Genesis 15
This is one of the pivotal chapters of the Old Testament.
It is about the grace of God.
His people are unable to transcend up to God, so He condescends to them.
Salvation is by faith in which man by his will accepts and places his ginuine confidence in God’s Word, the person of Jesus Christ.
God’s salvation is based on an iron-clad covenant…an unconditional promise from God.
In the Abrahamic Covenant God executes the ceremony that demonstrates to Abraham the surety of His irrevocable words of promise and blessing, which will be fulfilled in His Messiah.
Genesis 15:1-3 – God speaks to Abram
God speaks in the Old Testament by a personal appearance of Jesus Christ (the fiery furnace)
God speaks in the Old Testament through an audible voice
God speaks in the Old Testament through visions
God speaks in the Old Testament through angels
God speaks in the Old Testament by the Spirit of God
It must be scary to hear audibly from God for He always says, "Don’t be afraid."
The Hebraic mind was materially oriented…Abram thought God’s blessings would be wealth.
Genesis 15:4-5 – Numbers of stars: visible versus invisible
In Genesis 13:16, God promised Abram descendents as numerous as the dust…picturing Abram’s natural posterity: Jews by birth.
In Genesis 15:5 The promise is for his spiritual seed: those justified by faith.
Genesis 15:6
This is the first mention of justification by faith.
Romans 4:2-8
Romans 4:3 signifies that the means of salvation on man’s part is the same in both the Old and New Testaments
Galations 3:6-8
Hebrews 11:8
Genesis 15:7-21
The Abrahamic Covenant is an unconditional covenant.
Abram wanted a sign of confirmation. God enacted a covenant that was common in ancient Eastern cultures with one difference: the covenant was to be sealed with the blood of a perfect sacrifice.
This points to Jesus – God’s final and perfect Covenant of salvation by grace through faith in His shed blood.
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Hi Joe,
I love how you put such a powerful message into so few words. Thank you for the kind note.
Ron
Joe;
“Salvation is by faith in which man by his will accepts and places his genuine confidence in God’s Word, the person of Jesus.”
Do I understand you correctly?
Are you saying that a man is saved because of his will?
Does Jesus have to wait till a man is willing in order to save him?
Does grace depend upon the will of the sinner?
paul g: You know...you have a giant chip on your shoulder and you continually sneak into other's minds to tell them what they think.
If you intend to follow Christ you HAVE to stop doing that...it is sin.
Having said that, let me say that neither you nor I can know the process by which God chooses to save a person.
What is extremely clear is that to be saved YOU must confess that Jesus is Lord, YOU must repent of sin, YOU must believe and YOU must turn to Christ in faith believing that God has raised Him from the dead.
If YOU have not done that, my friend, YOU are not saved and will not taste of an eternity with God in Heaven.
The stupidist question you ask is, "Does grace depend upon the will of the sinner?"
That is not just ignorant, it is stupid, because is twists the words of the writer (me) and superimposes on it your own hang-up which you seemingly are too blind to see or too proud to acknowledge.
Physhologists calle it projection, and you do a lot of it.
Time to grow up and find out what Christianity is really all about.
Beautifully & Biblically said, bro. Joe!!
I especially liked this comment: "The Abrahamic Covenant is an unconditional covenant.
Abram wanted a sign of confirmation. God enacted a covenant that was common in ancient Eastern cultures with one difference: the covenant was to be sealed with the blood of a perfect sacrifice.
This points to Jesus – God’s final and perfect Covenant of salvation by grace through faith in His shed blood." And I ESPECIALLY especially liked the last sentence!! God Bless.
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