Resurrection

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God Keeps His PromisesGenesis 211-21
Presented by Bob DeWaay December 12th, 2004
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The Lord Visits Sarah
Genesis 211
Then the Lord took note of Sarah as He had said,
and the Lord did for Sarah as He had promised.
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Likewise the Lord Visited Hannah
1Samuel 221
And the Lord visited Hannah and she conceived
and gave birth to three sons and two daughters.
And the boy Samuel grew before the Lord.
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God Keeps His Promise
Genesis 212
So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in
his old age, at the appointed time of which God
had spoken to him.
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The Prediction of Isaacs Birth
Genesis 1721
But My covenant I will establish with Isaac,
whom Sarah will bear to you at this season next
year.
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Isaac Means To Laugh
Genesis 213
And Abraham called the name of his son who was
born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
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Abrahams Covenant Faithfulness
Genesis 214
Then Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he
was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
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A Miracle Birth
Genesis 215
Now Abraham was one hundred years old when his
son Isaac was born to him.
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Sarahs Poetry
Genesis 216
And Sarah said, God has made laughter for me
everyone who hears will laugh with me.
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Laughter of Incredulity
Genesis 1717
Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and
said in his heart, Will a child be born to a man
one hundred years old? And will Sarah, who is
ninety years old, bear a child?
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Laughter of Incredulity
Genesis 1812
And Sarah laughed to herself, saying, After I
have become old, shall I have pleasure, my lord
being old also?
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Laughter of Joy
Genesis 216
And Sarah said, God has made laughter for me
everyone who hears will laugh with me.
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Only God Could Have Done This
Genesis 217
And she said, Who would have said to Abraham
that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne
him a son in his old age.
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A Feast
Genesis 218
And the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham
made a great feast on the day that Isaac was
weaned.
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mocking is negative laughing
Genesis 219
Now Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom
she had borne to Abraham, mocking.
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Sarah Sees Ishmael as a Threat
Genesis 2110
Therefore she said to Abraham, Drive out this
maid and her son, for the son of this maid shall
not be an heir with my son Isaac.
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Ishmael Cannot be the Heir
Genesis 154
Then behold, the word of the Lord came to him,
saying, This man will not be your heir but one
who shall come forth from your own body, he shall
be your heir.
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Abraham Loves Ishmael
Genesis 2111
And the matter distressed Abraham greatly because
of his son.
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This Time it is Good to Listen to Her
Genesis 2112
But God said to Abraham, Do not be distressed
because of the lad and your maid whatever Sarah
tells you, listen to her, for through Isaac your
descendants shall be named.
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The Last Time it was Bad
Genesis 162
So Sarai said to Abram, Now behold, the Lord has
prevented me from bearing children. Please go in
to my maid. . . And Abram listened to the voice
of Sarai.
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Abraham Is Reassured about Ishmael
Genesis 2113
And of the son of the maid I will make a nation
also, because he is your descendant.
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Abraham Sends Hagar and Son Away
Genesis 2114a
So Abraham rose early in the morning, and took
bread and a skin of water, and gave them to
Hagar, putting them on her shoulder, . . .
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Abraham Sends Hagar and Son Away
Genesis 2114b
. . . and gave her the boy, and sent her away.
And she departed, and wandered about in the
wilderness of Beersheba.
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It Appears Hopeless for Hagar
Genesis 2115
And the water in the skin was used up, and she
left the boy under one of the bushes.
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Hagars Despair
Genesis 2116
Then she went and sat down opposite him, about a
bowshot away, for she said, Do not let me see
the boy die. And she sat opposite him, and
lifted up her voice and wept.
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God Hears and God Cares
Genesis 2117
And God heard the lad crying and the angel of
God called to Hagar from heaven, and said to her,
What is the matter with you, Hagar? Do not fear,
for God has heard the voice of the lad where he
is.
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God Hears and God Cares
Genesis 2118
Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him by the
hand for I will make a great nation of him.
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God Provides for Hagar and Son
Genesis 2119
Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of
water and she went and filled the skin with
water, and gave the lad a drink.
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Ishmael Lives in the Wilderness
Genesis 2120
And God was with the lad, and he grew and he
lived in the wilderness, and became an archer.
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Hagar Finds Him a Wife from Her People
Genesis 2121
And he lived in the wilderness of Paran and his
mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
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Applications
1) God Keeps His Promises so Trust Him 2) God
Sees Us In our Time of Despair and Answers
Prayer
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God Keeps His Promises
Romans 419
And without becoming weak in faith he
contemplated his own body, now as good as dead
since he was about a hundred years old, and the
deadness of Sarah's womb
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Abraham Believed God
Romans 420
yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did
not waver in unbelief, but grew strong in faith,
giving glory to God,
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Abraham Believed God
Romans 421
and being fully assured that what He had
promised, He was able also to perform.
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Abrahams Justifying Faith
Romans 422
Therefore also it was reckoned to him as
righteousness.
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God Sees Us In our Time of Despair and Answers
Prayer
Psalm 1076
Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble
He delivered them out of their distresses.
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