Our identity as Christians is based solely on God’s creation and choosing (election) of us and who we are in Christ.

As Abraham’s spiritual offspring, Christians have been blessed in every way because we are recipients and benefactors of God’s covenantal faithfulness. 

Death is not the end of the promises for those in Christ. 

We can be faithful and obey God’s Word because our God is a God who has made incredible promises to us and provides all we need in Christ.

The great anticipation of Isaac's birth and the joyous response it elicited foreshadowed the joyous response of those who greatly anticipated the arrival of another Son some 2000 years later. 

Abraham may be in the hall of faith, but his faith wavered. He was a man that fell short of the glory of God just like the rest of us.  

The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah was an example of the judgment of a holy, righteous, and just God who never acts arbitrarily.  But the good news is, the same God is also merciful and will faithfully forgive any and every sin, no matter how small or great the sin might be, of those who repent and turn in faith to Christ.  

Friends of the Lord dine with the Lord, are disciplined by the Lord, and dialogue with the Lord.

The Abrahamic covenant, while it did have earthly, biological, national, and geographical aspects to it, pointed to a greater spiritual reality.  The Abrahamic covenant was a spiritual covenant promising spiritual blessings.

Sarai grew impatient with the Lord and was tired of waiting on the son He had promised her husband, and decided to take matters into her own hands.  But she wasn't the only one.