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Close‘The best thing since sliced bread’ is a phrase we use often. Now, we cannot deny the significance of ‘sliced bread’, but how often do we stop and ponder this truth: the coming of Jesus Christ has changed our lives in a way greater than ‘sliced bread’. ‘Sliced bread’ changed bread-making, nutrition, machinery and appliance development – but Jesus Christ saves lives, gives life, and shapes life in a way that stretches beyond the grave! WonderWhite cannot do that!
Scripture References: Titus 2:11-15, Exodus 13:1-16, Colossians 1:9-23
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What good can come out of this?Bernard Gabbott - Sunday, 7 August 2022Genesis 29:31-35, Genesis 30:1-24 |
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Some things change, some things stay the sameBernard Gabbott - Sunday, 24 July 2022Genesis 27:41-46, Genesis 28:1-22 |
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God's Love for UsBernard Gabbott - Sunday, 26 June 20221 John 4:7-21 |
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Christ and ConscienceBernard Gabbott - Sunday, 19 June 2022Colossians 3:1-11 |
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Christ and CashBernard Gabbott - Sunday, 12 June 2022Matthew 6:19-34 |
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Real ResurrectionBernard Gabbott - Sunday, 22 May 20221 Corinthians 15:1-28 |
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Christ and CrownBernard Gabbott - Sunday, 1 May 2022Romans 13:1-7 |
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Facts... and alternative factsBernard Gabbott - Sunday, 17 April 2022Matthew 27:57-66, Matthew 28:1-20 |
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Whispers, rumours, edifices... don't be deceived!Bernard Gabbott - Sunday, 10 April 2022Matthew 24:1-51 |
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Where do you fit?Bernard Gabbott - Sunday, 3 April 2022Matthew 22:34-46 |
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What a dysfunctional family! What a mess that human sin has left! What good can come out of such a mess? Now, as we read this section, please remember Genesis 28:15 - God is with Jacob until His promises are fulfilled. And one of those promises is that Jacob will have offspring as numerous as ‘the dust of the earth’ (28:14). One of those promises is that through Jacob’s kids, God will bless the world. SO, as we watch the LORD see, and intervene for, the unloved (both Leah and Rachel), we see the good that comes out of the disciplining disappointment of the Father with His people: a brood of twelve boys, and one girl, who will grow to be the twelve tribes of God’s mob!
It’s often easy to see God working in the good times in our lives. But, where is God when things get hard? In Genesis 29 Jacob is forced to face the consequences of his sin and faces some challenging times. But this does not mean that God has left him. In fact, it is these very challenges that God will use to shape Jacob into the father of the Israelites. God did not abandon Jacob in his suffering—God will not abandon us in our suffering. But in His grace, He uses it to shape us to be the people He wants us to be.
Some things change, some things stay the same – and isn’t that the truth reaffirmed in this COVID-climate! It is a truth reiterated continually throughout Genesis – although I wonder whether the first part actually happens. It seems that things stay the same! Isaac and Rebekah have had twins – Esau (the older, hairier, red, outdoors-type) and Jacob (the younger, less hairy, indoors-type). The LORD has stated that the younger will rule the older, establishing again the reality of grace as He commits to dealing with the broken state of the world. The hope of the world lies in the grace of the LORD – and nowhere else…
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