The revchristruelsen’s Podcast

More than a Coincidence

 

Text for discussion: Exodus 4.

Many of you have probably heard someone say that they experienced a miracle.  Many people just say "look at the world, and you can see them everywhere."  And yes, the evidence of God's work can be seen in the world itself.  Yet there are others who use the same evidence and say, "Those aren't miracles at all."  

In this discussion on Exodus 4, we look at miracles big and "small."  God points us to something more than coincidence, more than a slight hiccup of nature, and those miracles point us to the Divine.  

The song this week is Battle Hymn of the Republic.  

In the End, God Always Wins

The discussion covers Exodus 3

It's just as the title says: in the end God always wins . . . . 

 

The hymn: O Love How Deep 

The Evil Fade Like the Grass

Our discussion is on Exodus 2.  

Times of great evil are real, but they can't last, and in the end they will completely fade away.  God's judgment will come.  God does not forsake His people . . . . 

Moses lived in a time of evil, and of onerous slavery and cruelty, but God used His servant Moses to bring about judgment on Egypt.  

The hymn is Built on the Rock . . . . 

Evil Hides in Plain Sight

Exodus 1 

If I define something as not evil, is it not evil anymore?  It doesn't depend on your perspective . . . .  It's an objective matter.  Christ's forgiveness and salvation was also an objective matter, and for those who look to Christ, His mercy and grace vitiates sin and evil, for those who seek His life and forgiveness.  

 

 

Hymn Jesus Lives!  The Victory's Won 

Of the Life Everlasting

Genesis 50 - we've reached the final chapter of Genesis together in this podcast.  

(If you've missed some chapters, you can catch any of them in the previous podcasts.  The chapter is usually listed).  

This is the end of the Epic of Joseph-but the Epic of Israel continues on, and hard times are a comin' for God's people . . . .  

Many peoples have thoughts about what's to come when this life is over, but the reason for that is not wishful thinking, but because God really does have something in store for us.  He has placed eternity in our hearts, and He has given us these lives that we might seek Him and find Him . . . . 

 

Hymn: What Wondrous Love is This

When You Come from the Wrong Side of the Tracks

This week we share Genesis 49.  

We want our parents blessing; we especially want to know that we have God's blessing . . . but what if we come from the wrong family, from the wrong side of the tracks?  We have a Savior that came from the "wrong" place and the "wrong" family . . . . 

 

The Hymn: 

Lord Of Glory, You Have Bought Us 

We Always Knew This Day Would Come

The text for our discussion is Genesis 48 . . . .  The big elephant in the room throughout our days is . . . what's to come when THIS ends?  

For those who believe, we know what's to come through Christ, yet it is more than just a dusty word-it is reality.  Grasp hold of it.  

 

The hymn is: Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus 

The Road from Freedom and Prosperity to Slavery

Genesis 47 is about the incremental spiral of freedom to slavery.  Slavery is a condition that exists in the Fallen world and though it is evil, it will likely not be eradicated from the Fallen world, until the end of time when Christ comes to judge the living and the dead . . . .  Only in Christ will slavery end-including slavery to sin, death, and the devil.  

 

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The hymn:  Fight the Good Fight 

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Manhandling Fear and Uncertainty

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These are fearful times.  Fear and uncertainty can keep us from sleeping at night.  We can make bad decisions from the vantage point of fear and uncertainty, and worse, they can sometimes cause us to make sinful decisions.   

But there are ALWAYS fearful times.  Just consider, who is with us?  Who is with you?  No matter what may come, you will one day stand before God face to face.  We are small, but God gives us courage in the face of fear.  

 

This week we discuss Genesis 46 and other passages.  

The hymn: Jesus, Savior Pilot Me.  

Our Prayers are More than Busy Work

If God knows what we are going to pray, why do we pray?  What is the purpose?  

This episode answers that question, and in it we meet up with Joseph as he confronts his brothers . . . . 

Genesis 45 is the topic of discussion.  

 

All Scriptures used come from the ESV translation of Scripture.