Study Guide

Reflection What do we need to learn from this in our preparation to celebrate Christ’s birth? We need to realize we cannot put God in a box. God does not …

You Can’t Trick God Does this throw God off? No way, not even for a second. God is constantly working out his plan, and we cannot mess it up. Believe …

More Signs We don’t have to look to Hebrews to see signs of Abraham’s faith. There are several signs in Genesis 22 where we can see his confidence in God. …

Joy to the World Now that we are caught up, let’s look at chapter twenty-one. Sarah indeed becomes pregnant, and when Abraham is one hundred years old, they have a …

Reflection How does this affect the way we look forward to the birth of Jesus? We need to pause and reflect on the fact that God is good and can …

The Curveball Now we get to the hardest part of the covenant to understand. Let’s look a little closer at the words God says to Abraham when he makes this …

Covenants, Testaments, and Promises When we say God is establishing a covenant relationship with Abraham (he’s actually still called Abram at this point, but you know who we’re talking about), …

The Finer Points “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” …