Genesis 35/36 - Job 2 - Mark 6 - Romans 6

Genesis 35/36
- In Bethel the Lord renames Jacob, Israel and told Israel to get rid of all idols in his household which he did.
- Jacob made a pillar to the Lord.
- His servant, Deborah, died and was buried there.
- Rachel went into hard labor and gave birth to Benjamin, and she died.
- Why would Jacob change Rachel's son's name after she died?
- Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, Israel's servant. That is Reuben lay with his two brother's mother.
- Did she bear any children by Reuben?
- Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. 23 The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob's firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. 24 The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. 25 The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's servant: Dan and Naphtali. 26 The sons of Zilpah, Leah's servant: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
- Isaac died and was buried at age 180.
- Ch. 36
- Esau had many descendants but here's a few notes on them.
- Esau is also called Edom.
- Esaua settled in Seir
- It mentioned Timnah, Loran's sister (Will something bad happen to her or why is she mentioned?)
- One of the sons of Disan was Uz, which sounds familiar.
- Why does it tell Anah found the hot springs and no added details about the other people listed?
- It listed kings from that time period as well.

Job 2
- Satan again goes before the Lord, presenting himself.
- God again points to Job's example.
- Satan says that if God takes away his health Job would curse God.
- Who is actually "doing" these things to Job, God or Satan?
- God allows Satan to take Job's health but not his life.
- Job was covered in sores and his wife told him to curse God and die.
- Why had Satan not sought to take away Job's wife?
- Why was Job's wife not full of faith too?
- Job's 3 Friends came to comfort him; Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite.
- They sat with him weeping and not speaking for 7 days. (They didn't have to speak to show their sympathy and care for Job in his time of sorrow)

Mark 6
- People in His hometown did not have faith in Him.
- Didn't he begin His ministry in His hometown, Nazareth, with success before?
- Jesus sent out the disciples in pairs to cast out demons and heal the sick telling them if people reject them to shake the dust off their shoes and move on.
- King Herod thought Jesus was John the baptist come back from the dead.
- Why was Herod sorry to kill John when that's what he wanted to do all along?
- Disciples return from healing and preaching and Jesus tells him to join them to rest.
- The people gather near the shore and Jesus has compassion on them.
- Jesus tells the to feed the people but they say that that would cost 200 denari (200 days' wages)
- Jesus feeds 5,000 with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish.
- There was 12 baskets of leftovers, making the whole event even more of a miracle.

Romans 6
- Paul asks, Should we sin, so that grace may grow? NO!
- We are called to walk in "newness of life" since Christ was raised from the dead.
- We, as believers, are no longer enslaved to sin.
- Jesus will never die again, it was a once for all, so that He might live to God. Death has no dominion over Him, so it has no dominion over believers either.
- We should seek to no longer walk in sin because we are no longer under the Law but under grace.
- We are either slaves to sin or slaves to righteousness.
- We are able to walk in righteousness, the ways of the law, because we have obedience of the heart.
- We were slaves to impurity and lawlessness now we are slaves to righteousness which leads to sanctification.
- In sin we were free from righteousness, but that led us to death.
- We are slaves to God which leads to sanctification which leads to eternal life.
- Wages of sin is death, free gift of eternal life through Jesus