by David Keesling | Oct 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
Genesis 15:12 “As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness fell over him.” Observation: Earlier in the day the Lord had told Abram in a vision that He would be Abram’s “shield and very great reward.” (v. 1) Then God assured...
by David Keesling | Oct 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
Genesis 7:11(b), 12 “…all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.” Observation: Noah and his sons had worked faithfully on the ark for decades, doing “all that...
by David Keesling | Oct 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
Genesis 6:14 “So make yourself an ark of cypress wood, make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.” Observation: Moments earlier God had revealed His heart’s anguish thus: “The Lord was grieved that He had made man on the earth, and His heart was filled...
by David Keesling | Oct 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
Gen. 3:16(b) “Your desire will be for your husband and he shall rule over you.” Observation: Eve comes now before her Creator to receive sentence for her sin. He has already told her that pain in childbearing would be greatly increased; now He addresses the pride and...
by David Keesling | Oct 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
Genesis 3:3(b) “…you must not touch it, or you will die.” Observation: The setting is Eden’s garden, the place God had made for intimate fellowship between Him and His highest creation. The words are Eve’s, her first recorded in Scripture. Satan has just challenged...
by David Keesling | Oct 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
Acts 11:9 “…Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.” Observation: Peter found himself called on the carpet in Jerusalem defending his recent visit in a gentile home: “You went into the house of uncircumcised men and ate with them.” (v. 3) His defense,...
