Dr. McKellar’s Lesson for February 11, 2024

So Shall Your Offspring Be

Genesis 15:1-6

1. The LORD Promising 1

• significance of “After these things…”
• protection and provision

2. Abram Lamenting 2-3

• Abram’s address:”…O Lord GOD…”
• Eliezer of Damascus: slave as heir? Abram: father of any/many

3. The LORD Guaranteeing 4-5

• when promise and problem intersect
• repetition, clarification and expansion (Psa. 147:3-4)

4. The LORD Crediting 6

• verse 6: believed…counted…righteousness
• repeated in Rom. 4:3, Gal. 4:6, Jas. 2:23
• The Lord’s confirmation points us to the cross (Gen. 15:7-21, Isa. 45:22)

5. So What?

• Because the LORD has the power to protect and provide for you, understand that your circumstances pose no problem for Him.
• Don’t fear or fret. Do delight and depend. Expect Him to be what you call Him!
• “I am the God of the stars. They do not lose their way. Not one do I mislay. Their times are in my hand. They move at my command.” (A. Carmichael) “Standing on the promises that cannot fail, when the howling storms of doubt and fear assail, by the living word of God I shall prevail, standing on the promise of God.” (R. Carter)