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“When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I…
“Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise; Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; Your father’s children shall bow down before you. Judah is a lion’s whelp; From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He bows down, he lies down as a lion;…
“Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine. And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” Exodus 19.5, 6 A growing sense…
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless. And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.” Genesis 17.1 2 God’s covenant With Abraham we tend to…
“No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations. I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you. And I will establish My covenant between…
Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. Genesis 2.15 The three tasks of dominion We’ve seen that, from the beginning, God instructed His people in the work of rule, of exercising dominion over the creation.
Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Genesis 1.28 From the beginning The idea…
The LORD reigns, He is clothed with majesty; The LORD is clothed, He has girded Himself with strength. Surely the world is established, so that it cannot be moved. Your throne is established from of old; You are from everlasting. Psalm 93.1, 2 Kingdom confusion I can think of few Biblical…
Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. Let all that you do be done with love. 1 Corinthians 16.13, 14 A struggling church Reading through 1 and 2 Corinthians can be a disappointing experience. This church had real problems. They had left off many of the things…
Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. Let all that you do be done with love. 1 Corinthians 16.13, 14 Too much self-love Part of the problem with the Corinthians was that they loved themselves more than they loved their neighbors.
Watch, and stand fast in the faith, be brave... 1 Corinthians 16.13 Babes in Christ The believers in Corinth in the days of the Apostle Paul were not acting like mature adults in the Lord. Rather, they were acting like children, like “babes in Christ” (1 Cor. 3.1).
Watch, and stand fast in the faith... 1 Corinthians 16.13 Interesting, but Christian? You could hardly say the Corinthians were standing fast in the faith.
Watch... 1 Corinthians 16.13 Pay attention! The Scriptures frequently exhort believers to pay attention to what’s going on in their lives.
Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. Let all that you do be done with love. 1 Corinthians 16.13, 14 Two failures The Church in Corinth in the days of the Apostle Paul was a struggling church, not unlike many of our churches today.
The Lord gave the word; Great was the company of those who proclaimed it... Psalm 68.11 The vision process Church leaders who do not cast vision for the people entrusted to their care should either learn how to do this important work, or find something else to do.