God's promises are unlikely, but __

1. Abram believes

God's promises are unlikely, but __.

2. Hard

God's promises are __ to accept. Abram had no children. He was already an old man. His wife had never been able to conceive children.

3. Sarai

What was Abram's wife's name?

4. God would make his descendants as multiple as the stars.

What does this quote from Genesis 15:5 mean? "Look up at the sky and count the stars if you can. Just so shall be your descendants be."

5. Dynasty with no descendants

In Abram's time, having a multitude of descendants was the greatest possible blessing. There could be no __.

6. He believed

Finish this quote: Genesis 15: 1-6 "...and he reckoned it to him as righteousness" because__

7. Sealed with a sacrifice

God's oath to Abram: How were oaths performed in the ancient near east? The oath was __.

8. Animal

God's oath to Abram: Both parties were essentially saying, "If I break this oath, may it be my blood that is spilled on the ground instead of this __.

9. Between the two halves

For a solemn oath, the parties would split the animals to be sacrificed in half, and then walk __.

10. God makes an oath with Abram

Abram wants more assurance of God's promises, so what does God make with Abram?