Tag Archives: Father of Faith

God’s Word and God’s Son IF we read on and discover the content of the covenant, we have further evidence of the grace of God. We read: “To your offspring I give this land” (Genesis 15:18). This is the first … Continue reading →

The Furnace and the Lamp – Part 2 From Last Lesson: So we have this problem, justice saying, “No,” and love saying, “Yes.” WE cannot solve this problem, because we have no analogy in our own life that can begin … Continue reading →

The Furnace and the Lamp – Part 1 AFTER God has removed Abraham completely out of the picture, this is the record we read: “When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and … Continue reading →

Picture of the Sinner COMING back to Abram, we notice that after the sacrifice had been slain by Abram and the parts divided and laid one over against the other, Abram falls asleep: “As the sun was going down, a … Continue reading →

Covenant Confirmation SUCH a procedure was one of the methods in olden times of confirming a covenant. When the ancient Orientals came together to make an agreement, they had different ways of doing it. For instance, we read in the … Continue reading →

Picture of Calvary – Part 2 From Last Lesson: God tells Abram to take a heifer three years old, a she goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove and a pigeon; and He commands Abram to … Continue reading →

Picture of Calvary – Part 1 God had taken him out into the night and shown him the stars of heaven, and promised him, “so shall thy seed be.” There was the simple promise, unattended by any other evidence. God … Continue reading →

The Assurance of Faith “O Lord GOD, how am I to know that I shall possess it?” (Genesis 15:8). IN previous studies we have seen that Abraham was saved solely and completely and exclusively by believing the Word of God … Continue reading →

Abimelech and Sarah GOD always keeps His Word and fulfills His promise in a most wonderful and remarkable way. What He did for Sarah He also did for Abraham. We remind you again that the Bible says, “Abraham was old … Continue reading →

Abimelech and Sarah IF any of you are inclined to doubt this, [Sarah’s youthful beauty returned] and accuse me of indulging in wild imaginations, please reserve your criticism until we tell you the rest of the story. Some time after … Continue reading →

Sarah Laughs NOW Sarah hears these words of the Lord, and they strike her as very funny and utterly impossible. We read: “Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, ‘After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being … Continue reading →

The Virgin Birth HOW the Lord brought about this miraculous birth of Isaac is fully revealed in Genesis 18. The aged Abraham received a call from the Lord as he rested in his tent at the middle of the day. … Continue reading →

Saving Faith SAVING faith is believing God’s Word, believing that He is trustworthy to fulfill His promise and able to carry it out. Faith is not reasoning about or feeling that Word, but simply believing it because God says it. … Continue reading →

The Reward of Faith “For what does the Scripture say? ‘Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness’ . . . . No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in … Continue reading →

For Us Also WHAT was true of Abraham is true today. Salvation and justification still come by believing God’s Word concerning His Son, His miraculously conceived, supernaturally born Son. That is what John says in 1 John 5:9-10: “If we … Continue reading →

Sarah and Abraham Were Dead IN Genesis 18:11 we read this: “Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years. The way of women had ceased to be with Sarah.” Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in years. … Continue reading →

What Did Abram Believe? NOW what did God ask Abram to believe? He asked him to believe what He had said concerning a promised son. But more than that, God asked him to believe in a long-promised son, a long-delayed … Continue reading →

Abraham’s Desire LET us return to the narrative of Abraham: After God has promised to protect Abram and reward him, Abram begins to question God emphatically. He reminds the Lord that he is not primarily interested at all in the … Continue reading →

Genesis 15 CONCERNING Abraham’s faith then we have to ask the question, therefore, what did Abraham believe? What was it that God said, which Abraham believed, and which saved him and was counted to him for righteousness? We have the … Continue reading →

The Ground of Faith “What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh? For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the … Continue reading →