God's Redemptive Plan - Genesis 11:10-12:9

By: Ptr. Enteng Ramoneda

In Genesis 11, we read of Shem’s descendants from one generation to the next, until the mention of Abram. When the Lord called Abram, He commanded him to leave his country, his kindred, and his father’s house, and to go to the land that the Lord would show him. The Lord promised Abram that He would make of him a great nation, that He would bless him and make his name great, and that in him all the families of the earth would be blessed. On the Lord’s word, Abram, together with his family and everything they had, went on a journey to the land of promise. When they came to the land of Canaan, the Lord appeared to Abram and promised to give this land to his offspring. And as a response, Abram builds an altar and calls upon the name of the Lord. Abram then continues to journey on.  In this narrative, we see how God’s sovereignty shines through in His election and His covenant, all to fulfill His grand redemptive plan. More so, we see the response of a faithful covenant partner who acts in obedience and worship.  

Join us, as we learn more about God’s redemptive plan and how this plan was sovereignly accomplished through His faithful Son, Jesus Christ.

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God's Sovereignty Over Man's Depravity - Genesis 10-11:9

By: Ptr. Enteng Ramoneda

Man has continually advanced in technological progress. Many times it has left a lot of us wondering if there are still things that man cannot do. Well, this is not a problem in itself.  In fact, it is even a display of how great God created man. Thus, in some ways, it is glorying God.   However, the problem is the heart of man.  From the beginning, man has sought to advance in technology to be independent of God (Genesis 4:17-22, Genesis 10:8-12, Genesis 11:3-4). He always sought to prove that he can live without God, or more accurately, that he can be god.   With the advancement that man had accomplished, should this pose a threat to the plan of God? Is it possible that man could eventually frustrate God’s plan? In chapter 10, we see the record of the dispersed nations.  While we know that this happened because God judged their attempt to disobey His command to “fill the earth,” this also set history towards the fulfillment of the plan of God.  And the fashion by which God did this in the story of the Tower of Babel found in Genesis 11:1-9, makes us understand that the strongest of men could easily be reversed by God to the frustration of man’s plan and the fulfillment of His plan. Man’s attempt to prove themselves equal, if not greater than God, only becomes a display of how God’s sovereignty prevails in accomplishing His beautiful plan to be worshiped by all nations despite man’s sinfulness. 

Listen in and learn about how God dispersed man and laid the groundwork for His plan to have a people for Himself from all nations.

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God's Love for Life - Genesis 9:1-29

By: Ptr. Enteng Ramoneda

In Genesis 9, we read of God blessing Noah and his sons and telling them to be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. He gives them all they need to live, promises that all flesh shall never again be cut off by the waters of the flood, and gives them a sign of this covenant - the rainbow - which, when displayed, is for the remembrance of this covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh. Here we see how God preserves life, how God covenanted to preserve life, and how God’s lovingkindness is displayed in the eternal preservation of life.  

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Redemption Through Judgment - Genesis 6:9-8:22

By: Ptr. Enteng Ramoneda

In Genesis 6-8, we read of the story of Noah and the flood. After seeing the increasing corruption of man, God had purposed to blot out man and animals, for He was sorry He created them. But Noah, finding favor in the eyes of the Lord, was spared from the flood that would blot out everything. After the flood had subsided, God established a covenant with him, saying that He will never again curse the ground because of man and never again strike down every living creature as He had done. Here we see that God will eventually pour out the fullness of His judgment for the fulfillment of the Redemption that He promised to His covenant people. 

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The Greatness of God's Grace - Genesis 6:1-8

By: Ptr. Enteng Ramoneda

In Genesis 6, we read of the increasing corruption of earth. The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great and it grieved Him to His heart. In His holy wrath, He had purposed to blot out man whom He created, for He was sorry that He created them. But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord. Here we see that God’s grace will keep His chosen ones despite His consuming wrath for man’s sins. 

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The People Whom God Cares - Genesis 5

By: Ptr. Enteng Ramoneda

In Genesis 5, we read of Adam’s descendants to Noah. The man who God created first in His likeness bore an offspring, Seth, whose line would call upon the name of the Lord. Here we see the characteristics that define the people whom God cares for: (1) their focus on God’s redemption and (2) their radically different life which is manifested in how they seek to glorify God, how they enjoy the fullness of life, how they walk closely with God, and how they believe the redemption of God.  

Join us, as we learn more about how the people whom God cares for will be distinguished by their focus on God’s redemption, instead of the world, resulting to a radically different life.

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Man Cared Not For God At All - Genesis 4

By: Ptr. Enteng Ramoneda

In Genesis 4, we read of the story of two brothers, Cain and Abel. In the course of time, the two brought an offering to the Lord which they had labored for. The Lord regarded Abel and his offering, but not so for Cain. In Cain’s anger, he killed his brother and turned away from the Lord. For his sins, God commanded his judgment. Yet even despite this, God’s redemptive plan is made manifest as he appoints for Adam and Eve another offspring instead of Abel, Seth, in whose time the people began to call upon the name of the Lord. Here we come to understand two things: (1) Man’s controlling sinfulness cares not for God but for himself only, and (2) God’s Sovereign Election kept man’s sinfulness from compromising His redemptive plan. 

Join us, as we learn more about how our sinfulness should make us understand that we would never have loved God if He did not sovereignly choose us.

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The Need to Gather Even in Dangerous Times  - Hebrews 10:24-25

By: Ptr. Enteng Ramoneda

In the book of Hebrews, we are admonished to stir up one another to love and good works - not neglecting to meet together, but encouraging one another, all the more as we see the Day drawing near. In this passage, we see how important it is to gather together not just under normal conditions, but even in dangerous times. This is because we cannot stop living for Christ and because physical gathering is vital to living for Christ. Join us, as we learn more about why we need to fight to gather as a church and how this fight is woven into our calling to live for Christ.

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The Genesis of Redemption - Genesis 3:14-15

By: Ptr. Enteng Ramoneda

In Genesis 3:14-15, we read of our holy God passing a just sentence for the serpent and proclaiming a glorious redemption to come for His people. For what the serpent had done, God had cursed him above all livestock and beasts of the field and God had made him go on his belly and eat of dust all the days of his life. For his people, a gracious promise of redemption in Christ is given. God put enmity between the serpent and the woman and between his offspring and her offspring. God said that the woman’s offspring would bruise the serpent’s head and he would bruise the offspring’s heel. Here we see two things: (1) God’s sovereignty in redemption, and (2) God’s redemption of life in death. 

Join us, as we learn more about how God, in His sovereignty, secured redemption from the beginning and accomplished it through death.

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The Fall - Genesis 3:1-24

By: Ptr. Enteng Ramoneda

We know that everything God created was good at the beginning of creation, but a drastic turnaround occurs because of the Fall of Man. Rather than obeying God’s command and trusting God’s word, Adam and Eve ate of the fruit that God had clearly instructed them not to eat. Listen in on Genesis 3 to explain the brokenness of the world through the devastating fall of man and the devastating effects of the fall. 

Join us, as we learn more about how all of the brokenness of the world are but effects of the one sin of man.

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