Genesis 15

God’s Covenant with Abram

a. Fear not! God is your shield, your reward.

Psalm 84:11 ESV

11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.

b. Abram is concerned for being childless

c. The LORD answers, a promise of your very own son vs. 4-6

Genesis 17:16 ESV

16 I will bless her, and moreover, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.”

The Making of the Covenant

a. Knowledge of the covenant vs. 8-11

b. Abram asks for confirmation: a natural human reaction

Gideon wanted confirmation when he was called. In Judges 6:17 he said:

Judges 6:17 ESV

17 And he said to him, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, then show me a sign that it is you who speak with me.

A Deep Sleep

a. Abram in darkness

b. God gives Abram assurance of His promises vs. 12-16

Exodus 6:6 ESV

6 Say therefore to the people of Israel, ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment.

Amos 2:9 ESV

9 “Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars and who was as strong as the oaks; I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath.

The Covenant was Set

a. God was faithful! God is faithful

The Israelites confess their sins and remember the promise, the covenant. In Nehemiah 9, the people said:

Nehemiah 9:8 ESV

8 You found his heart faithful before you, and made with him the covenant to give to his offspring the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite. And you have kept your promise, for you are righteous.

A Covenant is a Strong Thing. Where does YOUR COVENANT lay?