Tag: Hagar
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…
January 8 – If They Had Only Trusted GOD
Reading Gen. 20:1-21:7, 22-34, 8-21 Devotional GOD had promised Abraham and Sarah they would have a son. But Sarah laughed and didn’t believe GOD, thinking she was too old to have a baby. Rather than simply trust in GOD to bring about what He had promised, Abraham and Sarah decided to “help GOD out” and…
January 6 – When GOD Speaks
Reading Gen. 15:1-17:27 Devotional In these chapters GOD makes several promises: To be Abram’s shield and exceedingly great reward (15:1). An heir to Abram (15:4). Abram’s descendents would become as numerous as the stars (15:5). A land to Abram’s descendents (15:7). Abram’s descendents would dwell in a foreign land four generations (15:13-16). To multiply Hagar’s…