Tag: Redemption
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God Was Writing Another Story – Genesis 50:20
Genesis 50:20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. This is one of the richest verses in Joseph’s story. Joseph does not deny what his brothers did. He does not paint it over…
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A Great Company Going Up – Genesis 50:7-9
Genesis 50:7-9 And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father’s house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and…
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The Land Bought by Blood – Genesis 49:11-12
Genesis 49:11-12 “Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes: His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.” Now the picture widens again. The Deliverer is no longer seen only…
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The Crossed Hands of Grace – Genesis 48:14-17
Genesis 48:14-17 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me…
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Bought and Given Seed – Genesis 47:23-24
Genesis 47:23-24 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be…
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The Cup Found at the End – Genesis 44:9-12
Genesis 44:9-12 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord’s bondmen. And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless. Then they speedily took down every…
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The Empty Pit and the Gentile Hands – Genesis 37:24-27
Genesis 37:24-27 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh,…
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The Day Adam Died – Genesis 5:4-5
Genesis 5:4, 5 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. That last phrase lands hard. And he died. Three words. That is all. Adam lived what…
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In His Image, In Our Ruin – Genesis 5:3
Genesis 5:3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: Genesis 1 says Adam was made in the likeness of God. Genesis 5 says Seth was born in the likeness of Adam. That is a painful shift. By the…
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Driven Out in Mercy – Genesis 3:22-23
Genesis 3:22-23 And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden,…
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Background to Genesis
The word genesis means beginning. That makes Genesis a fitting title for the first book of the Bible, because its pages take us back to the beginning of everything. Here we read of the beginning of creation, man, sin, family, culture, and industry. In one way or another, Genesis opens the door to nearly every major theme that…
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The Blood on His Robe – Revelation 19:13-14
Revelation 19:13-14 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. John sees Jesus riding forth, and one detail catches the eye immediately: He was clothed with…
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Two Mountains, Two Voices – Revelation 16:17
Revelation 16:17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. When I read this verse, I cannot help but think of two mountains. One is Megiddo. The other is Calvary. Both are places…
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Two Bloods – Revelation 14:19-20
Revelation 14:19-20 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. And the winepress was trodden without the cityAnd blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a…
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The Church Is Already There – Revelation 5:9-10
Revelation 5:9-10“And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; and hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and…
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No One Answered the Cry – Revelation 5:2-4
Revelation 5:2-4“And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.And I wept much, because no man was found worthy…
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The Deed in His Hand – Revelation 5:1
Revelation 5:1“And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.” In the first three chapters of Revelation, John is setting the stage. He is writing to real churches, real people, real believers who were living under real pressure.…
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The Faithful Witness – Revelation 1:4-5
Revelation 1:4-5 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead,…
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Which Tree Will You Choose? – 1 Peter 3:18
1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit. Peter says Christ suffered once for sins, the Just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God. That…
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Bought by Blood – 1 Peter 1:18-20
1 Peter 1:18-20 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was…
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The Better Mountain – Hebrews 12:22–24
Hebrews 12:22–24 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made…
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Grace Knows How to Find the Unlikely – Hebrews 11:31
Hebrews 11:31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace. The verse almost makes you stop and look twice. Right here in the great roll call of faith, alongside names like Moses and Joshua, stands Rahab. And Scripture does not hide what she…
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The House Marked by Blood – Hebrews 11:28
Hebrews 11:28 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them. Imagine that night in Egypt. A father has his family inside. The meal is prepared. The air feels heavy. Outside, judgment is coming. No one in that house is saying, “We’ll probably be…
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A Cleansed Conscience — Hebrews 9:13–14
Hebrews 9:13–14 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living…
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Inspect the Lamb — Hebrews 9:11–12
Hebrews 9:11–12 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained…
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The Place of Meeting — Hebrews 9:1–2
Hebrews 9:1–2 Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary. For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary. When God instructed Moses to build the tabernacle, He was establishing something remarkable: a meeting place between…
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Hebrews 1:2 — The Son Who Inherits Everything
Hebrews 1:2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; After telling us that God has spoken through His Son, the writer of Hebrews adds another breathtaking truth. The Father has appointed the Son heir of all things.…
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From Servant to Brother — Philemon 1:15–16
Philemon 1:15–16 For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord? Paul now invites Philemon to look at the situation from…
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Profitable at Last — Philemon 1:11–14
Philemon 1:11–14 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me.Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel.But without thy…
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The Price He Paid — 1 Timothy 2:6
1 Timothy 2:6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. Paul keeps tightening the focus. There is one God.One Mediator.And now he tells us what that Mediator did. He gave Himself. No one forced Him. No one cornered Him. No one negotiated the price down. He gave Himself. A…
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Sincerely Wrong, Wonderfully Saved — 1 Timothy 1:12–14
1 Timothy 1:12–14 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith…
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Receive Him – Colossians 4:10
Colossians 4:10 Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister’s son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;) There is a story behind that simple instruction. Receive him. That “him” is John Mark. If you read the account in Acts, you know he once walked away. On the…
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Faithful and Beloved – Colossians 4:7–9
Colossians 4:7 All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord. Three titles. Beloved brother.Faithful minister.Fellowservant. No spotlight.No platform.No recorded sermon. Yet Paul trusts him with his heart and his message. Tychicus carried letters that would shape the Church for centuries. He…
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The Ransom You Could Never Pay – Ephesians 1:7-9
God did not just buy you out of slavery and leave you confused. He brought you into the house and explained the plan. He revealed His will. He showed you the meaning of history. He let you in on what angels once wondered about.
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I Know My Redeemer Lives
“For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.”