Gênesis 17
F.B. Meyer · Citado em PreceptAustin
Gênesis 17
Meyer - Walk before me and be thou Perfect. God precedes his commands with such revelations of Himself, that obedience is rendered easily possible. Before calling Abram to perfection, He described himself as El Shaddai, the Almighty. What may we not do if we learn to avail ourselves of the all might of God? Oh to know the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe! Our lack is that we do not know our God, and therefore fail to perform exploits. “Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth Me.” Lie on thy face, and let God talk with thee, and tell thee the conditions on which He will make thee exceeding fruitful. First — Walk before Me: Second — Be thou whole-hearted. There must be wholeness in our surrender. — No part of our nature barred or curtained off from God. Every chamber must be freely placed at his disposal; every relationship placed under his direction; every power devoted to his service. All we have and are must be entirely his. There must be wholeness in our intention. — The one aim of our Lord was to bring glory to his Father; and we should never be satisfied till we are so absolutely eager for the glory of Christ that we would seek it though at the cost of infamy to ourselves; and be as glad for another to bring it to Him, as we should be in bringing it ourselves. There must be wholeness in our obedience. — It was clearly so with Abram. As soon as God left talking with his servant, he took Isaac and performed the rite which had just been enjoined.
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Meyer writes…In olden days, names were given not for euphony, or by caprice, but for character. A man's character was in his name. Now, when Jacob came into the attitude of blessing--an attitude which has two parts: viz., absolute abandonment of self, and a trust which clings to Christ--then immediately the Angel said, "What is thy name?" And he said, "Jacob. By nature I am a supplanter, a rogue, and a cheat." Never shrink from declaring your true character: "My name is Sinner." "And he said, thy name shall be no more Jacob; but Israel: a prince with God." The changed name indicated a changed character. Jacob was swallowed up of light. He was clothed upon with the name and nature of a prince. There is only one way to princeliness--it is the thorn-set path of self-surrender and of faith. Why should you not now yield yourself entirely to God, and give Him your whole being? It is only a reasonable service: and out of it will spring a tenacity of faith; and power for service; and a royalty of character--enough to make you willing to bear the limp, which proves that your own strength has passed away forever. (Israel, a prince with God the story of Jacob) Reformation Study Bible - The name changes of the patriarch and matriarch show they are under God’s rule (Ge 1:5 note) and are called to a new destiny and mission. Genesis 17:6 “I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings will come forth from you. nations: Ge 17:4,20 35:11 kings: Ge 17:16 36:31-43 Ezr 4:20 Mt 1:6-17 Genesis 17 Resources - Multiple sermons and commentaries NATIONS AND KINGS WILL COME FROM ABRAHAM I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you - Contrast God's commands to Adam and Noah to be fruitful with God's promise to make Abraham fruitful. The Hebrew places great emphasis on the fruitfulness as it reads literally "exceedingly, exceedingly." There are three "I will" promises in this passage! He would have to be exceedingly fruitful to have entire nations come forth from him. Of course the most significant nations would be the nation of Israel (via Isaac) and the Arab nations (via Ishmael), for they would continually experience enmity toward one another until the Prince of Peace returns to bring peace and to set up his "nation" (so to speak), the Messianic or Millennial Kingdom. The promises in this passage recall the words of Jesus in John 15:5 "I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do (ABSOLUTELY) nothing (OF ETERNAL VALUE)." Abraham and Sarah could do absolutely nothing apart from the supernatural power of God. When they relied on their fleshly power, they failed miserably! THOUGHT - What are you attempting to do for the glory of God and His Kingdom? The vital question to ask is this -- "Is God in it, initiating it and energizing it?" If not, the result is "wood, hay and stubble!" (1Co 3:12KJV+) Vance Havner once quipped “We say that we depend on the Holy Spirit, but actually we are so wired up with our own devices that if the fire does not fall from heaven, we can turn on a switch and produce false fire of our own.’’ Amen or oh my! and kings will come forth from you - Men like King David and King Solomon would come forth from Abraham. Of course the greatest fulfillment is in the Lord Jesus Christ Who is none other than the King of kings and Lord of lords. Amen! (Rev 19:16+). Skip Heitzig We often think Abraham is the father of the Jewish nation. He is, but he's the father of many more. There are 13.3 million Jewish people on the earth; there are 22 Arab nations with 300+ million people. All of them trace their lineage back to Abraham. That means that today, 5% of the earth's population can trace their genealogy directly to Abraham. Now you know why God says, 'I'm changing your name to father of a multitude'. God has made good on His promise. ILLUSTRATION OF RELYING ON YOUR OWN POWER - I read about a young Scottish minister who walked proudly into the pulpit to preach his first sermon. He had a brilliant mind and a good education and was confident of himself as he faced his first congregation. But the longer he preached, the more conscious everyone was that “the Lord was not in the wind.’’ He finished his message quickly and came down from the pulpit with his head bowed, his pride now gone. Afterward, one of the members said to him, “If you had gone into the pulpit the way you came down, you might have come down from the pulpit the way you went up.’’ (Warren Wiersbe) Genesis 17:7 “I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you. I will establish My covenant : Ge 15:18 26:24 Ex 6:4 Ps 105:8-11 Mic 7:20 Lu 1:54,55,72-75 Ro 9:4,8,9 Ga 3:17 Eph 2:2 God: Ge 26:24 28:13 Ex 3:6,15 Lev 26:12 Ps 81:10 Eze 28:26 Mt 22:32 Heb 8:10 11:16 and to: Ex 19:5,6 Mk 10:14 Ac 2:39 Ro 9:7-9 Genesis 17 Resources - Multiple sermons and commentaries Related Passages: Exodus 6:7 (THE UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP OF GOD WITH ISRAEL) Then I will take you for My people, and I will be your God; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. Leviticus 26:12 (THE UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP OF GOD WITH ISRAEL) ‘I will also walk among you and be your God, and you shall be My people. COVENANT PROMISES EXTEND TO ABRAHAM'S DESCENDANTS I will establish My covenant (beriyth; Lxx = diatheke) between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting (olam; Lxx = aionios) covenant (beriyth; Lxx = diatheke) - This promise for the first time is an extension of the declaration in Ge 17:4 that My covenant is with you. Now God makes it clear that the promises of this covenant will extend to his offspring and that this covenant is everlasting or eternal. To be God to you and to your descendants after you - (see same idea of personal relationship in Ex 6:7; Ex 29:45; Lev 26:12,45; Nu 15:41; Jer 7:23; Jer 11:4; Jer 24:7; Jer 30:22; Jer 31:1,33) This promise of the covenant would be easy to gloss over, but to me it is one of the most incredible promises of all, for here God is saying He will be their personal God. The Holy One of Israel will commune and fellowship with unholy men, once again reflecting the incredible outpouring of grace in this covenant. Everlasting, Eternal, Forever (05769) olam is a masculine noun which according to some authorities is derived from 'alam (05956) which means to conceal, hide, be hidden, be concealed, be secret (2Ki 4:27, Ps 10:1). (others say the origin is uncertain) Gesenius feels olam refers to that which is hidden, especially "hidden time" the beginning or end of which is either uncertain or undefined = eternity, perpetuity. The most common associations of "everlasting" (olam) (Complete list below) (Based on the NAS). Everlasting covenant = 15x, Everlasting lovingkindness = 44x Olam is translated twice as everlasting in the beautiful English phrase "Everlasting to Everlasting" which is found in Ps 41:13 , Ps 90:2, Ps 103:17.