Genesis 35:9 & 12Then God appeared to Jacob…and blessed him…”I will give it to you (the land) and to your descendants after you.”God is repeating the promise to Jacob. This is significant, as his sons committed the brutal act of […]
Hebrews 10:35 Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. In context, the Hebrew believers were being persecuted for their faith. They were ridiculed, some had their property taken and others were imprisoned. This is serious […]
Genesis 34:30 “Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, ‘You have brought trouble on me, by making me odious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and my men being few in number, they will […]
Hebrews 10:34For you showed sympathy to the prisoners, and accepted joyfully the seizure of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an abiding one.We have a hard time relating to this treatment in our day. […]
Genesis 32:30So Jacob named the place Peniel, for he said, “I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been preserved.”This was an incredibly significant time and place in Jacob’s life. Some would say that this is when […]
Hebrews 10:31“It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”This isn’t an often referred to passage. In fact, it’s usually a good thing to be in God’s hands. There is a hymn which speaks of […]
The assurance of salvation is that confirmation that God gives us when we have been redeemed. It’s that confirmation we have within. Romans 8:16 says, “The Spirit bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God”. This confirmation […]
Genesis 32:24 Then Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak…”This is a fantastic story. No where else in scripture does God engage another like this. Yet we shouldn’t be too surprised, because we have a wrestling […]
Hebrews 10:24“And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds,”There are several “one another’s” of the New Testament. If you include the “each other”s there are about 54. Some of them are: bear with …, […]
Hebrews 10:25 Not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another: and all the more, as you see the day drawing near.God wants us to spend time with other believers. In general, this […]