(NIV) Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer [elder] desires a noble task. 2 

Exodus 3:1–22 (NIV) 3 Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian , and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2   our God.’ 19  But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless a mighty hand compels him. 20 After that, he will let you go. 21  “And I will make the Egyptians favorably disposed toward this people , so that when you leave you will not go empty-handed. 22  Every woman is to ask her neighbor and any

Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election 1 - God's right to condemn all people 2 - God

familiar with the Old Testament metaphor of Israel as God’s vineyard (Psalm 80:8–16; Isaiah 5:1–7; Jer. 2: 21).

Genesis 39:1–23 (NIV) 39 Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there. 2   heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is how your slave treated me,” he burned with anger. 20 him favor in the eyes of the prison warden. 22  So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 27 Q. What do you understand by the providence of God? A.

Genesis 37 (NIV) 37 Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan. 2   This they said to each other. 20  “Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say “Let’s not take his life,” he said. 22   “Don’t shed any blood. Reuben said this to rescue him from them and take him back to his father. 23   So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the ornate robe he was wearing— 24  and they took him and

Of David. 1  I rejoiced with those who said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.” 2  Our feet Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 28: The Obligations of Church Members been coming to understand the " obligations of church members" as we've worked our way through this 28th

As long as an heir is underage, he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate. 2 

priority in your life; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - 2

Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 2: The Means by Which We Know God the invisible things of God: his eternal power and his divinity, as the apostle Paul says in Romans 1:20