Abraham

Text: Genesis 12:1-3; Galatians 3:8-14

Last week we looked at the first sentence of “The Old Testament in Seven Sentences.”

1. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (Genesis 1:1)

We looked at Creation and Genesis 1-11. There three “big questions” were raised as both and introduction to and outline of the God’s big story in the Bible. That introduction answered the questions: Where are we? Who are we? What’s gone wrong?  We continue on today at Genesis 12 with Abraham’s story and the unfolding of a fourth question: What’s the solution? Or asked another way: What can God do about the brokenness of humanity, the earth, and the nations?

The second sentence summarizing the Old Testament is addressed to Abraham in Genesis 12. And today we will look at how God begins to address the great “what has gone wrong” question through a promise to and through Abraham to all the nations of the world:

2. All people on earth will be blessed through you. (v.3)

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