Genesis 17:23-27
True faith responds to God’s word with immediate and thorough obedience.
23 Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money: every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.
24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
25 Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
26 In the same day both Abraham and Ishmael, his son, were circumcised.
27 All the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
True faith responds to God’s word with immediate and thorough obedience.
To demonstrate Abraham’s immediate obedience in applying the covenant sign to himself and his entire household.
God Reaffirms His Covenant, Renames Abram and Sarai, and Appoints Circumcision as the Covenant Sign
God sovereignly reaffirms and defines His covenant with Abraham by promising miraculous offspring through Sarah, appointing circumcision as the covenant sign, and calling Abraham to covenant faithfulness before the God who will accomplish what He has promised.