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Genesis 37:1-17The Favorite If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis 37. I, too, with Derek and many of you have been looking forward to getting to these chapters in the book of Genesis. As hard and as sad and as depressing are some of the experiences that Jacob and his family, and especially this godly man Joseph will endure in these chapters, there are precious encouragements here. And if you are in the midst of trials or have weathered trials, you are immediately able to identify with some of these experiences. Tonight we come to a new, indeed we come to the final section of the book of Genesis in chapters 37 through 50 in the story of the life of Joseph. And as we do so, it's important for us to see at least two things about this particular section of…

The Departure of Jacob

Genesis 28:1-9 The Departure of Jacob If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis 28. We’ll look at the first few verses of this great chapter in which Jacob begins his journey to northwest Mesopotamia, the area where his mother grew up. We've been studying the life of Jacob. This is the third of our studies in the life of Jacob. So far we have seen God's providence operating in strange and wonderful, mysterious ways. We first saw in Genesis 25, the prediction that the elder brother would serve the younger brother. But as we studied the story of Jacob and his mother, Rebekah, and his brother, Esau, and his father, Isaac, we found that Isaac was working as hard as he possibly could to make sure that God's word was not fulfilled. And we saw that…

The Establishment of a Covenant People: The Covenant…

Genesis 25:12-34 The Books of Ishmael and Isaac If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis, chapter 25. The last time we were together we looked at the story of the death of Abraham. It came in the midst of the story of Isaac having already begun. And today we continue by seeing the genealogies of Abraham's sons, Ishmael and Isaac, and also a very interesting story in the very beginnings of the life of Jacob and Esau. It's a portent of things to come. So let's attend to God's holy word here in Genesis 25: Genesis 25:12-34 Heavenly Father, we have heard parts of this passage from our youth. Perhaps countless lessons have been taught to us from it. We praise you for that. We do ask that you would give us hearing ears and seeing eyes as we come…

The Establishment of a Covenant People: The Covenant…

Genesis 25:1-11 The Death of Abraham If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis 25. For All the Saints, a great hymn to sing, as we come to this place in Moses’ Book where he tells of the death of that great father of the faithful, Abraham. We've been studying in Genesis for the last few times in the life of Isaac. We've said that as Genesis 24 opens, Abraham is still alive, but the focus is now on Isaac and his establishment as the future head of the…

The Establishment of a Covenant People: The Covenant…

Genesis 24:28-67 A Wife for Isaac If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis, chapter 24 as we continue the story of the search for a wife for Isaac. Last month we began a new series of studies in Genesis, concentrating on the life and times of Isaac. Abraham is still alive, but as of Genesis 24, the focus turns to Isaac and his future. In fact, the passage we see tonight is very much of a transitional passage. It sets forth one of those turning points and the focus…

The Establishment of a Covenant People: The Promises of…

Genesis 22:1-24The Lord Will Provide Now if you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis, chapter 22. Surely we realize tonight that we have come to holy ground when we come to this passage. This passage is unique in all the scriptures. F.B. Meyer rightly said of it: “So long as men live in this world, they will turn to this story with unwaning interest. There is only one scene in history by which it is surpassed; that where the Great Father gave His Isaac to a death from…

The Establishment of a Covenant People The Promises of…

Genesis 17:15-27 The Laughter of Unbelief Two weeks ago we began our studies in the chapter of Genesis 17. Abram, this man whose name meant exalted father, had spent 86 years of life not being a father at all, and then finally had had a child through his wife's maid servant, a concubine, named Hagar. And over that 13-year period, the idea had grown in Abram's mind that the promise that God had made to him to make him a father of many nations was actually going to be fulfilled through…

The Establishment of a Covenant People: The Promises of…

Genesis 17:1-8 Faith Assured If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis 17. Thirteen years have passed since the birth of Ishmael. And Abram has resigned himself to be content with Ishmael as the son of promise. That may be a surprising statement for me to make. You may be asking, how in the world do you know that? And I will show you in just a few moments how I know that. But God had other plans. This chapter is about the personal, spiritual renewal of Abraham in…

The Establishment of a Covenant People The Promises of…

Genesis 16:1-16 Faith Wavering If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis. And before we move on to Genesis 16, I'd invite you to look back at Genesis 12, to remind you of where we have come from so far. This is the sixth in a series on the life of Abraham. To this point he is, of course, Abram, the patriarch. We said as we began to look at his life in Genesis 12:1-3, that passage from one standpoint could be called the center point of the Biblical story of…

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