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- As we read Genesis 22:9-10, at each step of Abraham’s obedience preparation to sacrifice his son Isaac, we can feel the tremendous spiritual, mental, and emotional pressure he was experiencing as he was carrying out—in faith, trust, and obedience—what God had called him to do, all the while trusting God implicitly at this time, being committed to the death, versus, giving in to his fear, disbelief, and carnal compromise as in his earlier years as a believer: “Then they came to the place of which...
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The way Abraham settled and removed his doubts and fear was by believing God’s promises. Warren Wiersbe said this about the word “believe”: Abraham believed God, which is literally, “Abraham said, ‘Amen, God!’”
A. God speaks to Abram’s fears and doubts with a promise. 1. (1) The word of the LORD comes to Abram in a vision. After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”.
Apr 11, 2021 · After waiting for the fulfilment of God's promise to him for 10 years, Abraham is understandably rattled in his confidence. He began to wonder and doubt if God will ever fulfil His promise. And so when God reminded Abraham of the promise of the land, Abraham asked "How am I to know?
God appears to Abram in a vision, but when he comes, his first words are, "Fear not!" This reveals what is going on in Abram's heart. He was having a sleepless night and the trouble was that he was afraid.
In the first 25 years after his call, Abraham was shown repeatedly to be weak in faith. Only when he was almost a centenarian, with Isaac’s arrival, did he likely begin to grow such that he would act in faith unshakeable at the Aqedah, the binding of Isaac (22:11–19).
When the text says that those people did not fear God it simply meant that the people in that country did not respect Abraham's God. That meant Abraham was in danger. Because a big determining factor to those people entering into war was whether their gods were stronger than their enemy's god.
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Feb 8, 2024 · God repeats His promise to Abraham -- that Abraham will be the father of a multitude. Abraham believes God (a model for Christians today), but that doesn't prevent him from taking the fulfillment of that promise into his own hands, to disastrous ends.
