Genesis 16 study: Abraham’s impatience

Abraham’s impatience

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Genesis 16

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Genesis chapter 16 is the story of how Abraham gave birth to his first child through Sarah’s housemaid.
The background to this story is that Abraham’s wife, Sarah, has been barren for a long time, and she had lost hope of giving birth.
Genesis chapter 16 is a story of obedience and disobedience to the word of God.
It is also a story on the consequences of disobedience to the word of God, some of which could be everlasting.
In verse 2, the Bible tells us that Sarah advised her husband to raise a child through her house girl Haggai, who was not legally married to him.
In the previous chapter, chapter 15, God has clearly told Abraham that his offspring shall be from his own family.
But Abraham decided to listen to the voice of his wife rather than trusting in the Lord.
The truth of the matter is that the faith of Abraham, the father of faith, failed when it mattered most.
Abraham committed adultery when his faith failed.
But it goes more than that. In verse 12, God made a prophecy concerning the child Abraham got from adultery.
God says he will be a wild man, which means he will be stubborn and troublesome.
God says every man’s hand will be against him, which means he will steal the peace of many.
God says he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren, which means he will be resident in various countries and cause trouble therein.
This prophecy has come to pass. In the present age, the descendants of Ismael are the people causing trouble in all nations, particularly in Israel, where they are always fighting their stepbrothers and are not allowing peace to reign.
The descendants of Ismael are the Boko Haram in Nigeria, the Palestinians in the Middle East, and the ISIS in Syria.
The whole world is still suffering today because of the disobedience of the father of faith.
So, when you are committing evil, it is not only your family that might suffer from it. The whole world can suffer from it, just like the whole world is suffering from the sin of Adam and Eve.