“The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him; but his
bow abode in strength; and the arms of his hands were made strong by the
hands of the mighty God of Jacob; from thence is the shepherd, the stone of
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“Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel.”—Genesis 49:4.
Perfect Stability has ceased from the world since the day when Adam fell. He was stable enough when in the garden he was obedient to his Master’s will, but when he ate of the forbidden fruit he did not only slide himself, but he shook the standing places [...]
“And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.”—Genesis 45:28.
I think that the patriarch Jacob may well serve as the type and emblem of a doubting soul, one who has been told the good news of salvation, the gospel of God’s grace, but [...]
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“And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were trembled at his presence. And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye [...]
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“Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. And Joseph said [...]
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“Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons,Why do ye look one upon another? And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.”—Genesis 42:1, 2.
God in his [...]
“I do remember my faults this day.”-Genesis 41:9.
No single power or faculty of man escaped damage at the fall: while the affections were polluted, the will was made perverse, the judgment was shifted from its proper balance, and the memory lost much of its power and more of its integrity. Every observing mind will have [...]
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Subject: ’Tis our duty not only to avoid those things that are themselves sinful, but also, as far as may be, those things that lead and expose to sin.
We have here, and in the context, an account of that remarkable behavior of Joseph in the house of Potiphar, which was the occasion both of [...]
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“And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord in this place; and I knew it not.”—Genesis 28:16.
Through his own foolish wisdom Jacob had been compelled to leave his father’s house. Perhaps we are scarcely able to judge of the sorrowful feelings which this banishment would beget in his soul. Here [...]
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“Thou art now the blessed of the Lord.”–Genesis 26:29.
These words truly describe the position of many whom I address at this time.
There are hundreds here upon whom my eye can rest, and to any one of whom
I might point with this finger, or rather, to whom I might extend this
hand, to give a hearty [...]
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“And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the
woman will not be willing to follow me unto this
land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the
land from whence thou camest? And Abraham said
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Genesis 22:12 – “And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him, for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy Son, thine only Son from me.”
The great Apostle Paul, in one of his epistles, informs us, that “whatsoever was written aforetime [...]
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“And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water” (Genesis 21:19).
“And their eyes were opened, and they knew him” (Luke 24:31).
The fall of man was most disastrous in its results to our entire being. “In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die,” was no idle threat; for Adam did [...]
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“She went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot; for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.”—Genesis 21:16.
Briefly let us rehearse the circumstances. The child Isaac was, according to [...]
“Is it not a little one?”–Genesis 19:20.
These words we shall take for a motto, rather than a text in the ordinary
acceptation of that term. I shall not this morning attempt to explain the
connection. It was the utterance of Lot, when he pleaded for the
salvation of Zoar; but I shall take it altogether away from [...]
“Escape for thy life.”—Genesis 19:17.
“Thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life.”—Genesis 19:19.
Here is the alarm of mercy declaring the sinner’s duty—”Escape for thy life.” Here is the work of grace, and the gratitude of the sinner after he is saved. “Thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou [...]
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Who is this man that lingered?—Lot, the nephew of faithful Abraham. And when did he linger?—The very morning Sodom was to be destroyed. And where did he linger?—Within the walls of Sodom itself. And before whom did he linger?—Under the eyes of the two angels, who were sent to bring him out of the city.
Reader, [...]
“And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the
Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am
the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou
perfect. And I will make my covenant [...]
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“Thou God seest me.”—Genesis 16:13.
There are more eyes fixed on man than he wots of: he sees not as he is seen. He thinks himself obscure and unobserved, but let him remember that a cloud on witnesses hold him in full survey. Wherever he is, at every instant, there are beings whose attention is riveted [...]
“And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for
righteousness.”–Genesis 15:6.
You will remember that last Lord’s-day morning we spoke upon the
calling of Abram, and the faith by which [...]
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