by TheRestlessPilgrim | May 4, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 14:23 (NKJV) ‘that I will take nothing, from a thread to a sandal strap, and that I will not take anything that is yours, lest you should say, “I have made Abram rich’—’ Abram refused to take the goods and spoils of war being offered him by the king of Sodom...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | May 3, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 14:20 (NKJV) ‘”And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” And he gave him a tithe of all.’ Here was a priest who had nothing but his priesthood and who was previously unknown, and yet he pronounced blessings on the patriarch...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | May 2, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 14:14 (NKJV) ‘Now when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his three hundred and eighteen trained servants who were born in his own house, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.’ Two major lessons can be learned from this scripture: Fight for...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | May 1, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 14:12 (NKJV) ‘They also took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.’ Lot had chosen the ‘lush plains of Sodom,’ not knowing he had chosen a place of contention and that he would become a captive together with all his...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Apr 30, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 14:4 (NKJV) ‘Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.’ There’s always a time or rebel. Staying under any bondage is not fun, and we must be willing to break off the yoke in due season. After serving Chedorlaomer for 12...
