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GENESIS 10:11:10-12:9

Who are you lord?  What shall I do, Lord?  Blessed to be a blessing"And this is eternal life: it means to know (to perceive, recognize, become acquainted with, and understand) You, the ... Continue reading →

GENESIS 10:1-11:9

God confuses and scatters the proud and disobedient who reject his command 11:4 - "Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ... Continue reading →

GENESIS 9

The hope of a new beginning - the rainbow of peace after the storm of judgmentV. 1"Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth." The ... Continue reading →

GENESIS 7 & 8

The Flood!7:1 God says to Noah "come" (KJV) into the ark and be saved. And God calls us to invite people into His eternal home and be saved. "The Spirit and the bride (you and me) say come" - come to ... Continue reading →

GENESIS 6

God always deals with sin.  in judgment he offers mercy.get in the ark (jesus)! something worse than the flood is coming!    Genesis 6"By faith Noah, when warned about things not ... Continue reading →

GENESIS 4-5

CITY BUILDERS VERSUS KINGDOM BUILDERS - “CAIN  - BUILDING A CITY”;  “MEN BEGAN TO PROCLAIM THE LORD” Man goes from the Garden of God to the City of Man and then ... Continue reading →

GENESIS 4-5

The sin germ spreads from family to society to the world - but the lord raises up a godly remnant - Gen. 4-5In the mid 1800s mothers in childbirth were dying at a high rate (1 to 3 out of 10) of what ... Continue reading →

GENESIS 3:8-24

 PARADISE LOST - "IT& 39;S FRIDAY BUT SUNDAY IS-A-COMING" - "HE (JESUS) WILL CRUSH YOUR (SATAN& 39;S) HEAD." "Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was ... Continue reading →

GENESIS 3

"AND YOU WILL BE LIKE GOD" - THE TEMPTATION - MAN& 39;S PRIDE AND DESIRE FOR AUTONOMY Without Genesis 3 the Bible and life itself makes no sense. As the truck driver says to the gang leader ... Continue reading →

GENESIS 2:4-25

The Lord God - The Covenant-Maker with Man - GENESIS 2:4-25 Note the change of names from "God" (Elohim) in Gen. 1 to "Lord God" (Yahweh or Jehovah) in Gen. 2 as Scripture now focuses on the climax ... Continue reading →

GENESIS 2:1-3

"The Sabbath is to regularly recognize that we are in Someone Else& 39;s House and live accordingly." (John Walton -  NIV Application Commentary)"This is what the LORD says: "Heaven is my ... Continue reading →

GENESIS 1 CONTINUED

FROM CHAOS TO COSMOS - FROM FORMLESS AND VOID TO FORMED AND FILLEDGod& 39;s will for our life is to be formed into the image of Christ (Rom. 8:29) and filled with His Spirit. (Eph. 5:18) In the ... Continue reading →

GENESIS 1

THE BEGINNING OF EARTH AS MAN& 39;S HABITATION - GENESIS 1 1 "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the ... Continue reading →

GENESIS 1-2

“In the beginning God… “Everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him. He was there before any of it came into existence and holds it all together right up to this ... Continue reading →

GALATIANS 6:11-18

BOASTING IN THE CROSS (JESUS) VERSUS OUR OWN SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR ACCEPTANCE WITH GOD In closing, Paul follows the rules of good communication. Tell people what you are going to tell them; ... Continue reading →

GALATIANS 6:7-10

“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.” Galatians 6:7 Each sower decides what his harvest will be for the law of the harvest is immutable. Sow a little; ... Continue reading →

GALATIANS 5:26-6:6

APPLICATION OF WALKING IN THE SPIRIT WITH OTHERS IN LOVE, MUTUAL SUPPORT AND ACCOUNTABILITY“Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.” (5:26) The Greek word for ... Continue reading →

GALATIANS 5:19-26

THE WORKS OF THE FLESH VERSUS THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT “So now, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will end the captivity of my people; I will have mercy on all Israel, for I jealously ... Continue reading →

GALATIANS 5:1-15

Free at last!  “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.” Galatians 5:1 what is christian freedom? Free at last!  “The common sense definition of freedom is to ... Continue reading →

WALKING WITH JESUS THROUGH HOLY (PASSION) WEEK

Saturday: John 12:1-8 – When I really thought about this gathering what struck me was that Simon the leper (this probably means a former leper whom Jesus had healed) and Lazarus, a dead man ... Continue reading →

GALATIANS 4:21- 5:1

GRACE TO THE BARREN – “BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT FOR THEIRS IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN” An allegory is a narrative in which people and events teach a lesson and Paul used ... Continue reading →

GALATIANS 4:8-20

IDOLS OF THE HEART- “you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.” gALATIANS 4:8 Once again Paul is telling the Galatians that trusting in the law after their salvation in ... Continue reading →

GALATIANS 3:26-4:11

EXPERIENCING WHAT THE GOSPEL PROMISES – SONSHIP VERSUS “EARNSHIP” - RELATIONSHIP VERSUS RULES Law and grace are stages in God’s plan of redemption and also stages in a ... Continue reading →

GALATIANS 3:15-25

“What, then, was the purpose of the law?” Galatians 3:19 “God in his grace gave it (justification by faith) to Abraham through a promise.” (v.18) Paul argues with the ... Continue reading →

GALATIANS 3:6-14

“FOR IN THE GOSPEL, A RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD IS REVEALED, A RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT IS BY FAITH FROM FIRST TO LAST.”  ROM. 1:17 Paul continues to call the Galatians (and us) to ... Continue reading →

READ AGAIN GALATIANS 3:1-5

HOW PERSONAL IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD?PAUL’S APPEAL TO OUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF GOD AT CONVERSION AND THEREAFTER TO KEEP WALKING IN THE SPIRIT Before we move on to ... Continue reading →

GALATIANS 3:1-5

JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH AND SANCTIFICATION (SPIRITUAL GROWTH) BY FAITH - GALATIANS 3:1-5 In chapters 1 and 2 of Galatians Paul gives a personal defense of the gospel and in 3 and 4 he gives a ... Continue reading →

GALATIANS 2:11-21

 “acting in line with the truth of the gospel”  - CHRISTIANS NEED THE GOSPEL TOO The very unity of the church through faith in Christ alone for salvation which Paul went to ... Continue reading →