Come and study the Holy Scriptures with us as Father Stephen DeYoung teaches verse by verse on the podcast, The Whole Council of God.

Father Stephen holds a Ph.D. in biblical studies.

And it's an Orthodox priest serving at Archangel Gabriel Orthodox Church in Lafayette, Louisiana.

So, chapter 17, verse one.

When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, I am your God, be pleasing before me and blameless.

So once again, notice the language, you know a appears before him right to talk to him not a voice

not a vague impression or feeling right of where he's being led right this is god appears and speaks to

him so i'm your god be pleasing before me and blameless, right?

Walk before me and be righteous, right?

We heard before.

I will establish my covenant between me and you and will multiply you exceedingly.

So we have this reiteration.

I'll establish my covenant.

I thought we just did that like two chapters ago.

So establish,

we tend to think of establishes like founded or began.

Right.

So this bank was established on this date.

That's the date they opened, right?

But establish is more like found in the sense of place on a foundation, right?

Like firm up, secure.

It's more like that idea.

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