Post by charlescameron on Jun 20, 2009 7:34:55 GMT -6
Chapter 21
We have here the contrast between Isaac, the child of promise, and Ishmael, the fruit of unbelief. Ishmael was born as a result of impatience, the failure to wait upon the Lord. In the birth of Isaac, the initiative belonged with God, and the glory belonged to Him. In Christ, we are the children of promise - 'children born not of natural descent nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God' (John 1:13) ...
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Chapter 24
The servant was sent on a mission. He was 'to get a wife for ... Isaac' (4). When Christ entered Jerusalem (Matthew 21:1-11), He was on a mission. He had come for His Bride, the Church (Ephesians 5:25; Revelation 21:2-3). The servant was not to 'get a wife ... from ... the Canaanites' (3). The Church is to be made 'holy ... a radiant Church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless' (Ephesians 5:26-27) ...
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Chapter 25
What will we leave behind us? What will we pass on to the next generation? In this passage of many names, there is a challenging contrast between the influence of Abraham and Ishmael on the next generation. In verse 11, we read, 'After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac'. In verse 18, we find that 'Ishmael's descendants lived in hostility toward all their brothers' ...
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More notes at www.christinallthescriptures.blogspot.co.uk/
We have here the contrast between Isaac, the child of promise, and Ishmael, the fruit of unbelief. Ishmael was born as a result of impatience, the failure to wait upon the Lord. In the birth of Isaac, the initiative belonged with God, and the glory belonged to Him. In Christ, we are the children of promise - 'children born not of natural descent nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God' (John 1:13) ...
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Chapter 24
The servant was sent on a mission. He was 'to get a wife for ... Isaac' (4). When Christ entered Jerusalem (Matthew 21:1-11), He was on a mission. He had come for His Bride, the Church (Ephesians 5:25; Revelation 21:2-3). The servant was not to 'get a wife ... from ... the Canaanites' (3). The Church is to be made 'holy ... a radiant Church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless' (Ephesians 5:26-27) ...
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Chapter 25
What will we leave behind us? What will we pass on to the next generation? In this passage of many names, there is a challenging contrast between the influence of Abraham and Ishmael on the next generation. In verse 11, we read, 'After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac'. In verse 18, we find that 'Ishmael's descendants lived in hostility toward all their brothers' ...
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More notes at www.christinallthescriptures.blogspot.co.uk/