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The Test of Marah

Exodus 15:22-27 The Test at Marah If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Exodus chapter 15. When we last left Israel they were singing and dancing at the Red Sea, singing God's praises by the sea, declaring Him to be great. Now, within three days everything has changed. For the mountain top to the valley, seventy-two hours. Here we are in Exodus chapter 15 verses 22 through 27. As the children of Israel make their way to that bitter oasis, that wadi called Marah and find their faith tested. Let me remind you of a few things before we get to this great passage tonight. The rest of the book of Exodus, from this point on, is going to relate the major events of the first year of wandering in the wilderness and there are going to be patterns that repeat themselves,…

The Reunion

Genesis 45:1-28 The Reunion If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis 45. All along as we've studied the life of Joseph, we've said the overarching theme of God's providence is apparent, though Joseph may be the principal human actor, the whole of the story shows God as the one who is the prime mover in the life of Joseph. The story tells us how Joseph's family wound up in Egypt. The story tells us how in God's providence He would make His people the tribe of Israel into a great nation, but the story shows so much more. In fact, in the passage we're going to see tonight we will see just a glimpse of the manifold wisdom of God. How God in His promise and in His providence can do many things at once. He has a purpose, He has revealed it in…

A Cup in the Sack

Genesis 44:1-34 A Cup in the Sack If you have Bibles, I would invite you to turn with me to Genesis 44, as we continue through our study of Joseph. We have noted throughout the over-arching theme of God's providence, not only does the Lord tell us in the story of Joseph, how Israel wound up in Egypt, not only does He tell us how God made this family of Jacob into a great nation in accordance with His promises to Abraham in Genesis 12 and 15 and 17, but God also shows us something of His strategy in redemption with His people to bring blessing where there is estrangement, to bring reconciliation where there is enmity. And now, we come to Genesis 44. We have said throughout that we have seen a pattern of humiliation and exultation in the life of Joseph. He began life as a favored son,…

The Book of Esau

Genesis 36:1-43The Book of Esau If you have Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis 36. Tonight we come to the close of our study of the life of Jacob. Though Jacob still has a significant role to play in the history of God's dealings with his sons. The focus, however, of Genesis shifts hereafter to Joseph. And in our studies in the immediately preceding chapters of Genesis we have seen over and over that God is preparing Jacob to trust Him and to acknowledge Him alone.…

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…

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 Flood (The Life of Noah) Part IV: Re-establishing…

Genesis 8:1-22 Re-establishing the World If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis, chapter 8. So far, we've seen God's glorious work of creation in Genesis, chapter 1. We've seen His special favor towards man highlighted in Genesis, chapter 2. We've seen the status of day in human history in Genesis, chapter 3, and the fall of our first parents. We've seen, in Genesis 4, the consequences of that fall in the human family worked out in the…

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