In the previous two posts, we’ve asked the questions “Is there a God?” and “If there is a God, how do I know that he loves me?” Today we’re asking, “If there is a God, what do I do when I break his rules?” The fact is that all of us have broken God’s rules….
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Lessons and studies from the Bible
If There is a God, How Do I Know that He Loves Me?
Maybe you’ve asked the question, “What if there’s a God?” If you recognize that there is a God (see the previous post), maybe the next question you have is, “How do I know that he loves me?” If there’s this big all-powerful God out there, how do I know that I’m on his good side?…
Read MoreIs There a God, and Does He Care About Me?
Our culture is changing rapidly. Actions and ideas that were taboo twenty, ten, even five years ago are welcomed and embraced today. Some view these changes as the advancement of society, as the human race is gaining more and more freedom to act as it wishes. Others, particularly the church and, more particularly, conservative Christians,…
Read MoreGod’s Sovereignty on Display
God made a covenant with Abraham, a promise that his descendants would be the people of God, occupy the land of Canaan, and become a blessing to all the world. The promise continued through Abraham’s son Isaac, Isaac’s son Jacob, and Jacob’s son Joseph. But Joseph’s brothers hated him, so they sold him into slavery…
Read MoreThe God Who’s With You
God made a covenant with Abraham, a promise that his descendants would be the people of God, occupy the land of Canaan, and become a blessing to all the world. Abraham had a son named Isaac, and the promise continued through Isaac. Isaac had two sons, Jacob and Esau, and even though Esau was the…
Read MoreThe Promise Continues
Continuing our walk through Genesis, we see that Abraham’s son Isaac grows up and marries a woman named Rebekah, and Isaac and Rebekah have twin sons, Jacob and Esau. When her days to give birth were completed, behold, there were twins in her womb. The first came out red, all his body like a hairy cloak,…
Read MoreThe Faith of Abraham
Abram has received an incredible promise from God, that he would be the father of a great nation that will be a blessing to the whole world. God has promised that his descendants would be as numerous as the stars in the sky. God has even gone so far as to sign the covenant he’s…
Read MoreThe Great Promise Keeper
After reading the first eleven chapters of Genesis, you might begin to wonder if God will give up on the human race. After a perfect creation in chapters one and two, you read about the first sin in Genesis 3 and the first murder in Genesis 4. In Genesis 6, we see that sin is…
Read MoreSin at First Bite
Adam and Eve had it made. They were living in a paradise, and they could do anything they wanted — except one thing. And just like us, instead of being thankful for all they had, they focused on the one thing they couldn’t have: And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely…
Read MoreCreated In His Image
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in…
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