Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionThen God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.New Living TranslationThen God said to Abraham, “Your responsibility is to obey the terms of the covenant. ...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionSome time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!”“Here I am,” he replied.New Living TranslationSome time later, God tested Abraham’s faith. “Abraham!” God called. “Yes,” he replied. “Here I am.”English Standard ...
Today’s Meditation:Abraham was a noble prince, while Rahab was a harlot. They both were justified by faith. We can see that faith is more important than our identities. God is just in justifying us. Abraham was a Jews, while Rahab was a Gentiles. From here, we can see that God does...
9Then Jacob prayed, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, LORD, you who said to me, ‘Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will make you prosper,’ 10I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant. I had only my staff...
or predation in God’s very good creation prior to the fall. As the writer of Hebrews tells us “Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness”. Has there been millions of years of needless suffering, bloodshed, and death in a world that God called very good as Walton tells us...
14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles inChristJesus, that we might receive the promise of theSpiritthroughfaith. NKJV On July 4th1997, I askedGOD, to help me get through the rest of that day with out drinking any alcohol. I toldGODI didn’t think I could be ha...
The first time God made these promises to Abram was when He called Abram from Ur. God told Abram to get […] Promises made by man and by God Today we are going to learn about some wonderful promises that God made with Abraham. Sometimes our mothers and fathers make a promise to us....
Often it seems, that God tests our hearts like He did Abraham’s that day. He wants to know what we’re willing to lay down before Him before He opens the doors of provision and blessing. May we be found faithful. “So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this ...
I love to go back to the great foundational stories of our faith — Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob, and Joseph. So — let’s go to Genesis! I encourage you to read these accounts of these Bible characters with new eyes, looking for the goodness of ...
When God spoke to Abraham (Genesis 17:4) he declared that he would bless him and make him a father of many nations. This is exactly what we see throughout the Bible and history. God's promise here is called the Abrahamic Covenant and is prophecy of the coming Messiah through the bloodl...