“El Olam” “God Eternal” Genesis 21

Malachi 3:6 “I the LORD do not change.”
1. This doesn’t mean that God doesn’t do anything.
2. This does not imply that I can ever learn everything there is to know about God.
3. This means that God never changes.
4. He never changes His original intent.

I. He is the God of the Past.
1. Abraham knew that this was the same God Almighty Tarrah to come and live in the land of
Caanan.
2. This was the same God who had changed his name from Abram to Abraham and promeised
he would be the “father of many nations”.
3. This was the same God who had protected him through all his journeys.

II. He is the God of the Present.
1. God fulfilled the promise of a son in Abraham’s old age.
2. God fulfilled the promise through Sarah.
3. He was the God who was preparing Abraham for the ultimate test of faith for an example
to you and me.
A. Send Hagar and Ishmael away.
B. Offer up your only son Isaac.

III. He is the God of the Future.
1. Abraham had to commit Hagar and Ishmael to the care of God.
2. Abraham had to have faith that he was not losing his mind.
3. Abraham had t have faith to believe that even though he offered his only son as a sacrifice.
God would somehow return Isaac back to him.

Conclusion: The God we serve isthe same one Abraham served. Have you met Him as the God of the
Past, Present, and the Future? Are you walking with the eternal God?