woman in vs. 22 and brings her to Adam. God takes the role of the father of…
