Summary of passage: God calls Abram to leave his country (Mesopotamia) for the land He will show Him (Canaan). God promises Abram to make him into a great nation and He will bless him. He will bless those who bless him and curse those who curse him. ALL people on earth will be blessed through Abram.
Questions:
5a) I (I being God) will:
1) Make you into a great nation. This is the Jewish People and the Old Testament chronicles this through Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and down to Christ. Genesis 13:16
2) Bless you. Philippians 4:19 “God will meet all your needs…in Christ Jesus.”
3) Make your name great. Abram is honored by Jews, Muslims, and Christians. I would wager most people know who he is.
4) You will be a blessing. Matthew 28:19-20. I think the biggest blessing we can be is to tell others about Jesus.
5) Bless those who bless you. Matthew 16:19
6) Curse those who curse you. I see this in God’s punishment of the nations who are against Israel (Babylon, Assyria, etc) as attested throughout the Bible, history, and today.
7) All peoples on earth will be blessed through you. Through Jesus and our faith the Gentiles are children of Abraham. Galatians 3: 7-9, 14-18,29, Genesis 22:18, Acts 3:25-26
b) I’m using Genesis 17 for all of these, where God re-affirms His covenant with Abram (ham) and gives him the sign of circumcision to seal the covenant. Joshua 21:43-45 confirms Israel took the land and that “every one (promise) was fulfilled.”
6a) Ephesians 1:3: Every spiritual blessing
b) Ephesians 1:18: Know the hope He has called us to and the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints
c) Ephesians 2:6-7: Raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realm; Shows us the incomparable riches of His grace
d) 1 Corinthians 2:9-10: We receive His Spirit so we may know what God has prepared for those who love Him (us)
e) Psalm 16:5-6, 11: We have an assigned portion that is secure and pleasant which is a delightful inheritance. Know the path of life, the joy in your presence, eternal pleasures
Conclusions: A lot of looking up and researching with the challenge question. Writing out God’s promises is a powerful reminder that God is for us–not against us (Romans 8:31). He is our greatest cheerleader and our greatest protector against the enemy. God is good despite all the bad that sometimes surrounds us.
With these promises, He expects us to be a blessing. We must show God’s love. Always.
For some reason I am not receiving ALL of the posts you send. For instance, I received day 3 and day 4 of lesson 11, but not day 2! This has been going on for some weeks now. Appreciate your attention to this!
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