Adrian
Old-Sunday Worship September 6th, 2026

      • Psalm 100ESV

      • Psalm 100ESV

  • I Love You Lord
  • Glorify Thy Name

      • Psalm 148ESV

      • Psalm 148ESV

  • I Am Thine O Lord (I Am Thine)
  • Doxology

      • Genesis 24:34–48ESV

  • “Thankful”

    K. Adrian Scott
    September 6, 2026
    Introduction.
    There is something interesting in the previous 22; Isaac, the son of Abraham, is offered up as a sacrifice to Gd as instructed by God on Mt. Moriah but was raised up from the altar of sacrifice by his father according to God’s perfect timing. Now in chapter 24, the son has been miraculously raised up and now the father Abraham is actively looking for a bride for his one and only son. Although condemned to die as a sacrifice, Isaac was raised from his sacrificial posture by the power and satisfaction of his father. From our text today we can immediately leap with gladness that we too know of another Son, a Son “better than Isaac” who was condemned to die by the righteous command of God, but was raised up by the power of that same God!
    The story that unfolds in our text is a story that previews the mystery or is an example of the mystery of God the Father’s love for His Son, Jesus, and because of the love the Father has for His Son, the Father is determined to provide a “help-meet” or a bride for God’s Son.
    The story will eventually tell us about the love the Son has for His bride, but it should be noted that the one who would become the favored bride of the Son belonged to the Father first; not as a bride, but as a chosen people from all eternity - “When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, 2 since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. 3 And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. 4 I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. 5 And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.”
    I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 7 Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you. 8 For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me. I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours. 10 All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them.” (John 17. 1-10).
    This is the story of ancient love, the love of the patriarch Abraham, a worshiper of the living God, his commitment to his God and the love, respect for, an obedience to the promises of God, or the word of God concerning not only his personal family legacy, but the legacy of the nation that will come from his seed. This is also a story of a devoted father (Abraham) to his son who in this story is Isaac. This story is also one of the love of Isaac for his bride, once she is his. And finally, the story is also about the loving devotion of the humble bride toward her husband.
    Our text centers around Abraham’s holy preoccupation to find a bride for his (only) son, Isaac, (by Sarah) - “Please place your hand under my thigh, and I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live, but you will go to my land and to my kin, and take a wife for my son, Isaac” (Genesis 24. 2-3). according to God’s promise through whom the promise of God was made (Galatians 3. 16) - “Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his descendant. Scripture does not say, “and to the descendants,” referring to many, but “and to your descendant,” referring to one, who is Christ.”
    Isaac, Abraham’s son, occupied a special place in the heart and mind of Abraham. He knew “it was not good for man to be alone” (Genesis 2.18) so, in addition to desire, there is purpose behind Abraham’s intent to find a bride for his son.
    Isaac, was born in “due season” or ‘when the time was right’ and when Sarah’s barren womb gave way to God’s will in fertility! Abraham pursued his mission as essential to Isaac that he, the father, facilitates “a wife unto my son.” Not just anyone could take on this task, only the father! Only the one who had the best interest of both the son and his bride could succeed in this mission. It was if Abraham knew the Apostle Paul would later write in the New Testament, “the woman is the glory of the man” (1 Corinthians 11.7).
    I want you to see that in God selecting a wife for his son, Isaac, with the help of his chief servant, Eliezer, who himself is a type of the Holy Spirit in the story, God is also telling the story of the Father’s selection of you and me as the bride of Christ! My goal in this text is for you to see the holy intention of God to marry you and me as believers to Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I want you to see that you are chosen, selected, called out and exalted to a position that fame, fortune, prestige or anything else can afford us. We are very clearly chosen by God - “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give to you” (John 15.16).
    So, clearly, the future wife of Isaac did not choose Isaac or Isaac’s father, Abraham, but Abraham with the cooperation of his servant found Rebekah and called her to be by her husband Isaac’s side.
    The Context.
    Vv. 2-4; “And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he had, Put your hand under my thigh, 3 that I may make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell, 4 but will go to my country and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”
    There was a plan put into action to actually find this heretofore unidentified woman who would become the bride of Abraham’s son, Isaac in whom all the treasures of his father’s kingdom would be given. But before there was a step taken on this mission. Which would require some travel outside of Canaan, there had to be some essential ground rules established with those who would actually be on the search team.
    Abraham required his servants to swear by an oath that they would not look to fulfill Abraham’s wishes for a bride for his son among the people he was now living, that is the Canaanites.
    This is a serious oath that is not to be taken lightly because the choice of a wife for Isaac would have implications in Abraham’s kingdom. “Swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth that you will not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell” (24.3).
    Why are Abraham’s servants prohibited from selecting a wife for Isaac among the Canaanites? Because Isaac is the ‘son of the promise’, or the son of God’s promise to Isaac’s father, and the heir of God’s promise to bless the whole world through Abraham’s obedience, and Isaac must be kept from compromising the promise that was specifically given to Abraham’s family who are believers in Yahweh, and not the unbelieving nations like the Canaanites. And that through Yahweh’s people by their God, and particularly and prophetically through Abraham’s greatest son, the Lord Jesus Christ, all the families of the earth would be blessed.
    Vv. 9-14; “So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore to him concerning this matter.
    “Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed, taking all sorts of choice gifts from his master; and he arose and went to Mesopotamia to the city of Nahor. 11 And he made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time when women go out to draw water. 12 And he said, O Lord, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today and show steadfast love to my master Abraham. 13 Behold, I am standing by the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water. 14 Let the young woman to whom I shall say, Please let down your jar that I may drink, and who shall say, Drink, and I will water your camels—let her be the one whom you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I shall know that you have shown steadfast love to my master.”
    According to ancient middle eastern tradition by placing a hand under the thigh of someone means that the thighs are near the human reproductive human organs, it symbolizes the seriousness of finding a wife for Isaac because it is through Isaac’s seed the promise to Abraham would be fulfilled.
    Vv.9-10; ““Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed, taking all sorts of choice gifts from his master; and he arose and went to Mesopotamia to the city of Nahor.”
    Here is Abraham’s secret or unnamed servant. Take note that the vital role of this servant who has such an important mission but clearly is working anonymously because his name is not mentioned once in this entire story. His mission is not to promote himself, but to glorify the Son for the father Abraham’s sake.
    The work of this unnamed servant of Abraham reminds us of the mission of the Holy Spirit who John 16.12-14 says, “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. 14 He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.”
    Abraham sent his servant away with ten camels weighed down with “all sorts of choice gifts.” The intent of Abraham the father, is for the servant to be successful in finding a wife for his son! The father truly wants to choose a bride for his son! In this ancient time it was common for a person to send a “bride price” to the bride’s father declaring his intentions. The gifts declared to the woman and to her family that the one pursuing her was serious, and the gifts would be what became the downpayment that secured the hand of future bride of Isaac.
    If the person giving the gifts was a person of wealth, those gifts would be high quality garments and/or cloths, expensive household items for the family. For the bride-to-be it was common for her to receive jewelry; gifts of bracelets, rings for the hand as well as nose rings.
    I further want us to notice the resources of the father in this story! He is valuable, as a matter of fact, most likely more resourceful than anyone else in his geographic area. We should notice that Genesis 13 says Abraham was extremely wealthy possessing vast holdings in both land and livestock.
    But I also want you to noticeIn sending out his trusted servant with a staff of other helpers to search and find the perfect bride for Isaac, they were taking so many expensive gifts for the bride, it required ten camels to transport and deliver the gifts to this young woman. Oh, Abraham wanted a wife for his son, Isaac, and it could not be just any young lady, She had to be special.
    Now, I want you to decipher something by noticing all of the trouble, the time and the expense Abraham’s team went through for this bride, wherever she is, we undoubtedly we see not only the investment the father (Abraham) made in this mission of grace, but please notice the value the father placed on the bride! The father is saying this bride is worth the time and resources!
    If we say this episode reminds us of the investment God the Father has made securing a bride, a “help-meet’ for His Son, which would be the Church, “the bride of Christ” as we are referred to in 2 Corinthians 11, Ephesians 5 and Revelation 19 we would be correct.
    However, even though the Father has vast resources, it still requires Him to make a sacrifice in order to bring the Son and the bride together!
    The Close.
    Do you as a part of the body of Christ, see how much the Father values you and loves you?
    And do you understand how much time God the Father has invested in us by entering into your world and my world when He sent His servant we call the Holy Spirit, to find us, saving us so we can have the security of being a part of the Father’s kingdom?
    God wants you to know you are valuable; so valuable He has invested His most valuable resources to draw us to Himself.
    When Satan tells you you’re not worth much you can stand on the Word and repeat these words of Abraham as he received them from the Lord, when it says, “go to my country and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac” (.4).
    Jesus found you when you couldn’t find yourself. The Holy Spirit knew where we were when we did not even know we were lost.
    God cares because God loves!

      • John 17:1–10ESV

      • Genesis 24:2–3ESV

      • Genesis 2:18ESV

      • 1 Corinthians 11:7ESV

      • John 15:16ESV

      • Genesis 24:2–4ESV

      • Genesis 24:9–14ESV

      • Genesis 24:9–10ESV

      • John 16:12–14ESV

      • Genesis 24:4ESV

      • James 4:8ESV

      • Proverbs 28:13ESV

  • In Christ Alone

      • Exodus 15ESV

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