Emphasis Preaching Journal
Fear, faith and the future
Commentary
"Fear" and "faith" are the words that ring through the lessons before us for this Sunday. In one of them we are told what not to do ... the other we have held up before us as a quality that makes God proud! In fact, for those who demonstrate it the Lord has prepared a celestial city.
Abraham is the hero of the first two accounts. His move to center-stage begins with a vision in which God promises him more heirs than any mortal can count, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars if you are able.... So shall your descendants be."
Abraham is the hero of the first two accounts. His move to center-stage begins with a vision in which God promises him more heirs than any mortal can count, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars if you are able.... So shall your descendants be."