Genesis 17:1-14 A recurrent theme through several chapters of Genesis has been the one-sided nature of God’s covenant with Abram. God’s promises to Abram depended only on His own faithfulness and performance, not Abram’s. His covenant of salvation with us is likewise...
This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lord’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, others will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the...
Genesis 16:1-16Does God Need Our Help? Years passed after God’s promise to Abram of countless descendants, and Abram and Sarai still had no children. How difficult it is for us human beings to continue to believe God after waiting a long time for His promises to be fulfilled! Abram...
Genesis 15:7-21The Promised Land Promised God reminds Abram that He brought him out from Ur, just as He would later remind the Israelites that He brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the land of slavery (Exodus 20:2). In both cases, God brought His people out of a place that...
Genesis 15:1-6Changed by God’s Gracious Promise In Genesis 12, God promised Abram that He would make him a great nation. In Genesis 15, Abram is struggling to hold on to that promise, given that he still has no children, not even one son. In his human nature, Abram focuses on the one...