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LESSON 9

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LESSON 9

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  1. LESSON 9

  2. ABRAHAM AND SARAH DOUBT GOD GENESIS 16:1 GENESIS 17:15-21 GENESIS 18:1-15 Sample Footer Text This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

  3. Recall….. The tower of Babel shows that people continued to sin after the days of Noah. The floodcould not wash away the stain of stain. However, God’s promise to crush the power of Satan by the seed of the woman also continued (Gen 3:15) after the flood. Through Abram’s descendant, Jesus, God has blessed all nations. But to receive this blessing, we must trust God just as Abram did. Sample Footer Text

  4. The Promises After commanding Abram to leave, God told him why: in order to receive great blessing. A blessing is a gift that is not earned. God promised to do seven good things, with the promises expanding outward from Abram to the whole world. Sample Footer Text

  5. The Promises 1. Despite Sarai’s barrenness, God would make Abram a great nation (12:2a). Through the people of Israel God would reveal His Word, and through Israel God would send the Savior. 2. God promised to bless Abram (12:2b). 3. God promised to make Abram’s name great (12:2c). 4. God promised that Abram would be a blessing (12:2d). 5. God promised to bless those who bless Abram (12:3a). 6. God promised to curse those who curse Abram (12:3b). 7. God promised to bless all the families of the earth through Abram (12:3c). Sample Footer Text

  6. Why did God choose a man with a barren wife? Sample Footer Text

  7. GOD CHOSE ABRAM SO THAT HE MIGHT LEARN TO FULLY TRUST IN GOD AND NOT IN HIS OWN STRENGTH OR RESOURCEFULNESS. Sample Footer Text

  8. GOD’S CHOICE OF ABRAM TEACHES US TOO. IT TEACHES US ABOUT THE PAINFUL CONSEQUENCES OF DOUBTING GOD AND REVEALS THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD, GIVING US HOPE THAT GOD WILL ALSO BE FAITHFUL AND PATIENT WITH US AS WE, LIKE ABRAM, LEARN TO FULLY TRUST GOD. Sample Footer Text This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

  9. ABRAM AND SARAI CAUSED PAIN THROUGH IMPATIENCE (16:1-6) 10 YEARS AFTER THE FIRST PROMISE OF MANY DESCENDANTS, ABRAM STILL HAD NO SON. THIS TIME SARAI TOOK MATTERS INTO HER OWN HANDS. SHE ASSUMED SHE WOULD NEVER HAVE CHILDREN, SINCE SHE WAS ABOUT 75 YEARS OLD. SHE OFFERED HER MAID, HAGAR, TO HAVE A CHILD FOR HER. Sample Footer Text This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

  10. ABRAM AND SARAI CAUSED PAIN THROUGH IMPATIENCE (16:1-6) EVEN SO, IT WAS NOT WHAT GOD HAD PLANNED. JUST AS ADAM FOLLOWED EVE INTO SIN, SO ABRAM FOLLOWED SARAI. WITHOUT SEEKING GODS COUNSEL, HE HAD A CHILD WITH HAGAR. Sample Footer Text

  11. Two Content Subtitle This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA This action was not so much an act of unbelief as it was IMPATIENCE, for Abram “ did not waver in unbelief”.( Rom4:19-21) He know God would give him a son, but God not yet specified that the son would come through Sarai. So the lack of faith was a failure to wait for God to act.( Ps 27:14) God is faithful, but he acts in His own timing( 2 Pet 3:8-9 ) When we trust human efforts instead of God’s plan, we cause much pain. Abram and Sarai’s sin made their home miserable. Hagar despised Sarai. Abram shirked responsibility and Sarai treated Hagar harshly. Sample Footer Text

  12. Abram doubted, but GOD strengthened his faith(17:15-21) Abram was impatient with God, but God was patient with him.He did not cancel His promise to Abram ( Genesis 12:2-3). Instead, he was faithful and He patiently gave Abram reasons to strengthen Abram’s faith.God did this by making covenant with Abram. Sample Footer Text

  13. What is covenant? A covenant is an agreement between two or more people, like a promise. Sample Footer Text

  14. covenant….. This time God changed his name to Abraham, which means “ father of many”. God also clarified exactly how these descendants would come: THEY WOULD COME THROUGH SARAH’S OWN SON. That is why God also changed Sarai’s name to Sarah, which means “ princess”because through Isaac she would become the mother of nations and kings would come from her. Sample Footer Text

  15. covenant….. This has come true, for the Greatest King, JESUS CHRIST, came from her and through JESUS all nations are blessed. Abraham had been 86 years old when Ishmael was born and now he was 100 and Sarah was teaching him to wait for many years teaching him to wait for God’s timing and not on his own Sample Footer Text

  16. covenant….. Abraham suggested what he thought was a better plan:HE ASKED IF ISHMAEL COULD BE THE ONE TO FULFILL THE COVENANT.( GEN17:18) Fortunately, Abraham asked God about his plan this timeINSTEAD OF ACTING ON HIS OWN. Sample Footer Text

  17. God rejected Abrahams plan, but He graciously chose to bless Ishmael too for Abrahams sake. God proved that He was FAITHFUL.he is trustworthy, doing exactly what He said he would when he promised to bless Abraham and his descendants. Sample Footer Text

  18. At first Abraham DOUBTED:.he thought God might not be able to do what He said He would do.But in the end Abraham responded in faith by obeying God’s command for circumcision. God was causing Abraham’s faith to grow, little by little. Sample Footer Text

  19. Sarah doubted,but God strengthened her faith (18:1-15 ) Abraham and Sarah had grown in faith. They realized that their plans with Hagar and Ishmael were not good, and they no longer argued when God rejected Ishmael as the covenant son. Sample Footer Text

  20. Sarah doubted,but God strengthened her faith (18:1-15 ) When God and two angels appeared in the form of three men, Abraham and Sarah demonstrated their godliness by being exemplary hosts, hurrying to offer a feast without even knowing who the strangers were. Sample Footer Text

  21. Sarah doubted,but God strengthened her faith (18:1-15 ) To continue strengthening their growing faith, God now revealed the time frame: ----the child would come within one year. Sample Footer Text

  22. Sarah doubted,but God strengthened her faith (18:1-15 ) Just as He did with Abraham and Sarah GOD OFTEN TEST HIS PEOPLE BY WAITING TO ACT UNTIL THEY HAVE LEARNED TO TRUST HIM. Sample Footer Text

  23. Sarah doubted,but God strengthened her faith (18:1-15 ) Thankfully, God does not wait for us to be perfect. Sarah laughed, still did not understand how she could have a child now that she was so old. Sample Footer Text

  24. Sarah doubted,but God strengthened her faith (18:1-15 ) She still needed to grow in faith.God’s response to Sarah is the lesson He had been teaching from the time He first chose a man with a barren wife. Sample Footer Text

  25. Sarah doubted,but God strengthened her faith (18:1-15 ) Is anything too difficult for the LORD? Nothing is. God is OMNIPOTENT. He is able to do just as He pleases. Sample Footer Text

  26. Sarah doubted,but God strengthened her faith (18:1-15 ) The story ends without resolution: -the son is yet to be born. But God was teaching Abraham and Sarah to believe even when the promise was a long time coming. Sample Footer Text

  27. Sarah doubted,but God strengthened her faith (18:1-15 ) God was patient with Abraham and Sarah, and this gives us hope that He will be patient with us too. We all face the same choice as Abraham: will we come to Jesus and be saved in the way God promises, or will we cause great pain by trying to find salvation our own way. Sample Footer Text

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