Whenever you hear the story of the Exodus or see a movie about it, the children of Israel are leaving Egypt in a chaotic way. There are masses of people trying to hurry out of Egypt before Pharoah changes his mind again. This is not what the scriptures tell us. It says they left Egypt […]
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You Can’t Challenge God and Expect to Win
After two years of dealing with COVID, we gain a whole new prospective concerning the exodus from Egypt. We are only dealing with one plague. Can you imagine dealing with ten plagues? Up to this point the Egyptians had to deal with no drinking water, being overran by frogs, lice, and flies, the devastation of […]
The Beginning of the Priesthood
It’s easy to look back and see how God was working all along. We can see how He was setting us apart, removing people who were no longer any good for us, shutting doors we didn’t want to shut, and a host of other examples. But while going through those experiences, we could barely see […]
I Am Who I Am – Exodus 1:1-6:1
One of the greatest debates of all time concerns God’s name and how you pronounce it. Out of this debate has grown the Sacred Name movement. Like in any movement there are many groups who believe they have the right spelling and pronunciation of God’s name. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with this. There […]
Joseph Finally Reaches God’s Plan for His Life – Will You?
Joseph’s story continues with him testing his brothers one last time. He has his silver drinking cup placed into Benjamin’s sack. In the morning the brothers had barely gone far when Joseph sent his men after them. When they were accused of stealing, they recount the situation they encountered with the original money in their […]
God Will Have His Way in Your Life Regardless of the Situation
Joseph was a young man when his jealous brothers threw him into a pit with the intention of selling him to the Ishmaelites. The Midianites beat them to it, and they came up with a plan to deceive their father. Joseph ended up being a servant in Potiphar’s house until Potiphar’s wife lied on him […]
Tamar was More Righteous than Judah – Gen 39:1-30
In the middle of Joseph’s story, we are told about Judah leaving home. Why is this? Chapter 38 starts out saying, “It happened at that time…” What time? When we look back at chapter 37 verses 26-27, we see it was Judah who came up with the idea to sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites. He […]
Continue to Live, While People Push You to Your Destiny
Life always seems to have a way of throwing curve balls at you when you’re expecting a slow, easy ball. Then when you think you’ve got a hang of the curve ball, you’re thrown a fast ball that hits you straight in the gut. It knocks the wind out of you, causing you to double […]
He Raped Her and Thought He Could Get Away with It
When I tell you the Bible has everything in it, it really does. Normally, when births are being mentioned, only the names of the sons are spoken of. Yeah, we hear women names mentioned all the time. After all, there’s Sarah, Rebekah, Leah, Rachel, and others. But nothing about their births. Genesis 30:21 says, “Afterward […]
How Do You Say, “I’m Sorry?”
Most sermons about Jacob made him look like the scum of the earth. After all, he showed no mercy when his brother was hungry, which forced him to sell his birthright. He did steal Esau’s blessing. He did deceive his father. But that’s not all to his story. When you read his story you’ll see […]
