Good morning,
This week we will conclude our Old Testament Foundation Stone series. We have looked at eight foundational truths that are essential to understanding the Bible and today’s current events.
Our devotions this week will revisit what we learned.
E. Abraham (Genesis 12-22) Key Verse: Gen 12:1-4
1. God covenants with Abraham established that God’s people would be Abraham’s descendants (Genesis 17:1-8)
2. Abraham’s lack of faith instituted the strife between Arabs and God’s people Israel (Genesis 16:1-5, 7-12, 17:20-21, 21:9-12)
3. Abraham’s faith in sacrificing Isaac and how God provided a substitute is a picture of Christ’s substitutionary death for us. (Genesis 22:1-12)
F. Jacob’s dysfunctional family (Genesis 12-31) Key verse: Gen 28:20-21
1. Jacobs grandparents and parents dysfunction passed to him (Genesis 20:1-8 Read v2, 26:6-11 read v7, 27:1-46 read v24)
2. Jacob’s dysfunctional life (Genesis 25:28, 25:29-34 read v31, 27:18-29 read v24)
3. Jacob reaps what he sowed (Genesis 29:15-27 read v25)
G. Jacob/Israel honors God (Genesis 32-35) Key verse: Gen 32:10
1. Obedience results in blessing (Genesis 31:11-13, 31:17-18, 32:10, 32:27-30, 35:9-15)
Did it ever occur to you that the conflict we see in Israel today began with Abraham’s lack of faith? Read Genesis 16. God promised that Abram and Sarai would have a natural born child from their own bodies.
When God gives a promise, He always fulfills His promise. When we try to help God, we fail to trust God. Rest in Him. Isaac, not Ishmael, was the promised child.
Jacob goes from deceiver, to being deceived, to a lover of God. He deceived his brother Esau twice. He tries to bargain with God. Then he is deceived by Laban. When Jacob returns home, He meets with God, and submits to Him.
Where are we? Do we trust God and allow Him to lead our lives or do we deceive God and others?
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob teach us that we must trust the Lord totally, without any reservations. When we do, God will reveal His plan for our lives to us.
Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001 chaplain@alaskaseniors.com
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