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  • Knowing God

    Posted on May 22nd, 2013 jadijohnson No comments

    I believe the Lord appeared to Old Testament men because they had no Bibles.  God had to be more obvious so they would know He was there.

    Genesis 12

    96)  The Lord spoke to Abram!

    97)  The Lord chose a land for Abram.

    98)  The Lord chose Abram to make into a great nation and to bless.  He would make Abram’s name great.

    99)  The Lord said He would bless those who bless Abram, and curse those who curse him.

    100)  The Lord said all people on earth will be blessed through Abram!  (that includes us!)

    101)  Once Abram reached Shechem, the Lord appeared to him again.  (Did Abram ever get used to that?  Would you?)

    102)  The Lord told Abram,  “To your offspring I will give this land.”

    103)  The Lord inflicted serious diseases on Pharaoh and his household because of Abram’s wife Sarai (she was taken into Pharaoh’s palace).  (The Lord lets man know when He is displeased.)

    Genesis 13

    104)  The Lord spoke to Abram once again!  (Can you imagine?)

    105)  The Lord gave Abram all the land he could see.  He also promised many offspring for Abram.

    Genesis 14

    106)  The first priest of God:  Melchizedek, king of Salem.  He was priest of God Most High (another name of God!)

    107)  God delivered Abram’s enemies into his hands.  (God protects his people!) 

    WE SERVE A MIGHTY GOD!

  • Genesis and God

    Posted on May 17th, 2013 jadijohnson No comments

    Genesis 9

    84)  God blessed Noah and his sons.  (He gives blessings to believers!)

    85)  God told them that the fear and dread of them will fall upon all the beasts, the birds, and the creatures on the ground and in the sea.  They are given into man’s hands.

    86)  God said everything that lives and moves will be food for man.  “I now give you everything.”  But they must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.  (God provides for our needs.)

    87)  God said,  “And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting.  And from each man, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of his fellow man.”

    88)  God said, “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made man.”  (Thou shalt not kill.)

    89)  God said,  “As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.”

    90)  God established his covenant with Noah and his sons and with their descendants — every living creature on earth:  Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood.

    91)  God gave them a sign of the covenant — he set his rainbow in the clouds.  Whenever he brings clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears, he will remember his covenant.

    Genesis 10, Genesis 11

    92)  The Lord came down to see the city (in Shinar) and the tower that the men were building.  (He comes down to earth!)

    93)  The Lord was concerned when He saw what men were capable of doing when they worked together.

    94)  The Lord said, “Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they willl not understand each other.”  (Reason we have different languages.)  (Did you notice God said “let US go down”?)

    95)  So the Lord scattered the people over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. (God is in control.)

    Realization:  The Lord’s love for us is tremendous!  He has such patience for us.  We’re such willful children, always getting ourselves into trouble.

  • Having a Deeper Relationship With God

    Posted on May 16th, 2013 jadijohnson No comments

    Let’s not put the cart before the horse.  To love God, we need to know Him.

    Genesis 7

    76)  God tells Noah why He is saving him and his family — “I have found you righteous.”

    77)  God tells Noah that in seven days He will send rain for 40 days and 40 nights, and He will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature He has made.

    78)  After seven days, the floodwaters came, just as God said it would.  (He keeps his promises.)

    79) The Lord shut Noah and his family, along with the animals, inside the ark.

    80)  For 40 days the flood kept coming, just as God said it would (promise kept).

    Genesis 8

    81)  God remembered Noah and all the animals, and He sent a wind over the earth, and the water receded.  The springs of the deep and the floodgates of heaven were closed, and the rain stopped falling.  The water receded steadily from the earth.  (God keeps his promises.)

    82)  God called Noah out of the ark.

    83)  When Noah sacrificed burnt offerings on an altar to the Lord, God smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart:  “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood.  And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.”

    Today’s Lesson:  God keeps his promises!