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Intro:
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TS: God once again appears to Abraham and reaffirms the covenant adding the sign of circumcision.
In doing so, He reveals more about Himself.
In , God introduces Himself as “I am God Almighty” El-Shadai.
It had been 24 years since God Promised Abraham He would make his seed a great nation and 13 years since Sarah and Abraham gave up on God and Ishmael was born.
At that point, Abraham was 99 years old and he and Sarah were well past the age of childbearing- So having a child was impossible.
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Gen 17:
The name El Shaddai tells us…
The name El Shaddai tells us…
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That God is all-powerful.
El Shaddai is translated Almighty God or God Almighty.
It means, the God who can do anything.
We know the name Elohim (God) means He is the almighty Creator of the universe; but there is a new dimension in knowing God by the name Shaddai.
Shaddai has been given 2 meanings by scholars.
Some scholars believe the word literally means “mountain”- So they interpret the name Shaddai as suggesting strength, stability, and permanence.
God intentionally let Abraham and Sarah pass childbearing age before fulfilling His Promise for a very important reason-
God wanted to reveal to Abraham and Sarah that He was not only the all-powerful God who created the universe but also the all-powerful, life-giving God who could give them a child.
They had to learn to quit trusting in themselves and learn to trust in God who can do anything.
After revealing Himself to Abraham for the 1st time as El Shaddai, God promised to greatly increase Abraham’s descendants.
At that point Abraham fell on his face.
Through the name El Shaddai God was revealing to Abraham that His covenant with him was not canceled even though at times, Abraham had lapses of faith,
such as getting out of God’s will and going into Egypt, where he lied about Sarah being his sister.
After that, Abraham gave up on God and had a son by Sarah’s servant Hagar, resulting in the birth of Ishmael.
From time to time, all of us have lapses of faith.
I know I do; but even then, we must remember that our God is El Shaddai.
This name reminds us that our all-powerful God can keep His promises even when we don’t hold up our end.
That is why we can trust Him to keep us saved.
The name El Shaddai tells us…
2. That God is all-sufficient.
The name El Shaddai also reveals God as the all-sufficient God.
The name El Shaddai is used several times in the Book of Genesis.
1st used when referring to the promise made with Abraham.
2nd time we find it is when Abraham’s son Isaac sends his son Jacob to take a wife from the daughters of his mother’s brother.
Isaac did this to prevent Jacob from marrying a Canaanite.
As Jacob left to take a wife so that the promise would be fulfilled, Isaac told Jacob that he wanted God to bless him and multiply the size of his family.
3rd time in the Book of Genesis when God changed Jacob’s name to Israel.
This new name given to Jacob means “having power with God”.
4th 1st time Jacob ever used the name El Shaddai he was old in age and had to send his sons, including the youngest 1 Benjamin, back to Egypt to get food for his family during a severe famine.
He had refused to let Benjamin go on the 1st trip, during which they had unknowingly encountered Joseph, whom the brothers had secretly sold into slavery.
Joseph demanded they return with their younger brother Benjamin.
Jacob refused to let him go until his family faced starvation.
Finally, when he came to the end of himself and faced the extinction of his family through famine, Jacob allowed Benjamin to go.
To paraphrase, Jacob finally confessed that God was all-powerful and whatever happened, God was in control and he would accept it.
Jacob had never called God El Shaddai before because he had always relied on his own scheming, deceit, and power to get what he wanted.
He had to reach the point in his life where he could not rely on his own power, but only that of El Shaddai.
Both Abraham and Jacob had to reach the place in their lives where they were willing to depend totally upon the life-sustaining power of God.
As long as we depend on our own skills, abilities, an intellect, we will never know the power of El Shaddai; but when we do completely depend upon God, we find that His grace is sufficient.
The name El Shaddai tells us…
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That God walks with us.
God allows all of us to go through overwhelming experiences that look hopeless in order for us to experience His power to come to know Him as El Shaddai.
In , the Lord reveals Himself to Abraham as El Shaddai and then gives him a command.
That command was to walk before God and live a blameless life.
The phrase walk before me means that we live in the knowledge that we are never out of God’s sight.
The word blameless means without any outstanding fault.
It doesn’t mean we are perfect, or sinless, but that we do nothing that could be used to injure our reputation or witness.
It means to live so that there is no opportunity for private or public reproach.
Conclusion:
We will never come to know God as El Shaddai until we come to the end of ourselves.
We must quit trusting in our own power and begin trusting in the power of God.
Only when we come to know God as El Shaddai, will we begin to experience the power of God in our lives.
God only shows His power when we are willing to admit our weaknesses and inabilities.
The 1st step is being willing to admit you don’t have the power to save yourself and to trust in Christ to completely, eternally save you form the penalty of your sins.
Then, God says you must walk before Him and be blameless.
That’s what is required if you want to experience the power of God in your life.
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