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Recap from February 22, 2009:
1. Jacob desired to return to his homeland (30:25,26) but it wasn’t yet God’s time. In 31:1,2 (six years later) circumstances became untenable as Laban and his sons’ attitudes cooled considerably toward Jacob, becoming even hostile, making a return desirable. In 31:3 God speaks to Jacob directing him to return to Canaan.
2. W. H. Griffith Thomas (1861-1924) drew from this passage three principles for discerning the will of God, as expressed by A.W. Pink:
-“Conviction in our hearts that God desires a certain course of action” (this alone is not sufficient for action)
-“Circumstances converge to make the action possible or expedient”
-“…after definitely waiting on God for it, some special word from the Scriptures which is suited to our own case and which by the Spirit bringing it manifestly to our notice (while waiting for guidance) is plainly a message from God to our hearts.”
Monday, February 23, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Getting Their Goats
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Recap of the sermon from February 15, 2009:
1. A Biblical theology of money:
- All is God’s/all is from God—we are stewards. 1 Corinthians 4:2,7; 1 Chronicles 29:10-17
- We must not love money, live for it, or put our trust in it. 1 Timothy 6:6-10; Matthew 6:24; Hebrews 13:5,6
- We must use our resources to further God’s purposes. 1 Timothy 6:17-19
- We must learn to value those things that don’t have price tags, such as: our relationship with God, our relationship with our mate, children, one-another.
- We must be unselfish with our resources. Proverbs 11:24,25; 28:22
2. If we have a wrong attitude toward money: God will not have first place as He should; we will value the things that lack true value; we will compromise character, honesty, integrity; we will live for that which is perishing; we will never be satisfied or content; we will be serving the wrong master.
Recap of the sermon from February 15, 2009:
1. A Biblical theology of money:
- All is God’s/all is from God—we are stewards. 1 Corinthians 4:2,7; 1 Chronicles 29:10-17
- We must not love money, live for it, or put our trust in it. 1 Timothy 6:6-10; Matthew 6:24; Hebrews 13:5,6
- We must use our resources to further God’s purposes. 1 Timothy 6:17-19
- We must learn to value those things that don’t have price tags, such as: our relationship with God, our relationship with our mate, children, one-another.
- We must be unselfish with our resources. Proverbs 11:24,25; 28:22
2. If we have a wrong attitude toward money: God will not have first place as He should; we will value the things that lack true value; we will compromise character, honesty, integrity; we will live for that which is perishing; we will never be satisfied or content; we will be serving the wrong master.
Monday, February 09, 2009
Sister Act
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Recap from February 8, 2009:
1. What the Bible teaches about polygamy:
-God’s design for marriage is found in Genesis 2:24: marriage is to be a monogamous, heterosexual, lifelong union (this ideal is repeated by Jesus in Matthew 19:6 and is reinforced in Malachi 2:14,15; and 1 Corinthians 7:2)
-God permitted polygamy, but never approved of it.
-polygamy is a sin of ignorance since there is no direct command against it in the Scripture.
-polygamy was always a source of trouble and difficulty as Genesis 29 & 30 clearly demonstrate.
2. Though Leah is rejected by her husband, God cares for her by enabling her to conceive. God cares for the forgotten and rejected.
3. We must look to God to fulfill our needs of security, significance, and acceptance. We must not look to others to meet those needs. When we look to God we can act toward others in grace, loving them unconditionally. When we look toward others to fill those needs we wind up manipulating, battling, scheming or demanding from others.
Recap from February 8, 2009:
1. What the Bible teaches about polygamy:
-God’s design for marriage is found in Genesis 2:24: marriage is to be a monogamous, heterosexual, lifelong union (this ideal is repeated by Jesus in Matthew 19:6 and is reinforced in Malachi 2:14,15; and 1 Corinthians 7:2)
-God permitted polygamy, but never approved of it.
-polygamy is a sin of ignorance since there is no direct command against it in the Scripture.
-polygamy was always a source of trouble and difficulty as Genesis 29 & 30 clearly demonstrate.
2. Though Leah is rejected by her husband, God cares for her by enabling her to conceive. God cares for the forgotten and rejected.
3. We must look to God to fulfill our needs of security, significance, and acceptance. We must not look to others to meet those needs. When we look to God we can act toward others in grace, loving them unconditionally. When we look toward others to fill those needs we wind up manipulating, battling, scheming or demanding from others.
Monday, February 02, 2009
What Crop Are You Planting?
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Recap of the sermon from Sunday, February 1, 2009:
1. In Genesis 28 God addressed Jacob’s need for assurance of His presence with him. In Genesis 29 God disciplines him through his Uncle Laban with the goal of molding him into a man of God.
2. God’s providence governs our lives, not chance. “There are no chance happenings or accidents in a world that is governed by God.” “There are no chance happenings, no chance-meetings, no chance delays, no chance losses, no chance anythings in our lives. All is divine appointment.” (A. W. Pink)
3. Jacob’s uncle Laban is God’s means of discipline for Jacob’s deceptions of the past. The deceiver is deceived. Laban substitutes Leah for the promised Rachel. As Jacob’s deception of his father and brother involved the rights of the firstborn, so the deception perpetrated upon him involved the rights of the firstborn.
4. There is a sowing and reaping principle see (Galatians 6:7) in scripture which is illustrated by this passage. When a person sows sin in their lives they will reap the product of that sin. If they sow righteousness in their lives they will again reap accordingly. It is important to ask, “What are we sowing?” Are we sowing to please the sinful nature or are we sowing to please God? We will reap the product of our sowing in our own life and in the lives of our families.
Recap of the sermon from Sunday, February 1, 2009:
1. In Genesis 28 God addressed Jacob’s need for assurance of His presence with him. In Genesis 29 God disciplines him through his Uncle Laban with the goal of molding him into a man of God.
2. God’s providence governs our lives, not chance. “There are no chance happenings or accidents in a world that is governed by God.” “There are no chance happenings, no chance-meetings, no chance delays, no chance losses, no chance anythings in our lives. All is divine appointment.” (A. W. Pink)
3. Jacob’s uncle Laban is God’s means of discipline for Jacob’s deceptions of the past. The deceiver is deceived. Laban substitutes Leah for the promised Rachel. As Jacob’s deception of his father and brother involved the rights of the firstborn, so the deception perpetrated upon him involved the rights of the firstborn.
4. There is a sowing and reaping principle see (Galatians 6:7) in scripture which is illustrated by this passage. When a person sows sin in their lives they will reap the product of that sin. If they sow righteousness in their lives they will again reap accordingly. It is important to ask, “What are we sowing?” Are we sowing to please the sinful nature or are we sowing to please God? We will reap the product of our sowing in our own life and in the lives of our families.
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