Abraham and the Promise: Study 3 in the series "
Three Trees: The story of the whole Bible" in 10 studies.
When do you find it hardest to trust God? Are there certain times or seasons or events in your life where it has been hard to trust God?
We often read one story in the Bible that reminds us of elements in another story in the Bible. That’s what we are starting to see here in God’s promises to Abraham. The promises of blessing in Eden are now being repeated - and progressed. The Bible is a book that often repeats itself by establishing a pattern, and then repeating it, to advance the story towards fulfilment (Promise & Fulfilment).
You don’t need to read too much further in Genesis to see that Abraham’s faith was not only tested but weakened. Just like Adam and Eve doubted God’s Word, Abraham and Sarah also doubted God’s promises - by taking matters into their own hands. This is the pattern of Abraham’s descendants, as the conflict with God continues throughout the Bible.
But for now the Scriptures tell us that Abram ‘believed God’s promises and it was credited to him as righteousness’, and that Abraham’s faith is how we need to respond to God’s promises to us in Jesus.
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