Day: January 3, 2018
Jesus Personally Ratified the Abrahamic Covenant
The Covenant Keeper It is in Genesis 15 where the all-important Abrahamic Covenant is ratified. Back in Genesis 12 the provisions of the covenant are given, including that the Lord would make Abram a great nation (vv. 1–3). But by the beginning of chapter 15, Abram was yet to sire an heir even though he and his wife Sarai were old. Abram voiced his concern to the Lord, and the Lord responded by promising him as many descendants as there are stars in the heavens (v. 5). Abram’s response changed everything: Then he believed in the Lord; and He reckoned it …
The First of Our Second Chances
Because God’s grace is immeasurably greater than our sin, He sent His Son Jesus to be our second chance Romans 3:10-18 11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. 12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: 14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: 15 Their feet are swift to shed blood: 16 Destruction and misery …
CREATED TO PRAISE
Praise may be something foreign to you. But it’s the very purpose for which you were created. CREATED TO PRAISE Psalm 103 103 Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: 3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; 4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s. 6 The Lord executeth righteousness …