Welcome to the “But first, Bible” daily devotional podcast with Dave Miers.
Today we are reading from Genesis 20-22 and Matthew 7. If you haven’t read them yet, pause this podcast, pray, read, if you’ve got time write down your own reflections, and then come back here for the rest of the podcast.
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I want to spend some more time reflecting on the promise of God to Abraham, and in particular regarding the birth of Isaac.
We’ve already seen the promises of God to Abraham a few days ago in Genesis chapter 12, and then in chapter 15 and chapter 17 these promises are unpacked further.
[5] And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” (ESV)
Abram – who at this stage is old and without children – is promised to have innumerable offspring. This is why in chapter 17 his name is changed from Abram – which means ‘daddy’, to Abraham – which means ‘big daddy’.
How did Abram respond to these promises?
Continue reading “Jan 8 – Genesis 20-22; Matthew 7 – THE SACRIFICE OF ISAAC”