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Our Scripture Of The Week Is: 2 Thessalonians 3:3 KJVS  [3] But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil. In this verse Paul and his coworkers express their confidence in the Lord. Because God is faithful, He could be trusted to strengthen the Thessalonians and protect them from Satan. Because God is faithful He will not allow evil men to gain a victory over believers. ...

Blessings to all, Welcome again, I am Jerry, this portion of our study covers: ABRAHAM’S FAITH This is one of the greatest statements in the Scriptures: “And he believed in the LORD.”  Abram believes God. This statement, from Genesis 15:6, is one of the key verses in all of the Bible. Abram’s belief in God is credited to him as righteousness.  In the New Testament, both Paul and James quote this v...

Our Scripture Of The Week Is: Matthew 6:13 KJVS  [13] And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. Everyone faces temptation. As Jesus’ disciples, we can ask God to deliver us from these trying times and to protect us from Satan (“the evil one”) and his deceitful schemes. All Christians struggle with temptation. ...

GOD’s Shield And Reward Revelation – Abram Encouraged By GOD We come to one of the high points of the Bible here in chapter 15. Genesis 15 consists entirely of an extended encounter between the Lord and Abram, the man who will later be renamed Abraham. This concludes with the formal establishment of God’s covenant promise to Abram: to give him and his descendants the land of Canaan. The chapter be...

Our Scripture Of The Week Is: Hebrews 1:3 KJVS  [3] Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; A major theme of the book of Hebrews is the supremacy of Christ. Faced with persecution, there is a temptation to follow the crowd...

Our scripture will be coming from: Genesis 14:21-24 KJV  [21] And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.  [22] And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,  [23] That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thi...

Our Scripture Of The Week Is: Psalm 103:6 KJVS  [6] The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed. Prior verses contained David's personal reasons for honoring God. Here, David moves from personal to general statements about God's governance. His direction of the world is another reason for Israel to praise Him. David states that God performs righteous deeds and justice....

Our scripture will be coming from: Genesis 14:13-20 KJV  [13] And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram. [14] And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and...

Our Scripture Of The Week Is: Ephesians 6:10 KJVS  [10] Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Verses 10 through 20 are a famous and well-used portion of Scripture.  Paul wraps up his practical teachings with a series of analogies, comparing aspects of the Christian faith to the equipment carried by a soldier. This verse introduces the overall motivation for Pa...

Our Scripture Of The Week Is: Ephesians 6:10 KJVS  [10] Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Verses 10 through 20 are a famous and well-used portion of Scripture. Paul wraps up his practical teachings with a series of analogies, comparing aspects of the Christian faith to the equipment carried by a soldier. This verse introduces the overall motivation for Pau...

Our Scripture Of The Week Is: Ephesians 6:10 KJVS  [10] Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Verses 10 through 20 are a famous and well-used portion of Scripture. Paul wraps up his practical teachings with a series of analogies, comparing aspects of the Christian faith to the equipment carried by a soldier. This verse introduces the overall motivation for Pau...

Genesis 14 is an action-packed story of war between ancient city-states with a surprising conclusion. For 12 years, the four kings of an eastern group of city-states—Elam, Shinar, Ellasar, and Goiim—had ruled over the city-states in and around Canaan. Finally, the kings of five cities grouped around the south end of the Dead Sea rebel. A year later, the four kings arrive in the region to reestabli...

Our Scripture Of The Week Is: Romans 8:26 KJVS [26] Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. This passage describes the difference between our future and our present, as Christians. Our future in Christ, as God's children and heirs of His kingdom, i...

“And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him” —here is the third appearance of God to this man. “Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward.” This is the land God is going to give him. As God continued to appear to Abram and later on to the other patriarchs, God put sideboards around that land. In othe...

Our Scripture Of The Week Is: Psalm 38:9 KJVS [9] Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. Throughout this psalm, David confesses that he suffers because of his own sin (Psalm 38:1–4, 18). Much of these symptoms are poetic expressions of his guilt and shame: conviction brought by God (Psalm 38:5–8). It's fitting, then, that David chooses to refer to God using the H...

It is Abram who makes the division. It took a big man to tell Lot this. In other words, Abram is saying that Lot could choose what he wanted and Abram would take what was left. Pharaoh had given to Abram many animals and servants, adding to Abram's growing possessions. In fact, both Abram and his nephew Lot have such large herds that their herdsman begin to fight over the limited resources in the...

Our Scripture Of The Week Is: John 17:21 KJVS [21]That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. Scripture often emphasizes how unity and love reflect a person's commitment to Christ (John 13:34–35; 1 John 4:20). It's noteworthy that when Jesus transitions from praying for Himself (John 17:1–5...

In chapter 12, Abram—the man later named renamed Abraham—lied about Sarai being his wife, out of fear. As a result, God afflicted Pharaoh's household with a plague for taking Sarai. Pharaoh allowed Abram to keep the dowry he'd paid, but sent them away as soon as he realized what had happened. As a result, Abram returned to the land of Canaan with much greater wealth than he'd had before. Pharaoh h...

Our Scripture Of The Week Is: Philippians 4:13 KJVS I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Despite his frequent need, and harsh treatment, Paul joyfully declares his confidence that God will allow him to endure anything. Paul's words reflected the Gospel teachings that nothing is impossible with God (Matthew 19:26; Mark 10:27; Luke 1:37). Paul had declared elsewhere that if God...

Abram was in the land, and this was the place of blessing. God never told him to leave. But a famine was in the land, and I think one morning Abram pushed back the flap of his tent, looked out, and said, “Sarai, it looks like everybody’s going to Egypt. There’s a famine, you know, and it’s getting worse. Maybe we ought to think about going down.” And I suppose Sarai said, “Anything you want to do,...

Our Scripture Of The Week Is: Hebrews 11:1 KJV [1] Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. This often-quoted verse gives a direct definition of faith, meant to be read in the context of the rest of this letter. At the end of chapter 10, the writer of Hebrews finished describing why the new covenant in Jesus Christ was superior to the old covenant of animal...

In verse 1 we read: “Now the LORD had said unto Abram.” We know from other Scriptures that God had called Abram when he lived in Ur of the Chaldees: “The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, and said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee. Then came he out of the C...

Our Scripture Of The Week Is: Matthew 6:33 KJVS [33] But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. This is one of the key verses in all of Jesus' teaching, commonly used in quotes, artwork, and Bible memorization. Like any other lesson from Christ, it must be understood in the context of the verses that comes before it. Too often, Jesus'...

The first three verses give us the threefold promise of God to Abraham (Abram), and actually this is the hub of the Bible. The rest of Scripture is an unfolding of this threefold promise. The first of the threefold promise is the land. God says, “I am going to show you a land, and I am going to give it to you.” The second part of the promise is the nation—”I will make of thee a great nation, and I...

Welcome to HBS & DwJ Podcast. I am Jerry Joyce, your host. Our Scripture Of The Week Is: Romans 12:4-5 KJV [4] For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: [5] So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. Paul is describing how living sacrifices live. He has urged Christians—all who have received God's mercy because of t...