Promise and deliverance pdf

Workbook lessons are written at four levels so that families with students in various grades can study the same Bible stories during the week in preparation for their classes on Sunday. Prior to class, the Sunday School teacher should study the lesson in De Graaf's book. The teacher and students can go through the workbook during class.

For older grades, the teacher may opt to assign it as homework. For older grades, the teacher can assign these questions as homework but should also use them as a basis for class discussion. These are not the only questions that could or should be asked. Teachers should encourage students to come with their own questions as well. This book is volume 1, which contains the following lessons: 1. The Kingdom of God Gen. We question God as seek to walk by faith in the unseen.

Hope seems so mysteriously vague. God renews his promise to Abram. How can we know his promises are true? God speaks to Abram saying, "You can be sure that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, and they will be oppressed as slaves for four hundred years. But I will punish the nation that enslaves them, and in the end they will come away with great wealth. But you will die in peace, at a ripe old age. After four generations your descendants will return here to this land , when the sin of the Amorites has run its course" Genesis NLT.

Prophetic statements such as this one are often disconcerting. We may question God. He knew the precise hardships they would face as they sought to live in an evil world. He knew the curse would seem overpowering and debilitating as they lived as strangers in this foreign land.

This is a promise of deliverance despite the evil forces. It is a promise of his ultimate protection. It was a renewal of the promise made to Abram in Genesis —God would bless those who blessed Abram and curse those who sought to curse him.

The value of the biblical stories is that they are filled with examples of warning and encouragement as we struggle to follow Christ. God sees the end from the beginning. He sees what sin is going to do. He sees the fruit it bears before it begins to germinate in hearts. God knows the outcome of every evil action. God has already made a way of escape. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

God continues to bless those who bless his children and curse those who curse his children as he provides a way of escape for his children. He wants us to be able to focus on what he is asking rather than fighting the curse of evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head. In the previous chapter of Genesis, Abram fights with the kings of the plains of Sodom as he sought to rescue his nephew Lot.

He knows aggression breeds aggression. Others would perceive him as a very real threat to be defeated. God steps in and reveals his plan for the deliverance of Abram and his descendants. It went beyond forgiveness as a merciful God interceded in the affairs of their world. It was a promise to sustain and protect them as they trusted God to work out his plan for their lives. They trusted him daily for the ordinary things of life. Salvation history reveals evil running its destructive course.

When sin ran its course God exterminated the inhabitants of the land of Canaan. Personal Scope of the Promise. The story of Abraham is about God seeking Abraham. What is about to happen was common to the ancients.

Jeremiah gives us a clearer picture of the meaning of what every animal sacrifice in the Old Testament symbolized. Jeremiah God condescends to give assurance to Abram as he literally cuts a deal with him.

It is God making the promise. Abram merely prepares the sacrifice for God to pass between. It is God who is saying may I be treated like these sacrifices, if I fail to live up to the covenant I have made with you.

Hebrews The New Testament reveals to us the fulfillment of all the promises of God to Abraham. The four volume Promise and Deliverance series by S. De Graaf, first published years ago, is still among the best. For years the author, Reverend De Graaf, led a weekly class for those who taught Bible to children, both at Sunday schools and at day schools. So what is so special about the Promise and Deliverance series? It focuses on the meaning of each story and on how to understand and share it.

In the introduction to the first volume, the author reminds us that the purpose of telling a story is to make it come alive for the hearer, but also warns us about letting the main point get lost in details. Since God wrote the Bible in order that we might believe, not merely to entertain us, this should never be forgotten.

In each story God reveals himself in a particular way, and the important thing is to try to understand what God intends to reveal to us in that specific story. And, no, it is usually not a moral lesson.

Instead, it is usually something about who God is and about how he makes and keeps his covenant with us. He is the main character, says De Graaf, and we must not make the mistake of focusing on human actions instead of on God. These concepts are fundamental to each of the more than Bible narratives. Each narrative, based on a specific Bible passage, is prefaced with a short section that outlines the main goals of the story.

The main thought is summarized in a single sentence, and the actual story follows. Each narrative not only describes the Bible events but also interprets them, applying them to our lives today. Thus Promise and Deliverance can also serve as a devotional. Skip to main content.

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