Category Archives: God’s purpose

Jeremiah’s Calling as a Prophet

Posted on June 2, 2024 by eig

God spoke to Jeremiah (Jeremiah 1) when he was probably 16-18 yrs. of age. This was his formal “calling to be prophet. He would serve as prophet for over 40 yrs. His service would be marked as “unsuccessful” from the human point of view. He had no converts except his Scribe and a servant. No […]

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God has Good Plans for You

Posted on April 21, 2021 by eig

In a previous post I shared about how Israel was sent to captivity by God for refusing to obey him. But God didn’t give up on Israel. God promises his people that when the seventy years are over (70 years was the years Babylon would rule) he would “visit” them, and give them his good […]

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God’s Workings Amidst Man’s Doing

Posted on April 5, 2014 by eig

I was thinking through the story of Joseph in Genesis 37-50. It is an amazing story of God’s sovereign will working out his purpose in spite of man’s evil doings. It is easy to see the evil done to Joseph when his brothers, out of jealosy for being their father’s favorite, decide to kill him […]

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