Source of Blessing - Fathers
Notes
1 Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years. And the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.
2 And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh,
3 that I may make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell,
4 but will go to my country and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”
5 The servant said to him, “Perhaps the woman may not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”
6 Abraham said to him, “See to it that you do not take my son back there.
7 The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my kindred, and who spoke to me and swore to me, ‘To your offspring I will give this land,’ he will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.
8 But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be free from this oath of mine; only you must not take my son back there.”
9 So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore to him concerning this matter.
- 1 All blessings are from our Father v1
- Three ways Abraham obeyed, could bless:
- ~ "Went when he was sent. " Genesis 12
- ~ "Believed the unbelievable " Sarah baby when old
- ~ "Gave what was given" Willing to sacrifice Issac
- 2 Melding or Mercy? V2-4
- 3 "Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen" v5-9
- Three ways Abraham demonstrates faith:
- ~ Faith for the future because of the past v7a
- ~ Faith for offspring to inherit the land v7b
- ~ Faith for divine, supernatural help v7c
- 4 Epiloge v10-67