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5.25.2010

GENESIS 18

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Abraham and Sarah get visited by 3 men who turn out to be more than ordinary. This visit is far better than the visit Lot will have by 2 less than ordinary men in the next chapter. In ch. 18 we hear, as does Sarah, a reaffirmation of God's promise to the elderly couple to bear a child. As Abraham laughed earlier, Sarah laughs, and is held accountable for it.

God takes His promises very seriously and, as always, expects us to trust Him. We sometimes do pretty well at trusting, but not always.

In this chapter, Abraham also serves as a man of prayer for the people of Sodom and Gomorrah. Abraham seems to be the compassionate one here, but at the end, we get the feeling God had it designed all along, and simply wanted Abraham to be involved in being the blessing God called him to be in chapter 12:1-3.

Thoughts, questions, applications...

Enjoy the day!

Prayers,
Matt
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2 comments:

  1. AndyMay 25, 2010 at 10:12 PM

    Abraham was quite a gutsy guy. He's taught me that it's ok to express my frustrations with GOD and question HIS logic.

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  2. MattMay 25, 2010 at 10:56 PM

    From being resigned to barrenness to hopeful possibility through a nonesense promise...God's specialty.

    Living as God's people is never a guarentee of a life without pain...but the pain is more than offset by God's gracious possibilities.

    The story of Sodom and Gomorrah is about society organized against, or at least without God.

    This story reminds me of the importance of eac praying person...even though the people of S and G might never have heard about the Abraham guy who prayed for the, nevertheless, it was an enormously important way of Abraham being a blessing to others.

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