Spiritual Parentage
The Homiletic Review
Genesis 17:5-6
Neither shall your name any more be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made you.…


I. The change of name here made was founded on a change of character.

II. His fatherhood of Isaac was in consequence of special Divine interposition; and the fact is confirmatory and illustrative of the teaching of a spiritual sonship, so often alluded to in the New Testament.

III. For faith-character he is made the father of the "faithful," or the full-of-faith. Mere natural descent counts for nothing. Conclusions:

1. Faith is an inheritance.

2. Faith is the sign of our descent.

3. Faith may be transmitted.

(The Homiletic Review.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

WEB: Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.




Abraham a Father of Many Nations
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