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God’s unchanging promise

Apr 07, 2017

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God’s Unchanging PromiseGenesis 15

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4 Married Children

10 Grandchildren

4 Great Grandchildren

…and counting!

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Great Promises to AbrahamThe Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” Genesis 12.1-3

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A Family

No Heir

Great Promises to Abraham

A Nation

A Country No land

No children

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Promises, Promises!False Promises

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Promises, Promises!Hopeful Promises

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Promises, Promises!GenuinePromises

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Promises, Promises!PiecrustPromises!

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God’s Promises

The Lord is faithful to all his promises

Psalm 145.13

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The Promise is Renewed

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The Promise is FulfilledAgainst all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead. Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. Romans 4.18-21

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The Promise is Fulfilled – Fully!By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God. And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise. And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore. Hebrews 11.8-12

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What about us?‘

Abraham believed the Lord, and he credited to him as righteousness.’

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What about us?‘

This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.” The words “it was credited to him” were written not for him alone, but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification. Romans 4. 23-25

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