<TITLE>06. Par 20-23</TITLE>L-20 Now, we pick up Abraham in the twelfth chapter. Now, you follow me with the chapter. God made Abraham... He's just an ordinary man. An elderly man to begin with, the age of seventy-five years old... So brethren, if you think you're too old to start out with God when you're fifty, or sixty, seventy years old, why, you're not. Abraham was seventy-five years old. His half-sister, who he married, Sarah, was at that time sixty-five years old. And they were barren, had no children. And God told Abraham, "I'm going to make of you a great nation and make you a father of nations." and gave him a covenant.
Now, first place I want you to notice, the covenant was not only made to Abraham, but to Abraham and his seed after him. Now, let's say that together. Now, we're getting ready for a healing service. See?
[Audience repeats after Brother Branham--Ed.] To Abraham, and his seed, after him.
See? Now, what God did for Abraham, He does for his seed after him.
Now, I'm going to prove that to you tonight by the Bible. And surely that'll settle last night for you. See? Notice!
To his... Abraham, on my right side, and to his seed after him, over here.

L-21 I'm going to take two books, and I'm going to lay them up like this so you'll see. This is Abraham. This is the seed after him. Abraham, and the seed after him... God, what He did to Abraham, he swore to Abraham and his seed after him. Now, listen close; don't miss this.
"Whose seed you are..." If you are dead to the things of the world, and been made alive in Christ, by the Holy Spirit... "For we which are dead in Christ, take on Abraham's seed, and are heirs with him, according to the Promise." The Bible.
Now, did you notice the covenant that He made with Abraham in the twelfth chapter of Genesis, the covenant was not, "Abraham if you'll do a certain thing, I'll do a certain thing." It... the covenant was altogether grace. No, "if you will..." God said to Abraham, "I have... ", not, "... if you'll do a certain thing."

L-22 God made a covenant with Adam. Adam broke it. Every time He makes a covenant with man... Exodus 19, He made a covenant... broke it.
But God, in His determination, not by laws, or covenants with man, but by covenants with Himself, He was determined to save man, 'cause it's His son.
So He, not only did He make this covenant, but He swore by it. And a man taken an oath, takes with somebody an oath greater than he is. And there was no one greater than He was, so the Bible said He took an oath by Himself, to keep it.
Think of it now. You say, "Well, if I just had the blessings of Abraham, if I just had the same promise that Abraham had..." You have, if you are... Christ in you. If you are dead in Christ, you receive the Holy Spirit, you are Abraham's seed, because Christ is Abraham's seed. You see it? That puts the inside of us working: faith in God.

L-23 Now, to be Abraham's seed you would never back up at a promise of God. You'd always keep God's promises. You'd let that be true, no matter what anything else was. That's what Abraham did. No matter what anybody said, anybody said, that's nothing. God said so, and that settles it. That's the way Abraham's seed.
Look, now are you Abraham's seed? Let God's Word be true and everybody else's a lie. God's Word!
So therefore, you see, if you come to it, profess to be Abraham's seed and turn away, it's impossible. You turn yourself from God, and there's no more sacrifice left for your unbelief. You're finished. See?


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