by Christian Education | Sep 10, 2017 | Circumcision
Sunday, September 10 God’s Covenant with Abraham Reaffirmed Genesis 17:1-14 NRSV And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will make you exceedingly numerous. (Genesis 17:2) God may promise you something that may seem impossible, or be long in coming. Honor...
by Christian Education | Sep 9, 2017 | Circumcision
Saturday, September 9 Jesus, Mediator of Better Covenant Hebrews 8:1-8 NRSV But Jesus has now obtained a more excellent ministry, and to that degree he is the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted through better promises. (Hebrews 8:6) What “better...
by Christian Education | Sep 8, 2017 | Circumcision
Friday, September 8 God’s Promise Realized through Faith Romans 4:13-25 NRSV For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the law but through the righteousness of faith. (Romans 4:13) In order to receive...
by Christian Education | Sep 7, 2017 | Circumcision
Thursday, September 7 Circumcision Event Remembered Acts 7:1-8 NRSV Then he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the...
by Christian Education | Sep 6, 2017 | Circumcision
Wednesday, September 6 All Males of Abraham’s Household Circumcised Genesis 17:23-27 NRSV That very day Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised; and all the men of his house, slaves born in the house and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised...
by Christian Education | Sep 5, 2017 | Circumcision
Tuesday, September 5 Ishmael, Father of a Nation Genesis 17:20-22 NRSV As for Ishmael, I have heard you; I will bless him and make him fruitful and exceedingly numerous; he shall be the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great...
