The Establishment of a Covenant People: The Covenant…
Genesis 26:18-25 A Promise and a Covenant If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis, chapter 26 as we continue our study in the life of Isaac. This is a very important chapter. Isaac is probably displayed for us more in Genesis 26 than in any other area of the book of Genesis. We get a feel for his piety. We see the tendencies of his spirit and of his heart, and the struggles of his times here in Genesis 26. We commented early that some of the commentators believe that the message of the chapters in the life of Isaac and Jacob is not as focused as it is in the life of Abraham. There's clearly the message of the establishment of the covenant of grace in the days of Abraham's life. And the charge is made by people like Larry Richards that no great and…