Genesis Vol 3.pdf - College Press

1 ’ GENESIS‘, 1
Only Begotten. This is true, simply because Perfect Wisdom
and Justice and Love would command only that which
contributes ,to the good of His saints. Surely, then,
Abraham deserved the title, Friend of God. Gen. 15:6-
“And he [Abraham] believed in Jehovah; and he reckoned
it to him for righteousness.” Abraham’s belief manifested
itself in obedience: when God called, Abraham heard, believed,
and obeyed: this is what faith always does, if it is
truly faith. Hence, when the ultimate proof came on
Moriah (Gen. 22:2), the patriarch did not question, quail,
or fail. He met the test in a sublime manifestation of the
obedience of faith (Gen. 22:9-14). “Trust and obey, for
there’s no other way, To be happy in Jesus, but to trust
and obey.”
Would you be a friend of God? Then believe as
Abraham believed, obey as Abraham obeyed, trust as Abraham
trusted, walk as Abraham walked, give as Abraham
gave (Gen. 14: 18-20) , sacrifice as Abraham sacrificed
(Matt. 12:46-50, 10:37), die in faith as Abraham died
in faith, anticipating that City which hath foundations,
whose builder and maker is God (Heb. 11 : lo). Will you
not come=now and start ’on that same glorious pilgrimage of
faith that leads ’ the ”faithful to that same City, New
Jerusalem (Rev. 2 1 : 2 ) ?
REVIEW QUESTIONS ON
1 PART TWENTY -NINE
’I. What importani’lessons are to be obtained from the
story of Sarah,,Hagar and Ishmael?
2. What,‘ probably, was Sarai’s motive in proposing that
biak take Hagar .as , his” t ‘:secondary * wife”?
3. What are-some of the apparently never-ending consequences
of this evenJ? ,.,
4, What was the status of a concubine under Mesopotamian
law?
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