Call to Worship: Psalm 9:1-2
Worship Songs
Scripture Passage: Genesis 15
Sermon Notes
Observations
- Abram was not immune to fear.
- Abram had to decide between following the way of sin and the way of the Lord.
- Abram had a growing personal relationship with the Lord.
- Abram asked the Lord about his posterity.
- Abram's faith was critical to Abram's response.
- Abram asked the Lord about his inheritance.
The Lord made a covenant with Abram
- Parties: individuals or groups who are included
- Conditions: the actions that each party must undertake
- Results: promised blessings of obedience and/or threatened punishments of disobedience
- Security: guarantee of fulfillment, often an oath or sacrifice
What did the covenant between the Lord and Abram mean for Abram?
- The covenant served as the basis for the Lord's future relationship with Abram and his descendants
- The covenant set the stage for future covenants.
But the covenant did not mean…
- That Abram would be made righteous through his own works
- That Abram and his descendants would experience uninterrupted prosperity and success
- That Abram and his descendants could treat their special relationship with God as a get-out-of-jail-free pass to do whatever they want
What does the covenant between God and Abram mean for us?
- We, too, see the distinction between those under the Lord's covenant and those who are not.
- We begin to understand God's steadfast love to His covenant people.
- We realize the significance of faith.
- We begin to see the connection between faith and obedience.
- We look forward, like Abram, to the promise of a greater inheritance and a greater country.
- We, too, are empowered by faith instead of debilitated by fear.
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