Theme Of The Bible

Section X: Genesis 15-17

All verses from the NKJV unless noted.

“The Redemption Of Man From Sin”

(Abram the Hebrew & Believing God)

Not to fear; God as shield and great

reward (15:1) Concern/struggle over the promise of a

child (15:2, 3; cf. 12:7) Assurance and definition of great nation

(15:4, 5) Believed and accounted righteous (15:6)

Romans 4:1-5 Galatians 3:5-9 James 2:20-24

God’s Assurance (Gen. 15)

Passing between the pieces (15:7-17)

A custom of making two rows of the pieces sacrificed where the two parties passed between (cf. Jer. 34:18, 19)

Vultures came down (symbolic of Satan’s attack to destroy the promises)

Abraham drove them away (watchfulness) Deep sleep, sun went down, and horror

(signified fulfillment would be after Abraham’s death) A long timetable: Abraham would die Descendants would serve in another country

God’s Assurance (Gen. 15)

The folly of a carnal plan to solve

God’s promise Abraham and Sarah struggled with

God’s promise Only God can fulfill the promise Created other problems (cf. Prov. 30:21-

23) The son of promise cannot come from

carnal plans Man cannot change God’s plan and time

Outthinking God (Gen. 16)

Reassurance of promise (17:1-8)

Nations will come from him Circumcision as a sign of the

covenant (17:9-14) Fleshly circumcision was an operation

on males who were only eight days old (17:12) When an eight year old was circumcised,

he obviously was not circumcised by “his faith”

Sign of The Covenant (Gen. 17)

11 In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,12 buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.

Colossians 2:11, 12

Sarah would have a son (17:16)

Kings of peoples shall be from her Unbelievable (17:17, 18) Reaffirmation (17:19-21)

Isaac the child of promise Covenant made through him

God finished and went up (17:22)

Genesis 17