Old Testament
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Series on Genesis Title: Promise and Purpose Introduction In this section of Genesis we follow the development of God’s family through the life of Isaac, the death of Sarah and Abraham, the birth and growth to maturity of Jacob and Esau and the death of Isaac. Here we see the hand of God guiding the
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Series on Genesis II. God’s Family F. The Probation of the Family, Text:18:16-22:19 Title: Tested and True Introduction In the New Testament Abraham is called the father of all believers. This is true not only because of Abraham’s historical significance, but also because of his example of faith. As Abraham believed so all God’s children
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Series on Genesis Title: The Heart of the Covenant Introduction We come in this study to the heart of God’s covenant with Abraham. This is a covenant of promise. The apostle Paul emphasizes this in the New Testament in Galatians 3:13-18, Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for
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Series on Genesis Title: Forming a Family of Faith Introduction In our last study we saw the genealogy of the sons of Noah. As we read on in Genesis we see the continued genealogy of Shem and in accordance with the prophecies uttered by Noah, it is the family of Shem from whom the godly
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Series on Genesis Title: A New Start and an Old Problem Introduction We now enter the post-diluvian period. As we looked last time at the final hundred years before the flood, during which Noah was building the ark, we now look at the first hundred years after the flood. The climax of this century was
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Series on Genesis Title: The First Baptism Introduction In our last study we looked at conditions in the pre-flood world. Our text tonight covers the last hundred years before the flood and the flood itself. I have called this the first baptism because baptism is a sign of death to the old and the emergence
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Series on Genesis Title: A Family Formed Introduction The first three chapters of Genesis which we have now completed are among the most important in the Bible. They provide the foundation for everything else in the doctrine of creation and the fall of man. They are presupposed in everything else that is written. With chapter
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Series on Genesis Title: The Final Dilemma Answered Introduction Is God good? Or is He great? The world says take your choice, but you cannot have both. It is a philosophical enigma that has filtered down into the conversation of average people. You will hear people say that God has made a mess of the
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Series on Genesis Title: The Seed Promised, and the Promised Seed Introduction We come today to the key verse in this chapter; indeed this verse is essential to our understanding the whole Bible, Genesis 3:15. Ephesians 1:4 says that God chose us in Christ before the creation of the world, before Eden, before the fall.
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Series on Genesis Title: An Environment of Hostility Introduction We’ve seen the beauty and wisdom of God reflected in His creation and we have seen the entrance of sin and death into that creation. We want to focus now on another of the negative effects of Adam’s disobedience. Last message we looked at death. Now
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Series on Genesis Title: Death Comes Calling Introduction Death comes calling. Into God’s beautiful creation entered the last enemy. No life would ever be the same. There is a cult of avoidance in our society as there has been in every culture. We all want to live longer, but inevitably death comes calling. There is
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Series on Genesis Title: The Nature of Sin Introduction Up to Chapter 3 in Genesis this world is good. In our last message we saw the existence of evil entered the created realm through Satan’s rebellion, but here we see that it entered this planet through man believing Satan’s lie. We noted that in oriental
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Series on Genesis Title: Enemy Territory Introduction Genesis 3:1 says, Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” Mankind’s views of the devil are complicated. For some
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Series on Genesis Title: Man’s Purpose Introduction From time immemorial or at least for a very long time mankind has always pictured the ideal life as one where he doesn’t have to work. This has expressed itself in the idyllic dream of a tropical island where all the food we need grows in profusion and
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Series on Genesis Title: A Heart of Love Introduction In this section of the creation account we are dealing with the most basic and fundamental truth concerning the meaning and destiny of the man God created. He made the man to be his partner, to be with him, and to superintend the portion of his
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