That, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abrahams brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. God remembered Noah, and he remembers you. And Abraham rose up early in the morning,-, Obedience should be prompt, we should show our willingness to obey the Lords command by not delaying: Abraham rose up early in the morning,-. Esther Yet so it was. Gen 3:14-15. i. And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. I would that those who fear God were less careful about the adornments of their persons. The average size of a land animal is smaller than a sheep. Those that swear too readily they know not what, will ere long swear till they care not what. THIS is the first gospel sermon that was ever delivered upon the surface of this earth. Gen 2:15. When he finds them willing to make the sacrifice that he demands, he often does not require it at their hands. Gen 24:15. God comes to judge his fallen creature, yet he deals kindly with him. Observe that God did not create man until he had provided for him neither will he ever put one work of his providence or of his grace out of its proper place, but that which goes before shall be preparatory to that which follows after. Gen 14:19-20. Gen 22:14. These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. That holy awe, that sacred reverence of God is the very essence of our acceptance with him. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him. This is a very different thing from slavish fear; it is a right sort of fear, the kind of fear that love does not cast out, but which love lives with in happy fellowship. Whether the sun and moon are here said to be absolutely created, or whether they were only created so far as our planet was concerned by the dense vapours being cleared away so that the sun and moon and stars could be seen, is a matter of no consequence at all to us. No tempest of wrath was to break out of it upon him. He was commanded to go and we read, So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him.. Bibliographical Information Spurgeon, Charle Haddon. God will miss none of his own. And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. The following cookies are also needed - You can choose if you want to allow them: You can read about our cookies and privacy settings in detail on our Privacy Policy Page. There is a higher code of morals for the servant of God than for other men; and we may often think of what they do, and not condemn them, although we could not do the same ourselves, for we are lifted into a higher position as the servant of the Lord. And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Sier, the country of Edom. In order that there might be time for his brother to look at the present in detail, and see it piece by piece, and so be the more struck with the size of it. You will find that it is true of all his promises that, whatever he has said, shall be fulfilled to you, and you shall one day say of it all, and it was so. It is equally certain concerning all his threatenings that what he has spoken shall certainly be fulfilled, and the ungodly will have to say and it was so. These words are often repeated in this chapter. Some touch of human weakness must always accompany the divine strength that God may give to us. There are some of you, dear brethren, who have minds that are naturally given to inventions, and devices, and plans, and plots, and I believe that, where this is the case, you have more to battle against than those have who are of an ample mind, and who cast themselves more entirely upon the Lord. Already in the Old Testament it often refers to the whole Pentateuch, the Thora, i.e., the first part of the Old Testament. He was trembling under a dark cloud that was to pass over his head without bursting. On what grounds would God be told that He can bring death to millions of people at the end of a normal lifespan, but that He may not do it in any other way? (Barnhouse). Gen 32:28. And they went both of them together. And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. Pray as well as plan, and if your plans be numerous, let your prayers be all the more fervent, lest the natural tendency of your constitution should degenerate into reliance upon the arm of flesh, and dependence upon your own wisdom, instead of absolute reliance upon God. Sometimes alighting on the ark; then flying away again. And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, And the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: This holy man was careful of the purity of his family; he knew what an ill-effect a Canaanitish wife might have upon his son, and also upon his offspring. This was a poor character for Issachar to possess; it was a tame-spirited tribe, that loved rest and ease, and therefore did not fight with the common foe. Only a few days ago, the chestnuts were just beginning to turn green, and then there came the little spikes, and now you can see them in full flower. Gen 32:6-7. If you deny his truth, trample on the doctrine of atonement, and reject his love, you will rouse him up. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refusing them will have impact how our site functions. So long as a righteous seed is preserved, God's promise of salvation hangs over the head of Satan, threatening of his impending doom. Gen 32:31. Gen 19:22-28. Gen 7:12-13. Note those four words, and it was so. Whatever God ordains always comes. No, speaking popularly, and as the Scripture often speaks, we may say that Noahs character was a righteous one. Jacob called unto his sons, so he was not bereaved after all. He did not give him what he asked for, but he gave him something better, and, in like manner, if the Lord does not open up a dark doctrine to you, but gives you a bright privilege, that will be better for you. This life of ours is to be a life of faith, and it will be well rewarded in the end. May many be gathered to Christ! O thou who art striving against sin, or seeking to win souls for Christ, after many disappointments may you be able to clutch this sweet assurance, He shall overcome at the last.. Gen 8:6-7. You lose a great deal of time by being in a hurry. It is a sweet thing to be so weaned from your wisdom that you fall into the arms of God. Gen 45:11-13. What fools they were to think that they could hide themselves from God! After all, with all alleviations, it is a very great trial to be deprived of ones eyesight, but those who are in good company. It was the man Christ Jesus putting on the form of manhood before the time when he would actually be incarnate, and the wrestling seems to have been more on his side than on Jacobs, for it is not said that Jacob wrestled, but that there wrestled a man with him. There was something that needed to be taken out of Jacob, his strength and his craftiness; and this angel came to get it out of him. If it had not been on record in the page of inspiration, we might almost have doubted whether a man could speak so impudently when , Eyes Opened Now that he is going back, the angels are there again to speed him on his way home to the land of the covenant, the land which the Lord had promised to give to Abraham and his seed. Gen 22:6. And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal , Power With God This holy man, Jacob, in dying, did not express himself according to the rules of natural affection but he yielded himself up to the Spirit of God; hence he had to say very much that must have been very bitter for a father to say, and he said it in all faithfulness being taught of the Spirit concerning things to come. He should seek counsel of God, and observe that he did so. Here is a promise that was to take four hundred years to ripen! Psalms Now the jewels are all in, and therefore the casket is closed. We must not go where vain curiosity would lead us, else will he have to say to us, as he did to Jacob, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name?. And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. There have been many more recent attempts to find and document the ark, but they have been hindered by politics and surrounded by controversy. He was glad to find himself at rest once more, though not yet at liberty. Why Does God Compare Our Relationship with Him to That of a Bride and Groom? Thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: They praised God for him, they praised God by him, they praised God in him; he is the type of Jesus, of whom we can say all this with great emphasis. Jonah So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. See how Joseph traces Gods hand in his whole career. It is for our sake that the rainbow is set in the cloud, and we can see it there; yet infinite mercy represents it as being there as a refreshment to the memory of God: The bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it,-. I am Esau, said he. Here was positive proof of his righteousness, in that he was obedient to the word of the Lord. He is the greatest who is nothing at all unto himself, but all for others. So, dear brethren, in like manner, let us bring forth fruit unto God, and bring it forth abundantly, for herein is our heavenly Father glorified, that we bear much fruit. Zephaniah God told Noah to cover it with pitch inside and outside, which makes it possible that the ark was preserved for a long time. And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. Had there been one more, there would have been no hand to lay hold of the fifth person; but these two angels, with their four hands, could just lead these four persons outside the doomed city. They were opened, indeed; and Adam and Eve did know good and evil. Look till your heart melts with pity for the many who are going the downward road, and who will eternally ruin themselves unless almighty grace prevent! I win not pronounce a benediction in the which thou shalt not share: In blessing I will bless thee,, Because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself.. Spurgeon, Charles Haddon: Genesis 6:3: A Family Sermon: Spurgeon, Charles Haddon: Genesis 7:1-3: The Ark Open for All: Spurgeon, Charles Haddon: Genesis 7:5: Shut In, or Shut Out: Spurgeon, Charles Haddon: Genesis 7:16: The Dove's Return to the Ark: Spurgeon, Charles Haddon: Genesis 8:9-12: The Best of the Best: Charles Haddon Spurgeon . And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. Gen 49:20. A man who is very familiar with God will, by-and-by, venture to say that which, at the first, he would not have dared to utter. So he tied his own hands: he could not revoke his blessing, or, had he done so, he would have brought the curse upon himself. Another case may seem to be precisely like it: yet the mouth of the former suppliant is shut, and in his heart he does not feel that he can pray as he did before. And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. Nederlandstalige Bijbelstudies door Stan Marinussen, Copyright - Enduring Word | . THERE w a s a well of water close to Hagar all the while though she saw it not. One who exercised both the kingship and the priesthood, the only person that we know of who did this, and who, therefore, is a wonderful type of that marvelous King-Priest of whom we read in the 110th Psalm, and in the Epistle to the Hebrews. Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. i. And he said, Take now thy son, But, Lord, I have two sons, Ishmael and Isaac., But, Lord, both Ishmael and Isaac are my sons, and each of them is the only son of his mother., See how definitely God points out to Abraham the son who is to be the means of the great trial of his fathers faith: Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou loves,-. Gen 8:13. I have known him very strangely with his people, and when they thought they were quite forgotten, he has proved that he remembered them, and both the winds of heaven and the waters of the sea have had to work their good. The tradition that Moses is the author of the first five books of the Bible originates from the Word of God itself. No one earns grace, but we can all find it. Thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy fathers children shall bow down before thee. It is God who sends the winds; they seem most volatile and irregular, but God sends them to do his bidding. Jude Whatever evolution or any other folly or evil of man may have done, everything had to begin again over. And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself. Depend upon it, our sins will come home to us sooner or later. After each days work, God looks upon it, and it is well for us every night to review our days work. And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. When writing Genesis, apart from direct revelations of God (for example the report on the creation of the world in Genesis 1; Genesis 2), he could possibly have referred to documents from the time of the patriarchs (for example the genealogies of Genesis 5:10-11 ,36).Under the direction of the Holy Spirit of God Moses wrote everything down.As he was a prophet, the words of 2 Peter 1:21 apply to him as well:"Holy men of God spake under the power of the Holy Spirit.". You know how sorely Joseph was persecuted by his brethren, yet how the Lord was with him in all his troubles. So that he fell, or began to fall; but still he gripped the Angel, and would not let him go. It appears from these words that he was himself an archer, and that he was not in a hurry to shoot his arrows; his bow remained still. Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him, and so proved that he was righteous before God. First, let us read the story of Jacob in the Book of Genesis, the thirty-second chapter, at the twenty-second verse: , He had made a quiet oratory for himself by sending everyone else of the company over to the other side of the brook; his own resolve being , When the wrestling Man, the Angel of the covenant, saw , When we come nearest to God, we must have a deep sense of our own personal weakness; it must never be supposed, if our suit prevails with heaven, that there is anything in us, or anything in our prayers, to account for our prevalence. It is a good thing to have the right names for things. And the rain was upon the earth forty day and forty nights. God always speaks comfortable words to those who bring an acceptable sacrifice. The distinctive word of the gospel is a drawing word: Come. Jesus says, Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest; and he will say to his people at the last, Come, ye blessed of my Father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Depart is the word of justice and judgment, but Come is the word of mercy and grace. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. Gen 32:7-8. Dan is noted among the tribes for its famous leap, capturing that distant part of the country for itself. Gen 45:28. Poor creatures, how the serpent laughed as his words were fulfilled, your eyes shall be opened! Gen 49:8. Surely, it would have been the proper order of things if the prayer had preceded the planning; but Jacob planned first, and prayed afterwards. Now the lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy fathers house, unto a land that I will shew thee: It was Gods intention to keep his truth and his pure worship alive in the world by committing it to the charge of one man, and the nation that should spring from him. Unto him shall the gathering of the people be. Oh, that it might be so today! d. You shall make it: And Noah did make it. Choose Book of Bible to Study He was stationed in southern Russia near the Turkish border and Mount Ararat. It may be that God is about to test and try some of you in order that he may afterwards make you to be greater and more useful than you have ever been before. So Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked out, but he did not go out till God commanded him to do so. And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: No doubt, when they had heard the voice of the Lord before, they had run to meet him, as children do to a father when he comes home in the cool of the day. But now, how different is their action! That which is foul, material, carnal, he delights in. Is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall: The Hebrew puts it, Joseph is a son of fruits, even a son of fruits by a well; whose daughters run over the wall., Gen 49:22. Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not: See how love attracts; Joseph must have his brothers near him, now he wants to have his father also near. Now we will read two short portions out of the Song of Solomon, from which you will see how love evermore craves for nearness to the loved one. Genesis 6:4. He began with a question. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more. Uncontrolled passions may make him very little who otherwise might have been great. Drive them away; God give you grace to drive them away by the power of his gracious Spirit! He knew that God had called him and his kindred to inherit the land of Canaan, and, therefore, he was not willing that they should go back to their former dwelling-places. 19. And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons wives with him: every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark. But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. Gen 8:1. Now let us read a few verses from Jeremiahs prophecy. "If I wished to find a man's most familiar friend it would surely be one with whom he daily walked Do I blame the men of God? Having attended to the air, God further exercised his power by setting the earth in order. Gen 1:26-28. Get Your Bible Minute in Your Inbox Every Morning. The Lord told Noah when to go in, for it was necessary for him to know that; but he did not tell him when he should come out, for it was unnecessary that he should know that. The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. c. You shall make it: God had not yet told Noah why he must build an ark. This fear and distress were sad proofs of want of faith on Jacobs part; for where there is strong faith, there may be a measure of human fear, but it will not go to the length of being greatly afraid and distressed, as he was. All they had gained by their sin was a discovery of their nakedness. It was Noahs confidence in a bleeding sacrifice that gave him acceptance with the Lord. You can also change some of your preferences. How faithfully God fulfils his covenant with the earth! And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; Noahs faith was pleasing to God. And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. Chapter 1-5 From creation to the flood, Chapter 1 The work of the six days (general report), Chapter 2 Creation of man (special report), b. And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death: Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison; And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat: that my soul may bless thee before I die. We cannot blame him, under the circumstances, yet how much grander is the quiet, noble demeanour of Abraham, who trusts in God, and leaves matters more in his hands! Well, even that was better than planning, and not praying at all; so there is something commendable in his action, though not without considerable qualification. It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die. And Adam called his wifes name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. And God called the firmament Heaven. It was literally so with Judah, but it is gloriously as with our Lord to this day. Christ the Conqueror of Satan But in the middle of the night, he was in such deep anxiety concerning his meeting with his brother, and probably still more concerning his position towards his God, that he felt that he must get away alone to pray. Gen 49:25-28. For even with a dislocated hip Jacob would not give up wrestling; he meant to hold this wondrous Man until he got a blessing from him. You shall make it with lower, second, and third decks.. And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. 72.] There was to be occupation for man even in paradise, just as they who are before the throne of God in glory serve him day and night in his temple. Idleness gives no joy, but holy employment will add to the bliss of heaven. And yet Abraham had his but, for as yet Isaac was unmarried, and perhaps he little dreamed that for twenty years afterwards he who was to build the house of Abraham was to remain childless. the Holy Spirit does not write for the credit of man: he writes for the glory of Gods grace. And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. Genesis vii.1 and 7. He can make light without a sun, he can spread the gospel without the aid of ministers, he can convert souls without any human or angelic agency, for he does as he wills in the heavens above and on the earth beneath. c. Take for yourself of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to yourself: God also commanded Noah to take all the food he could. And the answer would be, It was by his weakness that he won his princedom, he became Israel, a prince of God, when his thigh was put out of joint. How pleased would you and I be to go halting all our days with such weakness as Jacob had, if we might also have the blessing that he thus won! And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: That is, a prince of God. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden, thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Isaiah Oh, trust ye in him, for his promise will stand fast for ever! If thou darest to plead his righteousness, his infallible justice, thou pleadest most powerfully. Let that man beware who would attack this Lion of the tribe of Judah: Who shall rouse him up? If you persecute his followers, you will rouse him up. Let us rather learn a lesson from them. For thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. They who would serve God aright must serve him faithfully in little things as well as in great ones. After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. Genesis contains biographies of seven believers: Adam, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph. And the flood was forty days upon the earth; Just as it had been foretold, for Gods providence always tallies with his promises or with his threats. And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you.. It was not until 1858 that a boat bigger than the ark was built. That river in Eden also reminds us of the pure river of water of life clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb, of which we read almost at the end of the Revelation that was given to John in Patmos. Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. C.H. Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. Proverbs To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment. Well, you see, he had gone in by the door, and he meant to come out by the door, and he that opened the door for him, and shut him in, must now open the door for him, and let him out. John Bunyan truly says, , When one troubles gone another doth him seize., Certainly it was so with Jacob; for, after he had escaped from Laban, he knew that he had to meet his brother Esau, whom he had so greatly wronged so many years before. Daniel Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. Our Lord overcame his enemies even in the thicket of this world; and all power is given unto him now that he has gone up again into his glory. How often God takes the will for the deed with his people! And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, and said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, Whenever I am engaged in blessing, I will bless thee. 49. Genesis 22:1 It is by trial that the character of a Christian is formed. Gen 7:1. The Lamb of God has made for us a garment which covers our nakedness so that we are not afraid to stand even before the bar of God. Chapter 12:1-21:34 Abraham, the father of all believers (Romans 4), a. And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son? If there is a nation that has not yet heard the gospel, it must hear it, for so the promise stands, In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed. We may look for a glorious future from the preaching of Christ throughout every land, for so the covenant was made with Abraham because he had obeyed Gods voice. GOD in infinite grace had entered into covenant with , A Welcome Discovery And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. We loathe it even while we recognize that it is needful for the time being, but we have not entered it for the sake of personal gain. ii. Now let us read what the Lord says, through the prophet Isaiah, concerning this covenant. And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? ii. 15. 1 Samuel 1 2 3 7 8 9 12 14 15 18 19 22 24 27 32 33 45 49 Continues after advertising Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers 2 Kings Gen 18:17-19. This is very respectful language, and rather obsequious, too; but when a man knows that he has done wrong to another, he ought to be prepared to humble himself to the injured individual; and, though it happened long ago, yet Jacob really had injured his brother Esau, and it was but right that, in meeting him again, he should put himself into a humble position before him. And it is a burnt offering, not only a sin-offering but an offering of a sweet savour unto himself. It was well for Jacob to be reminded of that fact, for he was about to pass into another trouble. 3 John And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. Titus the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD: and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
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