by PawsonBooks | Mar 24, 2014 | Pawson's Bible Study
Joseph The final part of Genesis concerns a story which is familiar to many, the story of Joseph. It is a story that appeals to children as well as adults, a “goody wins over the baddy” story. It has even been made into a musical, although the popular...
by PawsonBooks | Mar 24, 2014 | Pawson's Bible Study
Abraham Let us look at those three men in greater detail. God made a promise to Abraham on which Christians still rely. God began creation with one man and he began redemption with one man. We are told that God made a covenant with Abraham, a theme which continues...
by PawsonBooks | Mar 24, 2014 | Pawson's Bible Study
WHY DID GOD CHOOSE THE JEWS? What is different about these stories, however, is that God talks with the people in them and they talk to him. So we find that the God of the entire universe makes a special friend called Abraham. Indeed, God calls him “Abraham my...
by PawsonBooks | Mar 24, 2014 | Pawson's Bible Study
JUSTICE AND MERCY Two themes predominate in these chapters: from the Fall of Adam onwards we see both human pride and God’s response of justice and mercy. He showed justice to Adam and Eve in banishing them from the garden and telling them that they would one...
by PawsonBooks | Mar 24, 2014 | Pawson's Bible Study
THE RESULTS OF THE FALL Chapter 3 is usually referred to as “the Fall”, when man fell from the beautiful state described in Chapter 2. It could all have been so different. If Adam had not tried to blame Eve, or even God, but had responded in repentance,...
by PawsonBooks | Mar 20, 2014 | Pawson's Bible Study
God surveyed all his handiwork and he was very satisfied with it – everything so right, so beautiful – six daywork well done. Outer space and planet earth were now complete. Since nothing more was needed, God took the next day off. That is why he...
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