In Genesis 15:2,8, Abraham asks two questions: " ...what will you give
me?" " ... how can I be certain ... ?" For us, these are the questions
of salvation and the assurance of salvation - God has given us His
salvation, and we have the assurance that this salvation has been given
and received. Where are we to look for answers to these questions? We
are to look to the "Almighty Lord" (Genesis 15:2,8). How are we to
receive God's answers? - By faith: "Abraham believed the Lord" (Genesis
15:6). Through Christ: When we read Genesis 15:10, our concern is not
with these animals. It is with the fact that they were sacrificed, and
that this sacrifice points forward to "Christ, our Passover Lamb (who)
has been sacrificed" for us (1 Corinthians 5:7). In Him, we have both
salvation and the assurance of salvation (John 20:31; 1 John 5:13).
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