Covenant with Abraham
Genesis 15. We'll break this chapter into two parts:
1. Abram's Faulty Assumption: 15:1-3
Here we find the first 'fear not' (KJV) ever mentioned in the Bible. God tells Abram, 'do not be afraid.' Abram had just completed a daring rescue of Lot in chapter fourteen. Fear after a battle is not unusual, but fear and faith cannot live very long in the same heart. God assures Abram, "I am your shield." 'Do not be afraid because I am going to protect you' is what God is assuring him. But not only does Abram fear. He doubts God's promise. Abram complains that upon his death that all his goods will be passed on to Eliezer, one of his servants from Damascus. Eliezer will then become the heir to the covenant.
2. God's Faithful Assurance: 15:4-21
God tells Abram that the promised heir will be Abram's own son and that Abram's descendants will be as numerous as the stars in the heavens. God's promise to Abram was one to stagger the imagination. Yet it was not impossible. A God that can create numerous galaxies and innumerable stars can certainly give Abram countless seed. Note v.6. Abram was counted righteous, not when he believed the promise that took him out of Ur of the Chaldees, but when he believed the promise regarding the Seed (see Rom.4:3; Gal.3:6 and James 2:23). Abram had faith, but faith in what? Faith in the promise of the Seed. We are saved by grace through faith; faith in Jesus Christ the Seed (Gen.3:15-the Promised Seed). Christ is the Seed. It is not mere faith that saves--but faith in Christ that saves! Sing with me:
"We have heard the joyful sound; Jesus saves, Jesus saves;/ Spread the tidings all around; Jesus saves, Jesus saves;/ Bear the news to every land, climb the steeps and cross the waves;/ Onward tis our Lord's command; Jesus saves, Jesus saves!"
Find you a hymn book or pull up the lyrics online and continue singing. God bless!
1. Abram's Faulty Assumption: 15:1-3
Here we find the first 'fear not' (KJV) ever mentioned in the Bible. God tells Abram, 'do not be afraid.' Abram had just completed a daring rescue of Lot in chapter fourteen. Fear after a battle is not unusual, but fear and faith cannot live very long in the same heart. God assures Abram, "I am your shield." 'Do not be afraid because I am going to protect you' is what God is assuring him. But not only does Abram fear. He doubts God's promise. Abram complains that upon his death that all his goods will be passed on to Eliezer, one of his servants from Damascus. Eliezer will then become the heir to the covenant.
2. God's Faithful Assurance: 15:4-21
God tells Abram that the promised heir will be Abram's own son and that Abram's descendants will be as numerous as the stars in the heavens. God's promise to Abram was one to stagger the imagination. Yet it was not impossible. A God that can create numerous galaxies and innumerable stars can certainly give Abram countless seed. Note v.6. Abram was counted righteous, not when he believed the promise that took him out of Ur of the Chaldees, but when he believed the promise regarding the Seed (see Rom.4:3; Gal.3:6 and James 2:23). Abram had faith, but faith in what? Faith in the promise of the Seed. We are saved by grace through faith; faith in Jesus Christ the Seed (Gen.3:15-the Promised Seed). Christ is the Seed. It is not mere faith that saves--but faith in Christ that saves! Sing with me:
"We have heard the joyful sound; Jesus saves, Jesus saves;/ Spread the tidings all around; Jesus saves, Jesus saves;/ Bear the news to every land, climb the steeps and cross the waves;/ Onward tis our Lord's command; Jesus saves, Jesus saves!"
Find you a hymn book or pull up the lyrics online and continue singing. God bless!
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