The relationship between a pastor and congregation is captured in…
The Roles
The Results
The Relationships
Sacrifice
As God provided a sacrifice, we learn…
God Will Prepare Us.
God Will Test Us.
God Will Bless Us.
The Everlasting God
The Everlasting God shows to be faithful by…
Fulfilling the Provision of the Promised Son
Not Forgetting Abraham Other Son
Bringing Favor in the Eyes of a King
Protection
God Sovereignly acts to protect his perfect will…
By Keeping the King from Sinning Against God
By Moving the King to Obey God
By Closing and Opening the Womb
Destruction
In God bringing complete destruction upon Sodom and Gomorrah we see…
God’s Wrath Being Poured Out
God’s Mercy Providing a Rescue
God’s Inevitable Judgment to Come
Curiosity
2 Questions that capture a curiosity of what God is doing:
Is anything too difficult for the Lord? (v.14)
Will you destroy the righteous with the wicked? (v.23)
Circumcision
The covenant sign of circumcision represents…
An Eternal Covenant
A Generational Covenant
A Symbolic Covenant
Impatience
Abram’s impatience reveals 2 realities:
The Human Consequences of Impatience
The Revelation of the Nature of God
Proof
God proves he will be true to his promise to Abram by...
Reminding Abram of God’s Character and Promises
Revealing How the Promise will Come to Pass
Making a Covenant with Abram
God Most High
The contrast of Genesis 14:
The Deception of Kingly Power
VS.
The Reality of the Lord’s Rule
Faithfulness
God’s faithfulness to Abram is seen in…
The Lord’s Blessing on Abram
The Lord’s Protection of Abram
The Lord’s Provision to Abram
Promise
The Qualifications of Pastors and Deacons
Providence
Providence: “God’s timely, unforeseen preparation for future events.”
3 qualities to see and experience God’s providence:
Patience
Purpose
Presumption
Scatter
As God scatters the people, there exists an important tension:
Divine Sovereignty
Human Freedom
Multiply
As creation begins to be fruitful and multiply, there exists…
Evidences of Obedience
Foreshadowings of Rebellion
Hints of God’s Providence
Sign
The sign of the covenant reveals…
What God declared in the past
What God Promised for the future
What God understands about human nature
Salvation
Salvation Provided (v.1-5)
Salvation Realized (v.6-19)
Salvation Acknowledged (v.20-22)
Judgment
The Judgment of God
The Mercy of God
Covenant
The Realities that Brought God’s Covenant
The Promise of God’s Covenant