God's covenant with Abram

- You will greatly increase in numbers.

-  I will make you father of many nations.

- You will be successful in everything you do.

- From now on you will be called Abharam (Father of nations) instead of Abram (Exalted father).

- There will be kings among your descendants.

- The contract between you and me will continue for generations to come. I shall be your God and God of those who come after you.

- The land of Cannan where you are now a stranger has been given to you and your descendents.

- As a part of the contract you and your descendants must obey my commands. Every male among you shall be circumcised. This applies to those who are born in your household.

- Every male shall be circumcised on the eighth day after birth.

- Any male who has not been circumcised will be cut off from his people because he has broken my covenant.

- Your wife will no longer be calld Sarai instead her name will be Sarah(Princess). Sarai and Sarah, both the names mean princess. The renaming stressed that she was to be the mother of nations and kings and thus to serve the Lord's purpose.

- I will bless her and give you a son from her. She will become mother of many nations.

Abraham threw himself down in worship before the Lord God. But inside he was laughing because he couldn't believe that he and his wife could have a child at the age of 100 and 90. So Abharam said to God, "Yes, do bless Ishmael." 

Then God said "Yes, but your wife Sarah shall bear you a son, and you are to name him Issac (Laughter). As for Ishmael I will bless him as well. I will make him into a great nation. He will be the father of twelve rulers. But my contract is with Issac. He will be born to you and Sarah next year at about this time."

This ended their talk and God left. On that very day he took every male of his household and circumcised them, as God told him. Here we can see an obdience of Abraham. As very day he circumcised all male

-God wants us to know that He isn't limited to anything. As Paul says in Romans 4:19-20 "without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead since he was about 100 years old and that Sarah's womb was dead. Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strenghtened in his faith and gave the glory to God." From the case of Abharam God wants to show us that He is able.

- Circumcision saperated God's people from others. It has a spiritual meaning which symbolises focus on God and not on worldly desires.

- Christ wants us to surrender and to depend on Him. Which is spiritual Circumcision as a part of our new covenant with Him.

-Abraham was a man like us but his obdience and faithfulness made him different

-God fulfilled all His promise He 

did with Abraham.