"A Confident Humility" (Genesis 33)
Craig Carmack
When Best Becomes Hard
Those whom God has called to Himself, He will test, sustaining us with His grace until His transforming work in us is done.
When Best Becomes Boss
Those who commit their way to the Lord can be assured of God’s presence and God’s faithfulness, living lives of courageous obedience and patient endurance as we wait for what has been promised to us.
What God Says Matters: Through Fear and Conflict
The Promises of God Endure...
Through Fear (1-17)
Through Conflict (18-35)
Looking Back and Looking Forward
Awaiting Glory
The Everlasting God
The Everlasting God shows to be faithful by…
Fulfilling the Provision of the Promised Son
Not Forgetting Abraham Other Son
Bringing Favor in the Eyes of a King
Protection
God Sovereignly acts to protect his perfect will…
By Keeping the King from Sinning Against God
By Moving the King to Obey God
By Closing and Opening the Womb
Curiosity
2 Questions that capture a curiosity of what God is doing:
Is anything too difficult for the Lord? (v.14)
Will you destroy the righteous with the wicked? (v.23)
Circumcision
The covenant sign of circumcision represents…
An Eternal Covenant
A Generational Covenant
A Symbolic Covenant
Impatience
Abram’s impatience reveals 2 realities:
The Human Consequences of Impatience
The Revelation of the Nature of God
Proof
God proves he will be true to his promise to Abram by...
Reminding Abram of God’s Character and Promises
Revealing How the Promise will Come to Pass
Making a Covenant with Abram
Faithfulness
God’s faithfulness to Abram is seen in…
The Lord’s Blessing on Abram
The Lord’s Protection of Abram
The Lord’s Provision to Abram
Promise
Exhortation to Pastors
What are pastors called to do?
How are pastors to fulfill that calling?
Why does a pastor's calling matter?
Sign
The sign of the covenant reveals…
What God declared in the past
What God Promised for the future
What God understands about human nature
Covenant
The Realities that Brought God’s Covenant
The Promise of God’s Covenant