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Abraham Genesis 12:1–25:18 Isaac and Jacob Genesis 25:19–36:43 Joseph Genesis 37:1–50:26 ABRAHAM Background and Time Temporal Prosperity Customs and culture A Man of Faith Consider the sixfold promise God made to Abraham: 1. “I will make of thee a great nation.” 2. “I will bless thee.” 3. “I will make…

Hebrew Terms Terms Describing the Nature of Evil spirits Behold, God puts no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight; The Dead and the Realm of the Dead and Its Inhabitants But if the Lord creates something new, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that…

Laws for a Holy Nation The Mosaic Covenant 2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 “You shall have no other gods before Me. God, who is the only God, must always come first Living a Full Life: A Pictorial Interpretation of the Ten Commandments…

The Contest Plague of blood 16 But indeed for this purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth. Plagues of frogs Plagues of lice Plagues of flies Pharaoh’s compromising offer. Characters: God, Moses, Pharaoh, Aaron. If God be against…

From Slavery to Nationhood The Cry of a People 6 And Joseph died, all his brothers, and all that generation. 7 But the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, multiplied and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them. 8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did…

ABRAHAM’S SEED The family of Isaac Genesis 25:18–34 Rebekah—the mother of twins 25:18–26 Esau and Jacob exchange birthrights 25:27–34 Isaac established in Canaan 26:1–33 The covenant confirmed to Isaac 26:1–5 Troubles with Abimelech 26:6–22 God’s blessing in Isaac 26:23–33 The patriarchal blessing 26:34–28:9…

Matthew 7:12 12 “Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets. Jesus teaching was based largely on the OT, which he treated as God’s inspired and authoritative word, but which he had the authority to interpret. Jesus recognizes…

What OT Laws Apply to Us Today? This is a question asked by many, both in the Church and in society as a whole. Tad touched on this briefly in his LGBTQ series that he finished last week because the answer to today’s question has a lot of bearing on that issue. While I am going to try to answer that…

On Wednesday, my children received a book of riddles as a gift and have been asking us all riddles nearly non stop since then. The have been some good ones, some classic ones, some interesting ones, and all are fun ones. One of my favorites is the classic misdirection riddle. As I was going to St. Ives,…

Devotion: John 20:21 So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” Overview of the Bible: A.M.P.E.C. ANTICIPATION Anticipation (Genesis – Malachi) · The entire OT is the anticipation of the coming of Jesus Christ. o The recurring theme is ‘Someone’s coming…Someone’s…

Introduction This message is serving as an introduction / overview of the series “Jesus in the Tabernacle” Today we’re going to examine a topic that is an amazing bridge to both the Old & New Testaments and as well as our understanding. The book of Hebrews is a unique book. When you look at the majority…

Advent is about waiting. This is a reminder I know but it is an important one. Waiting puts us in the “Biblical” story alongside many others. Exodus 23:20 (NIV) “See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared. Isaiah 40:3 (NIV) A voice…

Ephesians 5:19 As human beings, we have been created in the image and likeness of God, which means that God made us to reflect his greatness and goodness through our attitudes, words, and behavior. One special way that we do this is through the ability God has given us to be creative and communicate…

OT is a foreign country Such a different world. NT is relateable. We can see much of ourselves in the people and stories. OT is different. strange. Told in a totally different way. I’ve been reading a book over the last few weeks by a Chinese-American author, and the style is quite different to what…

So this week we'll begin our series on the Old Testament. The reason I think it would be good for us to walk thru the Story of the Old Testament...' ...is because I think it would be a fair statement to say... ...that most people, when choosing to read a passage of scripture, or study a book of the Scriptures...…

Context: Paul and Barnabas have set out on their missionary journey. After making a few stops they arrive at Antioch of Pisidia. This is a different Antioch from the Antioch which was the early Christian church hub for international missions. This was a small town known on the Anthius River founded by…

The beauty of the Gospel is seen in the gracious gift of Holy Spirit to convict and comfort.

In need of a king. In today’s sermon I intend to pick up where I left off last week in terms of establishing the background of the book of Judges. Last week I preached less of a sermon and gave more of a historical lecture on the history of the Israelite people as they were called out by God in Abraham,…

1 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. What if God didn’t speak? A few weeks ago my father in law was visiting us and…

Good evening. Tonight we are going to be wrapping up our series on the book of Hebrews. Our passage for tonight is going to be broken up into two parts, Heb 13:7-17 and Heb 13:18-25 . We will see how he gives his final instruction and then in the final greeting we will review (briefly) what his main…

1 For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2 He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness. 3 Because of this he is obligated to offer sacrifice for his own…

A Priest, A Prayer, and a Promise This morning we are going to be looking at Luke 1:5-25 . I know that if you have one of the bookmarks I made that this isn’t what is listed on there. We were supposed to get through verse 38 this morning, but both of these sections are jam pack full of beautiful nuggets…

Have you ever wondered if justice will ever prevail? Like me, do you find yourself lamenting because wickedness and injustice prospers? I have good news! It will not always be so. We can rejoice in God’s judgement. Revelation 18:1-3 . 1 After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great…

Prayer Introduction & Summary We spent our time together last week establishing that the Holy Spirit is a person. He’s not it or a what; he’s not an essence, a power, or a mystical force; he’s a person – the third person of the Trinity. Today it seems that there’s an erroneous belief that the Spirit’s…

Intro: Theme/Topic (What’s the problem, the question, etc.) Who is Jesus? This is a question that people have answered in many ways since the first century. JW’s believe Jesus was the arch angel Michael. Mormons believe Jesus is the spirit brother of Satan Muslims believe Jesus was just another prophet.…