God’s Sovereignty, Man’s Schemes, Genesis 27

The passage that we are looking at today in our study of Genesis may not seem on the surface to have a lot of application for us today.  I really kind of go through a debate with myself about which passages in Genesis are important for us to study and which I maybe could skip over. But of course all scripture is important, even the parts that seem less attractive than others.  In fact, maybe the parts that seem less attractive have an even greater significance because they are often overlooked. Paul said in Romans 15:4 “For whatever was written

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The Birth of a Nation,   Genesis 25:19-34 

We should be well able to remember the specific promises that God made to Abraham concerning his seed.  We now know that the seed spoken of was to be Isaac, born to Abraham and Sarah in their old age, long after the natural time of childbirth.  But those promises made to Abraham concerning his seed also promised that from his seed would be born a nation.  These promises were made repeatedly, and elaborated upon as time went on.  I will just take the time to read two passages where this promise concerning a nation were given. One is found at

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A bride for Isaac, Genesis 24  

In our ongoing study of Genesis, we come today to one of the greatest love stories found in the Bible. It is the story of Abraham finding a bride for his son Isaac. And though this is an actual history, there is also contained in it an allegory of God the Father finding a bride for his son, Jesus Christ. The church is the bride of Christ. Paul said in 2 Cor. 11:2 “For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present [you as] a chaste virgin to

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The sacrifice of Isaac, Genesis 22:1-19

Faith is the most desirable characteristic of a person that would be approved by God. Hebrews 11:6 says that without faith it is impossible to please God. The most exceptional attribute of the life of Abraham was his faith.  Abraham is presented in chapter 11 of Hebrews as perhaps the greatest champion of faith in all of the Bible.  The apostle Paul in his writings gives Abraham as the supreme illustration of salvation, saying four times, that Abraham believed God and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.  Abraham believed God. Not Abraham believed in God.  The devils believe in

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The birth of Isaac, Genesis 12-21

Today is the second message in our study of Genesis, on the life of Abraham. I’m getting my outline for the life of Abraham from Hebrews chapter 11.  Of all the heroes of the faith that are showcased there, Hebrews 11 has the most to say about Abraham.  And so, taking my cue from Hebrews, we are looking at three significant events in Abraham’s life. Hebrews 11:8 says, “By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going. 

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Abraham, father of the faithful, Genesis 12-15    

Today in our series on Genesis we come to the life of a man named Abraham.  Abraham is probably one of the most important figures in the Bible.  He is called  the father of the faithful. Rom 4:16 says, “For this reason [it is] by faith, in order that [it may be] in accordance with grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to all the descendants, not only to those who are of the Law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,” So as we are studying Genesis

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The Flood, Genesis 6,7,8

In our study of the foundations of the gospel, as seen through the book of Genesis, we come today to the story of the flood. As you know, I usually preach verse by verse, chapter by chapter. However, today I am going to try to cover the material found in three chapters of Genesis. If I were to use my usual approach, it would take several messages to cover this event. I don’t think I want to approach it that way, and so I hope to be able to give a summary of the three chapters in one message today.

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The Fall of Man, Genesis 3:1-21

Contrary to the prevailing, popular opinion, the creation account is not mythology. It is not an allegory. It’s an actual, historical account which is spoken of as such numerous times in the New Testament, and by Jesus Christ Himself. I am not going to spend a lot of time trying to defend the historicity of the account in Genesis then, but rather try to expound on the historical facts to relate the relevancy and repercussions of the fall to our lives today. Moses begins by introducing a new character, one he simply calls the serpent. And considering the importance of

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The Creation of Man and Woman, Genesis 2:4-25

Last time we looked primarily at the first six days of creation. Now beginning in chapter 2 and vs 4 we see a recapitulation of creation, which I believe is an expanded account of what happened in the six days of creation but also includes what happens in the next week or weeks to come. Moses begins this section by saying in vs 4 “This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made earth and heaven.” A more literal translation might read, “these are the generations of

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Creation, Genesis 1-2:3

The first four words in the Bible really set the basis for our theology. “In the beginning, God…” God does not offer evidence for His existence. He does not tell us how or when He came into being. And as the rest of the first chapter of Genesis unfolds, we aren’t really given a lot of detail or scientific evidence about how the earth or how humans came into being either. Though a lot of things presented in the Bible can be corroborated by science, or by verified history, God doesn’t seem to be concerned about trying to prove that

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