Family Bond Paper™

Aired January 24, 2011. Have you ever felt betrayed, or found guilty of some wrong doing? Yet, you were really innocent.  In Chp. 44 we read that Joseph was betrayed by his brothers. Now, to teach them a lesson he placed a silver cup in his youngest brother's sack.  A sack that he had requested for the family.  Benjamin had not been a part of the family secret.  The Egyptians and Hebrews lived separately.  If they had to gather for any reason the Egyptians would sit apart from the Hebrews.  Chp. 44 44:18 Notice Lord is not capitalized or upper cased.  You will only find an upper case "L" when making reference to God (Allah, Yahweh, or Jesus). Chp. 45 45:5 Do you suppose this is what Jesus says to faith believers? 45:21 Joseph is now the governor of Egypt and everything in it.  He respects his boss, and his position.  We must be like Joseph to understand our place or identity on the job.  This will allow us to build trust/loyalty...

Aired November 8, 2010. Was Abraham lying? No, Sarah was related to Abraham.  In Abraham's time it was an honor to marry a close relative.  We also learn that God (Allah, Yaweh) reveals that Abraham is a prophet. Abraham's task as a prophet was to have a continual relationship with God. Chapter 21 is more repetition of the birth of Abraham's two sons one by his wife - Sarah and the other by his wife's maidservant Hagar.  Isaac and Ishmael would grow up to become God fearing men. Both sons were honored by God. They were given a blessing by God/Allah of nations that they would lead to fear God.  Although, both were Abraham's seed Isaac would receive more of the blessing because God had made a promise to Sarah that she would one day conceive. Scripture Lesson 21:5   Isaac means God is laughing now. 21:9   At the time Isaac was born, Ishmael was around 17.  Hagar, her maidservant, was of color -an Egyptian. 21:21  Hagar wanted Isaac...

Aired 10/25/2010. Chp. 16 16:15   As stated earlier people gave names according to God's will, hopes, or by events that was or going to be. 16:16  Abram was 46 years old when Ishmael was born.  This was the first accounted event of a wife allowing her husband to be with another woman. Chp. 17 17:1  It would be over 50 years before God/Allah would appear to Abraham again. 17:5  Abraham name means a father of many nations.  God (Allah) changed his name from Abram to Abraham.  Many religions allow their members to change their names due to their religious beliefs and systems. 17:7  God tells Abraham that he promises that royalty will come from his seeds (children).  God will be their God for many generations to come. 17:10 Abraham must promise to circumcise every boy of his offspring, or who live in the lands that God has given him. 17:15 So Sarai became Sarah. 17:20 Notice how God/Allah is revealing the future of Abraham's...