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“5When they came to the land of Canaan, 6Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. 7Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared …
“4So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. 5And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the …
2 Chron 20:1-2 In the previous chapter, King Jehoshaphat narrowly escaped death from a situation where he had not listened to the Lord enough and had made a mess of things for himself. But in this chapter, he is instead taken by surprise by an attack from behind. The Moabites, the Ammonites and a third group join forces and attack …
1. Created in the image of God God originally created man in his “image”. God wants to have a loving fellowship with us, and initially man had a peaceful existence in Paradise. But when man was tempted by the Devil to sin, and fell to temptation, sin entered the world and became a tragic part of humanity, resulting in death, …
Faith is man’s response to God’s revelation. Faith means trusting in God, being convinced that he exists and trusting in his salvation and care. To believe in God is to be like an infant lying safely in its mother’s arms, trusting God completely and depending on him. In Jesus Christ, God has revealed himself, and whoever believes in him has …
“1Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3I will bless those who bless you, and him …
1Sam 17:1-3 The Philistines were a Greek people who originally came from “the island of Caphtor”, which is probably Crete (Jeremiah 47:4, Amos 9:7). They had settled on the coast of Israel, including the Gaza area. 1Sam 17:4-7 Since it is a bit uncertain how to interpret the measurement “six cubits and a quarter”, the estimate of Goliath’s length varies …
Jas 2:14 The Greek word “ergon” can be translated as “work”, “action”, “deed” or “achievement”. In the New Testament, this relatively neutral word is often used in connection with the Law of Moses. Paul often goes against the Pharisaic idea that as a Jew one becomes righteous before God by performing “works of the law”, and stresses the importance of …
Jas 2:1 The word “glory” (“doxa” in Greek and “kabod” in Hebrew) was often used in the Old Testament to describe God’s presence (e.g. on Mount Sinai in Ex 24:16-17, the ark in 1 Sam 4:22, and when God’s glory passed by Moses in Ex 33:22). In light of the Jewish connection between the word “glory” and “the presence of …
1 Thess 3:6 Paul’s concerns are allayed when Timothy returns with good news that the gospel, the good news, has taken root in the Thessalonians’ faith. “Believing” in Jesus and having “love” for your fellow man pretty much sums up what the Good News is all about. The fact that the Thessalonians long to meet Paul shows that they have …