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Category Archives: sovereignty of God
two counselors
2 Samuel 16:15-17:23 Absalom called upon the wisdom of two counselors. Ahithophel gave him counsel that would have succeeded in finding and killing David. Hushai (who was acting secretly for David) advised another tactic. The LORD sovereignly directed the people … Continue reading
building a house
2 Samuel 7 David had determined to build a house (temple) for God. God said no. Instead, the LORD responded to David’s intention by promising to build David a house (dynasty). David’s dynasty lives on to this day in the … Continue reading
no need for revenge
1 Samuel 26 David took a spear and a water jar as evidence that he – once again – came close enough to Saul to kill him, but spared his life. His confidence was in God’s ultimate judgment. Since he … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Samuel 26
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the Holy Spirit as protector
1 Samuel 19 The powerful Holy Spirit is at work behind the scenes of David’s life protecting him from harm, because God has a purpose for his life. This is seen in… Jonathan’s intercession (1-7) David eluding Saul’s spear (8-10) … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Samuel 19
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blessed by grace
Judges 17 Micah was not a judge, and his story does not chronicle God’s intervention in the lives of his people as do the stories of the judges. Instead, Micah’s story illustrates what the spiritual atmosphere was like at the … Continue reading
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Tagged Judges 17
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Exodus: God saw and knew
Exodus 2:23-3:22 40 years in the Midian desert taught Moses that he was not qualified for the mission God was sending him on. Let us not think that this was false modesty on Moses’ part. It was recognition that the … Continue reading
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Tagged Exodus 2
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Joseph: “there comes a reckoning”
Genesis 42. Joseph’s ten brothers go to Egypt to buy food during the famine and encounter governor Zaphenath-paneah. He appears to mistrust them, and takes Simeon as prisoner. He insists that they return to Canaan and fetch their youngest brother, … Continue reading
Jacob: envy and manipulation
Genesis 29:31-30:43. The Israelites in Moses’ day would look back upon today’s text and see how God orchestrated the events to produce Jacob’s family and prosperity. Yet they would also see that their own existence was the result of human … Continue reading
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Tagged Genesis 29, Genesis 30
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Jacob: a wife for the master’s son
Genesis 27:41-28:9. Rebekah did not want her son, Jacob, marrying like Esau did. The Hittite women Esau married had made life bitter for her and Isaac. But the real reason she wanted Jacob to move back to Paddan-Aram to stay … Continue reading
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Tagged Genesis 27, Genesis 28
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Abraham: new things
Genesis 17. Abram was an old man of 99 years, but he was not too old for the LORD to do some new things in his life. God gave him and Sarai new names. The names reflected the intensity of … Continue reading
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Tagged Genesis 17
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