Tag: Abraham
Biblical Principle #150: Israel Worshiped the Golden Calf
Biblical Principles List Principle Israel broke the covenant with God by worshiping a golden calf idol. Explanation Seemingly no sooner did GOD finish giving Moses the Law than Israel broke the covenant they had made with GOD just forty days earlier. 1 Now when the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain,…
Biblical Principle #113: God Renamed Jacob to Israel
Biblical Principles List Principle God renamed Jacob to Israel. Explanation When GOD called Abraham to follow Him, his name was Abram. In time, GOD renamed Abram to Abraham. 1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am your God; be pleasing before Me and blameless. 2…
Biblical Principle #85: God Rewards Acts of Faith
Biblical Principles List Principle God always rewards acts of faith. Explanation One of the more important life lessons I have learned is that GOD always rewards a step taken in faith. (This excludes, of course, acts done in some form of misguided faith which are, in reality, sinful or opposed to GOD’s will.) We have…
Biblical Principle #84: A Shadow Points Toward a Substance
Biblical Principles List Principle In the Bible, a shadow points towards a future substance. Explanation When GOD tested Abraham by telling him to sacrifice Isaac, there was a deeper significance than simply what was happening in those moments. As we previously established, GOD sent Abraham to a specific location—Mount Moriah—which was later the site of…
Biblical Principle #82: God Tests Individuals
Biblical Principles List Principle Sometimes God tests individuals. Explanation Genesis 22 records one of the Bible’s more heartwrenching stories. Abraham had walked with GOD for years since GOD called Abraham to leave his homeland. GOD knew Abraham’s character. And yet, GOD tested Abraham—with the greatest test of Abraham’s life. 1 Now it came to pass…
Biblical Principle #78: Circumcision the Sign of God’s Covenant
Biblical Principles List Principle Circumcision is the sign of God’s covenant. Explanation In Genesis 17, GOD reiterated His covenant with Abraham, along with the land promise. But GOD introduced something new, a sign of Abraham’s covenant: circumcision. 1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am…
Biblical Principle #76: Isaac was the Child of Promise (Descendants vs Seed)
Biblical Principles List Principle Isaac was the child of God’s promise. Explanation When GOD told Abraham that Abraham would have a son, Sarah thought logically and gave her handmaid Hagar to Abraham as a wife. Sarah apparently thought there was no way that she would bear that child, so it would have to come from someone…
Biblical Principle #75: Nothing is Impossible with God
Biblical Principles List Principle Nothing is impossible with God. Explanation When Abraham was 99 years old, GOD again appeared to him. Now, GOD had already told Abraham that he would have a son, but that was before Ishmael was born. This time, GOD revealed that the promised son was not Ishmael but would come from…
Biblical Principle #74: God Cut a Covenant with Abraham
Biblical Principles List Principle God cut a covenant with Abraham. Explanation Genesis 15 tells the story of GOD again speaking to Abraham and, this time, promising Abraham he would have a son and that Abraham’s seed would become as numerous as the stars. Abraham asked for a sign of this promise. Look at what GOD…
Biblical Principle #73: God is Our Reward
Biblical Principles List Principle God is the reward of the faithful. Explanation In GOD’s third recorded interaction with Abraham, GOD told Abraham that He Himself would be Abraham’s reward: 1 After these things the Word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield and…