Month: April 2021

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Obadiah: Jacob And Esau Continued

Sunday 25th April, 2021

Read: Romans 9:1-26 Obadiah

Introduction

1:1 Context
1-9 Edom’s coming defeat: 3 sentences
2-4 completely humbled
5-7 completely pillaged
8-9 completely dismayed
10-14 Edom’s crimes against Judah: 3 pronouncements of guilt
10 violence against Jacob
11 doing nothing!
12-14 doing what should not be done
15-18 Edom as an example of all nations
19-21 The kingdom that consumes all kingdoms
Romans 9 The grace of God

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Back To The Mountain Top, Into The Valley

Sunday 18th April, 2021

Read: Genesis 35-36

Introduction Genesis 1-34. God’s plan, a progress report

35:1-5 Back to Bethel
35:6-15 At last, Jacob keeps his word
35:16-27 Waiting for the city built by God (a)
After the mountain the valley; “in the midst of life we are in death.”
35:16-27 Waiting for the city built by God (a)
After the mountain the valley; “in the midst of life we are in death.”
Genesis 36 Waiting for the city built by God (b)
Waiting amidst opposition and enmity
Conclusion God will complete what he has begun (Heb 11:13, 16, 39-40)

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Living In The (Hostile) Land

Sunday 11th April, 2021

Read: Luke 4:1-13 Genesis 34:1-31

Genesis 1-33 Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and the nations
Genesis 34:1-4 The rape of Dinah
Genesis 34:5-19 Responding to the rape of Dinah
5-7 initial reactions
8-10 Hamor speaks of integration
11-12 Shechem speaks with love and desire
13-17 Jacob’s sons speak deceitfully
18-19 Shechem speaks with action
Genesis 34:20-24 Integration into Shechem and its economic benefits
Genesis 34:25-31 The ‘rape’ of the Shechemites
Genesis 34 in Genesis and the whole Bible

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The Guiltless King Betrayed To Death For The Guilty

Sunday 2nd April, 2021

Read: Isaiah 52:13-53;12 John 18:28-19:16a

Introduction
Read Isaiah 52:13-53;12; John 18:28-19:16a
Context
18:28-32 They delivered/betrayed him to Pilot
18:33-38a The kingdom of the king
18:38b-19:8 Kill the guiltless king, release the guilty!
18:38b-40 the guiltless Jesus and the guilty Barabbas
19:1-3 Jesus’ kingship and the Gentiles
19:9-12 The authority of the king
19:13-16a Pilate delivered/betrayed him to them
Conclusion