Blog (Page 29)

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Genesis 9 – Noahic Covenant, Drunk Nakedness, Cursing of Canaan

God blessed Noah and his sons, commissioned them to be fruitful and multiply. He put a fear of man in the animals. Every moving thing shall be food for man, but they were not to eat flesh with blood in it – its life. God established a covenant with man and animals that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood. The sign of the covenant was a bow in the clouds. When God…

Genesis 8 – The Flood Ends – God’s Promise to Noah

God remembered Noah and the animals and the sources of water stopped and the waters abated after 150 days, and the ark rested on the mountains of Ararat. Noah sent out a raven, then sent out a dove 3 times, the 2nd time it have an olive leaf, the third it didn’t return. God commanded Noah to bring his family and the animals out of the ark and to be fruitful and multiply. Noah built an altar to the Lord,…

Genesis 7 – God’s Wrath for Sin in a Flood

God told Noah to take his family in the boat with animals, for in 7 days God will send rain for 40 days and 40 nights to blot out every living thing. Noah obeyed. Noah was 600 years old when the floods came, and they had two of every creature on the boat. The Lord [Yahweh] shut him in. The waters rose and the boat rose on the waters high above the earth, and God killed all the animals and people…

Genesis 6 – Mankind is Depraved, Noah Found God’s Favor

Man multiplied, the “sons of God” married the “daughters of man”, so the Lord limited man’s lifespan to 120 years. The Lord saw that the thoughts and intentions of man was only evil continually. He was grieved He made them. Noah found favor in God’s sight, was righteous, blameless in his generation, and walked with God – and had Shem, Ham, and Japheth. God warned Noah of a flood and told him to build a boat, bring his family on, and…

Genesis 5 – Adam to Noah

God created man, male and female, in the likeness of God. Adam’s generations were: (1)Adam 930 years, (2) Seth 912 years, (3) Enosh 905 years, (4) Kenan 910 years, (5) Mahalalel 895 years, (6) Jared 962 years, (7) Enoch 365 years [God took him], (8) Methuselah 969 years, (9) Lamech 777, and (10) Noah. Noah’s sons were:  (1) Shem, (2) Ham, and (3) Japheth. God has kept His promise to prolong Eve’s offspring, and God’s covenant extends to Noah.

Genesis 4 – The First Murder

Adam and Eve by the help of the Lord [Yahweh] had Cain and Abel. Abel brought an offering of sheep, and Cain brought a grain offering, but the Lord only had regard for Abel’s. Cain became angry and killed Abel in the field and lied to the Lord about it. Cain would now be a fugitive and wander the earth and the land would not bear fruit for him. God promised to keep anyone from killing Cain, and he had children. 5…

Genesis 3 – The Fall

The serpent was more crafty than the other creatures the Lord [Yahweh] God [Elohim] had made. He questioned God’s Word, and then said God didn’t forbid the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The woman took, ate, and gave to her husband and he ate. They heard the Lord God walking in the cool of the day and they hid, but God knew. (1) He cursed the serpent and promised the serpent would be crushed by…

Genesis 2 – 7th Day, Covenant, & Marriage

The creation was finished and God rested, blessed and made the 7th day holy. The Lord [Yahweh] God [Elohim] formed Adam [Man] out of the dust, breathed the breath of life into him, and put him in the Garden of Eden [Paradise]. Four rivers flowed from here: the (1) Pishon, (2) Gihon, (3) Tigris, and (4) Euphrates. Adam was to work, and named all the animals. Also, he was allowed to eat of every tree, but the tree of the…

Genesis 1 – God Created All

God [Elohim] exists in a plurality, and He rules over all things. He created all things out of nothing in six days by speaking, and created man and woman in His own image to subdue the earth and to rule it. He pronounced His pleasure with His creation by saying it is very good. God is the source of all beauty and good, praise God for His kindness and power to create! 

Why a New Church in Des Moines?

The Local Church The local church is God’s evangelism plan to reach the nations with the gospel (Matthew 28:18-20; John 13:35; 17:21; Ephesians 3:10), and there is a great need for the gospel to be preached in Des Moines. It’s not that there aren’t gospel believing and preaching churches here, it’s just that we desire to see even more worship of God and to see believers grow to maturity through another expositional ministry in Des Moines. Our love for Jesus Christ…