Living in the Grip of Relentless Grace: The Gospel in the Lives of Isaac and Jacob (Gospel according to the Old Testament)
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Overview
“Our God delights in writing straight with a crooked pencil,” says Iain Duguid. The lives of Isaac and Jacob are vivid examples of that principle. Time and again God displays his grace and glory by overcoming their weakness and sinfulness. In this latest addition to the Gospel according to the Old Testament series, we see once more how the message of Scripture converges on Jesus. Readers can take encouragement in the midst of their own shortcomings that the gospel triumphs not through human might or goodness but through God’s relentless grace.
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- Presents the lives of Isaac and Jacob as examples of God’s relentless grace
- Unpacks how the message of Scripture converges on Jesus
- Includes accessible redemptive-historical exegesis
Top Highlights
“This was rather a matter of a man driven by his appetites to exchange what is of eternal value for a brief moment’s pleasure.” (Page 11)
“Jacob, the man stumbling from one family conflict to another, demonstrates quite a different virtue. He shows us the triumph of grace over all obstacles. Jacob, with all of his sinning, scheming, and plotting, is the perfect model of how God’s undeserved favor can succeed even with the most unpromising material.” (Page 6)
“What was Jacob doing? He was taking Satan’s shortcut. He was not willing to wait for God to fulfill the promise that ‘the older shall serve the younger’ in God’s time. Instead, Jacob wanted to snatch it for himself now by his cleverness.” (Page 11)
“The fact that sin will not get you what you really want in life is not nearly a powerful enough defense to guard you against the attractiveness of Satan’s lies and the fickleness of your heart. Only a deep grasp of the gospel has the power to bring about deep change in your heart. It is knowing the terrible price that has already been paid for your sin that enables you to say no to sin.” (Page 44)
“There was no word of prayer on his lips for divine guidance or any indication that such guidance was what he sought. Rachel was his choice, and he intended to earn her fairly and squarely by his works, not by grace.” (Page 67)
Iain Duguid is both a first-class scholar and a gifted preacher. This book is theologically astute, Christ-centered, and extremely practical. A tremendous resource.
—Timothy J. Keller, founding pastor, Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Manhattan
- Title: Living in the Grip of Relentless Grace: The Gospel in the Lives of Isaac and Jacob
- Author: Iain M. Duguid
- Series: The Gospel according to the Old Testament
- Publisher: P&R
- Print Publication Date: 2002
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Pages: 176
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Isaac (Biblical patriarch); Jacob (Biblical patriarch); Bible. O.T. Genesis 25:19-35:29 › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible. O.T. Genesis › Relation to the New Testament; Bible. N.T. › Relation to the Old Testament
- ISBNs: 0875526551, 9780875526553, 9781629951836, 1629951838
- Resource ID: LLS:GSPLOTISAACJACOB
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-05T17:16:37Z
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