Devotional

Melchizedek, revealer of God Last week we began to think about Abraham’s encounter with the priest Melchizedek and we began to ask our questions. Who was this man and why did his meeting with Abraham have such a profound effect

From grace to grace Just a final catch-up as regards Abraham and justification by faith, and then we will move on to later steps in his pilgrimage. Let’s restate the key verse: And he believed in Jehovah; and he reckoned

The Heir In our previous thoughts we concentrated on the type of Father and Son in the account of Abraham and Isaac. In this devotional, I want to consider the picture of Christ we find here under the type of

The Lord hath need… We are meditating on Abraham’s meeting with Melchizedek and have tried to identify some key elements of this encounter. We have seen authentic ‘communion’ with God, a genuine priest’s power to bless in the name of

Particular responsibility and a look at the accounts This week’s devotional is a little more ‘technical’ and a little longer. We are going to see how Paul expounds Abraham’s experience. Please don’t be discouraged by that; these are vital truths

Wait I say on the Lord Our previous devotional found Abraham ‘waiting upon’ his visitors. His waiting upon God was not ‘in order that’… There was no secret ambition in his service; it was simply the instinct of his life.

Beware the Midianites In our last devotional, we began to explore some of the implications of the ritual of circumcision and the continuing truths that are implied in the typology. Let’s recap briefly. Circumcision is a picture of ‘no confidence