The Lord God gave Abraham’s descendants land from the river of Egypt to the Euphrates River. (Genesis 15:18) Yet Abraham owned no land in Canaan; except land used as a family burial ground, purchased from Ephron the Hittite in Canaan near Hebron. Abraham’s wife, Sarah, died. This is when Abraham purchased this bit of land […]
Lot offered two men his hospitality and protection. The two men were actually angels sent from God for Lot’s rescue and God’s coming judgment. A mob formed outside the home of Lot in Sodom. Two strangers were inside… and the mob wanted those two men so they could have sexual relations with them. Lot refused, […]
Abraham’s son and only heir was named Isaac. God’s only begotten Son is named Jesus Christ. God told Abraham to offer his son as a burnt offering. God offered His only Son on the cross as the perfect sacrifice for sins. Jesus died in our place for my sins and yours. God gave Abraham directions […]
Isaac knew something was wrong. This time something was different. All the needed elements for the burnt offering were assembled; Abraham had the fire and the knife and Isaac himself carried the wood, but the sacrifice was missing. (Genesis 22:6) As Abraham and Isaac walked to the place God directed, Isaac questioned his father about […]
Abraham walked with God for many years. There were times he stumbled but he got up again, turned to God and worshiped Him. Isaac was the one heir whom God had given him. God gave Abraham the test… spelling it out. (NASB) Genesis 22:2 “He said, ‘Take now your son, your only son, whom […]
(NASB) Genesis 22:1 “NOW IT came about after these things, that God tested Abraham. And said to him, ‘Abraham!’ And he said, ‘Here I am.’” As we grow older in our walk with the Lord, the more deeply tested is our faith. Abraham experienced this reality. Perhaps you are experiencing a hard test. Tests stretch […]
God’s tests are not temptations. For God does not tempt anyone to sin. Tests are given to find out what we know and what we don’t know. God’s tests reveal who or what we put first in our lives. What are you consistently doing, every day? Is the living God included? God’s tests reveal our […]
Two angels went to the city of Sodom where Lot lived. Lot saw them and invited them to his home to spend the night. They refused and said they would stay in the town square. Lot “strongly urged” them to come to his home and they agreed. Lot was hospitable and provided a meal for […]
Abraham was sitting in the door of his tent in the hottest part of the day when three men arrived. Abraham ran to meet them, offering them his warmest hospitality. A meal was prepared and eaten. The Lord was one of the three men and He told Abraham that Sarah would have a son by […]
God is not limited, or pressured, by time – ever! Abram was an old man, a really old man of 99 years. His wife Sarai was 90, waaay past child bearing age. God appeared to Abram at that time in his life. (NASB) Genesis 17:1 “… ‘I am God Almighty; Walk before Me and be […]