Participants: Kelly Mowrer
Series Code: HWAL
Program Code: HWAL000444
00:16 Hi and welcome back to His Words Are Life.
00:19 I'm Kelly Mowrer, and before 00:21 we read today let's pray together. 00:22 Dear Jesus, thank you so much for this opportunity to... 00:27 to step out of our daily lives and to sit quietly with Your 00:32 Word for a few minutes 00:33 and to listen to You speak to us and to be refreshed. 00:37 Please send Your Holy Spirit now to guide our minds, 00:40 guide our thoughts, so that we may understand 00:43 and then put these words into action to Your glory. 00:46 We love You; thank you for loving us. Amen. 00:50 We are reading today in the book of Genesis. 00:53 And when we were last together we were reading the account of 00:56 the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. 00:58 And how the visitors from God had taken Lot and his wife 01:03 and his two daughters and urged them to flee from the cities 01:07 and not to look back. 01:09 And then God rained fire and brimstone out of heaven 01:11 onto Sodom and Gomorrah. 01:13 Picking up the story in Genesis 19 verse 25. 01:17 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, 01:21 and all the inhabitants of the cities, 01:23 and that which grew upon the ground. 01:25 But his wife looked back from behind him, 01:28 and she became a pillar of salt. 01:31 And Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he 01:34 stood before the Lord: And he looked toward Sodom 01:36 and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, 01:38 and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up 01:42 as the smoke of a furnace. 01:44 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the 01:47 plain, that God remembered Abraham, 01:49 and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, 01:52 when He overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt. 01:56 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, 01:59 and his two daughters with him; 02:01 for he feared to dwell in Zoar: 02:03 and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. 02:06 And the first-born said unto the younger, 02:08 Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth 02:11 to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: 02:14 Come, let us make our father drink wine, 02:17 and we will lie with him, 02:18 that we may preserve seed of our father. 02:21 And they made their father drink wine that night: 02:24 and the first-born went in, and lay with her father; 02:26 and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 02:31 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born said 02:34 unto the younger, "Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: 02:38 let us make him drink wine this night also; 02:41 and go thou in, and lie with him, 02:43 that we may preserve seed of our father. 02:46 And they made their father drink wine that night also: 02:49 and the younger arose, and lay with him; 02:51 and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 02:55 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. 03:01 And the first-born bare a son, and called his name Moab: 03:04 the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. 03:08 And the younger, she also bare a son, 03:11 and called his name Benammi: the same is the father 03:14 of the children of Ammon unto this day. 03:17 We are continuing now in the book of Genesis in chapter 20. 03:21 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, 03:25 and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. 03:30 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, "She is my sister: " 03:34 and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. 03:38 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, 03:41 and said to him, "Behold, thou art but a dead man, 03:44 for the woman which thou hast taken; 03:46 for she is a man's wife. " 03:49 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, 03:52 "Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? 03:55 Said he not unto me, 'She is my sister? ' 03:58 and she, even she herself said, 'He is my brother: ' 04:01 in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands 04:05 have I done this. " 04:07 And God said unto him in a dream, 04:09 "Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy 04:12 heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against Me: 04:15 therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. 04:18 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, 04:22 and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: 04:24 and if thou restore her not, 04:25 know thou that thou shalt surely die, 04:28 thou, and all that are thine. " 04:31 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, 04:33 and called all his servants, and told all these things 04:36 in their ears: and the men were sore afraid. 04:38 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, 04:40 "What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, 04:45 that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? 04:49 thou has done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. " 04:52 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, 04:54 "What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing? " 04:58 And Abraham said, "Because I thought, Surely the fear of God 05:02 is not in this place; and they will slay me 05:04 for my wife's sake. And yet indeed she IS my sister; 05:08 she is the daughter of my father, 05:10 but not the daughter of my mother; 05:12 and she became my wife. " 05:13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander 05:17 from my father's house, that I said unto her, 05:19 "This is thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me; 05:22 at every place whither we shall come, say of me, 05:26 He is my brother. " 05:27 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, 05:31 and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, 05:33 and restored him Sarah his wife. 05:35 And Abimelech said: "Behold, my land is before thee: 05:39 dwell where it pleaseth thee. " 05:41 And unto Sarah he said, "Behold, I have given thy 05:44 brother a thousand pieces of silver: 05:46 behold he is to thee a covering of the eyes, 05:50 unto all that are with thee, and with all other: " 05:53 thus she was reproved. 05:56 So Abraham prayed unto God: and Gold healed Abimelech, 05:59 and his wife, and his maidservants, 06:01 and they bare children. 06:03 For the Lord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of 06:07 Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife. 06:10 Continuing in chapter 21. 06:13 And the Lord visited Sarah as He had said, 06:16 and the Lord did unto Sarah as He had spoken. 06:19 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, 06:24 at the set time of which God had spoken to him. 06:28 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born 06:32 unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. 06:35 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, 06:39 as God had commanded him. 06:41 And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born 06:45 unto him. And Sarah said, "God hath made me to laugh, 06:50 so that all that hear 06:52 will laugh with me. " 06:53 And she said, "Who would have said unto Abraham that Sarah 06:56 should have given children suck? 06:58 for I have born him a son in his old age. " 07:00 And the child grew, and was weaned: 07:03 and Abraham made a great feast 07:05 the same day that Isaac was weaned. 07:07 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar, the Egyptian, 07:11 which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. 07:14 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, 07:16 "Cast out this bondwoman and her son: 07:18 for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, 07:22 even with Isaac. " 07:23 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight 07:26 because of his son. 07:28 And God said unto Abraham, 07:30 "Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, 07:33 and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said 07:37 unto thee, hearken unto her voice; 07:39 for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. 07:42 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, 07:45 because he is thy seed. " 07:47 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, 07:50 and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, 07:52 putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: 07:57 and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. 08:01 And the water was spent in the bottle, 08:03 and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. 08:05 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, 08:09 as it were a bowshot: for she said, 08:12 "Let me not see the death of the child. " 08:14 And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept. 08:18 And God heard the voice of the lad; 08:20 and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, 08:23 and said unto her, "What aileth thee, Hagar? 08:26 fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. 08:31 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; 08:35 for I will make him a great nation. " 08:38 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; 08:42 and she went, and filled the bottle with water, 08:45 and gave the lad drink. And God was with the lad; 08:48 and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, 08:51 and became an archer. 08:53 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: 08:56 and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt. 08:59 And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech and Phichol 09:04 the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, 09:07 "God is with thee in all that thou doest: 09:11 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not 09:15 deal falsely with me, nor with my son, 09:18 nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness 09:22 that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, 09:24 and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. " 09:28 And Abraham said, "I will swear. " 09:31 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, 09:35 which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away. 09:38 And Abimelech said, "I wot not who hath done this thing: 09:42 neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, 09:44 but today. " And Abraham took sheep and oxen, 09:48 and gave them unto Abimelech; 09:50 and both of them made a covenant. 09:51 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. 09:55 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, 09:58 "What mean these seven ewe lambs 10:00 which thou hast set by themselves? " 10:02 And he said, "For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take 10:05 of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, 10:08 that I have digged this well. " 10:10 Wherefore he called that place Beersheba: 10:13 because there they sware both of them. 10:15 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: 10:18 and Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain 10:21 of his host, and they returned 10:22 into the land of the Philistines. 10:24 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, 10:26 and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God. 10:30 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines land many days. 10:34 We are continuing to read in 10:36 Genesis; this is chapter 22. 10:38 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt 10:42 Abraham, and said unto him, 10:44 "Abraham: " and he said, "Behold, here I am. " 10:48 And He said, "Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, 10:54 whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; 10:57 and offer him there for a burnt offering 10:59 upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. " 11:02 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, 11:05 and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, 11:08 and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, 11:12 and rose up, and went unto the place 11:14 of which God had told him. 11:16 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, 11:19 and saw the place afar off. 11:21 And Abraham said unto his young men, 11:23 "Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder 11:27 and worship, and come again to you. " 11:30 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, 11:33 and laid it upon Isaac his son; 11:34 and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; 11:37 and they went both of them together. 11:40 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, 11:43 "My father: " and he said, 11:46 "Here am I, my son. " 11:48 And he said, "Behold the fire and the wood: 11:52 but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? " 11:54 And Abraham said, "My son, God will provide 11:59 Himself a lamb for a burnt offering: " 12:01 so they went both of them together. 12:04 And they came to the place which God had told him of: 12:07 and Abraham built and altar there, and laid the wood 12:09 in order, and bound Isaac his son, 12:12 and laid him on the altar upon the wood. 12:15 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, 12:18 and took the knife to slay his son. 12:20 And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, 12:24 and said, "Abraham, Abraham; " 12:25 and he said, "Here am I. " 12:27 And He said, "Lay not thine hand upon the lad, 12:30 neither do thou any thing unto him: 12:33 for now I know that thou fearest God, 12:36 seeing thou has not withheld thy son, 12:39 thine only son from Me. " 12:41 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, 12:44 and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket 12:48 by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, 12:51 and offered him up for a burnt offering 12:53 in the stead of his son. 12:55 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-Jireh: 12:59 as it is said to this day, 13:01 In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen. 13:04 And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham 13:07 out of heaven the second time. 13:08 And said, "By Myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, 13:13 for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld 13:17 thy son, thine only son; 13:18 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying 13:23 I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, 13:27 and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; 13:29 and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; 13:34 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; 13:38 because thou hast obeyed My voice. " 13:41 So Abraham returned unto his young men, 13:44 and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; 13:47 and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba. 13:50 And it came to pass after these things, 13:53 that it was told Abraham, saying, 13:55 "Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother 13:58 Nahor; Huz his first-born, and Buz his brother, 14:02 and Kemuel the father of Aram, 14:05 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, 14:08 and Bethuel. And Bethuel begat Rebekah: 14:10 these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother. 14:15 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, 14:18 she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah. 14:23 When we are together again we'll start with chapter 23. 14:26 Thank you for joining with me and God bless you. |
Revised 2014-12-17