CRISIS IN THE LAND
Text: Genesis 26
24 April 2012
(I) CRISIS IN THE LAND
1. Famine (Genesis 26:1a)
2. Similar famine in the days of Abraham (Genesis 26:1b)
3. Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, in Gerar (Genesis 26:1c)
(II) APPEARANCE OF GOD TO ISAAC
1. Specific instructions
a) Not to go down to Egypt (Genesis 26:2b)
b) To dwell in the land (Genesis 26:3)
2. Great Personal promises
a) Promise of God’s Presence (Genesis 26:3b)
b) Promise of blessing (Genesis 26:3c)
3. Reiteration of the Covenantal Promise
a) The promise of the Land of Canaan (Genesis 26:3d)
b) The Land will be inherited by Isaac’s descendants (Genesis 26:3e)
c) God’s oath to Abraham will be fulfilled (Genesis 26:3d)
d) Multiplication of descendants (Genesis 26:4a)
e) Blessings to extend to all the earth (Genesis 26:4b)
4. Abraham upheld as a Good Example
a) Obedience of God’s voice (Genesis 26:5a)
b) Keeping of God’s laws
i) My charge
ii) My commandments
iii) My statutes
iv) My laws
5. Messianic element to be noted
a) In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed (Genesis 22:18)
b) And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed (Genesis 26:4)
c) Now to Abraham and His Seed were the promises made (Galatians 3:16)