Text:Hebrews 11:23 Moses’ parents names are found in Exodus 6:20 and Numbers 26:59: Amram and Jochebed.   Exodus 2:1-4 is where this happens and Acts 7:20 says it was in his father’s house. Here is a case of civil disobedience.  God left some decisions up to His delegated authority.  But when that authority goes against what […]

Text: Hebrews 11:22 Joseph’s faith is referring to Genesis 50:22-26.  He is a great example of someone who was in the world, but was not of the world. The expectation of faith ...when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel... Joseph never lost sight of God’s promise The promise of […]

Text: Ephesians 6:4 Provoking children Ephesians 6:4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. The word “but” is contrasting two ways a father can father his children.  One way is to provoke them.  The other is to bring them up in […]

Text: 1 Thessalonians 5:27 Read THIS epistle because this epistle has application for every Christian from 2000 years ago until now.  1 Thessalonians records: Conversion of the heathen How ye turned from idols to serve the living and true God… (1:9) Thessalonians weren’t cave dwellers.  These are people with a culture, with schools, with enlightenment […]

Text: Hebrews 11:21 There are two notable things Jacob does by faith according to Hebrews 11:21.  The first is he blesses Joseph’s sons, Ephraim and Manasseh. The second is he worships God leaning upon the top of his staff.  This is all recorded in Genesis 48.  The final moments of Jacob’s life are pretty moving. […]

Text: Ephesians 6:1-3 A few years ago in Death Valley it rained 7” in a very short period of time.  Death Valley is the driest place in the United States. That spring there appeared a beautiful bed of flowers across the floor of the valley showing that life still exists in Death Valley, but the […]

Text: Mark 7:24-30 Let’s read the whole text and get familiar with what’s going on here.  A desperate mother has exhausted herself trying to help her daughter. She hears about the Lord Jesus Christ and determines that she is going to find him.  She does. When she airs out her problem before the Lord and […]

Text: Hebrews 11:20 Failures in light of faith Genesis 27:15-33.  Try to find faith in those verses.  There is none. Explain how this is typically handled by (Bible teachers) Faith works because God works. One of the benefits of having the Old Testament record and New Testament record is the ability to see the failures […]

Text: Psalms 11 It is one thing to say I believe God can save me from Hell.  It’s quite another thing to trust in God through this life. The subject matter probably seems repetitious, but  how often we don’t trust God. Trial of rejection (vs 1) A bird fleeing to a mountain is bird trying […]

Text: Ephesians 5:25-33 Marriage is a picture of Christ and the church.  Marriage is an institution that teaches doctrine by example.  Just as Jesus Christ used the example of a seed and various types of ground to teach how the words of God are received, so marriage teaches the relationship of the Lord Jesus Christ […]