Podcast Show: Tuolumne Community Baptist Church Sermon series.
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Jesus Is Our Messiah
Jesus fulfilled over 300+ Old Testament messianic prophecies, including his birth in Bethlehem, lineage, and crucifixion. When I say the word messianic, all it means is, “it’s concerning the Messiah,” covering his lineage, birth, ministry, death, and resurrection, with highlights including being born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2), born of a virgin (Isa. 7:14), including riding into Jerusalem on a…
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Genesis 31
It wasn’t that Jacob had taken anything that belonged to Laban. Rather, it was that his wealth was increasing in proportion to Laban’s wealth. The problem wasn’t that Jacob stole anything; it was that Laban’s sons were filled with envy. Is this a problem? The New Testament explicitly identifies envy as a primary motivation for…
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Genesis 30: The twelve sons of Jacob
Genesis 30: The twelve sons of Jacob The Mothers’ Intent: Leah and Rachel named the children based on their rivalry and longing for Jacob’s love (e.g., Levi was Leah’s hope that Jacob would finally be “joined” to her). The Prophetic Shift: Before his death, Jacob “blessed” each son, turning their names into a blueprint for…
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Genesis 29 Do you believe in love at first sight?
GENESIS 29 Jacob was seventy-seven when he left Beersheba for Haran. He would spend twenty years serving his uncle Laban, thirty-three years back in Canaan, and the last seventeen years of his life in Egypt. Now, he’s arriving in Paddan Aram, he was guided to the very field where some shepherds from Haran were tending…
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Genesis 28
Now in chapter 28 Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, and sent him to Paddan Aram, a district of Mesopotamia, (Haran is the exact place) so that he would find a wife among his mother’s people rather than among the Canaanites. This inspired Esau to try to regain his father’s blessing by marrying a daughter of Ishmael. It was a…
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Genesis 27
The process of time, Isaac was approximately 137 years old now when he sought to bless his son Esau. While Isaac felt his death was imminent due to failing eyesight, he actually lived for another 43 years, dying at 180 (Genesis 35:28). At this time, his twin sons, Jacob and Esau, were 77 years old.
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Genesis 26
Water wells play a large part in today’s study, spoiler alert, these wells represent a spiritual connection in each of us with the Holy Spirit. Pay close attention how Isaac re-digging these wells brings life back to each region. Our wells can go spiritually dry. Please never walk away from your faith foolishly thinking, “that…
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Genesis 25
Genesis 25 In the previous chapter, a bride was found for Abraham’s son, Isaac. It was also stated multiple times how old Abraham was. In this chapter, he will die. We are first given a summary of how great his family grew before he passed on. We’re going see how the creation of nations is…
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Genesis 24: “Take a wife for my son Isaac”
“Take a wife for my son Isaac” part 1 Abraham sends one of his servants to his homeland in Mesopotamia to find a wife for Isaac. This servant is widely identified as Eliezer of Damascus who makes this journey of about 550 miles, it would have taken the servant about 21 to 30 days. (“Ur…
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Genesis 23
“DEATH OF SARAH” There’s a fair amount of scripture that talks about Sarah and her good character; we’re going to look at some today. Sarah had been a good wife to Abraham and a good mother to Isaac. Yes, she had her faults, as we all do, but God called her a princess (the meaning…