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  • A summary of our sinfulness

    Psalm 78:36-38 (ESV)
    But they flattered him with their mouths; they lied to him with their tongues.

    Created about 1 month ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created 500 Highlights

    2012-04-12

  • prophecy of Christ

    Numbers 24:17 (ESV)
    I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near: a star shall come out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel; it shall crush the forehead of Moab and break down all the sons of Sheth.

    Created 3 months ago

  • God's salvation is consistent

    In Exodus, God freed Israel from slavery, defeated their oppressors, called Israel to himself, and eventually delivered them to the promised land, all the while providing for their needs and ensuring…

    Created 4 months ago

    Exodus 19:4 (ESV), Exodus 19:5 (ESV), Exodus 19:6 (ESV)

  • Untitled Note

    if you take time for God, he will make sure you can use the rest of your time to meet your needs. God promised to feed the Hebrews if they observed the Sabbath. In the same way, if we give him our time,…

    Created 4 months ago

    Exodus 16:29 (ESV)

  • the Lord will fight for you

    Exodus 14:13-14 (ESV)
    And Moses said to the people, "Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again.

    Created 4 months ago

  • Jacob and Esau's wives

    It makes sense that Esau would take a wife from Ishmael's clan. It had already been foretold that Isaac's people would be at odds with Ishmael's. And of course, Esau is supposed to be subordinate to Jacob,…

    Created 4 months ago

    Genesis 28:8 (ESV), Genesis 28:9 (ESV)

  • Tithing

    notice Jacob is offering a tithe before the law commands it. Abraham did the same. Tithing is not a dead OT practice. It is not nullified by grace. It existed before the law not as a command, but as a…

    Created 4 months ago

    Genesis 28:22 (ESV)

  • Repeating History

    Did Isaac learn nothing from his father? Why do they both think lying about their wives is a good thing? Abraham lies to pharaoh in chapter 12, and here Isaac lies to Abimelech.

    Created 4 months ago

    Genesis 26:7 (ESV), Genesis 26:8 (ESV), Genesis 26:9 (ESV)

  • Going East

    Again, heading east is a symbol of moving away from God. All of Abraham's children moved east away from Isaac's family. Ishmael and his children moved east too. Only the son whomever God had chosen to…

    Created 4 months ago

    Genesis 25:6 (ESV), Genesis 25:18 (ESV)

  • laughing in God's face

    Here we have Sarah, who is literally talking to God, and she laughs in his face. How often to we do this as believers? God promises us outrageous things on a daily basis--his forgiveness, his grace, his…

    Created 5 months ago

    Genesis 18:11 (ESV), Genesis 18:12 (ESV), Genesis 18:13 (ESV), Genesis 18:14 (ESV), Genesis 18:15 (ESV)

  • going east

    Nearly every time someone goes east in the OT, they are leaving Gods presence and his will. Adam and Eve went east when they were shut out of Eden. Here Lot goes east because he is greedy and wants he…

    Created 5 months ago

    Genesis 13:11 (ESV)

  • God's perfect justice and grace in Job

    Job 34:1 (ESV)
    Then Elihu answered and said:

    Created 5 months ago

    Labels: grace justice ot grace

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2012-01-08

  • No one is good

    Though the accusation here does not really apply to Job (because he was righteous), it does apply to the rest of us. We come to God thinking that we are good enough and that we can make it on our own.…

    Created 5 months ago

    Job 11:4 (ESV), Job 11:5 (ESV), Job 11:6 (ESV)

  • Job 9:27-33

    Job 9:27-33 (ESV)
    If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and be of good cheer,'

    Created 5 months ago

  • Noah's sin

    Genesis 9:20-24 (ESV)
    Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard.

    Created 5 months ago

  • more food for us!

    In the first few chapters of Genesis, God only gives the fruit of the ground as food for humans. But here he expands it, saying that everything that moves on the ground is now good for food.

    Created 5 months ago

    Genesis 9:3 (ESV)

  • No more cursing the ground

    It sounds to me like God decides not to curse the ground again because the ground isn't the root of the problem. Adam and Eve didn't eat the forbidden fruit because God had made it delicious or because…

    Created 5 months ago

    Genesis 8:21 (ESV)

  • Genesis 3 curse

    remember that the curse after Adam and Eve sinned was on the ground, not on the people, which is why the people and animals of the ground were killed. presumably, marine life was not under the curse and…

    Created 5 months ago

    Genesis 7:23 (ESV)

  • Grace preceeds righteousness

    Noah was a righteous man because he had found favor with God. He didn't find favor because he was righteous. Verses 5,6,7,11, and 12 discuss how all of man was evil and how God was disgusted with His…

    Created 5 months ago

    Genesis 6:9 (ESV)

  • OT Grace

    yet another example of Grace in the OT. God favored Noah, even though He regretted creating all of mankind (which would presumably include Noah). But God picked Noah to save. The Bible gives no reason…

    Created 5 months ago

    Genesis 6:7 (ESV), Genesis 6:8 (ESV)

  • traveling east

    Notice that when people stray from God's will in the Old Testament, they go east. Adam and Eve were sent East of Eden. Cain went east to Nod. I think Lot traveled west to leave evil Sodom. Abraham went…

    Created 5 months ago

    Genesis 4:16 (ESV)

  • Curses

    Notice that God curses Satan, but not Adam and Eve. God curses the ground and makes life difficult for man, but thy are not cursed. Remember, Jesus became a curse on our behalf by "hanging on a tree".…

    Created 5 months ago

    Genesis 3:14 (ESV), Genesis 3:15 (ESV), Genesis 3:16 (ESV), Genesis 3:17 (ESV), Genesis 3:18 (ESV), Genesis 3:19 (ESV)

  • Untitled Note

    direct lies from Satan. If your heart or mind tells you to do something directly contrary to God's word, its a lie from Satan.

    Created 5 months ago

    Genesis 3:4 (ESV), Genesis 3:5 (ESV)

  • adding commands

    Eve puts more restrictions on herself than God did. God said don't rat it, but Eve adds don't touch. was this to keep herself from getting close to temptation, or was it human nature--trying to put words…

    Created 5 months ago

    Genesis 3:3 (ESV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 100 Highlights

    2011-12-18

  • Psalm 25:15

    Psalm 25:15 (ESV)
    My eyes are ever toward the Lord, for he will pluck my feet out of the net.

    Created 7 months ago

    Labels: focus on god

  • focus on God

    Psalm 25:15 (ESV)
    My eyes are ever toward the Lord, for he will pluck my feet out of the net.

    Created 7 months ago

  • Psalm 25:15

    Psalm 25:15 (ESV)
    My eyes are ever toward the Lord, for he will pluck my feet out of the net.

    Created 8 months ago

  • 2 Peter 1:3-4

    2 Peter 1:3-4 (ESV)
    His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence,

    Created 9 months ago

  • 1 Peter 5:7

    1 Peter 5:7 (ESV)
    casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

    Created 9 months ago

  • Psalm 46:2

    Psalm 46:2 (ESV)
    Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,

    Created 10 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-07-22

  • Untitled Note

    God exalted his Son so that the whole world would give glory to the Father. Everything God does is for his own glory.

    Created 11 months ago

    Philippians 2:10 (ESV)

  • Wisdom present at creation

    Proverbs 8:30 (ESV)
    then I was beside him, like a master workman, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always,

    Created 11 months ago

  • Proverbs 3:27

    Proverbs 3:27 (ESV)
    Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it.

    Created 11 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights

    2011-06-27

  • 1 cor 6:12

    1 Corinthians 6:12-14 (ESV)
    "All things are lawful for me," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be enslaved by anything.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • John 12:44

    John 12:44 (ESV)
    And Jesus cried out and said, "Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • John 12:45

    John 12:45 (ESV)
    And whoever sees me sees him who sent me.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • John 12:46

    John 12:46 (ESV)
    I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • John 12:47

    John 12:47 (ESV)
    If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • John 12:48

    John 12:48 (ESV)
    The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference

    2011-05-22

  • Isaiah 58:2

    Isaiah 58:2 (ESV)
    Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the judgment of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Isaiah 58:3

    Isaiah 58:3 (ESV)
    'Why have we fasted, and you see it not? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?' Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and oppress all your workers.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Isaiah 58:7

    Isaiah 58:7 (ESV)
    Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Isaiah 58:11

    Isaiah 58:11 (ESV)
    And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Isaiah 58:12

    Isaiah 58:12 (ESV)
    And your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; you shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to dwell in.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Earned a Badge — Created 100 Bookmarks

    2011-01-14

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2011-01-04

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2011-01-04