Genesis Seventeen….(v.15-27) Isaac Promised.
Verses 15-27….
Notice that there was no such thing as female circumcision such as is practised by many of the dark skinned races today. Instead, God once more gives Abraham the promise of a son to Sarah….
This was more than even Abraham's faith could take and he laughed at the very idea.
"I've got my son", he said to God, "What about Ishmael?"
"My covenant will not be with Ishmael", God said, "He will become a great nation too, but My covenant will be with Isaac, son of Sarah".
Ishmael was born of the flesh, being half Egyptian, and God's promises were not for him. Paul shows us that he was born of the bondwoman (we are all born in the bondage of sin), and that God's promises are only for those born of the free woman (Galatians 4:22-31). These are those who are born again by the Spirit of God through Jesus Christ and made free by Him.
God did not rebuke Abraham for his laughter of disbelief, as what He was going to do was an absolute miracle, something totally contrary to nature. Abraham got up from his interview with God and immediately obeyed, and saw to it that he and all his males were circumcised that very day. (Galatians 3:6-29)
God told Abraham of Sarah's son, But he thought it couldn't be done,
"Ismael's here, will he not do?", But God promised Isaac, son number two.
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