The Number 5 (Part Two)

Genesis 12:1-5

“In the beginning God…”

Genesis can be summed up in a :

“Human beings are without God.”

Five Men Reveal The Truth And Need Of Humans.

• – he went through .
• – teaches us we are saved by .

Abraham teaches us we are a of God by .

Then he believed in the Lord; and He credited it to him as righteousness.
Genesis 15:6

and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.
James 2:23

• – is a beautiful picture of – what it means to be a of God.
• – was the of Genesis.

He was the – the man who thought he could live by his own and .

Jacob is a beautiful picture of – where we learn God is our and our and is fully capable of working out all in our journey.

• – is a picture of glorification – a picture of the of all believers.

And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for the one who comes to God must believe that He exists, and that He proves to be One who rewards those who seek Him.
Hebrews 11:6

The secret to life is with God.

These truths give us the of God’s work with us.

• The book of Psalms contains divisions.
• The 5 given in Leviticus follow this pattern.
• The 5 great that Israel celebrates fall into this pattern.
• The 5 sections of the follow this pattern.
• The 5 sections of the follow this pattern.

The number 5 is throughout the scriptures, and each time it is a of this pattern that God follows.

And What Is That Pattern?

1. An of our need
2. A picture of God’s activity in moving to that need; His response in redemption
3. Instruction in how to , how to , and how to God
4. The consequences of our and
5. An arrival at the place where – ends, where – drives us back to the Lord