Martin Luther's Evening Prayer

Genesis 15 A New Name

Dr. Richard Zeile

Abram was promised a son, and waited for God to provide. When Abram fretted about this God gave him a new name, "Abraham" meaning "Father of Many." That this childless old man should take on this name was a testimony before the world that Abraham believed God. Dr. Zeile applies this episode to believers who bear the name of "Christians" and are witnesses to the world.