"The more you know about Christ, the less you will be satisfied with superficial views of Him; and the more deeply you study His transactions in the eternal covenant, His engagements on your behalf as the eternal Surety, and the fullness of His grace which shines in all His offices, the more truly will you see the King in His beauty. Be much in such outlooks. Long more and more to see Jesus."
This week we'll conclude our four week study of "God's commitment to blessing every nation on the planet" with a rather unusual and perplexing story. Some would call it quite disturbing. God's challenges Abraham to seemingly thwart His purpose of blessing the world by offering his son, Isaac--the promised child, the miracle child--as a sacrifice.
What is going on here? How can God do this? Why doesn't Abraham flinch? How does this tie in to God's commitment to bring out the restoration of all things in Christ? Join us on Sunday to find out.
This week we'll sing some great songs in our worship service:
We'll be looking at the subject of belief & doubt, especially as it is portrayed for us in Genesis 15, where God reaffirms his intentions to bless Abram and through him to bless every nation on the planet. We'll look at a very strange covenant ritual (at least to our eyes) in which God takes upon himself a curse if he should fail to bring about the promised world-wide blessing in Christ.