An explorer's guide to the New Covenant hosted by Ron Bailey and Robert Wurtz II.
Passing through, going on still… Abraham is on the move. And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. 7 And Jehovah appeared unto Abram,
The Seed – Part 2 For me, Bible study often begins with an ‘idea, or hunch, or revelation’. (Choose whichever you think most appropriate.) I then ‘destruction test’ the idea by thinking through parallel passages or passages which have the
Paul’s authority This is part of the secret of the ministry of Paul to the churches. Certainly he had a ‘royal commission’ but he had something else too; the love of God had been poured out in his heart by
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
What is this that thou hast done? Beware the temptation to take a quick, reasonable, sojourn in Egypt until the difficult times pass. Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: In all thy ways acknowledge
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.
