Gen 49:22. And he said, Take now thy son, But, Lord, I have two sons, Ishmael and Isaac., But, Lord, both Ishmael and Isaac are my sons, and each of them is the only son of his mother., See how definitely God points out to Abraham the son who is to be the means of the great trial of his fathers faith: Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou loves,-. the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD: and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. Gen 8:3-5. Gen 32:4-5. For a hundred and twenty years he pursued his theme, three times as long as most men are ever able to preach, and now at last Gods time of long-suffering is over, and he proves the truthfulness of the testimony of his servant by sending the flood that Noah had foretold. Gen 1:14-19. Genesis 6 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints A strong emphasis in Spurgeon's preaching was God's grace and sovereignty over man's helpless state. Of the birds after their kind, of animals after their kind, and of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive. I think that I have said to you before that this sparing of Zoar is an instance of the cumulative power of prayer. The same effect is often produced on us; when the flood of affliction is deep, then we begin to rise. He mentions the adversaries to show how great would be the victories of the race that should come and dispossess them. And God called the firmament Heaven. Gen 3:7. It was not Christ alone who willingly died, or the Father alone who gave his Son, but they went both of them together, even as Abraham and Isaac did here. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden, thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him, and so proved that he was righteous before God. A prince of God.. Every bird of every sort, that is, every kind of bird; they are all mentioned over again. The Lord knoweth them that are his, and they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up or, shut up my jewels, as he was about to do in the case. SpurgeonAt The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington.On Thursday Evening, September 16th, 1876 Until the waters were dried up from of the earth. Gen 33:1-2. First, let us read the story of Jacob in the Book of Genesis, the thirty-second chapter, at the twenty-second verse: , He had made a quiet oratory for himself by sending everyone else of the company over to the other side of the brook; his own resolve being , When the wrestling Man, the Angel of the covenant, saw , When we come nearest to God, we must have a deep sense of our own personal weakness; it must never be supposed, if our suit prevails with heaven, that there is anything in us, or anything in our prayers, to account for our prevalence. Still, I think that Noah must have been very pleased when he felt the ark grating at last on the mountains of Ararat. How that Spirit of God comes there, we know not, we cannot tell how he acts, even as we cannot tell how the wind bloweth where it listeth, but until the Spirit of God moves upon the soul nothing is done towards its new creation in Christ Jesus. The fig leaves were to hide their nakedness, and now the trees themselves were to hide them from God. You know how sorely Joseph was persecuted by his brethren, yet how the Lord was with him in all his troubles. And it is a burnt offering, not only a sin-offering but an offering of a sweet savour unto himself. And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto His servants, Pass over before me, and put a apace betwixt drove and drove. Then pray to God to make it into a blessing. On his belly does he go, and still is dust his meat. And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way. The Lord will preserve his own. Many people think they have done a great deal when they have really done nothing. He felt that nothing he could do would be effectual without Gods blessing. He lets the scaffold stand until the building is finished; then, it will come down fast enough. This was a sure sign that Joseph knew his brethren, and they might well recognize him even by that precept, for their consciences must have told them that it had been their common habit to fall out either with or without occasion, so he bids them not to do so. Some creature had to die in order to provide them with garments, and you know who it is that died in order that we might be robed in his spotless righteousness. Chapter 37:2-50:26 Joseph, type of the rejected and glorified Christ, a. ii. Christ the Conqueror of Satan All they had gained by their sin was a discovery of their nakedness. Gen 14:24. Not Yet a Member? Gen 45:7. Am I my brothers keeper? Genesis iv. It was the man Christ Jesus putting on the form of manhood before the time when he would actually be incarnate, and the wrestling seems to have been more on his side than on Jacobs, for it is not said that Jacob wrestled, but that there wrestled a man with him. There was something that needed to be taken out of Jacob, his strength and his craftiness; and this angel came to get it out of him. And God opened her eyes. Genesis xxi. This seems hardly a blessing yet it was true of Issachar. There are some proud people who, when they know that they have done wrong, yet will not own it, and it is very hard to end a quarrel when one will not yield, and the other feels that he will not either. TO BETHEL. And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons wives with him: every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark. A certain structure of Genesis can be seen in the fact that eleven times the Hebrew word "toledoth" (generations, histories) is mentioned as conclusion - or introduction - of a report. Chapter 10:1: These are the generations of the sons of Noah, 5. Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more. a. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations: This description of Noah unique to him not only refers to the righteous life of Noah, but also to the fact he was yet uncorrupted by Satans attempt to sow something like a virus among the genetic pool of mankind. Yet, alas! That holy awe, that sacred reverence of God is the very essence of our acceptance with him. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him. This is a very different thing from slavish fear; it is a right sort of fear, the kind of fear that love does not cast out, but which love lives with in happy fellowship. And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, , What a wonderful expression that is! And get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. Gen 49:20. The passage is the conclusion of the tol e doth section that begin in 5:1. No good comes of prying into unrevealed truth. Spurgeon, Charles Haddon: Genesis 6:3: A Family Sermon: Spurgeon, Charles Haddon: Genesis 7:1-3: The Ark Open for All: Spurgeon, Charles Haddon: Genesis 7:5: Shut In, or Shut Out: Spurgeon, Charles Haddon: Genesis 7:16: The Dove's Return to the Ark: Spurgeon, Charles Haddon: Genesis 8:9-12: The Best of the Best: Charles Haddon Spurgeon . the Holy Spirit does not write for the credit of man: he writes for the glory of Gods grace. Thus Noah did: When given this staggering job to do, Noah did it. We must not go where vain curiosity would lead us, else will he have to say to us, as he did to Jacob, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name?. And, brethren, this is the true rule in the Church of God. My God will send his angel. Oh! And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; Notice that the Lord did not say to Noah, Go into the ark, but Come, plainly implying that God was himself in the ark, waiting to receive Noah and his family into the big ship that was to be their place of refuge while all the other people on the face of the earth were drowned. The distinctive word of the gospel is a drawing word: Come. Jesus says, Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest; and he will say to his people at the last, Come, ye blessed of my Father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Depart is the word of justice and judgment, but Come is the word of mercy and grace. Genesis 6:3 - Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary - StudyLight.org Gen 24:7. They had a right to it. And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. Gen 45:2-3. O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words. So it is not strange that this is mentioned as an heroic act of faith. (Poole), 2018 David Guzik No distribution beyond personal use without permission. He knew that God had called him and his kindred to inherit the land of Canaan, and, therefore, he was not willing that they should go back to their former dwelling-places. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. Instead of wiping out the entire race, God preserved a remnant. The mention of seven days, and the resting in between seems to look like it. Hosea Spurgeon's Exposition Genesis Genesis 1 Gen 1:1. When the land was divided by lot, the lot was disposed by God to the complete fulfillment of Jacobs prophecy. How much of evil begins with questioning! What Were the Nephilim? #13 + Charles Spurgeon on, "Giants On the Earth And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place. Song of Solomon It is an ill sign with men when they cannot be brought frankly to acknowledge their wrong-doing. It will come to an end; therefore wait, and be patient, and do not want to know the time of your deliverance. And a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. I have heard some say that it was a pity Abraham did not go on pleading with God; but I would not dare to say so. He is as great in the little as he is in the great. And said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. So they went both of them together. Twice we are told this, for this incident is a type of the Father going with the Son and the Son going with the Father up to the great sacrifice on Calvary. Oh, that the day might soon come when there would be more of clean men and women than of unclean, when there would be fewer sinners than godly people in the world, though even then there would be the ungodly by two like the unclean beasts. Bible Study Tools Language Tools Study Library And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; Noahs faith was pleasing to God. God did not bless them for themselves alone, but for all nations: In thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.. Gen 18:26-30. And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token for a covenant between me and the earth. And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. It has been judged by some that Jacob, in sending such a message to Esau, acted unworthily and unbelievingly; but I think we are not called upon to censure the servants of God in points wherein they are not condemned in Scripture. Gen 22:19. 1 John Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. 1 2 3 7 8 9 12 14 15 18 19 22 24 27 32 33 45 49 Continues after advertising Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers 2 Kings So, after God has given men light, and blessed them in various ways, their spiritual life begins to develop to the glory of God. Study Guide for Genesis 6 by David Guzik - Blue Letter Bible 1. 2 John There was always a trial for Abrahams faith, but even his trials were blessed, for God blessed Abraham in all things.. Ecclesiastes Moses lived around 1500-1400 BC. And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last day. Jude i. Peter, in 2 Peter 3:1-7, relates the future judgment to the judgment of the flood saying, unbelievers willfully forget the world that then existed perished being flooded with water. Gen 3:19. a. Gen 7:7-8. Chapter 6 begins with the context that accentuates his faithfulness. Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. He was guilty of unkindness to his wife and of blasphemy against his maker, in seeking to escape from confessing the sin which he had committed. There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and female, as God had commanded Noah. We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. And Jacob was left alone; This was a very anxious time for him, the heaviest trial of his life seemed impending. Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. They are all here, Jacob. And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. Down headlong from their native skies The rebel angels fell, And thunderbolts of flaming wrath Pursued them deep to hell.. He should seek counsel of God, and observe that he did so. And any more for mans sake, for the imagination of mans heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. And laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth. In the early part of this century, a Russian aviator named Vladimire Rokovitsky claimed the discovery of Noahs ark. Those who read the Scriptures with a view simply to find out novelties that may tickle their fancy, read in vain. Sermon Bible Commentary. The servant was very careful. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. And the evening and the morning were the third day. Now was his faith tried indeed, he had no child, he was himself old, and his wife also was old, yet the Lords promise was, So shall thy seed be as the stars of heaven. And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it. Our Lord overcame his enemies even in the thicket of this world; and all power is given unto him now that he has gone up again into his glory. Gen 49:19. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. You may have what you will if you can speak thus to the covenant angel, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.. When did the dominion depart from Judah till the Lord Jesus came as the Seat One? Genesis 6 He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. The highly developed hieroglyphic writing existed already in Egypt, as its origins can be traced back to 3000 BC.The Sumerian pictograms and the Assyrian-Babylonian cuneiform also date back that far. He seems to have had some sort of mistiness of soul about this time which was far worse, and so he desired to give the blessing to Esau, whom God had determined should never have it. It was well for Jacob to be reminded of that fact, for he was about to pass into another trouble. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. He believed that though he might be compelled to say his son, God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. Abraham bade the young men stay where they were, they must not see all that he was to do before the Lord. ( Genesis 6:5-8) The great wickedness of man in Noah's day. Gen 15:14-17. As soon as ever the earth appeared, then came the herb, and the tree, and the grass. And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. May the divisions of the Church be soon healed by a general gathering unto Christ, who alone is the center of the Church. Genesis 22:1 It is by trial that the character of a Christian is formed. Gen 24:1. Gen 22:4. Oh, that question! It was necessary that they should be , FAMILY REFORMATION; OR, JACOBS SECOND VISIT What we do ourselves, we do not always expect others to do. The Jews superstitiously believe that we have lost the sound of the name of Jehovah, that the name is unpronounceable now altogether. But God is not dependent upon his own creation. THE chapter from which the text is taken bristles with points. We cannot blame him, under the circumstances, yet how much grander is the quiet, noble demeanour of Abraham, who trusts in God, and leaves matters more in his hands! We will now turn to another passage where we shall have another instance of a difficult case, where another person put his case before the Lord, and sought guidance and found it. But, dear friends, angels often come to meet us, though we know it not. Acts On the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. And the fourth river is Euphrates. Gen 22:11. Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: The patriarch fixes his eyes on his firstborn; he must say something sharp that would dishonour him, but he does not deny him the rights of birthright. And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. God always speaks comfortable words to those who bring an acceptable sacrifice. And ye sons of Jacob, learn to say the same. The dove had plucked off an olive leaf. Perhaps you have seen a picture of the dove carrying an olive branch in its mouth, which, in the first place, a dove could not pluck out of the tree, and in the second place, a dove could not carry an olive branch even if she could pluck it off. There are some purblind people who only believe one or other of these two truths; yet they are both true, and the one is as true as the other. His most fruitful years of ministry were at the New Park Street and later the Metropolitan Tabernacle pulpit in London.