genesis -4.5;

Genesis 15.

( posterity promised.

ge 15-5'18; 17-20;22-17;26-24; Le 26-9; De 7-13; rom 4-18;

general reference ti stars.

ge 1-16 Jud 5-20;Jb 38-7; Ps 8-3; 147-4; 1 Cor 15-41; Rev 22-16;)

3 -- abram is justified by faith.

verse 6

Then he believed in the Lord; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness.

( examples of victorious faith.

(1) Abram.Ge.22-8.

(2) Caleb. Jos 14-12;

(3) Jonathan. 1 Sam 14-6;

(4) David .1 Sam 17-37;

(5) Jehoshaphat. 2Chr 20-12;32-7;

(6) Job .Jb 19-25;

(7) the three hebrew captives.Da 3-17;

(8) Paul. Ac 27-25; Rom 4-20;

(9) the ancient worthies.Heb 11-33;

Justification by faith.

Ge 15-6;Ac 13-39; Rom 3-28;5-1; 1Cor 6-11; Rom 5-18;9-30; Gal 3-24;)

4-- Canaan is again promised to Abram and confirmed by a sign and vision.

verse 7

And He said to him, "I am the Lord who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to possess it."

( How and where God leads his people.Abram the divine leader.

(1) In difficult places for testing .De 8-2;

(2) Like a motherbird teaching her young ones to fly. De 32-11'12;

(3) In a plain path.Ps 27-11;60-9;

(4) Like a sherperd. Ps 77-20;

(5) No place beyond his reach of hand.Ps 139-9'10; Pr 20-24; Isa 63-14;

(6) Steadily towards the cross.Mk 10-32;

(7) To the border of unseen.Lu 24-50-51;

UR. a city of chaldea.Ge 11-28'31;15-7; Ne 9-7; Ac 7-4;

Temporal gifts. Ge 1-29;9-3; De 8-18;11-14; Jb 5-10;Ps 127-2; 136-25; 145-15; Jl 2-23;

Land promised to Abram. Ge 12-7;13-15;15-7; 17-8; 50-24; Ex 6-8; Le 20-24; Nu 14-8; De 6-10;31-20; Jos 5-6; Jud 2-1;)

verse 8

He said, "O Lord God, how may I know that I will possess it?"

momentary doubts.clouds the skies of believer.

(1) Abram as to the inheritance of canaan.Ge 15-8;

(2) Gideon as to the victory over midian.Jud 6-17;

(3) John the baptist as to the messiahship of Jesus.Mt11-3; 28-17;

(4) Martha as to the resurrection of Lazarus.Jn 11-39;

(5) Thomas as to the resurrestion of Jesus .Jn 20-25;

(6) Early christians as to the deliverance of Peter.Ac 12-14'15;)

verse 9

So He said to him, "Bring Me a three year old heifer, and a three year old female goat, and a three year old ram, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon."

Heifer .goat. ram. turtledove and pigeon were offered and used as scarifies offerering.

Ge 15-9; Le 1-14;4-24;5-7;11-14;12-8;14-22;