Genesis 25 brings us to the end of Abraham. We find out that Abraham married another woman after Sarah. We are given the genealogy of the children of Abraham and Keturah. Abraham is buried with Sarah in the cave of Machpelah. We then read about the genealogy of Abraham's first son Ishmael. We continue reading about genealogy only this time we are reading about Isaac's genealogy. We find out about his two sons which happen to be twins. Their names were Esau and Jacob. We read how Jacob ended up the Esau's birthright, all because Esau was hungry.
Genesis 26 tells us about a famine that came across the land. Isaac gathers his stuff and travels to a new location to live. Upon arriving in this land he tells the people that Rebekah is his sister and not his wife. Once again we have another story of them saying their wife is their sister. You think by now they would have learned not to do this but I guess they are hard headed. Isaac becomes very wealthy in this land after he tells them Rebekah is actually his wife. He becomes so wealthy that the people begin to fear him and they ask him to leave. He relocates and continues to prosper.
The first part of Matthew 18 has Jesus explaining to us who the greatest in the kingdom is. Jesus tells us that we are to become like a child. We need to become like a child who can not sin. He goes on to tell his disciples that anyone who accepts a child accepts Him, but if harm is done to a little child it would be better to drown then what awaits them. Jesus then goes on to tell us that it would be better to go through life maimed then to go through life with sin. Jesus then tells the parable of the lost sheep. This parable in my interpretation tells us that we should not worry about those that have been saved already but we should be seeking out those who have yet to find Christ. And when we find those lost ones and bring them to Christ we should celebrate as they have come home. He then tells us that if our brother has sinned against us we should take care of it in private to start with. If we are unable to do that we should bring more help to testify. If it is still not capable of being resolved then we should take it to the church. If that is still unable to resolve the issue we are to treat them as a pagan. What does that mean to me, well it means that we should continue to love them and pray for them.
Tomorrow's reading is:
Genesis 27, 28 and Matthew 18:21 - 35
25. More genealogy:( Taking Esau's birthright seems like a very low thing to do.
ReplyDelete26. Seriously, why continue to lie about your wife being your sister. It never works out well and the people never seem to have a problem with it when they find out the truth. I feel like there should be an important lesson in this b/c we've heard it three times, but aside from don't say your wife is your sister I don't know what it is.
18. This is such an interesting section to me. It's a slight insult to my sense of fairness that God loves a reformed sinner more then righteous man. I understand why and think perhaps more Christians should keep this in mind and not do so much "Preaching to the Choir" but it still riles me just a little.