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Genesis 17:20 · BSB
17:20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
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…and the unveiling of that took years. And God was with him every step of the way, just like he promised. And today we're going to be looking atGenesis chapter 17. It's a very pivoted passage because it's literally the cusp of Abraham and Sarah receiving their promise child. They were just on the horizon,…
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…spiritually. Finally, after 15 years, Abraham was now 99 and Sarah was 90. 25 years after the original promise and God shows up to Abraham again inGenesis chapter 17. It says, When Abraham was 99 years old and the Lord appeared to Abraham and said to him, I am the God Almighty. Walk before me and be blameless…
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Our reading this morning comes from the book ofGenesis chapter 17, and I'll be reading from verse 1. When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and…
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…Abraham offered up that only son Isaac, that was of the covenant. But whenever you read in Quran, Abraham is offering up Ishmael in the Quran inGenesis chapter 17. We'll read the Scripture here in a little bit, but remember, God had promised Abraham and Sarah that they would have a son, that they become…
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…of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, getting more specific, for an everlasting possession and I will be their God. Now you can't look atGenesis chapter 17and in any way interpret it to be a temporary promise. You can't look at it and say, well God didn't really mean the word everlasting. Surely…
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…And so he's responding to this idea that was common among Jews of that time, that this sign that God had given, this special sign of his people inGenesis chapter 17, the sign by itself was enough to save. They believed that this was a guarantee of God's blessing. That those uncircumcised Gentiles, they needed…
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…Genesis 12. And it's this, how is God going to restore his creation back to its original goodness? And so, beginning in Genesis chapter 12 throughGenesis chapter 17, God begins to answer this question in the story of Abraham. And he begins to answer this question by giving Abraham a promise, a covenant, and a…
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…know yet. What we then see is that God makes an eternal promise to Abram that he will do this for anyone and everyone who comes to him in faith. InGenesis chapter 17, two chapters later, God makes a covenant, which is a formal agreement with Abram. And he essentially says this, for all eternity, from here…
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…from His very first days. On the eighth day after His birth, he was circumcised. This is according to the Jewish law, going all the way back toGenesis, chapter 17, when God commanded Abraham to circumcise every male in your household, including all baby boys born after their eighth day. Next, we see that…
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…there after the service, if you wouldn't mind. So with that said, if you have your Bibles, and I hope you do, I want to encourage you to join me inGenesis, chapter 17, which is where we're going to be this morning. Now, we have been making our way through this wonderful, wonderful book, the first book of the…
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…precious blood of Christ. I am redeemed. I am blessed in Jesus' name, amen. Please be seated. Let's turn into Galatians, chapter three, and alsoGenesis, chapter 17. I like to share with you what my normal reading is in Genesis right now. So I'm kind of loaded today with some things that I want to share with…
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…And Paul makes the case that that is a misunderstanding. But no. Circumcision, as we will see, as a sign of God's faithfulness, was instituted inGenesis chapter 17. But two chapters earlier, God reiterates his promises to Abraham, and we are told in Genesis 15, and this is what Paul quotes here in Galatians 3,…
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…Let's observe some things about Abraham's faith. So, the object of Abraham's faith. Verse 17, as it is written, the text says, and this is fromGenesis chapter 17and verse 5, I have made you the father of many nations. In the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into…
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…is citing in Romans chapter 4, and he believed the Lord. He believed the promise, and God counted it to him as righteousness. Now, it is not untilGenesis chapter 17when circumcision comes up, and this is at least 13 years later. At least. Probably more, but it's at least 13 years later. So, Abram's faith is…
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…to consider all that has happened to bring them this point. This is the same land that was promised to Abraham when God made a covenant with him inGenesis chapter 17. This is Genesis 17 verse 8. Or God promised Abraham, I will give to you into your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land…
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…was surprised. Because remember, we just looked, I believe last week, at the reiteration of the covenant that had come to Abraham as recorded inGenesis chapter 17. And I believe it fixed his vision. I believe not only was his skin circumcised, but I believe his heart was circumcised. I believe he knew that…
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I want to turn toGenesis chapter 17. Genesis chapter 17, Abram and Sarai had jumped the gun. God had made them a promise. Didn't look like it was going to happen. And so after 10…
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…can take your seat. It's so good to worship with you this morning. If you have your Bibles, and I hope that you do, you can then open them up toGenesis chapter 17. Genesis chapter 17. I wonder if I were to ask you this question: do you want God to work in your life? What the answer would be? Especially if I…
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…the Bible today. Let's have a look at what it has to say about circumcision and what it means for us. Let's start from the beginning. Let's look atGenesis chapter 17. I'm going to be jumping around a lot, and I'm not going to be jumping around particularly in our order of service today. So if you have your…
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Genesis chapter 17Last week we were looking at the previous chapter and that messy story of Abram, Sarai and Hagar. And in the midst of all of that mess, God was…
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