Sermons and Biblical Studies

Pastoral Hospitalities—Genesis 18 There is, perhaps, no chapter of Genesis which brings so vividly before us the actual circumstances of patriarchal life, as the eighteenth. One might muse over it for hours with untiring interest, and volumes might be written upon the text which it offers. The aged patriarch is sitting in his tent door … Continue reading ““061. PASTORAL HOSPITALITIES—GENESIS 18””

Hagar—Genesis 16 It is worthy of note, that Abraham’s wife had female slaves of her own, or at least one such, over whom the master had little if any power. This is still the case in the East, with respect to all such slaves as by gift, or purchase, or dower, are the actual property … Continue reading ““060. HAGAR—GENESIS 16””

The Faith of Abraham—Gen_15:6 “He believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness.” It is very important for us to understand rightly what was the nature of that faith in Abraham which God “counted to him for righteousness.” That faith does not belong to things that have passed away. Abraham exercised … Continue reading ““059. THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM—GENESIS 15:6””

Genesis 15-20 : Eighth Week Autor: JOHN KITTO

Slaves In the history of Abraham, the existence of slavery, that is, the absolute right of property which one man holds over another, meets us at every turn; and, subsequently, throughout the Scripture, it frequently comes under our notice as a large and important fact in the history and condition of nations. As in the … Continue reading ““057. SLAVES””

The Covenant—Genesis 15 Abraham is rich; Abraham is prosperous; Abraham is victorious; Abraham is great; Abraham has won an illustrious name, and has entitled himself to a nation’s admiration and gratitude. But as we know that in the life of man—that in our own life—the moments of our highest exaltation are often followed by those … Continue reading ““056. THE COVENANT—GENESIS 15””

Kings and Kingdoms—Melchizedek—Genesis 14 Several kings of Canaan are mentioned in the fourteenth chapter of Genesis. We must not allow ourselves to entertain any large ideas of their power and greatness. In the area of the present Dead Sea alone, which if not even then, as some suppose, occupied by a lake, did not exceed … Continue reading ““055. KINGS AND KINGDOMS—MELCHIZEDEK—GENESIS 14””

The First War—Genesis 14 The fourteenth chapter of Genesis is of deep interest to the student of ancient usages. It contains a brief and rapid, but suggestive history, not indeed of the first war, but of the first was of which any record has been transmitted to us. The history itself implies the existence of … Continue reading ““054. THE FIRST WAR—GENESIS 14””

The Tent—Gen_13:3 It is an interesting fact, which we had occasion to notice before the deluge—that the house was earlier than the tent, and the settled than the migratory condition of life. No sooner, however, did man betake himself to that mode of life which obliged him to move often from place to place in … Continue reading ““053. THE TENT—GENESIS 13:3””

Patriarchal Wealth—Gen_12:16; Gen_13:2 It is well that we should entertain some distinct ideas respecting the real condition of the patriarchal fathers as to wealth and power. The history dwells so little on these matters, that it requires some experience of the corresponding condition of life, as it still subsists in the East, to apprehend the … Continue reading ““052. PATRIARCHAL WEALTH—GENESIS 12:16; 13:2””