Walter Spires - Only Jesus Saves

Joseph was the second youngest of twelve brothers; their daddy's favorite and most beloved son.  Dreams of them bowing down to him was the last straw.  References: Genesis 37 Desperate Men Website

Bible References: Genesis 27- 49 Easy to ask how and why God chose him to be the father of His people.  Wonder if anyone will look back on our lives and do the same?  Desperate Men website

Bible References:  Genesis 33 Jacob was very afraid as he contemplated moving his people and possessions thru the land of Esau, his estranged brother.  God again intervened because...   Desperate Men website

Bible References: Genesis 32: 22-29 Amazing story.  Unusual results to say the least.  But the humbling of Jacob is in full swing.  God will do whatever it takes to get our attention.   Desperate Men website

Bible References:  Genesis 31 When God has a plan that includes our lives, His direction and protection become evident to men who are paying attention.   Desperate Men website

Bible References:  Genesis 29 Desperate Men Website

Bible References:  Genesis 25: 19-34; 27: 1-44 How can a man who was such a liar and deceiver become the father of God's chosen people?  This is very hard to understand.  But when I put it in the context of God saved us and uses men like us to represent Christ, it gets easier.    Desperate Men website

Bible Reference: Genesis 26: 1-33 Most men are stunned when they read about Abraham telling someone his wife was his sister to save his neck.  Get ready to be even more stunned when you read his son, Isaac, did the same thing.   Desperate Men Website

Bible Reference:  Genesis 16, 21, 25 Christians need to know and understand this better.   Abraham was the father of Ishmael and Jehovah God was God over all as He is today.  But far down the line, things went awry.   Desperate Men website

Bible Reference:  Genesis 16: 1-15 Understanding the story of Ishmael, Abraham's first son, is important.  God made promises to his mother and kept them.  Did not bode well for the nation of Israel.  Desperate Men Website

Bible References: Genesis 22: 1: 1-18 Foreshadowing the coming Messiah more than 2000 years before Christ came.  desperatemen.org

One of the most famous stories in the Bible in which we are introduced to this very special name of God.  Not only did God stop Abraham from sacrificing his son, He provided the sacrifice...sound familiar? Bible Reference: Genesis 22: 9-14 Desperate Men Website

Imagine waiting 25 years on God's fulfilled promise - a son, covenant heir to build His nation.  Then imagine, some years later, God told you to make a burnt offering, and, by the way, your son is the sacrifice.  How would you have responded?      Bible Reference:  Genesis 22: 1-14 www.desperatemen.org

God makes covenant promises.  We know He is faithful to keep them.  But how long must we wait?   Bible References:  Genesis 15-17 Desperate Men website

How can a much of such faith so quickly become a man of fear?   Bible Reference: Genesis 12: 10-20 Desperate Men website

Hard to imagine this man from a completely pagan culture not only hearing but obeying the voice of God he did not know.  We know Him and still struggle with that!   Bible References: Genesis 12: 1-4; Hebrews 11: 8-12 Desperate Men Website

Moses lists the lineages of Noah's sons to help us understand how God repopulated the entire world after the worldwide (not local) flood.  You can read his account in the reference below.  Seemingly out of nowhere, God spoke to Abram ( a pagan) and called him out in a way that changed history forever... Genesis 11: 26 - 12: 4 desperatemen.org

Hard to understand sometimes why God put up with men throughout our early history.  Despite His provision and protection "the thoughts of man were evil continually".  Hmmm, that sounds like today!   Bible references: Genesis 8: 20- 11: 25 www.desperatemen.org

Great encouragement and security were Noah's simply by doing what God told him to - regardless of how crazy it seemed.  He offers the same protection to us, and we do not have to build an ark to get it.  Listen and learn how.  Bible references: Gen 7: 9-16 (NIV) desperatemen.org

God demanded just one thing from mankind.  While Noah was not perfect, he demonstrated this more than any other man before or after.   Bible References: Genesis 6:  13-22 (emphasis v22) www.desperatemen.org

From Adam to Noah is just ten generations.  Yet God became so disgusted with the humankind of His creation, He decided to destroy them and start over - except for Noah and his family.   Bible References: Genesis 5, 6: 1-9 www.desperatemen.org

"Where are the facts?", demand skeptics and Bible antagonists as we stake our claims that Adam and Noah were real men.  Either Jesus, the prophets, Peter, and Paul are serious liars OR ... Bible references: Matthew 19: 4-5, 24: 37-39; Luke 3: 23-38; Romans 5: 12-12; 1 Peter 3: 20, 2 Peter 2: 5 (there are many more) www.desperatemen.org

Despite his failings for which he is so well known,  Adam must have done some things right after he and Eve were escorted out of Paradise into the "real world".  Read more about this in Genesis 4.  www.desperatemen.org

Caught hiding in the bushes and called out for his sin by God, our father Adam did what many of us do...blame someone else.  (I guess all of my issues are really his fault!)  www.desperatemen.org

(From Genesis 3: 6-11)  Even though we think it was foolish for Adam to hide in the bushes from God, we do the same thing hoping He did not see our sin or ask us what we have been doing lately.