Scripture Genesis 12:1 Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. Observation God called Abram out from the comfort and security of his parents’ home in order to bless him. Application Leaving his father’s home and everything that…
The Bible in 365 Days: Day 9 {In the Church}
Scripture Genesis 9:16 When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth. Observation God made a covenant between Himself and Noah and all of Noah’s descendants that He would never destroy the earth and…
The Bible in 365 Days: Day 8 {In the Church}
Scripture Genesis 8:20 Then Noah built an altar to the LORD and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offering on the altar. Observation Sacrifices were a form of worship and sign of devotion. Application In verse 8 it says: “But God remembered Noah…”, this means that…
The Bible in 365 Days: Day 7 {In the Church}
Scripture Genesis 7:4 For in seven days I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living thing that I have made will blot out from the face of the ground. Observation God gave man an additional week to repent of his sins and be reconciled with Him. Application Mercy.…
The Bible in 365 Days: Day 6 {In the Church}
Scripture Genesis 6:9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God. Observation The mercy extended to Noah’s family was not given because of Noah’s actions but because of his faith in God. Noah lived according to God’s precepts and compared to his generation, he was…
The Bible in 365 Days: Day 5 {In the Church}
Scripture Genesis 5:29 and called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground that the LORD has cursed this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands.” Observation Lamech, Noah’s father, was prophesying about the redemption of mankind through the coming savior, Jesus Christ. By the time…
The Bible in 365 Days: Day 4 {In the Church}
Scripture Genesis 4:9 Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?” Observation God didn’t ask the question of Cain because He didn’t know what Cain had done, He asked to give Cain the opportunity to confess and ask for forgiveness. Rather…
The Bible in 365 Days: Day 3 {In the Church}
Scripture Genesis 3:21 And the LORD God made clothing from animal skins for Adam and his wife. Observation The making of the clothing from animal skins was the first sacrifice, a foreshadowing of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ for our sins. As a result of Adam’s and Eve’s disobedience, the just punishment…
The Bible in 365 Days: Day 2 {In the Church}
Scripture Genesis 2:18 Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” Observation Every time God finished creating something new, he looked at it and said it was good, meaning that the purpose it was intended to serve had been…
The Bible in 365 Days: Day 1 {In the Church}
Scripture Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Observation God was very deliberate throughout the creation of the Heavens and the Earth. So it stands to reason that when He created man and woman, He was even more…