genesis-23:1-4

Now the LORD visited Sarah as he had said (Gen 21:1), I like this. and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken (Gen 21:1). I like that, "as He had said, and as He had spoken." I've got that underlined that just sort of hit me. "The Lord visited Sarah as he had said." The Lord keeps His word. The Lo... consulte Mais informação

O friends! have an esteem of truth and God's glory! Keep down all inordinate affections [Col 3:5], and have an esteem of truth above your lusts and earthly things, worldly riches, and goods, and mind the example of the old world, when the sons of God saw, the daughters of men were fair, they took un... consulte Mais informação

Friends' fellowship must be in the spirit [Phil 2:1], and all Friends must know one another in the spirit and power of God. And in all the meetings of the county, two or three may be appointed from them, to go to the Quarterly Meetings, for to give notice one to another, if there be any that walk no... consulte Mais informação

"What is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." (2 Corinthians 4:18) A subject stands out on the face of this text which is one of the most solemn and heart searching in the Bible. That subject is eternity. The subject is one of which the wisest man can only take in a little at a time. W... consulte Mais informação

Reading: Gen. 3:1-7; 22-24; Romans 8:1-2. The longer one lives and the more one thinks about things, the surer one becomes that the supreme issue which governs everything between God and man is that of life. Our Scripture says here that life is a law, and it further says that that life is in the han... consulte Mais informação

Reading: Matthew 16:13-15. 'Who do you say that I am?' The answer that each one of us is able to give to that question will reveal the measure of our own spiritual life. Let me say, however, at the outset that, although our Lord was undoubtedly seeking the answer that Peter gave Him - a testimony to... consulte Mais informação

We easily perceive different measures of attainment, both in knowledge and grace, in the churches of old. The elevation, for instance, of that at Ephesus was much above that at Corinth. At Corinth the apostle had to occupy himself with the corruption of various errors and abuses, and was thus hinder... consulte Mais informação

Abraham, My Friend The Making of a Praying Man_55 Beersheba, and the Everlasting God It’s time for us to rejoin the story line. Isaac is a toddler, and Ishmael is being removed from the scene. The events of the latter part of Genesis 21 all centre around Beersheba. Beersheba became the symbolic edge... consulte Mais informação

There is a great need in the body of Christ for consistent reading of the Holy Scriptures in their entirety, book by book, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. In this case we are encouraging a chronological reading of the Scriptures. Most of the confusion is created when certain teachers, groups, or... consulte Mais informação

"Give me a possession of a burying-place with you; that I may bury my dead out of my sight." -- Genesis 23:4. "And Abraham buried Sarah, his wife, in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre." -- Genesis 23:19. When Abraham came down the slopes of Mount Moriah, hand in hand with Isaac, fifty... consulte Mais informação