![]() ![]() A God who acts, A God who promises (vv.1-3) Abraham responded to God's goodness with faith and obedience. God's covenant promises to Abraham show God's initiative, His grace, and His faithfulness. At this point in God's grand story of redemption, God acted to establish a covenant relationship with a people, giving them a land, and, through them, blessing all the peoples of the earth. The world-wide judgment of the flood and the confusion of languages at Babel demonstrated evidences, both of God's judgment of sin and His grace and longsuffering toward sinners. IntroductionĪfter the fall, Adam and Eve, and those who came after them, demonstrated the devastating consequences of rebelling against God and pursuing one's own way. God was the one who established, and would be faithful to bring about, these covenant promises. God, in His grace, established a covenant with Abraham that promised restoration of the relationship, the establishment of a people, and the provision of a land. Man depended on God to restore the relationship that was lost through sin. Man, in his sinful and separated condition, could not do anything to restore his relationship to God. Man willfully rebelled against God's command, resulting in separation from God's presence and His bountiful provision in the Garden. He acted out of His divine prerogative to create for His glory and for man's good. ![]() God alone existed before He created the world. Scriptures: Genesis 12:1-4 Connection to unit theme God Gives His Covenant Commands - Exodus 34 A Promise toward Paradise Regained - Genesis 12 ![]()
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