At the end of last year, we commenced a series in Genesis looking at the Abraham narrative.
What was Abraham really like, warts and all?
We took a short break for a couple of weeks to focus on Psalms 80 and 81.
We now return to Genesis to pick up the Abraham narrative from
Genesis 20:1-18.
God’s plan to bless the nations was through Abraham, a man with many failings.
Even after God had restated his promises to Abraham, that Abraham’s heir would be born within a year, through Sarah his wife, a few weeks later Abraham permits Sarah his wife to be taken by Abimelech.
God restrained Abimelech and prevented him from sinning by warning him in a dream about the sin which was occuring and that if he didn’t return Sarah to her husband, then he would surely die. Abimelech quickly obeyed the Lord as soon as he woke the next morning, he also took Abraham to task for having deceived him.
Throughout this passage, we see Abraham demonstrating that he fears man more than he fears God and yet he is Gods choice, to be our father of faith.
Please listen to today’s sermon below or you can commence the series by clicking here for the full play list.