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Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder
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God tells Abram some pretty unpleasant things. His descendants will be sojourners in a foreign land, servants x 400 years. Ouch. He might have paused to ask, "WHY IS THERE EVIL?"God also tells Abram that He is doing some sovereign work regardi
"If God knew my sin, He'd never want me." If that is your thought, GOOD! You are ½ there. We all wear filthy rags to a splendor party. In fact, ONLY sinners are invited. He tells us that by belief, we are credited with some stuff that we just
How do sinners go to heaven? Specifically, how do UNholy people enjoy fellowship with a HOLY God forever? How can these 2 unequal things co-exist? God has got to do some generous heavenly math on our behalf.He CREDITS us. He COUNTS us as RIGHT
Imagine if your $100 contribution to your 401K was "matched" by your employer to the tune of $1,000,000,000. This is similar to the spiritual math that Abram sees in his spiritual account: He believes. Then God credits him with RIGHTEOUSNESS.
You are either listening or watching a podcast called BE WITH ME. The title is rooted in today's passage from Gen 15:1 “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.” It is one of the Bible's great themes. God wishes to
What do we do when we receive a windfall of blessing? Abram, for one, GIVES BACK. He gives a tenth. 10%. A tithe. Real stuff. Real money that represents a genuine heart.He also makes a vow before the Lord. He commits to his pathway of FAITH in
Abram is faced with an unbearable, unreasonable, and impossible military situation exacerbated by the bad decisions of his knuckle headed nephew Lot. It is a tense moment of "What will Abram do next". He responds FAITHFULLY with "boots on and
The Assyrian Kings were the first mid-eastern world power. They were serious about the tribute that had to be paid from their subjugated regions. Suddenly, Sodom and Gomorrah STOPPED PAYING THEIR TAXES. Assyria's response? INVASION. World War
Happy Fourth of July to those of you in the USA. Speaking of real estate, today two people move into two real locations. One moves toward the Person and promises and acreage of God--Abram. The other, Lot, moves his tent and his life toward S
Welcome to the strange, perhaps morally ambiguous story of the Father of Faith, the "Exhalted Father with no current children", of Abram. He gives his wife, "tell 'em you're my sister" Sarai into the hands of the Egyptian Court. She is apparen
"Building an altar" is to stop what you normally do, and focus on what God is doing. It is carving out one's attention to be directed appreciatively towards God. For Abram, it is done after first hearing, and later seeing God Himself. Let's
God Blesses Abram for a reason. The sweet promises and Person of God is not just for himself. It is for all the families of the earth. God makes ONE redemptive plan. It is through this ONE guy, and the people that are his, that blessing is t
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNijvDWAn2Wv2KFun2AnvCATravel 10 generations with me from Noah to Abraham. The problem is, even in a genealogical history, we encounter a family that can have no kids! And to boot, Abraham is supposed to be th
At the Tower of Babel, God sets the scene to use the scattering of the nations and the favoring of Israel, to benefit and draw back the nations. This is coming in Chapter 12. When God "comes down to see" it is always done in judgment. We canno
Modern people aren't the first to invent a "Sin City". That started with Babel and the Tower they built. Every generation seems to unify in wicked defiance against their Creator. It is not a new story, but it is always new to us.Humans cannot
The "Hebrews" are from a man called Eber. The Hebrews are his clan.God first divides the world around the Hebrews. We are even seeing this today. God Blesses the world by blessing this nationThen He Saves the world through this nation.Genesis
Sometimes the spiritual diet is not just made up of Twinkies. Sometimes you encounter a more difficult passage, where you have to dig around a bit to find the good stuff. Welcome to the genealogy of Noah's sons.They are real people who lived
All I am asking today is for us to LEAN IN to the Genealogy of Noah and his sons. We go from 8 people total on the ARK to the filling of whole landmasses. They are being fruitful numerically, just like God asked.The ark worked. Humanity was
The ESV commentary on today's passage says, "This unusual episode provides an unexpected sequel to the flood story." No kidding!We'll look at drunkenness, disrespect and nakedness. We'll assess our relationship with all three. We'll remedy all
Rainbows MEAN SOMETHING. They mean that there currently is Divine RESTRAINT. They mean that there is Divine RESCUE. They mean that there is an opportunity for Divine Relationship.By knowing these things, we can then FIND THE RAINBOW MAKER. Joi
We can know what God is thinking at a particular moment in time when we see a particular sign: THE RAINBOW. He tells us that when He puts His bow in the clouds, HE SEES IT and REMEMBERS His covenant with mankind.This rainbow remembering covena
Despite the not-so-good intentions of mankind's heart, God offers rescue and relationship. Fortunately, this depends more on the character of God than of the character of man.After getting off the Ark, Noah finds himself in the BIG ARC, the big
Noah gets off the boat and BUILDS AND ALTAR. This pleases God. God gets off the boat and BUILDS A COVENANT. This pleases US.Now people weren't perfected by the crucible of the Ark. When looked at critically, they are evil at the core. YET, Go
Nobody was happier to get off the ARK, after some 370 days, than NOAH. Just imagine the smell of living in close quarters with literally every single animal left on the planet. God gives Noah a renewed earth to live with Him. My guess is that N
Join me to hear a real story about a guy named Noah and his birds. Also hear about his rescue vehicle, an ARK. Most importantly, hear about the Rescuer that REMEMBERS him. This is very important to you, as he is your great grandfather. No r
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