Joseph Sold into Egypt: Picture of Christ

Genesis 25-46 Let’s turn back again to Genesis 28 We will pick up where we left off in our last lesson. We were studying about the Almighty (El Shaddai) and how He is going to make Jacob fruitful. Now I must point out that Jacob is still an unbeliever. He is the perfect picture of the Nation …

Resist him (Satan).

Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings. - 1 Peter 5:8-9 Satan is no play or pretend thing. He and …

I stand at the door and knock

These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God's creation. ... "Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me." - Revelation 3:14, 20 It has always …

Call to Me and I will answer you.

This is what the Lord says, He who made the earth, the Lord who formed it and established it - the Lord is his name: Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know. - Jeremiah 33:2-3 In a universe of billions of stars, think …

… the glory that will be revealed in us.

I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. - Romans 8:18 Paul knew hardship: take a look at the list of just some of the difficult challenges he had to face in 2 Corinthians 11:22-33. His "present sufferings" make most of our difficulties seem …

but the LORD upholds the righteous

Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked; for the power of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous. —Psalm 37:16-17 What is your most important capital; your money or your character? I can assure you, this question will be asked of you a myriad of …