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Verse Genesis 15:6. _AND HE BELIEVED IN THE LORD; AND HE COUNTED IT
TO HIM_ _FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS._] This I conceive to be one of the most
important passages in the whole Old Testament. It properly cont...
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- The Faith of Abram
1. דבר _dābār_, “a word, a thing;” the word being the sign
of the thing.
2. אדני _'ǎdonāy_, “Adonai, the Lord;” related: “bring
down, lay down.” This is the name usually read...
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CHAPTER 15 THE FOURTH COMMUNICATION AND THE COVENANT AND THE VISION
_ 1. The fourth communication (Genesis 15:1)_
2. Abram's answer (Genesis 15:2)
3. The promised seed (Genesis 15:4)
4. Abram coun...
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From some unnamed cause Abraham is afraid; Yahweh encourages him in a
vision with the assurance of Divine protection; some deed is deemed
worthy of the promise, thy reward shall be exceeding great (_m...
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GENESIS 12:1 TO GENESIS 25:18. THE STORY OF ABRAHAM. In this section
the three main sources, J. E, P are present. Gunkel has given strong
reasons for holding that J is here made up of two main sources...
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AND HE BELIEVED IN THE LORD.
Let it be noted that it is not said only that he believed what the
Lord said, but that be believed _in_ the Lord. There was. submissive
trust,. complete yielding to the di...
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BELIEVED: i.e. believed Jehovah. believed what he "heard" (Romans
10:17).
COUNTED. reckoned or imputed. righteousness. No art.. as
righteousness. This was positive imputed righteousness (because he
be...
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_he believed in the Lord_ Abram believed (1) in God's protection
(Genesis 15:1), (2) in the fulfilment of the promise of a son (Genesis
15:4), and (3) of innumerable descendants (Genesis 15:5). It is...
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The Promise of an Heir
1. _After these things_ A vague note of time. Cf. Genesis 22:1;
Genesis 22:20; Genesis 40:1; Genesis 48:1.
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HE BELIEVED, &C.— Not only that he should have a child, though his
wife was barren, and far advanced in life, as well as himself; but
also that his posterity, which seemed extremely improbable, should...
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PART TWENTY-EIGHT
THE STORY OF ABRAHAM:
DIVINE ELABORATION OF THE PROMISE AND THE COVENANT
(Ch. 15)
_1. The Biblical Account (ch. 15_)
_1. After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a...
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_AND HE BELIEVED IN THE LORD; AND HE COUNTED IT TO HIM FOR
RIGHTEOUSNESS._
He believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness -
Hebrew, trusted in _ YAHWEH_ (H3068), as a child leans...
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15:6 [as] (l-11) See Note, Romans 4:3 ....
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GOD PROMISES AN HEIR TO ABRAHAM AND THE LAND OF CANAAN FOR HIS
DESCENDANTS. THE PROMISE IS RATIFIED BY A COVENANT
The passage is from the Primitive source. A somewhat similar account
from the Priestl...
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HE COUNTED IT TO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS] Faithful Abraham gave up his
own will to the will of God, did not seek to force his way in the
world (Genesis 14:22), but awaited God's blessing in His good tim...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 15
GOD MAKES PROMISES TO ABRAM
V1 After these things the *Lord appeared to Abram. The *Lord said,
‘Do not be afraid, Abram. I am protecting you....
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Abram was not perfect. Like everybody else, he had done wrong things.
But God considered that Abram was *righteous (right with God). The
reason was that Abram believed God. He believed that God would...
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HE BELIEVED IN THE LORD (IN JEHOVAH)... — We have here the germ of
the doctrine of free justification. Abram was both a holy man and one
who proved his faith by his works; but nevertheless the inspire...
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וְ הֶאֱמִ֖ן בַּֽ יהוָ֑ה וַ
יַּחְשְׁבֶ֥הָ לֹּ֖
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COVENANT WITH ABRAM
Genesis 15:1
OF the nine Divine manifestations made during Abram's life this is the
fifth. At Ur, at Kharran, at the oak of Moreh, at the encampment
between Bethel and Ai, and now...
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ABRAM'S VISION OF THE FUTURE
Genesis 15:1
Abram had good reason to fear the vengeance of the defeated kings; but
the divine voice reassured him. For all of us there is need of a
shield, because the w...
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This is the account of the fourth direct appearance of Jehovah to
Abram and evidently it had direct connection with what had immediately
preceded. Abram had passed through two conflicts, the first wit...
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GOD'S PROMISE TO PROTECT
Abram may have faced threats from those around him, but God assured
him that he was his shield (Genesis 15:1). That is, God stood ready to
protect him like a shield would in b...
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_Reputed by God, who cannot judge wrong; so that Abram increased in
justice by this act of faith, believing that his wife, now advanced in
years, would have a child; from whom others should spring, mo...
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And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for
righteousness.
Reader! behold how the apostle Paul extols this faith. Romans 4:19.
But may we not add, that this was a believing faith, on the...
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We have had hitherto God's account of that which He had made; then the
trial and utter ruin of the creature, with the revelation of divine
mercy in Christ the Lord. We have had in fine the judgment of...
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_RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH_
‘And He brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven,
and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and He said unto
him, So shall thy seed be. And he bel...
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6._And he believed in the Lord_. None of us would be able to conceive
the rich and hidden doctrine which this passage contains, unless Paul
had borne his torch before us. (Romans 4:3.) But it is stran...
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When God had thus revealed Himself, according to His establishment of
blessing in power on the earth, through the priestly king Melchisedec,
naturally the actual blessing of the chosen people finds it...
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AND HE BELIEVED IN THE LORD,.... The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan
are,
"in the Word of the Lord;''
in the essential Word of the Lord, in Christ the Lord his
righteousness; he believed in the prom...
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And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for
righteousness.
_Ver 6. And he believed._] When thus the promise was repeated. So
needful it is, that the word should be often preached, and t...
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_And he believed in the Lord_ That is, believed the truth of that
promise which God had now made him, resting upon the power and
faithfulness of him that made it: see how the apostle magnifies this
fa...
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1 God encourageth Abram.
2 Abram complaineth for want of an heire.
4 God promiseth him a sonne, and a multiplying of his seed.
6 Abram is iustified by faith.
7 Canaan is promised againe, and confi...
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And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for
righteousness. Cf Romans 4:5. Abram placed his trust in the promise of
the Lord with all it implied, and therefore the Lord accepted him into...
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GOD'S PROMISE TO ABRAHAM...
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FOURTH SECTION
_Abram the approved Warrior of Faith, and God his Shield and his
Reward. His longing for an Heir, and his thought of Adoption
anticipating any exigency in the case. The great Promise o...
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THE PROMISE OF GOD AND ITS CONFIRMATION
Abram having proven that he was not seeking gain for himself, but
depending on the God of heaven and earth, then the Lord gives him His
word of wonderful encour...
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2-6 Though we must never complain of God, yet we have leave to
complain to him; and to state all our grievances. It is ease to a
burdened spirit, to open its case to a faithful and compassionate
frie...
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HE BELIEVED IN THE LORD, i.e. he was fully persuaded that God was able
to fulfil, and would certainly fulfil, the promise made to him
concerning a child, and especially concerning the Messias, who sho...
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"After these things, the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision,
saying, Fear not, Abram. I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great
reward." The Lord would not suffer His servant to be a loser, b...
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Genesis 15:6 believed H539 (H8689) LORD H3068 accounted H2803 (H8799)
righteousness H6666
he believed -...
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‘And he believed in Yahweh, and he counted it to him for
righteousness.'
What a remarkable verse is this, for it is the heart of the Gospel. As
Abram looks at the multiplicity of stars he believes, no...
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Genesis 15:5
These two verses lie close together on one page of the Bible. They are
part of a brief story of a brief event in one human life. Yet, as we
read them, they seem to separate from each othe...
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Genesis 15:1. _After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram
in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy
exceeding great reward. And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou g...
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CONTENTS: Abrahamic covenant confirmed and spiritual seed promised.
CHARACTERS: Abram, God.
CONCLUSION: The promises to faith are more certain than the
conclusions of logic (Genesis 15:2-5). Faith i...
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Genesis 15:1. _The Word of the Lord_the glorious person of the
Messiah, the Angel of the covenant, came in his own name, Jehovah,
God. He came with the full powers of future ages in his hand; the
powe...
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_And He brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven,
and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and He said unto
him, So shall thy seed be._
And he believed in the Lord, and H...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 15:1. The word of the Lord came to Abram.] _Heb. There was a
word of Jehovah to Abram._ The force of the expression is, that the
word efficaciously was; was made to be. This i...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 15:1
AFTER THESE THINGS—the events just recorded—THE WORD OF THE
LORD_—Debar Jehovah_;_ _the first occurrence of this remarkable
phrase, afterwards so common in the Hebrew Scriptur...
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Now after these things (Genesis 15:1)
That is, after the battle against these kings, after the meeting of
Melchizedek, after the refusal of taking the reward and so forth from
the king of Sodom.
the...
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he believed. Romans 4:3 Romans 4:9 Romans 4:20 Galatians 3:6 Hebrews
11:8...
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GOD'S COVENANT WITH ABRAM
Genesis 15:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. The dependency of God. When men make a covenant they may break
their covenant. God's covenants are certified.
God covenanted with Noah...
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And he believed in the Lord — That is, believed the truth of that
promise which God had now made him, resting upon the power, and
faithfulness of him that made it: see how the apostle magnifies this
f...