http://www.hopeofchrist.net/topics/sermons/genesis/ Sermon Series on the Book of Genesis Sun, 20 May 2012 20:41:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=Genesis - Hope of Christ, Stafford, VA The Genesis of Grace and Grace in Genesis traces redemptive history through Creation, Fall, and the Promise of a Seed that will bless the nations. Hope of Christ no Hope of Christ richleino@gmail.com richleino@gmail.com (Hope of Christ) 2008-2012 Sermons on the Book of Genesis, Hope of Christ, Stafford, VA grace,genesis,abraham,isaac,jacob,creation,fall,redemption http://www.hopeofchrist.net/images/hopeofchrist144x144.gif http://www.hopeofchrist.net/topics/sermons/genesis/ Stafford, Virginia Weekly http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/12/lessons-from-genesis/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/12/lessons-from-genesis/#comments Mon, 27 Dec 2010 01:15:55 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=1048 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/12/lessons-from-genesis/feed/ 0 creation,Fall,God,Providence,Redemption,Sin 1.  It all started with God. - God is the Creator.  All things were created for His glory and purposes.  We are apt to seeing ourselves as the center of the universe and the most important person in the world.  On the stage of history, 1.  It all started with God. God is the Creator.  All things were created for His glory and purposes.  We are apt to seeing ourselves as the center of the universe and the most important person in the world.  On the stage of history, God has the final word about purpose and our place in it.  We owe Him life and breath and every good thing.  We ought to worship our Maker as we were created so to do. 2.  Sin is Serious Sin is not merely a mistake.  Sin is not merely bad choices that require advice or coaching to correct and get ourselves on the right path.  Sin is rebellion from our God and has the most dire consequences.  We have been alienated from our Creator and purpose and the whole world has been subjected to the Curse and futility.  Genesis, from the Fall, records men's fleeing from and rebellion of God's rule.  Even those that God redeems demonstrate that sin is radical and affects our relationships with one another, our families, and with the world. 3.  Grace is Greater God provided the animal skins to cover the nakedness and shame of Adam and Eve.  God showed grace and favor to Noah and preserved a family alive from a Flood that cut off all flesh.  Grace called a man out of idolatry in Ur of the Chaldees and Promised a man and woman, whose age made it impossible by human strength, that the Seed would bless the Nations.  He chose Jacob over Esau for His good purposes and then saved the entire family from starvation through Joseph who was despised and rejected by his brothers.  Genesis is real history because it is His Story.  The entire plot is the working of God's redemption on the stage of human history that He controls in the palm of His mighty Hand.  What men intend for evil, due to their sin, God's works for the good for those who love Him and are called according to His purposes. 4.  Faith, not as a good work, but Reckoned as Righteousness Genesis is the opening chapter of the history of redemption:  the Seed of the woman will crush the Serpents head.  Men are saved not because God sees anything good in them but because He is pleased to save men.  The love of God is manifest throughout as God loves the unlovable and turns hearts to love and trust in Him.  The fathers in the faith looked not inward but out to the Promises of God to a salvation He would provide.  God would indeed provide the Lamb! Leonard Bailey no 35:48 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/12/the-end-of-genesis-competing-realities-gen-50/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/12/the-end-of-genesis-competing-realities-gen-50/#comments Sun, 19 Dec 2010 23:23:39 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=1041 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/12/the-end-of-genesis-competing-realities-gen-50/feed/ 0 Joseph,mourning,Providence,repentance Genesis 50 Then Joseph fell on his father’s face and wept over him and kissed him. 2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel. 3 Forty days were required for it, Genesis 50 Then Joseph fell on his father’s face and wept over him and kissed him. 2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel. 3 Forty days were required for it, for that is how many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days. 4 And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, 5 My father made me swear, saying, ‘I am about to die: in my tomb that I hewed out for myself in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me.’ Now therefore, let me please go up and bury my father. Then I will return.” 6 And Pharaoh answered, “Go up, and bury your father, as he made you swear.” 7 So Joseph went up to bury his father. With him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his household, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, 8 as well as all the household of Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children, their flocks, and their herds were left in the land of Goshen. 9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen. It was a very great company. 10 When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they lamented there with a very great and grievous lamentation, and he made a mourning for his father seven days. 11 When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning on the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a grievous mourning by the Egyptians.” Therefore the place was named Abel-mizraim; it is beyond the Jordan. 12 Thus his sons did for him as he had commanded them, 13 for his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field at Machpelah, to the east of Mamre, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite to possess as a burying place. 14 After he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone up with him to bury his father. 15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil that we did to him.” 16 So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father gave this command before he died, 17 ‘Say to Joseph, Please forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin, because they did evil to you.’ And now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when they spoke to him. 18 His brothers also came and fell down before him and said, “Behold, we are your servants.” 19 But Joseph said to them, “Do not fear, for am I in the place of God? 20 As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. 21 So do not fear; I will provide for you and your little ones.” Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them. 22 So Joseph remained in Egypt, he and his father’s house. Joseph lived 110 years. 23 And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation. The children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were counted as Joseph’s own. 24 And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will visit you and bring you up out of this land to the land that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.” 25 Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.” 26 So Joseph died, being 110 years old. They embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. Leonard Bailey no 38:06 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/12/i-wait-for-your-salvation-o-lord-finishing-well-gen-48-49/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/12/i-wait-for-your-salvation-o-lord-finishing-well-gen-48-49/#comments Sun, 12 Dec 2010 21:27:51 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=1031 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/12/i-wait-for-your-salvation-o-lord-finishing-well-gen-48-49/feed/ 0 Blessing,Ephraim,Jacob,Joseph,Judah,Manasseh Genesis 48:1-49:33 48 After this, Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is ill.” So he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. 2 And it was told to Jacob, “Your son Joseph has come to you.” Then Israel summoned his strength and sat up in bed. Genesis 48:1-49:33 48 After this, Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is ill.” So he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. 2 And it was told to Jacob, “Your son Joseph has come to you.” Then Israel summoned his strength and sat up in bed. 3 And Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me, 4 and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples and will give this land to your offspring after you for an everlasting possession.’ 5 And now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are. 6 And the children that you fathered after them shall be yours. They shall be called by the name of their brothers in their inheritance. 7 As for me, when I came from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath, and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).” 8 When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he said, “Who are these?” 9 Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me here.” And he said, “Bring them to me, please, that I may bless them.” 10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see. So Joseph brought them near him, and he kissed them and embraced them. 11 And Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face; and behold, God has let me see your offspring also.” 12 Then Joseph removed them from his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. 13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near him. 14 And Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands (for Manasseh was the firstborn). 15 And he blessed Joseph and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day, 16 the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the boys; and in them let my name be carried on, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.” 17 When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him, and he took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head. 18 And Joseph said to his father, “Not this way, my father; since this one is the firstborn, put your right hand on his head.” 19 But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. Nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.” 20 So he blessed them that day, saying, “By you Israel will pronounce blessings, saying, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh.’ ” Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh. 21 Then Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you again to the land of your fathers. 22 Moreover, I have given to you rather than to your brothers one mountain slope that I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow.” 49 Then Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in days to come. 2 “Assemble and listen, O sons of Jacob, listen to Israel your father. 3 “Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the firstfruits of my strength, preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power. 4 Unstable as water, you shall not have preeminence, because you went up to your father’s bed; then you defiled it—he went up to my couch! 5 “Simeon and Levi are brothers; weapons of violence are their swords. 6 Let my soul come not into their council; O my glory, Leonard Bailey no 31:15 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/12/i-myself-will-go-down-with-you-and-i-will-bring-you-back-up-gen-46-47/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/12/i-myself-will-go-down-with-you-and-i-will-bring-you-back-up-gen-46-47/#comments Sun, 05 Dec 2010 20:39:43 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=1016 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/12/i-myself-will-go-down-with-you-and-i-will-bring-you-back-up-gen-46-47/feed/ 0 Jacob,Joseph,Promise Genesis 46:1-47:31 46 So Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. 2 And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here am I. Genesis 46:1-47:31 46 So Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. 2 And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here am I.” 3 Then he said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you into a great nation. 4 I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you up again, and Joseph’s hand shall close your eyes.” 5 Then Jacob set out from Beersheba. The sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 6 They also took their livestock and their goods, which they had gained in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob and all his offspring with him, 7 his sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters. All his offspring he brought with him into Egypt. 8 Now these are the names of the descendants of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons. Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, 9 and the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 10 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. 11 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 12 The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan); and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. 13 The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Yob, and Shimron. 14 The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. 15 These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, together with his daughter Dinah; altogether his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three. 16 The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. 17 The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, with Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. 18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bore to Jacob—sixteen persons. 19 The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin. 20 And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera the priest of On, bore to him. 21 And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. 22 These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob—fourteen persons in all. 23 The sons of Dan: Hushim. 24 The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. 25 These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob—seven persons in all. 26 All the persons belonging to Jacob who came into Egypt, who were his own descendants, not including Jacob’s sons’ wives, were sixty-six persons in all. 27 And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two. All the persons of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt were seventy. 28 He had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to show the way before him in Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen. 29 Then Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen. He presented himself to him and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while. 30 Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.” 31 Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh and will say to him, ‘My brothers and my father’s household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me. 32 And the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’ 33 When Pharaoh calls you and says, ‘What is your occupation?’ 34 you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,’ in order that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.” 47 So Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, Leonard Bailey no 41:22 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/11/genesis-45/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/11/genesis-45/#comments Sun, 28 Nov 2010 20:13:46 +0000 Rich Leino http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=1011 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/11/genesis-45/feed/ 0 Joseph,Providence,suffering Genesis 45 - 1 Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him. He cried, “Make everyone go out from me.” So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. 2 And he wept aloud, Genesis 45 1 Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him. He cried, “Make everyone go out from me.” So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. 2 And he wept aloud, so that the Egyptians hear... Rich Leino no 36:43 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/11/gods-severe-mercies-part-3-of-3-the-destructive-power-of-true-repentance-gen-44/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/11/gods-severe-mercies-part-3-of-3-the-destructive-power-of-true-repentance-gen-44/#comments Sun, 21 Nov 2010 20:42:52 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=1007 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/11/gods-severe-mercies-part-3-of-3-the-destructive-power-of-true-repentance-gen-44/feed/ 0 Joseph,Judah,propitiation,repentance Genesis 44:1–34 - 1 Then he commanded the steward of his house, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in the mouth of his sack, 2 and put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, Genesis 44:1–34 1 Then he commanded the steward of his house, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in the mouth of his sack, 2 and put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, with his money for the grain.” And he did as Joseph told him. 3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away with their donkeys. 4 They had gone only a short distance from the city. Now Joseph said to his steward, “Up, follow after the men, and when you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good? 5 Is it not from this that my lord drinks, and by this that he practices divination? You have done evil in doing this.’ ” 6 When he overtook them, he spoke to them these words. 7 They said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing! 8 Behold, the money that we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. How then could we steal silver or gold from your lord’s house? 9 Whichever of your servants is found with it shall die, and we also will be my lord’s servants.” 10 He said, “Let it be as you say: he who is found with it shall be my servant, and the rest of you shall be innocent.” 11 Then each man quickly lowered his sack to the ground, and each man opened his sack. 12 And he searched, beginning with the eldest and ending with the youngest. And the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack. 13 Then they tore their clothes, and every man loaded his donkey, and they returned to the city. 14 When Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, he was still there. They fell before him to the ground. 15 Joseph said to them, “What deed is this that you have done? Do you not know that a man like me can indeed practice divination?” 16 And Judah said, “What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? Or how can we clear ourselves? God has found out the guilt of your servants; behold, we are my lord’s servants, both we and he also in whose hand the cup has been found.” 17 But he said, “Far be it from me that I should do so! Only the man in whose hand the cup was found shall be my servant. But as for you, go up in peace to your father.” 18 Then Judah went up to him and said, “Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not your anger burn against your servant, for you are like Pharaoh himself. 19 My lord asked his servants, saying, ‘Have you a father, or a brother?’ 20 And we said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and a young brother, the child of his old age. His brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother’s children, and his father loves him.’ 21 Then you said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.’ 22 We said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’ 23 Then you said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall not see my face again.’ 24 “When we went back to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. 25 And when our father said, ‘Go again, buy us a little food,’ 26 we said, ‘We cannot go down. If our youngest brother goes with us, then we will go down. For we cannot see the man’s face unless our youngest brother is with us.’ 27 Then your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons. 28 One left me, and I said, Surely he has been torn to pieces, and I have never seen him since. 29 If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs in evil to Sheol.’ 30 “Now therefore, as soon as I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us, then, as his life is bound up in the boy’s life, 31 as soon as he sees that the boy is not with us, he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to Sheol. 32 For your servant became a pledge of safety for the boy to my father, Leonard Bailey no 43:34 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/11/gods-severe-mercies-part-2-of-3-and-some-that-arent-gen-43/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/11/gods-severe-mercies-part-2-of-3-and-some-that-arent-gen-43/#comments Sun, 14 Nov 2010 20:26:38 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=997 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/11/gods-severe-mercies-part-2-of-3-and-some-that-arent-gen-43/feed/ 0 Grace,Israel,Jacob,Providence Genesis 43:1-34 - 1 Now the famine was severe in the land. 2 And when they had eaten the grain that they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a little food.” 3 But Judah said to him, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, Genesis 43:1-34 1 Now the famine was severe in the land. 2 And when they had eaten the grain that they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a little food.” 3 But Judah said to him, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.’ 4 If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food. 5 But if you will not send him, we will not go down, for the man said to us, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.’ ” 6 Israel said, “Why did you treat me so badly as to tell the man that you had another brother?” 7 They replied, “The man questioned us carefully about ourselves and our kindred, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ What we told him was in answer to these questions. Could we in any way know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?” 8 And Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the boy with me, and we will arise and go, that we may live and not die, both we and you and also our little ones. 9 I will be a pledge of his safety. From my hand you shall require him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever. 10 If we had not delayed, we would now have returned twice.” 11 Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry a present down to the man, a little balm and a little honey, gum, myrrh, pistachio nuts, and almonds. 12 Take double the money with you. Carry back with you the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks. Perhaps it was an oversight. 13 Take also your brother, and arise, go again to the man. 14 May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, and may he send back your other brother and Benjamin. And as for me, if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.” 15 So the men took this present, and they took double the money with them, and Benjamin. They arose and went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph. 16 When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Bring the men into the house, and slaughter an animal and make ready, for the men are to dine with me at noon.” 17 The man did as Joseph told him and brought the men to Joseph’s house. 18 And the men were afraid because they were brought to Joseph’s house, and they said, “It is because of the money, which was replaced in our sacks the first time, that we are brought in, so that he may assault us and fall upon us to make us servants and seize our donkeys.” 19 So they went up to the steward of Joseph’s house and spoke with him at the door of the house, 20 and said, “Oh, my lord, we came down the first time to buy food. 21 And when we came to the lodging place we opened our sacks, and there was each man’s money in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight. So we have brought it again with us, 22 and we have brought other money down with us to buy food. We do not know who put our money in our sacks.” 23 He replied, “Peace to you, do not be afraid. Your God and the God of your father has put treasure in your sacks for you. I received your money.” Then he brought Simeon out to them. 24 And when the man had brought the men into Joseph’s house and given them water, and they had washed their feet, and when he had given their donkeys fodder, 25 they prepared the present for Joseph’s coming at noon, for they heard that they should eat bread there. 26 When Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the present that they had with them and bowed down to him to the ground. 27 And he inquired about their welfare and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?” 28 They said, “Your servant our father is well; he is still alive.” And they bowed their heads and prostrated themselves. 29 And he lifted up his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, “Is this your youngest brother, Leonard Bailey no 48:09 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/11/gods-severe-mercies-part-1-of-3-the-necessary-first-steps-to-restoration-gen-42/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/11/gods-severe-mercies-part-1-of-3-the-necessary-first-steps-to-restoration-gen-42/#comments Sun, 07 Nov 2010 20:30:38 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=984 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/11/gods-severe-mercies-part-1-of-3-the-necessary-first-steps-to-restoration-gen-42/feed/ 0 attrition,Joseph,repentance Genesis 42:1-38 - 1 When Jacob learned that there was grain for sale in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?” 2 And he said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go down and buy grain for us there, Genesis 42:1-38 1 When Jacob learned that there was grain for sale in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?” 2 And he said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go down and buy grain for us there, that we may live and not die.” 3 So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt. 4 But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers, for he feared that harm might happen to him. 5 Thus the sons of Israel came to buy among the others who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan. 6 Now Joseph was governor over the land. He was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground. 7 Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke roughly to them. “Where do you come from?” he said. They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.” 8 And Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him. 9 And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamed of them. And he said to them, “You are spies; you have come to see the nakedness of the land.” 10 They said to him, “No, my lord, your servants have come to buy food. 11 We are all sons of one man. We are honest men. Your servants have never been spies.” 12 He said to them, “No, it is the nakedness of the land that you have come to see.” 13 And they said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more.” 14 But Joseph said to them, “It is as I said to you. You are spies. 15 By this you shall be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go from this place unless your youngest brother comes here. 16 Send one of you, and let him bring your brother, while you remain confined, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you. Or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies.” 17 And he put them all together in custody for three days. 18 On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God: 19 if you are honest men, let one of your brothers remain confined where you are in custody, and let the rest go and carry grain for the famine of your households, 20 and bring your youngest brother to me. So your words will be verified, and you shall not die.” And they did so. 21 Then they said to one another, “In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us and we did not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.” 22 And Reuben answered them, “Did I not tell you not to sin against the boy? But you did not listen. So now there comes a reckoning for his blood.” 23 They did not know that Joseph understood them, for there was an interpreter between them. 24 Then he turned away from them and wept. And he returned to them and spoke to them. And he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes. 25 And Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, and to replace every man’s money in his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. This was done for them. 26 Then they loaded their donkeys with their grain and departed. 27 And as one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, he saw his money in the mouth of his sack. 28 He said to his brothers, “My money has been put back; here it is in the mouth of my sack!” At this their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, “What is this that God has done to us?” 29 When they came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them, saying, 30 “The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us and took us to be spies of the land. 31 But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we have never been spies. 32 We are twelve brothers, sons of our father. One is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. Leonard Bailey no 47:05 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/10/from-the-big-house-to-the-big-house-josephs-exaltation-gen-41/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/10/from-the-big-house-to-the-big-house-josephs-exaltation-gen-41/#comments Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:56:26 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=967 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/10/from-the-big-house-to-the-big-house-josephs-exaltation-gen-41/feed/ 0 Exaltation,Joseph,Pharaoh,Providence Genesis 41 - 1 After two whole years, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile, 2 and behold, there came up out of the Nile seven cows attractive and plump, and they fed in the reed grass. 3 And behold, seven other cows, ugly and thin, Genesis 41 1 After two whole years, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile, 2 and behold, there came up out of the Nile seven cows attractive and plump, and they fed in the reed grass. 3 And behold, seven other cows, ugly and thin, came up... Leonard Bailey no 53:26 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/10/living-in-the-pits-and-the-white-spaces-gen-40/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/10/living-in-the-pits-and-the-white-spaces-gen-40/#comments Sun, 24 Oct 2010 22:32:32 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=957 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/10/living-in-the-pits-and-the-white-spaces-gen-40/feed/ 0 dreams,Joseph,suffering,waiting Genesis 40:1-23 - 1 Some time after this, the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and his baker committed an offense against their lord the king of Egypt. 2 And Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker, Genesis 40:1-23 1 Some time after this, the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and his baker committed an offense against their lord the king of Egypt. 2 And Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker, 3 and he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined. 4 The captain of the guard appointed Joseph to be with them, and he attended them. They continued for some time in custody. 5 And one night they both dreamed—the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison—each his own dream, and each dream with its own interpretation. 6 When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were troubled. 7 So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in custody in his master’s house, “Why are your faces downcast today?” 8 They said to him, “We have had dreams, and there is no one to interpret them.” And Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God? Please tell them to me.” 9 So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph and said to him, “In my dream there was a vine before me, 10 and on the vine there were three branches. As soon as it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and the clusters ripened into grapes. 11 Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup and placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.” 12 Then Joseph said to him, “This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days. 13 In three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your office, and you shall place Pharaoh’s cup in his hand as formerly, when you were his cupbearer. 14 Only remember me, when it is well with you, and please do me the kindness to mention me to Pharaoh, and so get me out of this house. 15 For I was indeed stolen out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the pit.” 16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I also had a dream: there were three cake baskets on my head, 17 and in the uppermost basket there were all sorts of baked food for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating it out of the basket on my head.” 18 And Joseph answered and said, “This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days. 19 In three days Pharaoh will lift up your head—from you!—and hang you on a tree. And the birds will eat the flesh from you.” 20 On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he made a feast for all his servants and lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants. 21 He restored the chief cupbearer to his position, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand. 22 But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them. 23 Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him. Leonard Bailey no 46:56 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/10/these-present-realities-and-the-reality-of-gods-presence-gen-39/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/10/these-present-realities-and-the-reality-of-gods-presence-gen-39/#comments Sun, 17 Oct 2010 19:57:49 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=951 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/10/these-present-realities-and-the-reality-of-gods-presence-gen-39/feed/ 0 hesed,Joseph,Potiphar Genesis 39 - 1 Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, had bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there. 2 The Lord was with Joseph, Genesis 39 1 Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, had bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there. 2 The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, and he was in the house of his Egyptian master. 3 His master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord caused all that he did to succeed in his hands. 4 So Joseph found favor in his sight and attended him, and he made him overseer of his house and put him in charge of all that he had. 5 From the time that he made him overseer in his house and over all that he had the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had, in house and field. 6 So he left all that he had in Joseph’s charge, and because of him he had no concern about anything but the food he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance. 7 And after a time his master’s wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, “Lie with me.” 8 But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, because of me my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that he has in my charge. 9 He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except yourself, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?” 10 And as she spoke to Joseph day after day, he would not listen to her, to lie beside her or to be with her. 11 But one day, when he went into the house to do his work and none of the men of the house was there in the house, 12 she caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me.” But he left his garment in her hand and fled and got out of the house. 13 And as soon as she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled out of the house, 14 she called to the men of her household and said to them, “See, he has brought among us a Hebrew to laugh at us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice. 15 And as soon as he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried out, he left his garment beside me and fled and got out of the house.” 16 Then she laid up his garment by her until his master came home, 17 and she told him the same story, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought among us, came in to me to laugh at me. 18 But as soon as I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment beside me and fled out of the house.” 19 As soon as his master heard the words that his wife spoke to him, “This is the way your servant treated me,” his anger was kindled. 20 And Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined, and he was there in prison. 21 But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. 22 And the keeper of the prison put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever was done there, he was the one who did it. 23 The keeper of the prison paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph’s charge, because the Lord was with him. And whatever he did, the Lord made it succeed. Leonard Bailey no 49:05 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/10/grace-that-exceeds-our-sin-and-our-guilt-gen-38/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/10/grace-that-exceeds-our-sin-and-our-guilt-gen-38/#comments Mon, 11 Oct 2010 01:29:42 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=943 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/10/grace-that-exceeds-our-sin-and-our-guilt-gen-38/feed/ 0 Grace,Guilt,Judah,Sin,Tamar Genesis 38 [38:1] It happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers and turned aside to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. [2] There Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. Genesis 38 [38:1] It happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers and turned aside to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. [2] There Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. He took her and went in to her, [3] and she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Er. [4] She conceived again and bore a son, and she called his name Onan. [5] Yet again she bore a son, and she called his name Shelah. Judah was in Chezib when she bore him. [6] And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar. [7] But Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD put him to death. [8] Then Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother's wife and perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her, and raise up offspring for your brother.” [9] But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his. So whenever he went in to his brother's wife he would waste the semen on the ground, so as not to give offspring to his brother. [10] And what he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, and he put him to death also. [11] Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father's house, till Shelah my son grows up”—for he feared that he would die, like his brothers. So Tamar went and remained in her father's house. [12] In the course of time the wife of Judah, Shua's daughter, died. When Judah was comforted, he went up to Timnah to his sheepshearers, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. [13] And when Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,” [14] she took off her widow's garments and covered herself with a veil, wrapping herself up, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. For she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she had not been given to him in marriage. [15] When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face. [16] He turned to her at the roadside and said, “Come, let me come in to you,” for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?” [17] He answered, “I will send you a young goat from the flock.” And she said, “If you give me a pledge, until you send it—” [18] He said, “What pledge shall I give you?” She replied, “Your signet and your cord and your staff that is in your hand.” So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she conceived by him. [19] Then she arose and went away, and taking off her veil she put on the garments of her widowhood. [20] When Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite to take back the pledge from the woman's hand, he did not find her. [21] And he asked the men of the place, “Where is the cult prostitute who was at Enaim at the roadside?” And they said, “No cult prostitute has been here.” [22] So he returned to Judah and said, “I have not found her. Also, the men of the place said, ‘No cult prostitute has been here.’” [23] And Judah replied, “Let her keep the things as her own, or we shall be laughed at. You see, I sent this young goat, and you did not find her.” [24] About three months later Judah was told, “Tamar your daughter-in-law has been immoral. Moreover, she is pregnant by immorality.” And Judah said, “Bring her out, and let her be burned.” [25] As she was being brought out, she sent word to her father-in-law, “By the man to whom these belong, I am pregnant.” And she said, “Please identify whose these are, the signet and the cord and the staff.” [26] Then Judah identified them and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not know her again. [27] When the time of her labor came, there were twins in her womb. [28] And when she was in labor, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, “This one came out first.” [29] But as he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out. And she said, “What a breach you have made for yourself! Leonard Bailey no 52:15 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/10/though-sorrow-need-or-death-be-mine-yet-i-am-not-forsaken-gen-37/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/10/though-sorrow-need-or-death-be-mine-yet-i-am-not-forsaken-gen-37/#comments Sun, 03 Oct 2010 22:46:35 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=926 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/10/though-sorrow-need-or-death-be-mine-yet-i-am-not-forsaken-gen-37/feed/ 0 Joseph,Potiphar,Providence,Sin Genesis 37 1Jacob lived in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan. 2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. Genesis 37 1Jacob lived in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan. 2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilp... Leonard Bailey no 47:26 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/09/the-descendants-of-esau-the-nation-of-edom-gen-36/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/09/the-descendants-of-esau-the-nation-of-edom-gen-36/#comments Sun, 26 Sep 2010 22:38:41 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=923 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/09/the-descendants-of-esau-the-nation-of-edom-gen-36/feed/ 0 Edom,Esau Genesis 36 1These are the generations of Esau (that is, Edom). 2 Esau took his wives from the Canaanites: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite, 3 and Basemath, Ishmael's daughter, Genesis 36 1These are the generations of Esau (that is, Edom). 2 Esau took his wives from the Canaanites: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite, 3 and Basemath, Ishmael's daughter, the sister of Nebaioth. 4 And Adah bore to Esau, Eliphaz; Basemath bore Reuel; 5 and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan. 6 Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, his livestock, all his beasts, and all his property that he had acquired in the land of Canaan. He went into a land away from his brother Jacob. 7 For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together. The land of their sojournings could not support them because of their livestock. 8 So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir. (Esau is Edom.) 9 These are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir. 10 These are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau. 11 The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. 12 (Timna was a concubine of Eliphaz, Esau's son; she bore Amalek to Eliphaz.) These are the sons of Adah, Esau's wife. 13 These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These are the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife.14 These are the sons of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: she bore to Esau Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. 15 These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: the chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz, 16 Korah, Gatam, and Amalek; these are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah. 17 These are the sons of Reuel, Esau's son: the chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah; these are the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife. 18 These are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau's wife: the chiefs Jeush, Jalam, and Korah; these are the chiefs born of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife. 19 These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these are their chiefs. 20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, 21 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan; these are the chiefs of the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom. 22 The sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna. 23 These are the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.24 These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; he is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he pastured the donkeys of Zibeon his father. 25 These are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah. 26 These are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. 27 These are the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. 28 These are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran. 29 These are the chiefs of the Horites: the chiefs Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, 30 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan; these are the chiefs of the Horites, chief by chief in the land of Seir. 31 These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the Israelites. 32 Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom, the name of his city being Dinhabah. 33 Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place. 34 Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place. 35 Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place, the name of his city being Avith. 36 Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place. 37 Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth on the Euphrates reigned in his place. 38 Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place. 39 Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his place, the name of his city being Pau; his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, Leonard Bailey no 49:41 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/09/the-end-of-an-era-the-perseverance-of-a-promise-gen-35/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/09/the-end-of-an-era-the-perseverance-of-a-promise-gen-35/#comments Sun, 19 Sep 2010 21:11:52 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=919 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/09/the-end-of-an-era-the-perseverance-of-a-promise-gen-35/feed/ 0 faithfulness,Israel,Jacob,Sin Genesis 35 1 God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.” 2 So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, Genesis 35 1 God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.” 2 So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves and change your garments. 3 Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God who answers me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone.” 4 So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that they had, and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob hid them under the terebinth tree that was near Shechem. 5 And as they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities that were around them, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. 6 And Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him, 7 and there he built an altar and called the place El-bethel, because there God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother. 8 And Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried under an oak below Bethel. So he called its name Allon-bacuth. 9 God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him. 10 And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name.” So he called his name Israel. 11 And God said to him, “I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body. 12 The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the land to your offspring after you.” 13 Then God went up from him in the place where he had spoken with him. 14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it and poured oil on it. 15 So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him Bethel. 16 Then they journeyed from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and she had hard labor. 17 And when her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, “Do not fear, for you have another son.” 18 And as her soul was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin. 19 So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem), 20 and Jacob set up a pillar over her tomb. It is the pillar of Rachel's tomb, which is there to this day. 21 Israel journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder. 22 While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine. And Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. 23 The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob's firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. 24 The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. 25 The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's servant: Dan and Naphtali. 26 The sons of Zilpah, Leah's servant: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram. 27 And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, or Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned. 28 Now the days of Isaac were 180 years.29 And Isaac breathed his last, and he died and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. Leonard Bailey no 37:35 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/09/proof-of-the-need-for-scandalous-grace-gen-34/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/09/proof-of-the-need-for-scandalous-grace-gen-34/#comments Sun, 12 Sep 2010 21:04:47 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=892 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/09/proof-of-the-need-for-scandalous-grace-gen-34/feed/ 0 evil,Grace,suffering Genesis 34 Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the women of the land. 2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he seized her and lay with her and humiliated her. Genesis 34 Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the women of the land. 2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he seized her and lay with her and humiliated her. 3 And his soul was drawn to Dinah the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her. 4 So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this girl for my wife.” 5 Now Jacob heard that he had defiled his daughter Dinah. But his sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob held his peace until they came. 6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him. 7 The sons of Jacob had come in from the field as soon as they heard of it, and the men were indignant and very angry, because he had done an outrageous thing in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter, for such a thing must not be done. 8 But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him to be his wife. 9 Make marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves. 10 You shall dwell with us, and the land shall be open to you. Dwell and trade in it, and get property in it.” 11 Shechem also said to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you say to me I will give. 12 Ask me for as great a bride price and gift as you will, and I will give whatever you say to me. Only give me the young woman to be my wife.” 13 The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully, because he had defiled their sister Dinah. 14 They said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us. 15 Only on this condition will we agree with you—that you will become as we are by every male among you being circumcised. 16 Then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to ourselves, and we will dwell with you and become one people. 17 But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter, and we will be gone.” 18 Their words pleased Hamor and Hamor’s son Shechem. 19 And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob’s daughter. Now he was the most honored of all his father’s house. 20 So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying, 21 “These men are at peace with us; let them dwell in the land and trade in it, for behold, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters as wives, and let us give them our daughters. 22 Only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us to become one people—when every male among us is circumcised as they are circumcised. 23 Will not their livestock, their property and all their beasts be ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will dwell with us.” 24 And all who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city. 25 On the third day, when they were sore, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and came against the city while it felt secure and killed all the males. 26 They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house and went away. 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister. 28 They took their flocks and their herds, their donkeys, and whatever was in the city and in the field. 29 All their wealth, all their little ones and their wives, all that was in the houses, they captured and plundered. 30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me stink to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. My numbers are few, and if they gather themselves against me and attack me, I shall be destroyed, both I and my household. Leonard Bailey no 45:39 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/09/none-other-than-scandalous-grace-will-do-gen-1-34/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/09/none-other-than-scandalous-grace-will-do-gen-1-34/#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:00:14 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=864 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/09/none-other-than-scandalous-grace-will-do-gen-1-34/feed/ 0 Grace As Hope of Christ returns to a series on Genesis, Pastor Bailey recaps the story of Genesis viewed through the lens of God's grace toward sinful man.  There is a tendency to see Genesis, and the Old Testament in general, As Hope of Christ returns to a series on Genesis, Pastor Bailey recaps the story of Genesis viewed through the lens of God's grace toward sinful man.  There is a tendency to see Genesis, and the Old Testament in general, as God acting in a way different than He deals with His people in the New Covenant.  As this series unfolds, the unfolding plan of redemption in Christ for a lost and fallen world is seen in the earliest pages of the Scriptures.  The teaching series "The Genesis of Grace and Grace in Genesis" demonstrates it has always been the person and work of Christ that is the plot of the Scriptures. Leonard Bailey no 50:24 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/06/the-faces-of-forgiveness-some-true-and-some-false-gen-33/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/06/the-faces-of-forgiveness-some-true-and-some-false-gen-33/#comments Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:00:22 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=727 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/06/the-faces-of-forgiveness-some-true-and-some-false-gen-33/feed/ 0 Esau,forgiveness,Jacob Genesis 33 Jacob Meets Esau And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two female servants. Genesis 33 Jacob Meets Esau And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two female servants. 2 And he put the servants with their children in front, then Leah with her children, and Rachel and Joseph last of all. 3 He himself went on before them, bowing himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. 4 But Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept. 5 And when Esau lifted up his eyes and saw the women and children, he said, “Who are these with you?” Jacob said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.” 6 Then the servants drew near, they and their children, and bowed down. 7 Leah likewise and her children drew near and bowed down. And last Joseph and Rachel drew near, and they bowed down. 8 Esau said, “What do you mean by all this company that I met?” Jacob answered, “To find favor in the sight of my lord.” 9 But Esau said, “I have enough, my brother; keep what you have for yourself.” 10 Jacob said, “No, please, if I have found favor in your sight, then accept my present from my hand. For I have seen your face, which is like seeing the face of God, and you have accepted me. 11 Please accept my blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” Thus he urged him, and he took it. 12 Then Esau said, “Let us journey on our way, and I will go ahead of you.” 13 But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and that the nursing flocks and herds are a care to me. If they are driven hard for one day, all the flocks will die. 14 Let my lord pass on ahead of his servant, and I will lead on slowly, at the pace of the livestock that are ahead of me and at the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.” 15 So Esau said, “Let me leave with you some of the people who are with me.” But he said, “What need is there? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.” 16 So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir. 17 But Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built himself a house and made booths for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. 18 And Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, on his way from Paddan-aram, and he camped before the city. 19 And from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, he bought for a hundred pieces of money the piece of land on which he had pitched his tent. 20 There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel. Leonard Bailey no 51:56 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/06/god-to-jacob-lets-get-ready-to-rumble-gen-32/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/06/god-to-jacob-lets-get-ready-to-rumble-gen-32/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 01:54:38 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=703 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/06/god-to-jacob-lets-get-ready-to-rumble-gen-32/feed/ 0 Esau,Israel,Jacob Gen 32 Jacob Fears Esau 32 Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 2 And when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God’s camp!” So he called the name of that place Mahanaim. 3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother in the... Gen 32 Jacob Fears Esau 32 Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 2 And when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God’s camp!” So he called the name of that place Mahanaim. 3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother in the... Leonard Bailey no 55:06 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/05/gods-faithfulness-in-spite-of-all-your-efforts-the-end-of-jacobs-exile-gen-3025-3155/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/05/gods-faithfulness-in-spite-of-all-your-efforts-the-end-of-jacobs-exile-gen-3025-3155/#comments Sun, 30 May 2010 23:40:41 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=692 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/05/gods-faithfulness-in-spite-of-all-your-efforts-the-end-of-jacobs-exile-gen-3025-3155/feed/ 0 Grace,Providence,Superstition,Trust Gen 30:25-31:55 Jacob’s Prosperity 25 As soon as Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own home and country. 26 Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, that I may go, Gen 30:25-31:55 Jacob’s Prosperity 25 As soon as Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own home and country. 26 Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, that I may go, for you know the service that I have given you.” 27 But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your sight, I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me because of you. 28 Name your wages, and I will give it.” 29 Jacob said to him, “You yourself know how I have served you, and how your livestock has fared with me. 30 For you had little before I came, and it has increased abundantly, and the Lord has blessed you wherever I turned. But now when shall I provide for my own household also?” 31 He said, “What shall I give you?” Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this for me, I will again pasture your flock and keep it: 32 let me pass through all your flock today, removing from it every speckled and spotted sheep and every black lamb, and the spotted and speckled among the goats, and they shall be my wages. 33 So my honesty will answer for me later, when you come to look into my wages with you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats and black among the lambs, if found with me, shall be counted stolen.” 34 Laban said, “Good! Let it be as you have said.” 35 But that day Laban removed the male goats that were striped and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white on it, and every lamb that was black, and put them in the charge of his sons. 36 And he set a distance of three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob pastured the rest of Laban’s flock. 37 Then Jacob took fresh sticks of poplar and almond and plane trees, and peeled white streaks in them, exposing the white of the sticks. 38 He set the sticks that he had peeled in front of the flocks in the troughs, that is, the watering places, where the flocks came to drink. And since they bred when they came to drink, 39 the flocks bred in front of the sticks and so the flocks brought forth striped, speckled, and spotted. 40 And Jacob separated the lambs and set the faces of the flocks toward the striped and all the black in the flock of Laban. He put his own droves apart and did not put them with Laban’s flock. 41 Whenever the stronger of the flock were breeding, Jacob would lay the sticks in the troughs before the eyes of the flock, that they might breed among the sticks, 42 but for the feebler of the flock he would not lay them there. So the feebler would be Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s. 43 Thus the man increased greatly and had large flocks, female servants and male servants, and camels and donkeys. Jacob Flees from Laban 31 Now Jacob heard that the sons of Laban were saying, “Jacob has taken all that was our father’s, and from what was our father’s he has gained all this wealth.” 2 And Jacob saw that Laban did not regard him with favor as before. 3 Then the Lord said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.” 4 So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah into the field where his flock was 5 and said to them, “I see that your father does not regard me with favor as he did before. But the God of my father has been with me. 6 You know that I have served your father with all my strength, 7 yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times. But God did not permit him to harm me. 8 If he said, ‘The spotted shall be your wages,’ then all the flock bore spotted; and if he said, ‘The striped shall be your wages,’ then all the flock bore striped. 9 Thus God has taken away the livestock of your father and given them to me. 10 In the breeding season of the flock I lifted up my eyes and saw in a dream that the goats that mated with the flock were striped, spotted, and mottled. 11 Then the angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob,’ and I said, ‘Here I am!’ 12 And he said, Leonard Bailey no 1:03:35 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/05/good-things-turned-god-things-part-2-gen-2931-3024/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/05/good-things-turned-god-things-part-2-gen-2931-3024/#comments Sun, 16 May 2010 18:08:08 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=679 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/05/good-things-turned-god-things-part-2-gen-2931-3024/feed/ 0 Jacob,Leah,Rachel Leonard Bailey no 56:51 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/05/good-things-turned-god-things-gen-29/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/05/good-things-turned-god-things-gen-29/#comments Sun, 09 May 2010 19:04:41 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=677 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/05/good-things-turned-god-things-gen-29/feed/ 0 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/05/youre-gonna-have-to-face-it-youre-addicted-to-love-gen-29/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/05/youre-gonna-have-to-face-it-youre-addicted-to-love-gen-29/#comments Sun, 09 May 2010 16:18:25 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=665 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/05/youre-gonna-have-to-face-it-youre-addicted-to-love-gen-29/feed/ 0 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/05/conditional-commitments-or-firstfruits-of-faith-gen-2810-22/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/05/conditional-commitments-or-firstfruits-of-faith-gen-2810-22/#comments Sun, 02 May 2010 18:08:58 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=653 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/05/conditional-commitments-or-firstfruits-of-faith-gen-2810-22/feed/ 0 Christ,Grace,Jacob,Ladder Genesis 28:10-22 10 Jacob left Beersheba and went toward Haran. 11 And he came to a certain place and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place to sleep. Genesis 28:10-22 10 Jacob left Beersheba and went toward Haran. 11 And he came to a certain place and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place to sleep. 12 And he dreamed, and behold, there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it! 13 And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, “I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring. 14 Your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and in you and your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 15 Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.” 16 Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.” 17 And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.” 18 So early in the morning Jacob took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it. 19 He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first. 20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear, 21 so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, then the Lord shall be my God, 22 and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God’s house. And of all that you give me I will give a full tenth to you.” Leonard Bailey no 51:41 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/04/god-draws-a-very-straight-line-with-very-crooked-sticks-gen-27/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/04/god-draws-a-very-straight-line-with-very-crooked-sticks-gen-27/#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:21:13 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=639 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/04/god-draws-a-very-straight-line-with-very-crooked-sticks-gen-27/feed/ 0 Blessing,Esau,Grace,Isaac,Jacob Genesis 27:1-28:9 27 When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his older son and said to him, “My son”; and he answered, “Here I am.” 2 He said, “Behold, I am old; I do not know the day of my death. 3 Now then, Genesis 27:1-28:9 27 When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his older son and said to him, “My son”; and he answered, “Here I am.” 2 He said, “Behold, I am old; I do not know the day of my death. 3 Now then, take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me, 4 and prepare for me delicious food, such as I love, and bring it to me so that I may eat, that my soul may bless you before I die.” 5 Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to his son Esau. So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game and bring it, 6 Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “I heard your father speak to your brother Esau, 7 ‘Bring me game and prepare for me delicious food, that I may eat it and bless you before the Lord before I die.’ 8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice as I command you. 9 Go to the flock and bring me two good young goats, so that I may prepare from them delicious food for your father, such as he loves. 10 And you shall bring it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.” 11 But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Behold, my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man. 12 Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be mocking him and bring a curse upon myself and not a blessing.” 13 His mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, bring them to me.” 14 So he went and took them and brought them to his mother, and his mother prepared delicious food, such as his father loved. 15 Then Rebekah took the best garments of Esau her older son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son. 16 And the skins of the young goats she put on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck. 17 And she put the delicious food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. 18 So he went in to his father and said, “My father.” And he said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?” 19 Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me; now sit up and eat of my game, that your soul may bless me.” 20 But Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?” He answered, “Because the Lord your God granted me success.” 21 Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, to know whether you are really my son Esau or not.” 22 So Jacob went near to Isaac his father, who felt him and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.” 23 And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands. So he blessed him. 24 He said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He answered, “I am.” 25 Then he said, “Bring it near to me, that I may eat of my son’s game and bless you.” So he brought it near to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank. 26 Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come near and kiss me, my son.” 27 So he came near and kissed him. And Isaac smelled the smell of his garments and blessed him and said, “See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed! 28 May God give you of the dew of heaven and of the fatness of the earth and plenty of grain and wine. 29 Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, and blessed be everyone who blesses you!” 30 As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, when Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting. 31 He also prepared delicious food and brought it to his father. And he said to his father, “Let my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that you may bless me.” 32 His father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?” He answered, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.” 33 Then Isaac trembled very violently and said, “Who was it then that hunted game and brought it to me, Leonard Bailey no 53:53 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/04/i-will-be-i-am-i-have-been-with-you-gen-26/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/04/i-will-be-i-am-i-have-been-with-you-gen-26/#comments Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:23:29 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=630 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/04/i-will-be-i-am-i-have-been-with-you-gen-26/feed/ 0 Abimelech,Faith,Isaac,Promise Genesis 26 - 1 Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar to Abimelech king of the Philistines. 2 And the Lord appeared to him and said, Genesis 26 1 Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar to Abimelech king of the Philistines. 2 And the Lord appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I shall tell you. 3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father. 4 I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, 5 because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.” 6 So Isaac settled in Gerar. 7 When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” for he feared to say, “My wife,” thinking, “lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebekah,” because she was attractive in appearance. 8 When he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out of a window and saw Isaac laughing with Rebekah his wife. 9 So Abimelech called Isaac and said, “Behold, she is your wife. How then could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to him, “Because I thought, ‘Lest I die because of her.’ ” 10 Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.” 11 So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.” 12 And Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. The Lord blessed him, 13 and the man became rich, and gained more and more until he became very wealthy. 14 He had possessions of flocks and herds and many servants, so that the Philistines envied him. 15 (Now the Philistines had stopped and filled with earth all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father.) 16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.” 17 So Isaac departed from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there. 18 And Isaac dug again the wells of water that had been dug in the days of Abraham his father, which the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham. And he gave them the names that his father had given them. 19 But when Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of spring water, 20 the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him. 21 Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that also, so he called its name Sitnah. 22 And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name Rehoboth, saying, “For now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.” 23 From there he went up to Beersheba. 24 And the Lord appeared to him the same night and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Fear not, for I am with you and will bless you and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham’s sake.” 25 So he built an altar there and called upon the name of the Lord and pitched his tent there. And there Isaac’s servants dug a well. 26 When Abimelech went to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army, 27 Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, seeing that you hate me and have sent me away from you?” 28 They said, “We see plainly that the Lord has been with you. So we said, let there be a sworn pact between us, between you and us, and let us make a covenant with you, 29 that you will do us no harm, just as we have not touched you and have done to you nothing but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the Lord.” 30 So he made them a feast, and they ate and drank. 31 In the morning they rose early and exchanged oaths. Leonard Bailey no 57:09 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/04/sinnerssaved-by-grace-gen-2519-34/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/04/sinnerssaved-by-grace-gen-2519-34/#comments Sun, 11 Apr 2010 18:56:32 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=627 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/04/sinnerssaved-by-grace-gen-2519-34/feed/ 0 Esau,Grace,Isaac,Jacob,Sin Genesis 25:19-34 - 19 These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham fathered Isaac, 20 and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife. Genesis 25:19-34 19 These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham fathered Isaac, 20 and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife. 21 And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren. And the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22 The children struggled together within her, and she said, “If it is thus, why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the Lord. 23 And the Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the older shall serve the younger.” 24 When her days to give birth were completed, behold, there were twins in her womb. 25 The first came out red, all his body like a hairy cloak, so they called his name Esau. 26 Afterward his brother came out with his hand holding Esau’s heel, so his name was called Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them. 27 When the boys grew up, Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents. 28 Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob. 29 Once when Jacob was cooking stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was exhausted. 30 And Esau said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am exhausted!” (Therefore his name was called Edom.) 31 Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright now.” 32 Esau said, “I am about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?” 33 Jacob said, “Swear to me now.” So he swore to him and sold his birthright to Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright. Leonard Bailey no 44:39 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/03/the-necessary-ongoing-grace-of-the-promise-gen-2519-26/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/03/the-necessary-ongoing-grace-of-the-promise-gen-2519-26/#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:48:14 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=593 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/03/the-necessary-ongoing-grace-of-the-promise-gen-2519-26/feed/ 0 Esau,Grace,Isaac,Jacob,prayer,Rebekah,Trials,Trust Gen 25:19-26 - 19 These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham fathered Isaac, 20 and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife. Gen 25:19-26 19 These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham fathered Isaac, 20 and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife. 21 And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren. And the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22 The children struggled together within her, and she said, “If it is thus, why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the Lord. 23 And the Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the older shall serve the younger.” 24 When her days to give birth were completed, behold, there were twins in her womb. 25 The first came out red, all his body like a hairy cloak, so they called his name Esau. 26 Afterward his brother came out with his hand holding Esau’s heel, so his name was called Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them. Leonard Bailey no 44:47 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/03/the-death-of-abraham-gen-251-18/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/03/the-death-of-abraham-gen-251-18/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:04:15 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=580 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/03/the-death-of-abraham-gen-251-18/feed/ 0 Abraham,Faith,Isaac,Ishmael Genesis 25:1–18 - 1 Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. 2 She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. Genesis 25:1–18 1 Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. 2 She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. 4 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. 5 Abraham gave all he had to Isaac. 6 But to the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, and while he was still living he sent them away from his son Isaac, eastward to the east country. 7 These are the days of the years of Abraham’s life, 175 years. 8 Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people. 9 Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre, 10 the field that Abraham purchased from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried, with Sarah his wife. 11 After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac settled at Beer-lahai-roi. 12 These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore to Abraham. 13 These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, 15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. 16 These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, twelve princes according to their tribes. 17 (These are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. He breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.) 18 They settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled over against all his kinsmen. Leonard Bailey no 43:46 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/03/a-bride-for-the-son-of-promise-gen-24/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/03/a-bride-for-the-son-of-promise-gen-24/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:21:05 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=569 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/03/a-bride-for-the-son-of-promise-gen-24/feed/ 0 Abraham,Bride,Isaac,Rebekah,Wife Genesis 24 - 1 Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years. And the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. 2 And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh, Genesis 24 1 Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years. And the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. 2 And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh, 3 that I may make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell, 4 but will go to my country and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.” 5 The servant said to him, “Perhaps the woman may not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I then take your son back to the land from which you came?” 6 Abraham said to him, “See to it that you do not take my son back there. 7 The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and from the land of my kindred, and who spoke to me and swore to me, ‘To your offspring I will give this land,’ he will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there. 8 But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be free from this oath of mine; only you must not take my son back there.” 9 So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore to him concerning this matter. 10 Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed, taking all sorts of choice gifts from his master; and he arose and went to Mesopotamia to the city of Nahor. 11 And he made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time when women go out to draw water. 12 And he said, “O LORD, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today and show steadfast love to my master Abraham. 13 Behold, I am standing by the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water. 14 Let the young woman to whom I shall say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who shall say, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels’—let her be the one whom you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I shall know that you have shown steadfast love to my master.” 15 Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, came out with her water jar on her shoulder. 16 The young woman was very attractive in appearance, a maiden whom no man had known. She went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up. 17 Then the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please give me a little water to drink from your jar.” 18 She said, “Drink, my lord.” And she quickly let down her jar upon her hand and gave him a drink. 19 When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking.” 20 So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran again to the well to draw water, and she drew for all his camels. 21 The man gazed at her in silence to learn whether the LORD had prospered his journey or not. 22 When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing a half shekel, and two bracelets for her arms weighing ten gold shekels, 23 and said, “Please tell me whose daughter you are. Is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?” 24 She said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.” 25 She added, “We have plenty of both straw and fodder, and room to spend the night.” 26 The man bowed his head and worshiped the LORD 27 and said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his steadfast love and his faithfulness toward my master. As for me, the LORD has led me in the way to the house of my master’s kinsmen.” 28 Then the young woman ran and told her mother’s household about these things. 29 Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban. Laban ran out toward the man, to the spring. 30 As soon as he saw the ring and the bracelets on his sister’s arms, and heard the words of Rebekah his sister, “Thus the man spoke to me, Leonard Bailey no 55:04 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/02/the-death-of-a-princess-the-downpayment-on-a-promise-genesis-23/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/02/the-death-of-a-princess-the-downpayment-on-a-promise-genesis-23/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:18:03 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=567 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/02/the-death-of-a-princess-the-downpayment-on-a-promise-genesis-23/feed/ 0 Abraham,Faith,Promise,Sarah,Sojourner Genesis 23  — 1 Sarah lived 127 years; these were the years of the life of Sarah. 2 And Sarah died at Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. Genesis 23  — 1 Sarah lived 127 years; these were the years of the life of Sarah. 2 And Sarah died at Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. 3 And Abraham rose up from before his dead and said to the Hittites, 4 “I am a sojourner and foreigner among you; give me property among you for a burying place, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.” 5 The Hittites answered Abraham, 6 “Hear us, my lord; you are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb to hinder you from burying your dead.” 7 Abraham rose and bowed to the Hittites, the people of the land. 8 And he said to them, “If you are willing that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me and entreat for me Ephron the son of Zohar, 9 that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he owns; it is at the end of his field. For the full price let him give it to me in your presence as property for a burying place.” 10 Now Ephron was sitting among the Hittites, and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the Hittites, of all who went in at the gate of his city, 11 “No, my lord, hear me: I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the sight of the sons of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead.” 12 Then Abraham bowed down before the people of the land. 13 And he said to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, “But if you will, hear me: I give the price of the field. Accept it from me, that I may bury my dead there.” 14 Ephron answered Abraham, 15 “My lord, listen to me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.” 16 Abraham listened to Ephron, and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver that he had named in the hearing of the Hittites, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weights current among the merchants. 17 So the field of Ephron in Machpelah, which was to the east of Mamre, the field with the cave that was in it and all the trees that were in the field, throughout its whole area, was made over 18 to Abraham as a possession in the presence of the Hittites, before all who went in at the gate of his city. 19 After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah east of Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. 20 The field and the cave that is in it were made over to Abraham as property for a burying place by the Hittites. Leonard Bailey no 46:41 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/02/god-will-provide-the-lamb-gen-221-19/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/02/god-will-provide-the-lamb-gen-221-19/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:57:07 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=555 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/02/god-will-provide-the-lamb-gen-221-19/feed/ 0 Abraham,Isaac,Lamb,Sacrifice Genesis 22:1-19 - 1 After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here am I.” 2 He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one... Genesis 22:1-19 1 After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here am I.” 2 He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” 3 So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac. And he cut the wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place of which God had told him. 4 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar. 5 Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; I and the boy will go over there and worship and come again to you.” 6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of them together. 7 And Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” And he said, “Here am I, my son.” He said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” 8 Abraham said, “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they went both of them together. 9 When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son. 11 But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here am I.” 12 He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.” 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 So Abraham called the name of that place, “The LORD will provide”; as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the LORD it shall be provided.” 15 And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven 16 and said, “By myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17 I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies, 18 and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.” 19 So Abraham returned to his young men, and they arose and went together to Beersheba. And Abraham lived at Beersheba. Leonard Bailey no 50:27 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/11/genesis-21/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/11/genesis-21/#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:32:05 +0000 Rich Leino http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=437 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/11/genesis-21/feed/ 0 Abimelech,Abraham,Circumcision,Covenant,Ishmael,Promise,Sarah Genesis 21 (ESV) - Genesis 21:1-2 notes: 1 The Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did to Sarah as he had promised. 2 And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of which God had spoken to him. - Genesis 21 (ESV) 1 The Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did to Sarah as he had promised. 2 And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of which God had spoken to him. 3 Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore him, Isaac. 4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him. 5 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. 6 And Sarah said, “God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh over me.” 7 And she said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.” 8 And the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. 9 But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, laughing. 10 So she said to Abraham, “Cast out this slave woman with her son, for the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac.” 11 And the thing was very displeasing to Abraham on account of his son. 12 But God said to Abraham, “Be not displeased because of the boy and because of your slave woman. Whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for through Isaac shall your offspring be named. 13 And I will make a nation of the son of the slave woman also, because he is your offspring.” 14 So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. 15 When the water in the skin was gone, she put the child under one of the bushes. 16 Then she went and sat down opposite him a good way off, about the distance of a bowshot, for she said, “Let me not look on the death of the child.” And as she sat opposite him, she lifted up her voice and wept. 17 And God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What troubles you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is. 18 Up! Lift up the boy, and hold him fast with your hand, for I will make him into a great nation.” 19 Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink. 20 And God was with the boy, and he grew up. He lived in the wilderness and became an expert with the bow. 21 He lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt. 22 At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do. 23 Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my descendants or with my posterity, but as I have dealt kindly with you, so you will deal with me and with the land where you have sojourned.” 24 And Abraham said, “I will swear.” 25 When Abraham reproved Abimelech about a well of water that Abimelech’s servants had seized, 26 Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, and I have not heard of it until today.” 27 So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant. 28 Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock apart. 29 And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?” 30 He said, “These seven ewe lambs you will take from my hand, that this may be a witness for me that I dug this well.” 31 Therefore that place was called Beersheba, because there both of them swore an oath. 32 So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army rose up and returned to the land of the Philistines. 33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and called there on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God. 34 And Abraham sojourned many days in the land of the Philistines. Let us pray. Genesis 21:1-2 notes:  1 The Lord visited Sarah as he had said, Rich Leino no 37:41 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/11/great-is-my-faithlessnes-part-2-gen-20/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/11/great-is-my-faithlessnes-part-2-gen-20/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:23:06 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=433 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/11/great-is-my-faithlessnes-part-2-gen-20/feed/ 0 Abimelech,Abraham,Sarah Abraham once again commits an act of faithlessness by calling Sarah his wife as he sojourns to and settles in the South of the Promise Land.  Where Abraham proves faithless, however, God proves faithful to His Promise and protects Sarah, Abraham once again commits an act of faithlessness by calling Sarah his wife as he sojourns to and settles in the South of the Promise Land.  Where Abraham proves faithless, however, God proves faithful to His Promise and protects Sarah, who has been promised to bear a son of Promise through Abraham. Leonard Bailey no 46:09 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/11/mustard-seed-sized-faith-its-not-a-pretty-picture-gen-19/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/11/mustard-seed-sized-faith-its-not-a-pretty-picture-gen-19/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:34:41 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=418 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/11/mustard-seed-sized-faith-its-not-a-pretty-picture-gen-19/feed/ 0 Abraham,Grace,Justice,Lot,Moab,Wrath Leonard Bailey no 49:08 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/11/intercessory-bargaining-on-behalf-of-the-wicked-gen-1816-33/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/11/intercessory-bargaining-on-behalf-of-the-wicked-gen-1816-33/#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:36:22 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=416 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/11/intercessory-bargaining-on-behalf-of-the-wicked-gen-1816-33/feed/ 0 Abraham,Lot,prayer Leonard Bailey no 36:16 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/10/when-decently-and-in-order-just-dont-cut-it-how-do-you-respond-to-gods-kindness/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/10/when-decently-and-in-order-just-dont-cut-it-how-do-you-respond-to-gods-kindness/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:08:40 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=403 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/10/when-decently-and-in-order-just-dont-cut-it-how-do-you-respond-to-gods-kindness/feed/ 0 Abraham,Sarah God visits Abraham and Sarah on the way to the destruction to Sodom and announces the birth of Isaac. God desires relationship and will stop at nothing to get it Abraham abandoned dignity and is elevated by God God visits Abraham and Sarah on the way to the destruction to Sodom and announces the birth of Isaac. * God desires relationship and will stop at nothing to get it * Abraham abandoned dignity and is elevated by God * Sarah seeks to preserve dignity and is humbled by God Leonard Bailey no 36:06 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/10/the-sign-of-circumcision-and-its-significance-gen17/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/10/the-sign-of-circumcision-and-its-significance-gen17/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:18:58 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=395 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/10/the-sign-of-circumcision-and-its-significance-gen17/feed/ 0 Leonard Bailey no 51:07 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/10/manipulating-god-sharing-your-wedding-bed-blaming-your-wife-and-other-tools-for-a-healthy-marriage-gen-16/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/10/manipulating-god-sharing-your-wedding-bed-blaming-your-wife-and-other-tools-for-a-healthy-marriage-gen-16/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:39:03 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=378 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/10/manipulating-god-sharing-your-wedding-bed-blaming-your-wife-and-other-tools-for-a-healthy-marriage-gen-16/feed/ 0 Abraham,Hagar,Sarah Abraham and Sarah take matters into their own hands to fulfill the promised seed as Sarah presents Hagar to Abraham to bear offspring for her.  The consequences are predictable but God continues to show grace to His cracked vessels. Abraham and Sarah take matters into their own hands to fulfill the promised seed as Sarah presents Hagar to Abraham to bear offspring for her.  The consequences are predictable but God continues to show grace to His cracked vessels. Leonard Bailey no 49:02 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/10/the-day-of-reckoning-gen-15/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/10/the-day-of-reckoning-gen-15/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:14:30 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=373 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/10/the-day-of-reckoning-gen-15/feed/ 0 Abraham,Covenant God cuts a Covenant with Abraham by walking through the animal carcasses by Himself.  He Promises, by Himself, that He will see the Covenant Promise fulfilled and that He will take on the curses of that Covenant when it is broken. God cuts a Covenant with Abraham by walking through the animal carcasses by Himself.  He Promises, by Himself, that He will see the Covenant Promise fulfilled and that He will take on the curses of that Covenant when it is broken. Leonard Bailey no 51:00 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/09/i-get-by-with-a-little-help-from-my-friends/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/09/i-get-by-with-a-little-help-from-my-friends/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:43:44 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=346 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/09/i-get-by-with-a-little-help-from-my-friends/feed/ 0 Abraham,Lot,Melchizedek Abraham rescues Lot in spite of an incredible inconvenience and potential destruction of his own family in the process. He took a tremendous risk but he loved his nephew. Lot had made a foolish choice by traveling to the land of Sodom but Abraham didn'... Abraham rescues Lot in spite of an incredible inconvenience and potential destruction of his own family in the process. He took a tremendous risk but he loved his nephew. Lot had made a foolish choice by traveling to the land of Sodom but Abraham didn't simply leave him to the natural consequences of his choices. Abraham demonstrates the type of kindness and concern for a family member in trouble that we all ought to have for one another as the Body of Christ. Leonard Bailey no 47:39 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/09/faith-at-work-and-works-of-faith-gen-13/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/09/faith-at-work-and-works-of-faith-gen-13/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:10:03 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=342 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/09/faith-at-work-and-works-of-faith-gen-13/feed/ 0 Abraham,Covenant,Faith,Lot Leonard Bailey no 36:55 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/09/great-is-my-faithlessness-gen-1210-20/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/09/great-is-my-faithlessness-gen-1210-20/#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:27:40 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=328 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/09/great-is-my-faithlessness-gen-1210-20/feed/ 0 Abraham,Faith,Genesis SYNOPSIS: Abraham goes down to Egypt during a famine and demonstrates a lack of trust toward God to preserve his family by lying about his wife. God afflicts Pharaoh's household and demonstrates His faithfulness toward His servant that He might bring H... SYNOPSIS: Abraham goes down to Egypt during a famine and demonstrates a lack of trust toward God to preserve his family by lying about his wife. God afflicts Pharaoh's household and demonstrates His faithfulness toward His servant that He might bring His Promise to pass. -- The Spiritual Progression of Faith Last week we began looking at the life and call of Abraham.  Abraham (first known as Abram) was a moon worshiper from Chaldea when God called him to leave his father’s home and his people and his country and to go to a land that God would show him.  But God, as was brought out by the passage last week, never calls us to blind or empty faith but faith in Him and in His promises.  God’s promise to Abram was full of blessing in chapter 12.  “I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you.  I will make your name great and you will be a blessing.  I will bless those who bless you and whoever curses you I will curse.  And all the peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” Then we read the amazingly simple and straightforward statement, “So Abram left, as the LORD had told him.”  Thus began Abram’s journey of faith.  Hebrews 11 speaks of the journey of faith of many Old Testament individuals including Noah, Abraham, Moses, and others, but by far spends the most time and ink on the journey of faith that was Abram’s.  And faith in Jesus Christ is just that a journey.  Faith--trusting in God to keep His promises--is a process not an event.  Consider the many ways the Scripture describes your faith.  You can break faith according to Exodus.  In Isaiah you are called to be firm in your faith.  We can be faithful and unfaithful and even faithless.  Jeremiah 3 is a long and rather explicit description of what our faithlessness looks like to God and yet ends with a call, “Return, faithless sons, and I will heal your faithlessness.”   According to Jesus’ own most oft repeated pet name for his followers, we can be little-faithed or small-faithed.  And yet our faith can be the instrument that brings healing.  And our faith can even be called by Christ himself great faith.  The apostles asked the Lord to increase their faith, and Jesus replied that even faith the size of a mustard seed is enough.  Our faith may fail us during times of trial as Jesus prayed against for Peter in Luke 22.  According to Acts 14 we can continue in the faith, and according to Acts 15 our hearts are cleansed by faith, and according to Acts 16 our faith can be strengthened.  We are sanctified by faith according to Acts 26; we are justified by faith in Romans 6; our faith is credited as righteousness in Romans 4; we are saved by faith in Ephesians 2; according to Romans 12 we each have varying measures and proportions of faith.  In 2 Corinthians 8 and 10 our faith can excel and our faith can increase.  Our faith progresses according to Philippians 1; We work by faith and our faith can comfort others according to 1 Thessalonians, and in 2 Thessalonians our faith can grow abundantly.  And back in Romans 1. 16, 17, Paul states “I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes, first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.  For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed a righteousness that is by faith from beginning to end (or more literally, a righteousness that is from faith to faith), just as it is written (and then Paul quotes an Old Testament prophet, Habakkuk) the righteous by faith will live.” Consider the journey of Abram’s faith as described in Hebrews 11.  Four times the writer repeats the phrase “by faith Abraham.”  First in verse 8, “By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.”  This we looked at last week as Abram responded to both God’s call and God’s promise of blessing by faith. The second “by faith” statement begins in verse 9, Leonard Bailey no 47:11 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/09/gods-call-of-salvation-gen-121-9/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/09/gods-call-of-salvation-gen-121-9/#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:45:02 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=319 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/09/gods-call-of-salvation-gen-121-9/feed/ 0 Abraham,Genesis,Salvation The Setting – 11:27-32 The Call – 12:1-3 The Response – 12:4-9 - There are several themes that run consistently through the Scriptures from beginning to end.  One is God’s glory.  You cannot read the account of creation in Genesis 1 and not be imp... * The Setting – 11:27-32 * The Call – 12:1-3 * The Response – 12:4-9 There are several themes that run consistently through the Scriptures from beginning to end.  One is God’s glory.  You cannot read the account of creation in Genesis 1 and not be impressed with the power and majesty of God in creating everything out of nothing.  The same is true when you get to the end of the Bible in Revelation.  The glory of God is everywhere as spontaneous worship breaks out all over heaven and earth praising God and evermore proclaiming Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God of Hosts, Heaven and earth are full of His glory. Glory be to you oh Lord most high. Another theme that is emphasized throughout Scripture is God’s creating and calling a particular people for himself.  Again we see it in the garden where God creates Adam and Eve for specific and special relationship with Him.  God gives them a calling that includes creating other people for God and filling the earth with God’s glory and worshiping God alone and submitting in perfect obedience unto God alone.  This theme is clearly developed throughout Scripture.  God creates and calls to himself a peculiar people who will be God’s chosen ones beginning with Israel and further developed as the Church. A third theme developed again from the garden to glory is that of God’s plan of redemption for His people.  In the garden God’s people, God’s church if you will, chose disobedience and sin instead of perfect relationship and submission to God.  But God showed that He would not lose His people.  Through the seed of the woman God would redeem His people.  He would purchase back or restore them to their original place of honor as God’s chosen ones.  Again this theme is seen over and over throughout the Old Testament but all pointing to the final and perfect act of redemption in God’s sending His one and only Son to become a man, to humble himself in obedience to God, even to the point of dying on the cross for our sins in order to redeem, to buy us back, to restore us, to satisfy the wrath of God and justify for God a chosen people. These three themes are clearly seen in God’s special calling of and relationship with Abraham.  In eleven chapters of Genesis we have moved at blistering speed through 19 generations since the creation of the world.  We have slowed down on a couple of occasions again so that we might catch glimpses of God’s glory again and God’s creating and calling a people to himself and God’s plan of redemption for that people.  But the opening eleven chapters of Genesis are admittedly quick, flying through generations.  The next fourteen chapters are dedicated to one generation, and not just one generation but one man and his life and calling before God; Abraham.  In Isaiah 41.8 God refers to Abraham as His friend.  In the New Testament Abraham is called the father of all who have faith in Jesus Christ for their salvation.  In Abraham’s life we have pictures and examples the even New Testament writers draw on of God’s justification of sinners, that act of God’s free grace by which He pardons sinners of all their sins, and accepts us as righteous in His sight, only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us, and received by faith alone.  This first shows itself explicitly, although we have certainly seen it implicitly in God’s mercy shown to Adam and Eve and to Noah and His family, but it is seen explicitly in God’s relationship with and calling of Abraham.  In Genesis fifteen we will see Abraham believed the LORD, and the LORD counted that belief that faith as righteousness.  But we are getting ahead of ourselves.  Today we look at Abraham’s specific and special call to follow the LORD. Genesis 11.27-12.9 The Setting - 11.27-30 Verse 28 - Haran died in Ur - this is mainly to let you know why Lot, Abraham’s nephew travels with him. Verse 28 - Ur of the Chaldeans - In Joshua 24.2 The LORD reminds Israel and us of their humble beginnings. Leonard Bailey no 44:15 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/08/lest-we-be-scattered-gen-111-9/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/08/lest-we-be-scattered-gen-111-9/#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:00:28 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=313 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/08/lest-we-be-scattered-gen-111-9/feed/ 0 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/08/the-flood-gen6-9/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/08/the-flood-gen6-9/#comments Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:19:06 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=254 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/08/the-flood-gen6-9/feed/ 0 Genesis Sermon Delivered 30 Aug 2009 at Hope of Christ Church, Stafford, VA. - Prologue: A Cute Bedtime Story? - Gustave Doré - Deluge - Intentional creation - decreation language - God saw… - Reversal of creation - waters of heavens and waters of deep me... Sermon Delivered 30 Aug 2009 at Hope of Christ Church, Stafford, VA. Prologue: A Cute Bedtime Story? Gustave Doré - Deluge Intentional creation - decreation language God saw… Reversal of creation - waters of heavens and waters of deep meet again In Gen. 1 - “earth” 35 times. In flood - 35x Repetition of animals “according to their kind…” 6.20 The spirit of breath of God blows over the deep 8.1 All activity is God’s God saw God said/the LORD said (7x) I have determined I will destroy I will bring a flood I will establish my covenant The LORD said I will send rain I will blot out God sent The LORD shut them in He blotted them out God remembered God made a wind The LORD Smelled The LORD Said God blessed Repetition of blessing Repetition of seed 9.9 No End to Humankind's Corruption So if it’s not a cute children’s Sunday School lesson, then what is it? First of all, as the prelude we looked at last week indicated, so the account of the flood restates forcefully, there is no end to the sinfulness and corruption of humankind. Recall God’s own assessment of humanity from 6.5. And now add to that God’s observation of humanity in 6.11,12. Three times God’s creation is described as corrupt or spoiled or ruined. Twice the earth is spoiled or corrupt. But what has corrupted God’s good creation? Man’s own corruption. Perhaps you think, well, the flood washed all that away didn’t it. I mean, that’s the pre-diluvian or pre-flood description of those really wicked men and women back then right? Well, consider the end of the flood. God has saved a remnant of his creation. God has saved a remnant of the seed of Adam and more specifically the seed of Seth. Noah and his family come off the ark onto dry land and the first thing Noah does is offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice to God for God’s deliverance. What do we expect God’s reaction or response to be. “See, look at Noah. I knew he was a good guy. He is so righteous. He is so blameless. He walks with me, He talks with me.” And why not? After all this is how Noah is described in the beginning of the section. But how does God respond? 8.21,22. The intention of man’s heart is evil from his youth. If there is any doubt, recall that little Paul Harvey like, the rest of the story of Genesis 9. Noah plants a vineyard makes some wine, passes out drunk and naked in his tent and one of his sons seeks to make a mockery of his father’s folly. No, if God’s intention with the flood was to eradicate sin, He missed by eight. An End to God's Patience Well, if the point of the flood was not to eliminate sin, what was the point of the flood. One point we will get to in the epilogue, but one is to let all of God’s people and all of those who are not God’s people know a very frightening truth. Though there is no limit to our sinfulness, there is a limit to God’s patience. Recall again the passage from last week, 6.6,7. Then the opening of today’s passage; 6.12,13; and again verse 17; and chapter 7.4. John Piper in preaching on the flood points out that perhaps this is a children’s story after all. The message couldn’t be more simple. God hates sin. God punishes unrepentant sinners. Again, this is not merely some pre-diluvian attitude God has toward sin and unrepentant sinners. The Old Testament is full of stories and warnings about unrepentance. But not only the Old Testament. Matthew 18.7,8; Matthew 12.41,42; Matthew 23.37,38; John 3.16-21. Dear loved ones, I plead with you. Repent why will you die. Hear the message preached by Noah. There is an end of God’s patience. Repent and believe and live. God's Purposes Will Not Be Thwarted By Man's Corruption For this brings us to the third point. Although all of humanity is corrupt and every intention of our heart is evil from youth, and though God’s patience will reach it’s end one day, and we individually may never know when that patience has stopped, Leonard Bailey no 50:45 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/08/radical-problems-demand-radical-remedies-whether-by-destruction-or-cure-gen-61-8/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/08/radical-problems-demand-radical-remedies-whether-by-destruction-or-cure-gen-61-8/#comments Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:31:09 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=274 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/08/radical-problems-demand-radical-remedies-whether-by-destruction-or-cure-gen-61-8/feed/ 0 Genesis A Hard Description of a Hard Truth (1-4) A Hard Judgment of a Hard Truth (5-7) One of the most Glorious conjunctions of God's Word... "But" (8) A Hard Description of a Hard Truth (1-4) A Hard Judgment of a Hard Truth (5-7) One of the most Glorious conjunctions of God's Word... "But" (8) Leonard Bailey no 54:28 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/07/the-generations-of-adam-gen-5/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/07/the-generations-of-adam-gen-5/#comments Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:35:35 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=276 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/07/the-generations-of-adam-gen-5/feed/ 0 Genesis “The Generations of Adam” - The continuing blessings and image of God - The continuing grace of God - The continuing impact and consequence of sin - A glimpse of God's invasive grace “The Generations of Adam” - The continuing blessings and image of God - The continuing grace of God - The continuing impact and consequence of sin - A glimpse of God's invasive grace Leonard Bailey no 39:29 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/07/common-grace-and-special-grace-as-seen-in-the-beginning-generations-gen-417-26/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/07/common-grace-and-special-grace-as-seen-in-the-beginning-generations-gen-417-26/#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:38:15 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=277 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/07/common-grace-and-special-grace-as-seen-in-the-beginning-generations-gen-417-26/feed/ 0 Genesis 4:17-24 The Line of Cain - proof of God's grace - proof of the image of God - proof of unmastered sin 4:25, 26 Transition - God remains faithful to His promise 4:17-24 The Line of Cain - proof of God's grace - proof of the image of God - proof of unmastered sin 4:25, 26 Transition - God remains faithful to His promise Leonard Bailey no 47:28 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/07/sin-is-crouching-at-your-door-its-desire-is-for-you-but-you-must-rule-over-it-gen-41-16/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/07/sin-is-crouching-at-your-door-its-desire-is-for-you-but-you-must-rule-over-it-gen-41-16/#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:46:52 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=280 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/07/sin-is-crouching-at-your-door-its-desire-is-for-you-but-you-must-rule-over-it-gen-41-16/feed/ 0 Genesis The first offspring - Could this be the Messiah? The offering - What was wrong with Cain's offering? The warning - Sin is crouching at your door The response - the first murder The response - the first lie The response - bitter self-pity The fast sprea... The first offspring - Could this be the Messiah? The offering - What was wrong with Cain's offering? The warning - Sin is crouching at your door The response - the first murder The response - the first lie The response - bitter self-pity The fast spread and growth of sin in just one generation - How will the Seed of the woman overcome such an enemy? Leonard Bailey no 46:22 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/07/paradise-lost-gen-3/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/07/paradise-lost-gen-3/#comments Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:53:31 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=282 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/07/paradise-lost-gen-3/feed/ 0 Genesis Paradise Lost The Deception (vv. 1-5) The Choice (v. 6) The Consequences (vv. 7-24) The Grace (vv. 8-24) Paradise Lost The Deception (vv. 1-5) The Choice (v. 6) The Consequences (vv. 7-24) The Grace (vv. 8-24) Leonard Bailey no 56:45 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/06/when-perfect-wasnt-good-gen-218-25/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/06/when-perfect-wasnt-good-gen-218-25/#comments Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:56:36 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=284 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/06/when-perfect-wasnt-good-gen-218-25/feed/ 0 Genesis God's Unexpected Pronouncement (18) God's Gracious Preparation (19, 20) God's Gracious Provision (21, 22) God's Covenantal Institution (22-24) An Unashamed Existence (25) God's Unexpected Pronouncement (18) God's Gracious Preparation (19, 20) God's Gracious Provision (21, 22) God's Covenantal Institution (22-24) An Unashamed Existence (25) Leonard Bailey no 47:18 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/06/the-almighty-god-of-creation-is-our-intimate-lord-and-provider-who-loves-us-gen-24-17/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/06/the-almighty-god-of-creation-is-our-intimate-lord-and-provider-who-loves-us-gen-24-17/#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:02:36 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=286 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/06/the-almighty-god-of-creation-is-our-intimate-lord-and-provider-who-loves-us-gen-24-17/feed/ 0 Genesis God's gracious and intimate involvement even after creation (three indicators) Man's humble majesty or majestic humility (two seemingly contradictory points) God's calling for Adam and Eve (four directives). God's gracious and intimate involvement even after creation (three indicators) Man's humble majesty or majestic humility (two seemingly contradictory points) God's calling for Adam and Eve (four directives). Leonard Bailey no 48:44 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/05/the-rest-of-the-story-gen-21-3/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/05/the-rest-of-the-story-gen-21-3/#comments Sun, 31 May 2009 20:06:55 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=289 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/05/the-rest-of-the-story-gen-21-3/feed/ 0 God’s Crowning Delight of Creation Why Did God Rest? Why Should We Rest? God’s Crowning Delight of Creation Why Did God Rest? Why Should We Rest? Leonard Bailey no 53:21 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/05/our-great-god-creates-and-delights-in-the-kingdom-of-heaven-and-earth-gen-1/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/05/our-great-god-creates-and-delights-in-the-kingdom-of-heaven-and-earth-gen-1/#comments Sun, 24 May 2009 20:15:02 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=291 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/05/our-great-god-creates-and-delights-in-the-kingdom-of-heaven-and-earth-gen-1/feed/ 0 Genesis God forms the world God fills the world God makes man. God forms the world God fills the world God makes man. Leonard Bailey no 48:41 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/05/the-genesis-of-grace-and-grace-in-genesis/ http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/05/the-genesis-of-grace-and-grace-in-genesis/#comments Sun, 10 May 2009 20:18:23 +0000 Leonard Bailey http://www.hopeofchrist.net/?p=293 http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2009/05/the-genesis-of-grace-and-grace-in-genesis/feed/ 0 Genesis Introduction to the Book of Genesis Introduction to the Book of Genesis Leonard Bailey no 39:26