Genesis 24
A Wife For Isaac

V.1 How old was Isaac?

V.2 “Put your hand under my thigh”

Ex: Ch. 47 Jacob and Joseph

It was meant to be a solemn ________________

V.3-9 Abraham sets two conditions for his servant

1. She could not be from the ______________________
Gen 9:25 "Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers."

2. Isaac could not go back
Gen 12:7 The LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land."

Although God allows us the freedom to choose He hasn’t left us without ______________________

•A wife

1. Believer-
2 Cor 6:14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? 15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols?

2. “She has to be _____________________________!”

1 Peter 3:1 Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, 2 when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. 3 Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. 4 Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight.
3. Willingness to _____________________

Eph 5:22 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

V.10-12 Prayed
•James 1:5

James 4:2 You do not have, because you do not ask God. 3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

V.13-14 An opportunity to see God’s involvement

V.15-21 Rebekah was very beautiful in more ways than one

Would you attract a spouse like this?

V.22-27 The servant recognizes how God had sovereignly _____________________ him.

Our actions and God’s sovereignty work _____________________

Col 1:28 We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ. 29 To this end I labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me.

Work as if it all ____________________ on you.

________________as if it all depended upon the LORD.

V.28-31 A glimpse into Laban

V.32-33 Controlling the flesh

“No ____________________, no basketball”

V.32-49 Repetition for a reason

V.50-54a A _______________________ for their daughter

V.54b-56
Donald Barnhouse, “If the world does not succeed in persuading the believer to abide in the world, it will seek to delay his exit . . . When you decide to go with the Lord, the world will applaud your devotion but will say, ‘Don’t rush. Abide a few days, at least ten, and then go.’”

Don’t be surprised when the ___________________ tries to detain us.

V.57-61 Rebekah was a woman of _______________________
V.62-67

A beautiful ____________________

Eliezer (15:2)- Helper
The church is the bride of Christ
The Holy Spirit leads us to Christ
The Holy Spirit gives gifts to the bride

John 1:12 Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God