Matthew 3:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

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Luke 12:17

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General references

Luke 13:30

Luke 19:40

Bible References

Think

From within, from the heart of man, the designs of evil come: sexual vice, stealing, murder,

Now, produce fruits that answer to your repentance, instead of beginning to say to yourselves, 'We have a father in Abraham.' I tell you, God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

Conscious that they were arguing to themselves, Jesus addressed them, saying, "Why argue in your hearts?

When his host the Pharisee noticed this, he said to himself, "If he was a prophet he would know what sort of a woman this is who is touching him; for she is a sinner."

So he debated, 'What am I to do? I have no room to store my crops.'

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so he called out, 'Father Abraham, take pity on me, send Lazarus to dip his fingertip in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in these flames.'

"We are Abraham's offspring," they retorted, "we have never been slaves to anybody. What do you mean by saying, 'You will be free'?"

Brothers, sons of Abraham's race and all among you who reverence God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us.

But if so, what can we say about Abraham, our forefather by natural descent?

they are not all children of Abraham because they are descended from Abraham. No, it is through Isaac that your offspring shall be reckoned ??8 meaning that instead of God's children being the children born to him by natural descent, it is the children of the Promise who are reckoned as his true offspring.

Surely it is written in the Law that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave-woman and one by the free-woman;

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Many, I tell you, will come from east and west and take their places beside Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Realm of heaven,

But he replied, "I tell you, if they were to keep quiet, the very stones would shout."

Symeon has explained how it was God's original concern to secure a People from among the Gentiles to bear his Name.

(as it is written, I have made you a father of many nations). Such a faith implies the presence of the God in whom he believed, a God who makes the dead live and calls into being what does not exist.

No, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame what is strong;

(for all of you who had yourselves baptized into Christ have taken on the character of Christ).

General references

Some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last."

But he replied, "I tell you, if they were to keep quiet, the very stones would shout."