At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do. Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my descendants or with my posterity, but as I have dealt kindly with you,Continue reading “Genesis 21: 22-33….Life is very complex – then and now…”
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Genesis 21: 11-21…..We’ve been here before!
And the thing was very displeasing to Abraham on account of his son. But God said to Abraham, “Be not displeased because of the boy and because of your slave woman. Whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for through Isaac shall your offspring be named. And I will make a nationContinue reading “Genesis 21: 11-21…..We’ve been here before!”
Genesis 21: 1-10….Delivered but not from jealousy
The LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as he had promised. And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of which God had spoken to him. Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah boreContinue reading “Genesis 21: 1-10….Delivered but not from jealousy”
Genesis 20: 9-18….The truly honourable Abimelech.
Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? And how have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me things that ought not to be done.” And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you see, thatContinue reading “Genesis 20: 9-18….The truly honourable Abimelech.”
Genesis 20: 1-8…..Foolish, stupid Abraham!
From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar. And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him,Continue reading “Genesis 20: 1-8…..Foolish, stupid Abraham!”
Genesis 19: 30-38…..think back a few weeks..
Now Lot went up out of Zoar and lived in the hills with his two daughters, for he was afraid to live in Zoar. So he lived in a cave with his two daughters. And the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to comeContinue reading “Genesis 19: 30-38…..think back a few weeks..”
Acts 13: 42-52….Fickle, Jealous people!
Building on the psalm quoted yesterday……As they went out, the people begged that these things might be told them the next Sabbath. And after the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who, as they spoke with them, urged them to continue in the graceContinue reading “Acts 13: 42-52….Fickle, Jealous people!”
Acts 13: 34b-41….David could not have been talking about himself!
‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.’Therefore he says also in another psalm,“‘You will not let your Holy One see corruption.’For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid with his fathers and saw corruption, but he whom God raised upContinue reading “Acts 13: 34b-41….David could not have been talking about himself!”
Acts 13: 27-34…..Recent news!
For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him. And though they found in him no guilt worthy of death, they asked Pilate to have him executed. And when they had carriedContinue reading “Acts 13: 27-34…..Recent news!”
Acts 13: 20-26….Paul mentions John the Baptiser
All this took about 450 years. And after that he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet. Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be theirContinue reading “Acts 13: 20-26….Paul mentions John the Baptiser”
As I read it! 