Bible Reading Made Different

Deuteronomy  12:31  – You shall not worship the Lord your God in that way; for every abomination to the Lord which He hates they have done to their gods; for they burn even their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.   (NKJV) Be careful of your practices when worshiping God! Please feel free to post the 31st Verse of any 12th Chapter of the Bible in the Comments Section. 

Deuteronomy  12:30  – take heed to yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, ‘How did these nations serve their gods? I also will do likewise.’  (NKJV) Do not imitate others in how they serve God or their gods. Please feel free to post the 30th Verse of any 12th Chapter of the Bible in the Comments Section.   

God tested Abraham. He said, “Abraham!” Abraham answered, “Here I am.”  Notice that this scripture does not say that God tempted Abraham, but that He tested Abraham. James 1:13 says that God does not tempt anyone. Has God ever tested you? Did you pass the test? Do you answer God as quickly as Abraham did?  God told Abraham to take his only son Isaac, whom he loved, to the land of Moriah and offer him as a burnt offering on the mountain that He chose.  Why is Isaac referred to as Abraham’s only son, when we know Ishmael is the older son? Well, Isaac is the Son of Promise (Sarah’s son) and Ishmael is the son of “helping God out” (Genesis 16) (Hagar’s son). Abraham gets up early the next morning, saddles his donkey and takes Isaac and two young male servants with him. He also split the wood for the burnt offering.  What? No questions asked! Just complete obedience! Are you willing to make the sacrifice like Abraham did?  On the third day of the journey, Abraham saw...

Exodus 12:29 - And it came to pass at midnight that the Lord struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of livestock. (NKJV) Be advised that God will do just what He said He would do. Please feel free to post the 29th Verse of any 12th Chapter of the Bible in the Comments Section. 

Exodus 12:28 - Then the children of Israel went away and did so; just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did. (NKJV) Are you doing just as the Lord has commanded you? Please feel free to post the 28th Verse of any 12th Chapter of the Bible in the Comments Section.

  God visited Sarah just as He promised and He held true to His word. Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time God said it would happen.   (They obviously experienced that time of pleasure as Sarah remembered it in Genesis 18.)  Abraham named his son, Isaac. He circumcised Isaac when he was eight days old as the Lord commanded   (Genesis 17.)  When Isaac was born, Abraham was 100 years old. Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and all who hear will laugh with me.”   Has God ever made you laugh?  She also said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age.” Isaac grew up and was weaned. On the day that Isaac was weaned, Abraham had a great feast. Sarah saw Ishmael ridiculing Isaac.  Of course, Sarah would have an issue with this.   What good mom wouldn’t?  She told Abraham to send Hagar and Ishmael away. She said that Ishmael will not be an heir with Isa...

  Abraham journeys to the South. He dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and stayed in Gerar. Abraham said that Sarah was his sister  (just like he did in Genesis 12) . Abimelech, king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.  Even in her older age, Sarah still must have been “drop dead gorgeous.” Just my opinion, but it seems as if Abraham is more concerned with “saving” his own life (again) than Sarah’s well-being.   God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and told him that he was a dead man because the woman he took is a man’s wife. However, Abimelech had not gone near Sarah. Abimelech asked the Lord if He would slay a righteous nation also. He claimed his innocence because Abraham said, “She is my sister” and Sarah said, “He is my brother.” Abimelech said, “In the integrity of my heart and innocence of my hands I have done this.” God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart…”...