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Promises, Promises
Genesis 21:1-6
Every person can understand God better by noticing the actions he took.
Introduction:
In the movie Liar, Liar a father is unable to keep his promises to his son.
At the start of the movie it seems to be about forgetfulness, but later on in the movie it is because of circumstances beyond his control.
We have probably all experienced this either on our won part, or because of the negligence of another person.
Sometimes this happens because you forgot a promise you made, or another person forgets the promise they made to you.
Or maybe something happened and you could not keep a promise.
Maybe that is the reason someone else did not fulfill their promise.
Maybe there are other reasons why people do not keep their promises.
Whatever the case may be, that is not how things work with God.
God will always keep his promises.
He does not forget and he does not have circumstances that get in the way.
God is faithful in his promises.
We can trust that he will come through on the things he promises.
Action I.
He promises
A. God had told Abram so many times that he would be the father of many nations that it really began to sound like a broken record.
When he told Abram to leave his father’s household he was told that he would be the father of many nations.
Then when Abram and Lot realize their families had grown too big to stay together, God again reminds Abram that he will become a great nation.
In Genesis 15 God speaks to Abram in a vision that reminds Abram that he will make him into a great nation.
When three strangers visit Abram in Genesis 18 he is reminded again that he will be a father.
This all happens between the 75th year and the 100th year of Abram’s life.
Even when he is first promised that he will be a father, he is old to be doing that sort of thing.
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Throughout all of this time you might imagine that Abraham and Sarah have their doubts about God really coming through with his promise.
Abraham was looking at others in his family who could take the inheritance.
In one instance he even bears a child with a slave woman, so he can have an heir of his own.
This was not Sarah’s child, but it was Abraham’s.
I have to believe that Abraham was starting to really doubt whether God could pull this one off.
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