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OK, I was wrong about Abraham getting the hint after the first time he had his wife pretend to be his sister. He does it again with Abimelech. But my favorite passage is in Chapter 22. He is talking with Isaac going up to sacrifice. Isaac mentions that they have the wood and the fire, but nothing to sacrifice. But Abraham says that God will provide. It never specifies how Abraham thinks this will happen, but he trusts God.
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Genesis 17-19
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As I am reading Genesis 19 and I read the story of Sodom I must admit that there is something that I don't understand. Two angels encounter Lot and he lets them in his house. They are soon surrounded by all the men who want to rape these men,. Lot offers up his two daughters instead. It sounds like Lot is opting for the lesser of two evils.
As I am reading Genesis 19 and I read the story of Sodom I must admit that there is something that I don't understand. Two angels encounter Lot and he lets them in his house. They are soon surrounded by all the men who want to rape these men,. Lot offers up his two daughters instead. It sounds like Lot is opting for the lesser of two evils.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Genesis 14-16
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Genesis 15:4 One of my favorite verses in the old testament when I was kid even though I didn't understand it. I mean how could one person have so many kids as stars in the sky. Yet again, even after we hear the promises of God, we are a people slow to trust and Sarai his wife devises a plan to give Abram a son through Hagar, her servant. I had something happen to me today where I had the choice to trust God in the middle of it. It was hard and everything inside of me told me to run and figure out how to make it work on my own. But I trusted and he came through. I hope this is the first step of many towards trusting God.
Genesis 15:4 One of my favorite verses in the old testament when I was kid even though I didn't understand it. I mean how could one person have so many kids as stars in the sky. Yet again, even after we hear the promises of God, we are a people slow to trust and Sarai his wife devises a plan to give Abram a son through Hagar, her servant. I had something happen to me today where I had the choice to trust God in the middle of it. It was hard and everything inside of me told me to run and figure out how to make it work on my own. But I trusted and he came through. I hope this is the first step of many towards trusting God.
Friday, July 1, 2011
Genesis 12-13
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I think this is the first mention of Abram. God in the beginning tells Abram how is he is going to bless him. Telling him to leave his country, but he promises to make his name great. But just as it was getting difficult, he leaves to go to Egypt. He doesn't trust God to bless those who bless him and curse those who dishonor him. He tells his wife to lie and say that she is his sister. Abram doesn't trust God to keep his promise. I wonder if this is on his mind later as he is leading his son Isaac up the mountain to be sacrificed to the Lord. Part of the reason I am doing this blog is that I will remember the the things that God is showing me this year in the word so I will not forget in times of trouble and famine.
I think this is the first mention of Abram. God in the beginning tells Abram how is he is going to bless him. Telling him to leave his country, but he promises to make his name great. But just as it was getting difficult, he leaves to go to Egypt. He doesn't trust God to bless those who bless him and curse those who dishonor him. He tells his wife to lie and say that she is his sister. Abram doesn't trust God to keep his promise. I wonder if this is on his mind later as he is leading his son Isaac up the mountain to be sacrificed to the Lord. Part of the reason I am doing this blog is that I will remember the the things that God is showing me this year in the word so I will not forget in times of trouble and famine.
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