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Feb 18, 2018

#4 - El Shaddai - Giver and Sustainer of Life

Passage: Genesis 17:1-2

Preacher: Pastor Tim W. Young

Series: Comfort in The Names of God

Category: Genesis

Summary:

Main Text - Genesis 17:1-2, OT Reading - Genesis 17:1-8, NT Reading - Colossians 2:6-19

Detail:

Comfort in the Names of God

#4 – El Shaddai – Giver and Sustainer of Life

 

 Genesis 17:1-2 ) 1  When Abram was ninety-nine years old the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty (El Shaddai); walk before me, and be blameless, 2  that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly.”

 

God Alone Can Give and Sustain Both Physical and Spiritual Life

 

  1. The Very Meaning of El Shaddai  Tells Us God Alone Gives Life and Sustains Life

 

  1.  God Almighty?

 

               “The Powerful Almighty one?”

 

     2, God the Almighty Nourisher and Provider

 

               Ps 22:9

               Gen 49:25

 

  1. When God Calls Himself El Shaddai He Tell Us He Alone Gives and Sustains Life

 

  1. Abraham – Genesis 15-17

 

               Abraham’s Three lessons about El Shaddai

 

                              1) What God promises Only…

 

                              2) His own…

 

                              3) To wait on…

 

  1. Job

 

  1. Naomi – Ruth 1:20-21 & 4:14-16

 

  1. The Same El Shaddai Gives Physical AND Spiritual Life and Nourishment for Us

     Today Through Christ

 

               He still gives life but especially spiritual life – John 5:21    

 

               He still chastens those He loves pruning us to make us more fruitful

 

                              Heb 10:5-6   John 15:2 & 5

 

               He still Provided for the spiritual and physical needs of his children today

 

                              Mat 6:25-34;       Col 2:17 & 19