“How May I Know?”
12/11/16 07:50
October 10, 2016
“How May I Know?”
Blessings folk!
Abram believed what the Lord had said.
God reckoned it to him as righteousness.
The conversation continues.
Watch what is said by whom.
Then, watch the instructions and actions.
Abram questioned…
How could he possess land without children (remember the context)?
How could he know?
He believed.
But, he wanted help with his “unbelief”.
God called for a sacrifice, a time of worship.
Several animals, cut in two, each half laid opposite the other, save for the birds.
This was a process.
Hard labor.
Sacrifice of livestock.
Abram had to drive away the birds of prey.
Defending from those that sought to take the offering.
What is the point?
We will see.
Note what happened next.
When the sun went down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram.
The result?
Terror and great darkness fell upon him.
…to be continued…
“How May I Know?”
Blessings folk!
Abram believed what the Lord had said.
God reckoned it to him as righteousness.
The conversation continues.
Watch what is said by whom.
Then, watch the instructions and actions.
Gen 15:7-12
And He said to him, “I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to possess it.”
He said, “O Lord GOD, how may I know that I will possess it?”
So He said to him, “Bring Me a three year old heifer, and a three year old female goat, and a three year old ram, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”
Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, and laid each half opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds.
The birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, terror and great darkness fell upon him.
The Lord reminds Abram…
- I AM the Lord
- I brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans
- I gave you this land to posses it
Abram questioned…
- How may I know that I will possess it?
How could he possess land without children (remember the context)?
How could he know?
He believed.
But, he wanted help with his “unbelief”.
God called for a sacrifice, a time of worship.
Several animals, cut in two, each half laid opposite the other, save for the birds.
This was a process.
Hard labor.
Sacrifice of livestock.
Abram had to drive away the birds of prey.
Defending from those that sought to take the offering.
What is the point?
We will see.
Note what happened next.
When the sun went down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram.
The result?
Terror and great darkness fell upon him.
…to be continued…