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Genesis 15
By Skip Heitzig
Genesis 15

The nation of Israel is the avenue though which the Lord has blessed the world with the Messiah. God's promise to Abram guarantees their ownership of the land, and provides a picture of His divine accomplishment, based on God's work alone. Join us as we uncover the doctrine of justification by faith from our text in Genesis 15.

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Genesis 15 (NKJV™)
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, your exceedingly great reward."
2	But Abram said, "Lord GOD, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"
3	Then Abram said, "Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir!"
4	And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, "This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir."
5	Then He brought him outside and said, "Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them." And He said to him, "So shall your descendants be."
6	And he believed in the LORD, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.
7	Then He said to him, "I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it."
8	And he said, "Lord GOD, how shall I know that I will inherit it?"
9	So He said to him, "Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon."
10	Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, down the middle, and placed each piece opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds in two.
11	And when the vultures came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
12	Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him.
13	Then He said to Abram: "Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years.
14	"And also the nation whom they serve I will judge; afterward they shall come out with great possessions.
15	"Now as for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age.
16	"But in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete."
17	And it came to pass, when the sun went down and it was dark, that behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a burning torch that passed between those pieces.
18	On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates--
19	"the Kenites, the Kenezzites, the Kadmonites,
20	"the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,
21	"the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites."

New King James Version®, Copyright © 1982, Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved.

<p><strong>Genesis 15 - Genesis 15</strong><br /> From the Series, Genesis<br /> <em>By Pastor Skip Heitzig </em><p></p> <p><strong>MESSAGE SUMMARY</strong></p> <p>The nation of Israel is the avenue though which the Lord has blessed the world with the Messiah. God's promise to Abram guarantees their ownership of the land, and provides a picture of His divine accomplishment, based on God's work alone. Join us as we uncover the doctrine of justification by faith from our text in Genesis 15. </p> <p><strong>DETAILED NOTES </strong></p> <p><ol type="I"> <li>Introduction <ol type="A"><li>Everything has a beginning, except God</li><li>Genesis is the book of origins <ol><li>Universe</li><li>Mankind</li><li>Marriage</li><li>Sin</li><li>Salvation</li><li>Israel</li> </ol></li><li>Origin of Israel <ol><li>Abram called to go to Canaan</li><li>Patriarchal Era 2165 - 1804 BC (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, 12 Tribes)</li><li>Receptacle of the Messiah to bless the world</li> </ol></li><li>Genesis 14 <ol><li>Abraham's rescue operation <ol type="a"> <li>5 Shemmite kings revolt against the 4 Hammite Kings</li> <li>Lot taken captive along with the Shemmite kings</li> <li>Abram and 318 servants form army to go to war</li> </ol></li><li>Abram meets Melchizedek <ol type="a"> <li>King of Salem</li> <li>Melchizedek gives Abram bread and wine</li> <li>Abram pays him a tithe</li> <li>Type of Christ or theophany</li> </ol></li><li>Abram meets Bera <ol type="a"> <li>King of Sodom </li> <li>Bera offers him a monetary reward</li> <li>Abram declines the reward</li> </ol></li> </ol></li> </ol> </li> <li>Fear Not vs. 15 (first mention, used 70+ times in the Bible) <ol type="A"><li>Abram was afraid <ol><li>Fear of vision (Daniel in Daniel 10, John in Revelation 1)</li><li>After-battle blues (Elijah 1 Kings 18)</li><li>Fear of Man <ol type="a"> <li>What if Chedorlaomer retaliates/ </li> <li>Refusal of the reward meant refusal of future alliance</li> </ol></li> </ol></li><li>Fear is a destructive emotion <ol><li>Paralyzes you</li><li>Irrational (university of Wisconsin study revealed that 40% of what we fear will never happen)</li> </ol></li> </ol> </li> <li>God Answers Panic with Promise <ol type="A"><li>God has promised descendants (Genesis 12:2,7 , 13:14-16) </li><li>Abram's Perplexity <ol><li>Abram is about 85 at the time</li><li>Eliezer of Damascus (Damascus was the commerce capitol of the world at the time.  It could be like saying, "When I die, the bank is going to get everything.</li> </ol></li><li>God Repeats the Promise <ol><li>God doesn't give explanations, He gives promises</li><li>Same promise repeated, reveals patience</li> </ol></li><li>God Clarifies the promise</li><li>God Expands the promise <ol><li>Number the stars, so shall your descendants be</li><li>Abraham looked up and saw a part of the galaxy   (Isaiah 40) (Milky Way 10,000 light years x 100,000 light years, 7.5 times around the world in 1 second, pass the moon in 1.5 seconds, pass Venus in 2'18", Pass Mercury in 4'30" 7.5' pass the sun, but it would take 100,000 years to cross our galaxy)</li> </ol></li> </ol> </li> <li>Believe  - Genesis 15:6 (aman - to confirm, support) <ol type="A"><li>A key verse in the Bible</li><li>The faith is counted as righteousness (Romans 4, Galatians 3, James 2)</li><li>Justification by faith (Belief is all God requires, not works)</li><li>Two Religious Systems <ol><li>Human Achievement</li><li>Divine Accomplishment (all good works cannot cancel debt, but God accounts righteousness by putting what Christ did to the ledger of those who believe.</li> </ol></li><li>Affirmation <ol><li>God introduces Himself</li><li>God's self-proclamation  </li> </ol></li><li>Abraham believes, not unbelief  he is looking for pragmatic solutions, how will it happen?</li> </ol> </li> <li>Cutting a Covenant <ol type="A"><li>Cut the animal in two, (like shaking hands, or signing a contract)</li><li>Abram waited from morning to night</li><li>Why did God wait so long? To make a unilateral covenant (berith in Hebrew) not contingent on Abram</li><li>Unconditional covenant to own the land</li><li>Conditional to occupy the land</li> </ol> </li> </ol><strong>Hebrew Terms</strong>:  aman (to confirm, support) berith (covenant)<br> <strong>Cross References</strong>: Genesis 12:2,7 , 13:14-16, 1 Kings 18, Isaiah 40, Daniel 10, Romans 4:1, Galatians 3, James 2, Revelation 1</p> <p> </p>

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Genesis 15
By Skip Heitzig
Genesis 15

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From the Series:
Genesis

The book of Genesis is rich with theology including creation, the fall of man, and justification by grace through faith. Genesis, the book of beginnings, provides foundational truths from which we can learn who God is and how He operates in the lives of His people.

In this "lineOnline" approach to the book of Genesis, Pastor Skip Heitzig presents an in-depth examination and fresh perspective of familiar stories like the creation, Adam & Eve, Noah and the Flood, the call of Abraham, and Sodom and Gomorrah. This series offers solid information to equip believers with truth in today's battle against the lies of evolution, the basic goodness of man, and a "fairy tale" approach to the Bible.

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