children of abraham

beloved57 · Fierce Puppy Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 243

Gal 3:

7Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

This is a very enlightening verse here. It tells us that those who are of Faith evidence that they are the children of abraham.

This is important because if you recall God gave abraham a promise long ago.

gen 12:

1Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

3And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

4So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

The particular promise God made to abraham here that we should take notice of is in vs 3b

and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

This aspect of the promise is in actuality pronouncing a blessing upon the world, all nations of people.

This blessing is a spiritual blessing, that is, abraham would have seed who was to bless the world spiritually.

Let us look at gal 3:

6Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

7Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

8And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.

Now compare vs 8 with gen 12:3

And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

also look at gen 17:

5Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

Notice God here tells abraham that he was made into a father of many nations..

That means, God had already designated some to be abrahams children, thats logical if he was already made their father.

This is much like when God told abraham that he would have a son, in he and sarah's old age.

And of course we know that isaach was born to them, but, get this. How was Isaac born to them ? The scripture says he isaach was born by promise, by the word of God..Lets read,

gen18:

9And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

10And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.

11Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

12Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

13And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?

14Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

So isaachs birth was promised by God to abraham and sarah.

He gave assurance by what he said in vs 14a, is anything too hard for God ?

So this gives us to know that isaachs birth soley depended on the word, promise, omnioptence of God..

And a year later as God promised what happened ?

gen 21:

1And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.

2For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

3And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.

Amen Isaac was born according to the word of God..

This is important because paul makes a profound statement in regards to this happening in abes life..

gal 4:

28Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.

what does paul mean by this statement ? It means that true believers, those of faith, were brought into being just like Isaach was, and that is by the word and promise and power of God.

This brings us back to the promise made to abraham, that he was made a Father of many nations. what are many nations but many people ?

God in essence had promised abraham that he was made a father of many individuals who are of many different nations..

Paul says that when God made this promise to abraham that He [God] was in essence preaching the gospel to abraham..lets read

gal 3:

6Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

7Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

8And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.

so what we have here is that God promised abraham children of faith.

Notice what the scripture says, that God would Justify the heathen through faith..

So Justification and faith are resultive of Gods promise. They, the heathen of all nations are given faith to percieve their Justication as children of abraham.

In other words when the gospel of christ is preached, the word of God, it begats faith in those who are Justifed. This makes manifest, that they were one of the children of promise, when God promised abraham he was the Father of many nations..

so those who are born again , are so as a result of Gods immutable promise..

James makes allusion to this truth james 1:

17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

18Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

In fulfillment of His covenant promise to abraham, God begats the elect person or persons by way of His word of truth, His immutability to his promise..

This is why freewill is a lie, because those of faith, or true believers, are a result of God fulfilling His own promise..

The elects native unbelief cannot be a hinderance to Gods faithfulness to His own promises..

2 tim 2:

13If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.

Every person who comes to faith in christ does so as a result of being one of those of the promise, in thee all nations shall be blessed..

It also needs to be pointed out that Jesus christ when he became flesh and blood, he did not come and Identify with all of human kind, but only a segment, and that was the seed of abraham, the children of promise..

heb 2:

16For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.

17Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

so let it be known that if one comes to faith, it is because faith has been given to that one, to evidence that they are justified, and that they are children of promise..

This is a long way from the perversion we have today as to faith. Its being taught that faith is a requisite for being saved or justifed before God, and yet the truth of the matter is that faith is given because one is already saved and justified before God, they were children of promise..and now faith gives them assurance of the same..

May God bless that which is true, for Jesus sake, and may He be pleased to convert one for whom christ died to the truth..

galen · Ferret Joined: 22 May 2005 Posts: 115 Location: Maine

beloved57 · Fierce Puppy Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 243

galen · Ferret Joined: 22 May 2005 Posts: 115 Location: Maine

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