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INTRO
What are some famous fatherly phrases of wisdom?
I’m not made of money
Don’t talk to your mother like that
Do you want me to come ______ there
Stop crying or I’ll give you something to cry about
I bet you wont do that again will ya
They just don’t make things like they used to
When I was a kid...
Nice to meet you hungry
Go ask your mother!
Hard to fly like an eagle when your surrounded by turkeys
Dad’s want godly sons! - Dad’s want wise sons!
Would you consider yourself to be a wise son?
Proverbs is the book of wisdom - written to children...
This section is about Abraham’s death as well as a list of all his sons.
Father Abraham had many sons I am one of them and so are you so lets all praise the LORD!
But are we really one of them or not?
What does it mean to come to the Father according to Abraham?
Title & Text
Come To The Father
Genesis 25.1-18
Theme
Out of all the sons of Abraham, Isaac was the one chosen by God.
Pray
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THE SERMON BODY
Chapter 25 Structure
vv.
1-18 = Abrahams Death & Descendants
1-6 = Abraham, Keturah & Sons
7-11 = Abrahams Death
12-18 = Ismael’s Descendants
vv.
19-28 = Birth of Jacob and Esau
19-22 = conception of children
23 = prophecy over progeny
24-26 = birth of boys
27-28 = parental preferences
vv.
29-34 = Esau Sells Birthright
Main Points
God fulfills His promises
Eventually everyone dies
Out of all Abrahams sons only one is chosen
God is in the business fulfilling His promises = 1-6
We don’t know when or where this woman came from...
Sarah through silence “another”
Keturah = [smoke / incense]
6 Sons listed / 7 grandsons / 3 great grandsons
Midianites = will be heard of later...
multigenerational blessing
vv. 5 extra important
Isaac is the undisputed heir!
child of the promise
child of Sarah
vv.
6
Abraham gives gifts
Sent away eastward!
God is in the business fulfilling His promises = 1-6
Then...
Now...
God is in the business fulfilling His promises = 1-6
BUT
No matter how blessed we might be all people must suffer death.
= 7-11
Abraham dies just like those before him...
Chap 5 = “Thus all the days of ________ were _____ years, and he died.”
the tree!
Even here God’s curse is felt
Even here God’s promise is fulfilled
Life
Land
Offspring
Hope
Abraham lived a long, full and blessed life yet suffered the same fate as all before him.
and all after = You will die some day! = Are you afraid to go?
Out of all Abrahams sons, only one is chosen.
Ishmael the firstborn but the chosen one of God
Ishmael still blessed / just not chosen...
12 Sons - Princes
blessings do not necessitate choosing
Wife & Concubines… vv.
6
Ishmael dies @ 137yrs
Out of the Land of Promise
Over against his kinsman
Overall Transition to Isaac Narrative
Transitional
Loose ends
Oficial
Big Picture Plot-line = Seed & Serpent = Curse & Cure!
Adam
Cain - Able
Noah - Nations
Shem - Ham - Japheth
Abraham - Family
Ishmael / Isaac
Father Abraham had many sons, many sons had father Abraham…
Abraham / Isaac / Jacob - Israel - David / Christ
Father Abraham had many sons, many sons had father Abraham… I am one of them and so are you…
What was the work of Abraham?
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