Tuesday, December 28, 2021

The Lord Promises Abraham and Sarah a Son

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As we enter Genesis 18, we see Abraham sitting near his tent door.  Verse 1 tells us it was in the heat of the day.  Abraham was probably taking a break from the day's work to cool off.  When he looked up, he saw three men standing opposite him.  What does Abraham do?  He ran over to greet them but he did more than greet them.  He bowed down before them and called one of them "Lord." Abraham offers to wash their feet.  Then, he finds Sarah and tells her to bake them fresh bread.  According to the Believer's Bible Commentary, two of the men were angels and one of them was the Lord Himself.  Abraham and Sarah worked quickly to prepare a meal for the men.  Some scholars believe Abraham knew the identity of the three visitors.  Whether he knew their identities or not, this type of hospitality was typical in the Middle East in those days.

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The Lord Promises Abraham and Sara a Son

As the "men" were eating, they asked Abraham about Sarah, wondering where she was.  While Sarah was in the tent, she heard one of the men tell Abraham that they would return at the same time next year.  By that time, Sarah will have given birth to a son.  Sarah laughed at the idea because she was well past childbearing years.  The Lord (one of the men) asked Abraham why Sarah laughed.  "Is there anything too difficult for the Lord?" the man asked.  

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Sarah denied that she had laughed because she was afraid, but the man (the Lord) said, "No, but you did laugh."

Can you imagine the scene?  I actually kind of laugh to myself at this scene.  

Sarah is in the tent doing her thing when she hears a man (she only knows him as a man) say she will have a baby by next year.

She laughs.  Wouldn't you laugh if you were past childbearing years?  I'm 52.  If a strange man stopped by my house and told me that I would have a baby by next year, I promise you that I would laugh too.  Sarah was 90!

The man (the Lord) asked her husband why she had laughed.

Sarah denied that she had laughed.  I can imagine her response, "UH, no sir.  I didn't laugh."

The man says, "Oh, but you DID laugh."

Sarah was busted.  

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Sarah was a woman of faith, but certainly we can understand her position.  She was a 90 year old barren woman.  I can understand the reason she reacted the way she did.

But God is faithful and true to His Word.  Even in spite of Sarah's doubting, the Lord repeated His promises to Abraham and Sarah the he again said in verse 14, "At the appointed time I will return to you, at this time next year, and Sarah will have a son."

You can read the Biblical account of this passage at Bible Gateway here.

Later on in Genesis 21, God's promise to Abraham and Sarah is fulfilled as their son, Isaac, is born to them.

Teach the Kids

Here are several resources for teaching children the story about the Lord's promise to give Abraham and Sarah a son.

The Promise by Kids' Korner

Genesis:  God's Promise to Abraham Fulfilled by Bible Fun for Kids

Is Anything Too Hard for The Lord? Scripture Page by Sunday School Zone

Abraham's 3 Visitors by Mission Bible Class

Sarah Laughs Video by Saddleback Kids

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Bible Verses for the New Year, 2022

2022 . . . Twenty-Twenty-Two . . . The fact that in just a few days, we will ring in the year 2022 is almost unbelievable, especially for someone like me who was born in 1969.  Wow, that makes me feel so old.  I'm looking forward to the new year though.  The past two years have taken their toll on all of us in one way or another.  When we rang in the year 2020, most of us had no idea what the next few months would bring.  When we realized we were in a global pandemic, most of us had no idea it would last 6 months, let alone years.  Yet here we are, still in it.  It has been tough.  Some of us have lost loved ones.  Some have lost jobs.  If we all think about it, we have probably all lost something due to the global pandemic of the past two years.  But, we have also gained.  We have spent more time at home with our families.  Many have found a faith in God that they didn't have before the 2020 pandemic.  COVID19 will forever be a word or term that will usher up all sorts of emotions in all of us.  But there is another Word that will always speak truth to our hearts, God's Word.  Let's take a look at the truth found in the Bible and keep in our hearts these Bible verses for the new year, 2022.

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Bible Verses for the New Year, 2022

1.  So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.  Psalm 90:12

2.  Seek the Lord and His strength.  Seek His face continually.  Remember His wonderful deeds that He has done, His marvels and the judgements from His mouth.  1 Chronicles 16:11-12

3.  That in reference to your former way of life, you are to rid yourselves of the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lust of deceit, and that you are to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.  Ephesians 4:22-24

4.  The Lord's acts of mercy indeed do not end for His compassions do not fail.  They are new every morning.  Great is Thy faithfulness.  The Lord is my portion says my soul.  Therefore I wait for Him.  Lamentations 3:22-24

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5.  Certainly there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.  Proverbs 23:18

6.  Do not call to mind the former things or consider things of the past.  Behold, I am going to do something new.  Now, it will spring up.  Will you not be aware of it?  I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.  Isaiah 43:18-19

7.  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.  1 Peter 1:3

8.  Therefore if anyone is in Christ, this person is a new creation.  Old things have passed away.  Behold, new things have come.  2 Corinthians 5:17

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9.  And hope does not disappoint because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.  Romans 5:5

10.  For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord; plans for prosperity and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.  Jeremiah 29:11

11.  But as for me, I will be on the watch for the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation.  My God will hear me.  Micah 7:7

12.  Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding.  In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.  Proverbs 3:5-6

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13.  Yet those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength.  They will mount up with wings like eagles.  They will run and not get tired.  They will walk and not become weary.  Isaiah 40:31

14.  Whatever you do in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.  Colossians 3:17

15.  Brothers and sisters, I do not regard myself as having taken hold of it yet; but one thing I do:  forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead.  I will press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.  Philippians 3:13-14

16.  There is an appointed time for everything .  And there is a time for every matter under Heaven.  Ecclesiastes 3:1

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17.  Sing to the Lord a new song; Sing to the Lord, all the earth.  Sing to the Lord, bless His name; Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day.  Tell of His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all the peoples.  Psalm 96:1-3

18.  Look among the nations!  Watch!  Be horrified!  Be frightened and speechless!  For I am accomplishing a work in your days - You would not believe it even if you were told.  Habakkuk 1:5

19.  For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on.  Is life not more than food, and the body more than clothing?  Look at the birds of the sky, that they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather crops into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.  Are you not much more important than they?  Matthew 6:25-26

20.  Know that Lord Himself is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves: We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.  Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with praise.  Give thanks to Him, bless his name.  Psalm 100:3-4

21.  Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.  James 1:17

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22.  Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and pleading with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.  And the peace of God which surpasses all comprehension will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.  Finally brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, think about these thins.  Philippians 4:6-8

I hope these verses will get you off to a great new beginning for a great new year.  Happy New Year everyone.  May many blessings come your way from January all the way into December in 2022.

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