Promise

The Changeless Promise - Galatians 3:15 – 3:18 (commentary)

The Judaizers thought they had Paul backed into a cor­ner. If salvation does not involve the law, then why was the law given in the first place. Our faith is a logical faith and can be defended on rational grounds. Paul uses a logical argument that the law cannot change the p …

David’s Consolidates His Kingdom - II Samuel 8:1 – 8:18 (commentary)

Part of God’s covenant with David included the promise that the enemies of Israel would be defeated and would no longer oppress them (I Sam. 7:10-11). God fulfilled this promise by helping David defeat the opposing nations. The peoples and places discussed in this chapter are tho …

The Sign of the Covenant - Genesis 17:1 – 17:16 (commentary)

In the last chapter, we saw Abraham’s tragic mistake in trying to hasten the work of God. He was eighty-six when Ishmael was born and ninety-nine when Isaac was born. However, before Isaac could be born, faith had to be exercised. This chapter explains how the covenant was recei …