Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. (Isaiah 7:14) 22All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23“The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a [...]
Posted on August 23rd, 2009 by Bob Mathews
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1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me and be blameless. 2I will confirm my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers.” Genesis 17:1-2 11And God said to him, “I am God Almighty; be fruitful and increase in number. [...]
Posted on August 16th, 2009 by Bob Mathews
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The angel of the LORD also said to her: “You are now with child and you will have a son. You shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard of your misery. 12He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone’s hand against him, and he [...]
Posted on August 9th, 2009 by Bob Mathews
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32After the treaty had been made at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his forces returned to the land of the Philistines. 33Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God. 34And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for a long [...]
Posted on August 2nd, 2009 by Bob Mathews
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1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters…26Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of [...]
Posted on July 26th, 2009 by Bob Mathews
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Our God is Sovereign — He is above all; there is none like Him (Exodus 20:1-6). Twice in a very short blessing to Abram, Melchizedek used this name of praise, El Elyon: 17After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the [...]
Posted on July 19th, 2009 by Bob Mathews
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You have to be kidding me! I have read the Old Testament, and I have never seen the name of Jesus there. What are you talking about? Well, the Bible teaches that there are three parts to the Godhead—God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Each has lived forever in both [...]
Posted on July 17th, 2009 by doc
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18After Jacob came from Paddan Aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in Canaan and camped within sight of the city. 19For a hundred pieces of silver, he bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, the plot of ground where he pitched his tent. 20There he set up an altar [...]
Posted on July 12th, 2009 by Bob Mathews
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“The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.” Exodus 15:2 The translated name God appears twice in this verse, but only the first instance of it is translated from the Hebrew name El. [...]
Posted on July 5th, 2009 by Bob Mathews
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There are at least 21 Hebrew names for God recorded in the Bible. Names were very special to God’s people. Jacob (meaning he deceives) had his name changed to Israel (struggles with God) by God Himself. Most people in this country name their children after close friends or relatives, or because they just like the [...]
Posted on June 28th, 2009 by Bob Mathews
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