Healing Touch Podcast

A Ministry of Gilead Baptist Church – Taylor, Michigan

 

 Episode #107 One Typical Marriage [48:52m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

One Typical Marriage
Genesis 24
Pastor Tom
7-25-10

Introduction – Abraham arranging a marriage for his son Isaac is a ‘type’ or ‘prophetic picture’ of our relationship to Christ.

I. The king – Abraham – vv. 1, 4

• Makes a marriage for his son – Matthew 22;2

II. The servant- Holy Spirit

• Speaks of the Bridegroom – John 16: 13-14
• Enriches bride with grooms gifts- Galatians 5:22- 23
• Brings the bride to the groom – v. 61

III. Rebekah – The Church – v. 16

• Called out virgin bride – II Corinthians 11:2

IV. Isaac – Bridegroom – Christ – v. 63

• Bride loves though unseen through testimony of servant – I Peter 1:8
• Goes out to meet bride – I Thessalonians 4:14-17

Conclusion – Our relationship in Christ is truly a marriage made in heaven.

 

 Episode #106 The Stroke of Death [32:28m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The Stroke of Death
Genesis 23
Pastor Tom
7-21-10

Introduction: The special friends and favorites of heaven are not exempt from death.

I. Sarah’s death – vv. 1- 2

• Death parts those whom nothing else could part
• Abraham mourns and weeps
• Lawful and dutiful – Romans 12:15
• Sorrow not as without hope – I Thessalonians 4:13

II. A burying place – vv.3 – 15

• The danger of over-grieving
• More care for resting place for soul than burying place for body
• Reminder that we are sojourners
• Request, offer, refusal

III. Paid in full –vv. 16 – 20

• Business done openly
• Paid immediately – eternal inheritance does not entitle us to worldly possession

Consider:

1. A burying place was the first ground Abraham possessed in Canaan.
2. The only land Abraham ever owned
3. The sepulcher was at the end of a field
4. Still wandering in life Abraham secures a place for resurrection