Posts with the tag “genesis”

It is impossible to get through life without being opposed and disliked by some people. It is especially difficult to take when it seems that there is no just cause behind it. But even when others oppose us, God is working. "And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life." -Genesis 45:4-5  Read More

In the midst of a difficult experience and when everything looks bleak, we must not give way to fear or lose hope. And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me." - Genesis 42:36  Read More

We usually associate prosperity with financial wealth, but that is certainly not the kind. "And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand." - Genesis 39:2-3  Read More

In human governments and across all societies, there is no agreement on who has the final say in what constitutes right and wrong.  But there is a just Judge who does have the power and the authority to decide and execute perfect justice. "That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?" -Genesis 18:25  Read More

By faith, we believe that God created everything by His powerful Word. And since He is self-existent and eternal, He certainly existed before the beginning of time and creation. "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." - Genesis 1:1  Read More