Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder Michael Smith

Send us a Text Message.Eve saves the world in today's passage. To save the world you gotta build a boat. To build a boat you're gonna need a boat-builder. (Noah) To get to the boat-builder, you gotta go through SETH. To get to Seth, you're gonna need a faithful EVE.Here's the tricky part: This process takes 1525 YEARS! 8 generations stand between EVE's faithful response and NOAH'S heroics. No Eve, no Noah. No Seth, no Noah. No Noah, no rescue. In this sense, EVE SAVES THE WO...

Send us a Text Message.God designed the marriage bed to have just two people in it: a husband and a wife. Polygamy is very similar to modern day porn in that OTHER people are allowed into the marriage bed. That is, the borders of marriage become porous. In a sense, both polygamy and pornography STEAL someone else's wife or future wife. They both take the "presence" and "sexual availability" of someone who is not your spouse and use them as if they are your spouse. In that way, polygamy = Porn...

Send us a Text Message.Seven generations into marriage, a guy named Lamech TOOK TWO WIVES. He opens a theological bees nest as to whether this is God's original INTENT. It affects all the rest of us in subsequent generations as we ask, "is polygamy ok?" The short answer is no, but. join me for a seven minute primer on God's heart for marriage. It is one man for one woman.bewithme.us Apple Podcasts spotify castbox

Send us a Text Message.In the 7th generation on earth, there is yet ANOTHER murder. Lamech kills a young man for wounding him. It is a disproportional response. He then BRAGS about it to his family. He is PROUD of it.We can build our cities, build our family and build our relationships with our without God. If we do it wrong, at least let's have the decency to not be PROUD of it. Let's listen to the "voice of Lamech" and NOT be like him. Let us NOT love our...

Send us a Text Message.Our bad example of Cain has many chances to do things right. He can either move AWAY from the presence of the Lord or move TOWARD the presence of the Lord. It is helpful to think of this GEOGRAPHICALLY. At every turn he makes bad decisions and separates himself from the closeness God offers.Similarly, even today we will have chances to move AWAY or TOWARD the presence of God. Let's commit to move TOWARD Him in the way we THINK, the way we FEEL and the what we DO. ...

Send us a Text Message.Cain ends up in the worst place in the world: AWAY from the PRESENCE of the LORD. Sadly, he had the choice to move TOWARD the presence of God, but decided against it.He still complained about the result, but he was not willing to make the changes necessary to move toward the presence of God. He stands as a shining example of what not to do. Let's resolve to live in the "land of God" with the people of God. Let's not end up in NOD, away from the PRESENC...