2 - ABRAM 'S NAME IS CHANGED.
Verse 5
"No longer shall your name be called Abram, But your name shall be Abraham; For I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
( Examples of name's changed
Ge 17-5-15;31-28;41-45; Jud 6-32; 2 Sam 12-25; Ac 13-29;)
Verse 6
I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings will come forth from you.
( Posterity promised.
Ge 15-5-18;17-20;22-17;26-
26; Le 26-9; De 7-13; Ro 4-18;)
Verse 7
I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.
( Believer's adopted into the family of God.
De 14-2; Isa 43-1;63-16; Eze 16-8; Ho 11-1;Jn 1-12; Ro 8-15; 2 Cor 6-18; Gal 4-6; Eph 1-5;
The everlasting convent with believer's.
Ge 9-16;17-13; Le 24-8; Nu 18-19; 2 SAM 23-5;1 Chr 16-17;Ps 105-10; Isa 24-5;
54-10;55-3; Jer 32-40; 33-20;
Eze 16-60;37-26; Heb 13-20;)
Verse 8
I will give to you and to your descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God."
( General references to Canaan.Ge 11-31; 12-5;13-12;
16-3;17-8;42-5;49-30; Ex 6-4;
15-15; Nu 32-32; Jos 5-12; 1 Chr 16-18; Isa 8-8;
Promised Land to Abraham.
Ge 12-7;13-15;15-7-18;17-8;
50-24; Ex 6-8; le 20-24; Nu 14
-8;De 6-10;31-20; Jos 5-6; Jud 2-1;
General reference to God's people.
A peculiar treasure. Ex 19-5;
Chosen by Jehovah. De 14-2;
Exalted above all nation's. De 26-19; 1 Sam 12-22; Ps 29-11;
Guided like a flock. Ps 78-52;100-3;
Prepared for service.Lu 1-17; Ac 15-14;
Characterized by zeal. Ti 2-14;
The laws written upon they heart's. He 8-10; 1 Pet 2-9; rev 21-3;)
3 -CIRCUMCISION INSTITUTED.
Verse 9
God said further to Abraham, "Now as for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.
-(Duty of obedience to God.
Whole hearted required. De 26-16
The pride of success. Jos 1-8;
Better than sacrifices. 1 Sam 15-22; Jer 7-23;
Secures entrance into God's kingdom. Mt 7-21;Lu 8-21;
The imperative duty of life. Ac 5-29;
- Keeping the covenant with God.
Ex 19-5; De 33-9; Ps 103-17-
Genesis 17
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