Wrestling with God

Jacob & Esau | Genesis 25

SUGGESTED VERSES FOR MEMORIZATION & MEDITATION After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac settled at Beer-lahai-roi. (Genesis 25:11) And Isaac prayed to the LORD for his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived. (Genesis 25:21) And the LORD said to her, …

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Wrestling with God

Introduction to Genesis 25-36

Genesis is the book of beginnings. The first eleven chapters reveal how the world and humanity began and fell into sin, and chapters twelve through twenty-four displayed how God began to enact His plan of global redemption through the family of one man, Abraham. God pulled Abraham from his family, took him to a foreign …

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a thought on Babel & the Great Commission

So the LORD dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth. And from there the LORD dispersed them over the face of all the earth.Through the act of …

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The Scepter of Judah | Day 5

The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples. Genesis 49:10 ESV Of Abraham’s twelve great-grandchildren, Joseph’s life is the most well-known. As his father’s favorite son, Joseph was sold into slavery in Egypt …

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A Blessing for All the Earth | Day 4

I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed. Genesis 12:3 ESV Though sin entered the world through Adam and Eve, God did not forsake humanity; in fact, He promised that the offspring of woman would come …

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The Bringer of Rest | Day 3

When Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son and called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground that the LORD has cursed, this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands.” Genesis 5:28-29 ESV Genesis 5 is the Bible’s first genealogy, and within it, …

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A Shattered Hope | Day 2

Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of the LORD.” Genesis 4:1 ESV Though the world is ravished by sin, God’s promise of woman’s offspring being the Serpent-Crusher gave hope to humanity. Here Eve displays her hope in God’s promise after …

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The First Promise | Day 1

I will put an enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel. Genesis 3:15 ESV God created the world good. Everything was good, even humans, and God gave the humans every good thing to enjoy, with the command not to …

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The Man of Faith

Isaac and Rebekah (Genesis 24)

Abraham Study Guide (Week 15) SUGGESTED VERSES FOR MEMORIZATION & MEDITATION The man bowed his head and worshiped the LORD and said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his steadfast love and his faithfulness toward my master. As for me, the LORD has led me in the …

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4 Things Abraham Taught Me

This week, we will finish our almost four month long study of the life of Abraham in Genesis. Before completely jumping into the next sermon series, I thought it might be beneficial for me to reflect upon some lessons that the LORD taught me through studying Abraham’s life. 1. Abraham’s physical life represents our spiritual …

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