LEARNING TO LISTEN TEXT: GEN 16-17 I. SILENCE GEN 17:1A II. SETTLEMENT GEN 17:17-18 III. SET GEN 17:21

1. Lea r ning
t o List en
Gen 16-17
Learning to Listen
Text: Gen 16-17
John 8:43
43) Why do ye not understand my speech?
even because ye cannot hear my word.
Matt 13:13
13) Therefore speak I to them in parables:
because they seeing see not;
and hearing they hear not,
neither do they understand.

2. Gen 16:2
2) And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the
LORD hath restrained me from bearing:
I pray thee, go in unto my maid;
it may be that I may obtain children by her.
And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
2Cor 4:4
4) In whom the god of this world hath blinded
the minds of them which believe not,
lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ,
who is the image of God, should shine unto
them.
15 And H agar bare Abram
a son: and Abram called his
son's name, which H agar
bare, Ishmael.
16 And Abram was
fourscore and six years old,
when H agar bare Ishmael
to Abram. 86 yrs. old
Gen 16:15-16

3. Gen 16:15-16
15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram
called his son's name, which Hagar bare,
Ishmael.
16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old,
when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
86 yrs. old
Ishmael.
Gen 16:11
11) And the angel of the LORD said unto her,
Behold, thou art with child,
and shalt bear a son, and
shalt call his name Ishmael;
because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.

4. I. Silence
Gen 17:1
And when Abram was
ninety years old and nine,
the LORD appeared to
Abram…
99-86=13 years silence
I. Silence
Gen 17:1a
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine,
the LORD appeared to Abram…
99-86=13 years silence
Isa 59:2
2) But your iniquities have separated between
you and your God,
and your sins have hid his face from you,
that he will not hear.

5. Gen 17:1b
…and said unto him, I am the Almighty God;
walk before me,
and be thou perfect.
Abraham was commanded to be perfect,
and there are some men in the Bible who are
said to be perfect). Jesus commanded perfection
in.
The word doesn’t indicate sinlessness, but rather
whole-heartedness toward God.
1Kgs 15:14
But the high places were not removed:
nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the
LORD all his days.
1Chr 12:38
All these men of war, that could keep rank,
came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make
David king over all Israel: and all the rest also
of Israel were of one heart to make David king.

6. Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name
was Job; and that man was perfect and upright,
and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
Matt 5:48
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father
which is in heaven is perfect.
II. Settlement
Gen 17:17-18
17 Then Abraham fell upon his
face, and laughed, and said in
his heart, Shall a child be born
unto him that is an hundred
years old?and shall Sarah, that
is ninety years old, bear?
18 And Abraham said unto
God, O that Ishmael might live
before thee!
II. Settlement

7. Gen 17:17-18
17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and
laughed, and said in his heart,
Shall a child be born unto him that is an
hundred years old?
and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael
might live before thee!
God’s plan never takes a back seat to man’s
mess-ups.
III. Set
Gen 17:21
But my covenant will I
establish with Isaac, which
Sarah shall bear unto thee
at this set time in the next
year.
Gen 17:22
And he left off talking with
him, and God went up from
Abraham.

8. III. Set
Gen 17:21
But my covenant will I establish with Isaac,
which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time
in the next year.
Gen 17:22
And he left off talking with him, and God went
up from Abraham.
Num 23:19
19) God is not a man, that he should lie; neither
the son of man, that he should repent:
hath he said, and shall he not do it? or
hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Titus 1:2
2) In hope of eternal life, which God, that
cannot lie, promised before the world began;
Heb 9:27
27) And as it is appointed unto men once to die,
but after this the judgment:

9. Eccl 12:14
For God shall bring every work into judgment,
with every secret thing, whether it be good, or
whether it be evil.
Acts 17:30-31
30 And the times of this ignorance God winked
at; but now commandeth all men every where to
repent:
31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the
which he will judge the world in righteousness
by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he
hath given assurance unto all men, in that he
hath raised him from the dead.
LEARNING TO LISTEN
TEXT: GEN 16-17
I. SILENCE
GEN 17:1A
II. SETTLEMENT
GEN 17:17-18
III. SET
GEN 17:21