by David Keesling | Jul 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
Genesis 20:7 “Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you” (NIV). Observation: Twice, Abraham had lied about his relationship with Sarah, this time to Abimelech, the pagan king of Gerar. Sarah was technically Abraham’s half-sister, having...
by David Keesling | Jul 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
Genesis 19:8 “Don’t do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof” (NIV). Observation: By these words, Lot was trying to protect two male houseguests from marauding homosexuals who had the place surrounded, demanding to have their way...
by David Keesling | Jul 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
Genesis 15:8 “But Abram said, ‘O Sovereign Lord, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?’ ” (NIV). Observation: Abram and God were in the midst of a conversation that would be astonishing were it not so commonplace with them. God had just promised him “great...
by David Keesling | Jul 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
Genesis 13:8–9 “So Abram said to Lot, ‘Please let there be no strife between you and me … for we are brothers. Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me; if to the left, then I will go to the right, or if to the right, then I will go to the left.’ ”...
by David Keesling | Jul 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
Genesis 9:22–23 “Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside. But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father’s nakedness” (NIV). Observation:...
by David Keesling | Jul 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
Genesis 3:7 “Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings.” Observation: Sin had been firmly established through the disobedience of Adam and Eve. Having eaten from...
