God’s Plan to Redeem and Restore
In Genesis 11-50 see the over and over again that:
God’s promises
God’s plans
Our faith requires
1 - What is God’s Covenant Promise to Abraham?
“The LORD had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you. I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous and you will be a blessing to others. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.” —Genesis 12:1-3 (NLT)
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God Promises Abram
“This also indicated a missionary vision that God intended Abraham’s covenant descendants to have. They were to look beyond themselves to all nations, to
. “There, you see, was the missionary character of the seed of Abraham, if they had but recognized it. God did not bless them for themselves alone, but for all nations: ‘In thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.’” —Spurgeon
2 - Who upholds God’s Covenant Promise to Abraham?
Does Abraham Uphold it?
What do we see here?
But Abram replies, heir.” Then the LORD said to him, “No, your servant will not be your heir, for you will have a son of your own who will be your heir”. Then the LORD took Abram outside and said to him, “Look up into the sky and count the stars if you can. That’s how many descendants you’ll have!”“And Abram believed the LORD, and the LORD counted him as righteous because of his faith.” —Genesis 15:1-8
“After the sun went down and darkness fell, Abram saw a smoking firepot and a flaming torch pass between the halves of the carcasses. So the LORD made a covenant with Abraham that day and said, “I have given this land to you and your descendants, all the way from the border of Egypt to the great Euphrates River - the land now occupied by the Kennites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.” —Genesis 15:17
“I will confirm my covenant with you and your descendants after you, from generation to generation. This is the everlasting covenant: I will always be your God and the God of your descendents after you. And I will give the entire land of Canaan, where you now live as a foreigner, to you and your descendants. It will be their possession forever, and I will be their God.” —Genesis 17:7-8 NLT
3 - Who is the Covenant Promise For?
Family Line of Abraham to Jesus and modern day Je
Everyone of us, we are adopted into his family by faith in Jesus!
He (Abraham) was fully convinced that God is able to do whatever He promises. And because of Abraham’s faith, God counted him as righteous. And when God counted him as righteous, it wasn’t just for Abraham’s benefit. It was recorded for our benefit too, assuring us that God will also count us as righteous if we believe in him, the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. He was handed over to die because of our sins, and he was raised to life to make us right with God.” —Romans 4:21-24
Amir Tsarfati’s “We are Adopted” tap to watch
4 - What does the Abrahamic Covenant mean for us today?
Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? – just as Abraham “believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” Therefore know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham. —Galatians 3:5-7