The Establishment of a Covenant People: The Covenant Continues (The Life of Isaac) (1) The Search for a Bride

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The Establishment of a Covenant People: The Covenant…

Genesis 24:1-27 The Search for a Bride If you have your Bibles with you I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis, chapter 24. This week we begin a new series of studies in Genesis concentrating on the life and times of Isaac. Abraham is still alive, but Genesis 24 turns the focus upon Isaac and his future. Genesis 24, verse 1 through Genesis 25, verse 11 record for us the last days of Abraham. But they are in large measure taken up with establishing Isaac. The approaching death of the now aged Abraham raises some natural questions in the mind of the reader when you get to this point in the book of Genesis. What is going to become of Abraham's descendants when he is gone? Will they continue in a unique, covenant relationship with the Lord? How will the chosen line of promise…

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Genesis 23:1-20 Abraham, the Stranger If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis 23. The last two weeks we have reviewed the climatic demonstration of Abraham's faith, his love to God in the offering of Isaac, his son, his only son whom he loved, and we have seen God's gracious oath given to Abraham in response, an oath of commitment to Abraham in which He swore by Himself to fulfill His promises. And this week we come to the very last of our studies in the life of Abraham. Oh, Abraham will be around for a few chapters to come, but after Genesis 23, Moses emphasis is on Isaac and his family. And so as we come to Genesis 23, I think you’ll agree with me there is a bitter sweetness, a poignancy about this chapter. Let's hear then God's holy word…

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Genesis 22:15-24 The Covenant Assured Last week we concentrated on the first half of this chapter, verses 1 through 14, and we said that Abraham's surrender of his son Isaac was a mirror of God's still greater love, and Abraham's exercise of faith in God's promises. Hebrews tells us he believed that the Lord would raise Isaac again from the dead if necessary to fulfill His promises. Abraham's exercise of faith in God's promises leads him to a glimpse of the resurrection hope. And Isaac's own resignation and potential suffering, too, gives us a preview of the Son who would be sacrificed for the sins of the world. And tonight we look to the sequel of that grand substitution on Moriah in Genesis 22, verses 15 through 24. But let's go back and begin from the…

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Genesis 21:22-34 The Covenant with Abimelech If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis, chapter 21 again. We’ll attend the second half of the chapter, beginning in verse 22. Genesis 21, beginning in verse 22. Hagar and Ishmael are long gone. And a lone son now grows in Abraham's house. The Lord in His grace provides a time and a place of stability for Abraham's sojourn. This passage tells us of the long-term settlement of Abraham in the area of Beersheba.…

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Genesis 21:1-21 The Son of Promise If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis, chapter 21. A great suspense has been building ever since we heard the announcement in Genesis 12 that the Lord was going to fulfill His promises to Abraham by making Him a father. The father of many nations. And our hopes were momentarily gotten up when the birth of Ishmael came, but it was quickly apparent that this was not God's plan for the extension of His covenant family, and so we…

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Genesis 20:1-18 Sarah Protected Well, for the last two weeks we have dwelt in the abyss of sin and judgment in Genesis 19 and tonight we climb out. But the view that greets us in Genesis 20 is hard. The father of the faithful when last we saw him was fervently interceding for those who were under judgment and condemnation and then was silently watching in the aftermath of God's judgment against Sodom. But here we find him stumbling again. By way of qualification we should point out that a…

The Establishment of a Covenant People The Promises of…

Genesis 18:1-33 Promise and Intercession If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis 18. In Genesis 17 our gracious God appeared and established a covenant sign in order to assure Abraham of His good purposes toward him and to strengthen Abraham's flagging faith. Sarah, in that passage, in that chapter, is specifically designated as God's chosen instrument for the birth of Isaac. And at the end of that chapter Abraham responds in obedient faith, trusting…

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Genesis 17:1-8 Faith Assured If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis 17. Thirteen years have passed since the birth of Ishmael. And Abram has resigned himself to be content with Ishmael as the son of promise. That may be a surprising statement for me to make. You may be asking, how in the world do you know that? And I will show you in just a few moments how I know that. But God had other plans. This chapter is about the personal, spiritual renewal of Abraham in…

The Establishment of a Covenant People The Promises of…

Genesis 16:1-16 Faith Wavering If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis. And before we move on to Genesis 16, I'd invite you to look back at Genesis 12, to remind you of where we have come from so far. This is the sixth in a series on the life of Abraham. To this point he is, of course, Abram, the patriarch. We said as we began to look at his life in Genesis 12:1-3, that passage from one standpoint could be called the center point of the Biblical story of…

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