Dranesville Church of the Brethren
Season 1
The Gospel Story 2: Numbers 24:3-19
The Gospel Story 1: Genesis 12
Kathy Blouch - "A Tale of Two Daughters" Mark 5:21-43
by Joey Moss
God's blessing for Abraham's family becomes more obvious over time with passages like this. Random Israelites have a stronger relationship with God than even the most talented professional religious people could have dreamed. This passage begins to hint at a Messiah coming that will expand God's blessing to the whole world. As Christians, we have been grafted in to that family, giving us the same benefits as Israel had.
God made an unbreakable covenant with his people through Abraham. God maintained his end of the covenant even when his people completely messed up their end. This reversed the pattern of curses that began in the Garden, and started God’s plan to unite the peoples of the earth after Babel. Through this covenant, we have access to God and his blessings. We don’t know the future, but we do know that wherever we go, we are blessed and God blesses the world through us.
Jesus has power and compassion to heal us from our every ill
True authority comes from being chosen