Genesis 15:1-21
But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit[c] my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?” And Abram said, “You have given me no children; so a servant in my household will be my heir.”
Then the word of the Lord came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.” He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring[d] be.” Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.
When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces. 18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, “To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi[e] of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates— the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.”
This time the covenant is not prefaced by a command. God listens to Abram's doubts and fears - I am childless: 'How can I be sure..." - and God's response is full of reassurance as he repeats his promises.
Why?
Abram doubted how he descendant will many as God's said for he was childless at that time. So God made a covenant with Abram.
Because God's said and Abram believed so Abram is righteousness.
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神再次向重述亞伯蘭的約：不是全然相信，合理化是合人的理的模式來相信，想成他家中僕人的小孩。用人可以接受的方式來相信。只是這個應許打折扣了。神糾正他這個點。
信心的內容是按照神的話語來信，須要不斷調整我們自己。看似單純的信，當然也會懷疑，不是抗拒的懷疑，只是神如何成就我們不知道。願意信，就蒙神肯定。
應許一定會長實現，但是過程是辛苦的。牲畜切開時有鳥下來，被趕走，亞伯蘭也累到睡了，因此守約的過程是艱辛，坎坷。神告訴亞伯蘭後代要為奴400年，第二是在迦南地面對十民族的爭戰。告訴以色列人也告訴我們，經過坎坷，過去的都過了，以後也會過了。最難的死亡已經過了，後來的坎坷一定會過的。
為什麼要去埃及：成為單一信仰的民族，純正的信仰必須與這個世代分別。
為什麼要400年：施恩給迦南人，給他們機會悔改，不是他們命該被趕出去
也是給以色列人操練的機會，可以進入應許之地。信心的內容出於神的話語。
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How?
Trust in God's word will be a blessing and righteousness man before the Lord.
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