Abraham

By Rhiannonw

Sun, 05 Nov 2017
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[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series]

His great and gracious promises
God made to Abram known:
from him a nation would be formed,
their Lord to know and own.

God promised Abram that through him
all nations would be blessed,
and Jesus, Saviour, came to them,
but all in him can trust

Believing God while yet no son,
such faith God loves to see;
and we must trust his promises,
whatever they may be.

And righteousness God gave to him,
for he believed God’s Word;
and we’ll receive if we believe
on Christ, whose claims we’ve heard.

God kept his word – the son he gave,
and soon the nation grew.
God blessed them in so many ways:
his laws and love they knew.

Through prophets taught of how he’d come
as Saviour from their sin,
and welcome many from all lands
to know their Lord and King.

(Tune: CM Jackson by T Jackson)

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Comments

Submitted by Shannan on

...such promises...

I have no idea how he managed to persevere! I think God was wise to get both the Testaments in before technology would have prevented them being saved and shared. 

May your faith be rewarded like Abraham's :)

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Shannan. Good to hear from you. God's promises to support faith, lift the weak and faltering faith as we look to him, he finishes what he began, despite our weakness!

It is interesting sometimes to think about the timing of God's arrangements, providences. Like the Roman Empire having improved communication, built roads. A great ease of technological copying could have caused a lot of corruption and confusion about what was the original I expect. Rhiannon