As we examined the previous verses last week, we saw the moral test for our assurance – that we can know that we have come to know God if we obey his commandments. Because those that love God obey Him, and walk as the Lord Jesus Christ walked. As we move into our verses […]
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Abundance in Christ – Commentary and Gospel Thoughts on Genesis 41v46-57
In this passage we will observe four elements of the grace of God: the abundance of grace, the forgetfulness of grace, the fruitfulness of grace, and the exclusivity of grace. The Abundance of Grace Verse 46: Moses tells us that Joseph, at this time, is now 30 years old. This marks it then to be 13 […]
The Depth of Mercy in the Pits of Sin
Genesis 34 narrates the darkest hours of Jacob’s life. Not only in terms of things that happen to him, but also in terms of his own sin in response to those things. His only daughter, Dinah, is raped. Jacob responds with what seems like apathy – clearly the rotten fruit of favoritism (Dinah being Leah’s […]
Crazy Good News
The gospel of Jesus Christ is the good news that guilty sinners are reconciled to a holy and just God through the perfect life, sacrificial death, bodily resurrection and ascension of Jesus to the right hand of God where he sits even now interceding for his people. That’s a fairly packed sentence. But it only […]
Jesus, the Servant Spouse
This post is based on Genesis 24v29-67 and is best understood by reading said passage first. Scripture is the most compelling, beautiful, and valuable piece of literature in the history of literature precisely because it is more than just a piece of literature. It is a book in which every word has been breathed […]