Christmas in Genesis (Part 5 of 6)
Truth For Life Daily Program
Alistair Begg
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🗓️ 21 December 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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God promised that through Abraham’s seed, all nations would be blessed. How does His covenant with a barren, elderly couple point forward to the child in the manger? And what does it mean for us today? Hear the answer on Truth For Life with Alistair Begg.
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| 0:00.0 | Thank you. In the book of Genesis, God made a covenant with Abraham that through his seed, all nations of the earth would be blessed. |
| 0:37.9 | How does God's promise to an elderly, barren couple point forward to a child in a manger? |
| 0:44.3 | And what does this blessing mean for all of us? |
| 0:47.3 | Alistair Begg explores the answers today on Truth for Life weekend. |
| 0:56.7 | I invite you to turn with me to Genesis, the first book in the Bible, |
| 1:02.1 | and we'll read just one or two brief sections, beginning at chapter 12 and verse one. |
| 1:17.3 | Now the Lord said to Abram, go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you |
| 1:23.0 | a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great so that you will be a blessing. |
| 1:29.7 | I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonours you, I will curse. And in you, |
| 1:35.5 | all the families of the earth shall be blessed. So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, |
| 1:41.8 | and Lot went with him. Abraham was 75 years old when he departed from |
| 1:47.8 | Haram. And then in chapter 15, after these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, |
| 1:56.7 | Fear not, Abram, I am your shield, your reward shall be very great. But Abram said, |
| 2:02.6 | O Lord God, what will you give me? For I continue childless, and the heir of my house is |
| 2:08.1 | Eliezer of Damascus. And Abram said, Behold, you have given me no offspring, and a member of my household |
| 2:16.4 | will be my heir. And behold, the word of the Lord |
| 2:20.1 | came to him. This man shall not be your heir. Your very own son shall be your heir. And he brought |
| 2:29.0 | him outside and said, Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you're able to number them. Then he said |
| 2:35.1 | to him, so shall your offspring be, and he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness. |
| 2:44.5 | And then in chapter 17, just a verse or two, again at the beginning, when Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to Abraham |
| 2:52.9 | and said to him, I am God Almighty, walk before me and be blameless, that I may make my covenant |
| 2:58.8 | between me and you, and may multiply you greatly. Then Abram fell on his face, and God said to him, |
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