Posts from August 2015 (Page 2)

Posts from August 2015 (Page 2)

Genesis 48 – Nation Building, Adoption, & The Kingdom of God

Joseph was told that Jacob was ill, so he took his sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. Israel summoned his strength and sat up in bed and said to Joseph: “God Almighty [El Shaddai] appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me, and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make you a company of peoples and will give this land to your offspring after you for an everlasting…

Genesis 47 – God’s Sovereignty, God’s Blessing, & God’s Promise

Joseph told Pharaoh that his family was coming from Canaan, and that they were in Goshen. Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you. The land of Egypt is before you. Settle your father and your brothers in the best of the land. Let them settle in the land of Goshen, and if you know any able men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.” Joseph brought Jacob in and they stood before Pharaoh, and…

Genesis 46 – Israel Goes to Egypt

Jacob/Israel came with everything he had to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to Yahweh. God spoke to him in visions of the night saying, “Jacob, Jacob.” Jacob said, “Here I am.” God said, “I am God, the God of your father, don’t be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you into a great nation. I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you up again, and Joseph’s hand shall close…

Genesis 45 – Divine Sovereignty: Part 1

Joseph couldn’t control his emotions in front of his brothers and he cried, “Make everyone go out from me.”  No one stayed with him when he made himself known to his brothers, and he wept so loud that the Egyptians and the household of Pharaoh heard it. Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” His brothers couldn’t answer because they were dismayed at his presence. Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, please,…

“Counted Righteous in Christ: Should We Abandon the Imputation of Christ’s Righteousness?” by John Piper

Piper, John. Counted Righteous in Christ: Should We Abandon the Imputation of Christ’s Righteousness?  Wheaton: Crossway, 2002. In Counted Righteous in Christ, John Piper expresses his biblical understanding of justification and imputation. He begins his argument by laying out the practical reasons for the book. He wrote this book for the sake of churches reclaiming a heart for doctrine, (22-23) and for the sake of his family. (27-30) In practical terms he discusses why the doctrine of justification is important in regard to preparing weekly…

Genesis 44 – Judah’s Substitution Part 2 & Joseph’s Silver Cup Test

Joseph arranged to set up Benjamin with a silver cup in his sack. After the brothers left they chased them down and said whoever had the silver cup would die. Benjamin had the cup. When they arrived at Joseph’s house Judah took the lead and said, “What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? or how can we clear ourselves? God has found out the guilt of your servants; behold, we are my lord’s servants, both we and he also…

Genesis 43 – Judah’s Substitution, Return to Egypt, Joseph’s Benevolence

The famine was still going strong, and Jacob’s family had eaten all their food, so Jacob said to his sons again, “Go again, buy us a little food.”  Judah told him that the man told them they wouldn’t see his face if they did not bring their youngest brother. So he said, if you send Benjamin with us we will go buy food, but if you don’t send him we won’t. Israel (Jacob) responded asking why they mentioned Benjamin at all. The brothers…

Genesis 42 – Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt

Jacob told his sons to go to Egypt for grain so they wouldn’t die in the famine. 10 of Joseph’s brothers went, Benjamin stayed back because Jacob feared harm would come to him. Joseph was governor and sold grain to the people. When his brothers came he recognized them but treated them roughly. They didn’t recognize him. He accused them of being spies. They told them their biography. He accused them of being spies again. He said to prove they…

Genesis 41 – Pharaoh’s Dreams & Joseph’s Redemption

2 years after the cupbearer forgot about Joseph interpreting his dream in prison, Pharaoh dreamed a dream. Pharaoh’s Dream Part 1 ~ 14 Cows By the Nile River: (1) He dreamed that there were 7 cows healthy and plump eating reed grass. (2) He, later in the same dream, then saw 7 cows, ugly and thin which he had never seen in all Egypt, coming after the healthy cows. (3) The 7 ugly/thin cows ate the 7 attractive/healthy/plump cows, and they remained thin and ugly afterward. (4) After this…

“According to Plan: The Unfolding Revelation of God in the Bible” by Graeme Goldsworthy

Goldsworthy, Graeme. According to Plan: The Unfolding Revelation of God in the Bible. Downers Grove:  IVP Academic, 1991. According to Plan: The Unfolding Revelation of God in the Bible is an edifying display of how to practice biblical hermeneutics (interpretation) and how to approach the Bible in the discipline called Biblical Theology.  Graeme Goldsworthy shows the wisdom, which he gained from his former experience a lecturer in Old Testament, Biblical Theology, and hermeneutics at Moore Theological College in Sydney, Australia.  Goldsworthy has also written…