The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Genesis 11:27,
"This is the account of Terah's family line. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran."
Here we are introduced to Abram, who will be renamed Abraham. Abraham is a vital person in the genealogy provided us. His importance transcends even his stature as the patriarch of the Jewish nation.
Abraham was acknowledged by God to be a man of faith. He modeled the prototypical faith that God looks for when we embrace him. It is that very faith, if we express it in God, that brings us salvation based on the redemption Jesus Christ provided for all mankind on the cross. Abraham becomes our model of what faith in God looks like. This is why God made his covenant with Abraham and why he made a nation of him - the nation that would bring Jesus Christ into the world.
Paul speaks of Abraham in exactly that perspective. "Therefore, the promise [our salvation] comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham's offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all. As it is written: 'I have made you [Abraham] a father of many nations.'" Romans 4:16-17a.
Paul provides us an example of Abraham's faith from what we read of him in Genesis. After God promised Abraham he would make a nation of him [the Jews], his wife, Sarah, was found to be barren. Yet, Abraham believed God's promise and power. "Without weakening in his faith, he [Abraham] faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah's womb was also dead. Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. This is why 'it was credited to him as righteousness.' The words 'it was credited to him' were written not for him alone, but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification." Romans 4:19-25.
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"This is the account of Terah's family line. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran."
Here we are introduced to Abram, who will be renamed Abraham. Abraham is a vital person in the genealogy provided us. His importance transcends even his stature as the patriarch of the Jewish nation.
Abraham was acknowledged by God to be a man of faith. He modeled the prototypical faith that God looks for when we embrace him. It is that very faith, if we express it in God, that brings us salvation based on the redemption Jesus Christ provided for all mankind on the cross. Abraham becomes our model of what faith in God looks like. This is why God made his covenant with Abraham and why he made a nation of him - the nation that would bring Jesus Christ into the world.
Paul speaks of Abraham in exactly that perspective. "Therefore, the promise [our salvation] comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham's offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all. As it is written: 'I have made you [Abraham] a father of many nations.'" Romans 4:16-17a.
Paul provides us an example of Abraham's faith from what we read of him in Genesis. After God promised Abraham he would make a nation of him [the Jews], his wife, Sarah, was found to be barren. Yet, Abraham believed God's promise and power. "Without weakening in his faith, he [Abraham] faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah's womb was also dead. Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. This is why 'it was credited to him as righteousness.' The words 'it was credited to him' were written not for him alone, but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification." Romans 4:19-25.
And, Sarah got pregnant in their old age! Abraham becomes a very important person for us in Genesis as he is God's example to of us what faith looks like!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know.
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