The Promise Outlives the Servants

November 24, 2013

The Servant Sarah Sarah’s life comes to an end. Abraham mourned and wept for

Sarah. In faith, Abraham secures burial

ground in the Promised Land.

Abraham’s Faith in Preserving the Promise

1) Abraham makes his servant Eliezer swear that he will not take a Canaanite wife for Isaac.

2) Abraham tells Eliezer to go to his own kindred to find a wife.

Abraham’s Faith in Preserving the Promise

3) Abraham affirms his trust in God and his promises.4) In faith, Abraham stresses yet again that Isaac must not return to Abraham’s homeland.

Abraham’s Last Days & Eventual Death

1. The promise of descendants is continued, just as God promised.

2. In faith, Abraham gave all that he owned to Isaac the son of promise.

3. Abraham died in a good old age.4. Abraham died but…the promise

continued.

Questions to Consider What are you living for? What are you spending your life

on? What legacy are you leaving?

You have ONE LIFE to live…Spend it completely for the Glory of God!