Apr 20 2006
Genesis 18: 1-15
Abraham & Sarah’s Three Visitors
Or
Proof-Positive That God Really is a Mind Reader
“Once again, this story shows what a scandal and difficulty faith is. Faith is not a reasonable act which fits into the normal scheme of life and perception. The promise of the gospel is not a conventional piece of wisdom that is easily accommodated to everything else. Embrace of this radical gospel requires shattering and discontinuity.†(Brueggemann; p158-159)
And this is how I wish to begin with this lesson – restating and revisiting the story of Abraham and Sarah that we’ve been studying and telling over the past few months. In each of the 6 previous chapters, God found various ways to communicate with Abraham and Sarah directly regarding their status as progenitors of a great race, despite their advanced age. However, in most of those 6 chapters, they were continually confronted because of their disbelief in God’s promises. As I like to say – “Welcome to Human Nature 101†– Abraham and Sarah are just like all of us. While most, if not all of us, are ever called to sire a whole race of people, we all consistently resist God’s pull on our lives because it conflicts with our plans and how we see the world. Let us continue our journey with this couple.
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