KNOWING YOUR BIBLE
September 26, 2021: Dear Friends, In today’s blog, the focus will again be on studying of persons written about in the Bible. So far in this series, Solomon and Abraham have been discussed. The creation story and the story of Noah and the ark and the great flood, found in the first few chapters of Genesis have been read about. Return to last week’s blog to follow the sequence of this series. Referral to the first and second blogs in the series written August 22 and August 29, can be found by going to the website above left when returning to these blogs for review and meditation.
- This week’s discussion will continue on Abraham, his son Isaac and Isaac’s twin sons, Esau and Jacob. Again, remember that feelings and emotions expressed among Isaac’s family, his wife, Rebekah, and sons, Esau and Jacob, are commonly found in some of today’s families. People have not changed from that time, probably even previous times prior to the time of Abraham, to current times in the world we live in. Keep in mind that the events written about in Abraham and his family took place approximately in the 1800′s-1700′s BCE. If time allows, read what Jesus said about us humans in chapter Matthew, chapter 15, verse 19, and what the Apostle Paul wrote in Galatians, chapter 5, verses 16-25.
- Our Bible study this week will be Genesis chapter 24 through chapter 33. If time allows, spend some time contemplating on what has been written. Try to review your relationship with your family members to see if there are similarities to Isaac and his family’s relationships.
- Spend some time thinking about the importance of the Bible and how Bible reading and Bible study influences thinking and actions.Psalm, chapter 119, the longest chapter in the Bible, discusses the “law of the Lord.” The Bible, the Word of God to each of its readers (2nd timothy, chapter 3, verse s 16-17), was referred to in biblical times as the “law of the Lord.”
MAY GOD BLESS YOUR BIBLE STUDY THIS WEEK!