Jacob deceived his brother Esau twice, departed from Esau because he didn’t want to die and Jacob also declared an oath to a God who is determined to bless the nations through this promised lineage.
Before the birth of Isaac, Sarai was childless, Abraham expressed confidence in God, they experienced complications, God changed their names and God established a new covenant.
God commanded Noah, carried Noah’s family through the waters of judgment, commissioned mankind to be fruitful and multiply and confirmed a new covenant with Noah and creation.
In the creation account of Genesis 1, God spoke things into existence, saw that His creation was good, shaped man in His image and set man apart as special.
John tells believers to gauge the spirits of truth and error. The spirit of truth confesses the Gospel, is greater than the spirit of error, and those who know God gives heed to it.
John instructs believers to not love the world because the three main evils of the world are the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life.
Those who don’t love others are in total darkness, walk in that darkness and don’t know where they’re going but those who love others are in the light.
As we examine the 107th Psalm and compare it to 2023, we see circumstances of distress, cries to the Lord and calls to give thanks to God for His goodness and mercy