The document discusses passages from Genesis that describe God's blessings and promises to Abraham and his descendants. It notes how God promised to make Abraham into a great nation and bless all peoples on earth through him. The document emphasizes that it is important not only to know God's promises, but also to know God himself as the source of those promises.

2. THE BLESSING OF
PROGRESSION

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5. GENESIS 28:3
3 May God Almighty
bless you and make you
fruitful and increase
your numbers until you
become a community
of peoples.

6. GENESIS 27:46 (NIV)
46 Then Rebekah said to
Isaac, "I'm disgusted with
living because of these
Hittite women. If Jacob takes
a wife from among the
women of this land, from
Hittite women like these, my
life will not be worth living.”

7. GENESIS 28:1-2 (NIV)
1 So Isaac called for
Jacob and blessed him
and commanded him:
"Do not marry a
Canaanite woman.

8. GENESIS 28:1-2 (NIV)
2 Go at once to Paddan
Aram, to the house of your
mother's father Bethuel.
Take a wife for yourself
there, from among the
daughters of Laban, your
mother's brother.

9. GENESIS 28:4 (NIV)
4 May He give you and
your descendants the
blessing given to Abraham,
so that you may take
possession of the land
where you now live as an
alien, the land God gave
to Abraham.”

10. GENESIS 12:1-4 (NIV)
1 The Lord had said to
Abram, "Leave your
country, your people and
your father's household
and go to the land I will
show you.

11. GENESIS 12:1-4 (NIV)
2 "I will make you into a
great nation and I will
bless you;
I will make your name
great, and you will be a
blessing.

12. GENESIS 12:1-4 (NIV)
3 I will bless those who
bless you, and whoever
curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through
you.”

13. GENESIS 12:1-4 (NIV)
4 So Abram left, as the
Lord had told him; and
Lot went with him. Abram
was seventy-five years old
when he set out from
Haran.

14. GALATIANS 3:13-14 (NIV)
13 Christ redeemed us
from the curse of the law
by becoming a curse for
us, for it is written:
"Cursed is everyone who
is hung on a tree."

15. GALATIANS 3:13-14 (NIV)
14 He redeemed us in
order that the blessing
given to Abraham might
come to the Gentiles
through Christ Jesus, so
that by faith we might
receive the promise of the
Spirit.

16. In Genesis 12:2,
God said “I will make you
into a great nation” and
not “I will give...”

17. PSALM 16:5 (NIV)
5 “Lord, You have
assigned me my portion
and my cup; You have
made my lot secure.”

18. “We must not only know
the promise of God but
we must know the
God of the promise!”
BIG STATEMENT:

19. GENESIS 22:2
2 Then God said, "Take your
son, your only son, Isaac,
whom you love, and go to
the region of Moriah.
Sacrifice him there as a
burnt offering on one of
the mountains I will tell
you about."

20. GENESIS 22:5
5 He said to his servants,
"Stay here with the
donkey while I and the
boy go over there. We
will worship and then we
will come back to you."

21. “We must not only know
the promise of God but
we must know the
God of the promise!”
BIG STATEMENT:

22. ECCLESIASTES 3:1
1 There is a time for
everything, and a season
for every activity
under heaven.

23. HEBREWS 10:23 (NIV)
23 Let us hold
unswervingly to the
hope we profess, for He
who promised is
faithful.