PROCLAMATION
“And The
Lord visited Sarah as He had said, and The Lord did unto Sarah as He had
spoken. For Sarah conceived, and bare
Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to
him. And Abraham called the name of his
son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.” Genesis 21:1-3 (KJV)
EXPLANATION
These are
the words of God which were revealed to and written by Moses under the
influence of The Holy Spirit of God. Just as God had promised, Sarah conceived
and bore Abraham a son. (Genesis 21:1-3)
Abraham was a hundred years old when Isaac was born (Genesis 21:5) and
Sarah was ninety. (Genesis 17:17) When
Isaac was weaned, Abraham held a great feast for him. During the feast Sarah saw Ishmael the son of
Hagar mocking Isaac and she told Abraham to get rid of Hagar and Ishmael.
(Genesis 21:8-10) This distressed
Abraham, but God told him to listen to Sarah so, he sent them away. (Genesis
21:11-14) The Lord God provided for Hagar
and Ishmael while they were in the desert because he was Abraham’s son.
(Genesis 21:15-21) The chapter ends with
a discussion of the covenant between Abraham and Abimelech king of Gerar.
(Genesis 21:22-34)
APPLICATION
Abraham was
a very old man, and his wife Sarah was well past the childbearing age and was
childless when The Lord God caused her to conceive and bare a son. With God all things are possible. (Matthew
19:26) Believers can do all things
through Christ. (Philippians 4:13) If we
believe and have the faith we can move mountains. (Matthew 17:20) Our problem is even though we read God’s Holy
Word, we don’t really believe it and we don’t obey it. If we would humble ourselves and pray and
seek His face and turn from our wicked ways, He would forgive us. (2 Chronicles
7:14) If we would believe and obey and
step out on faith, then we could do things through Christ that are impossible
for man. Remember, the Apostle Peter
walked on water while he kept his focus on Christ. (Matthew 14:29)
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