Be a little bit shorter than usual Textual information Genesis 1127 123 and reference ch 15renewal of covenant promise Challenges to us drawn from the texts Gods exclusive purpose and inclusive heart ID: 602485
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GOALS for TODAY’S TEACHING
Be a little bit
shorter
than usual ?!?!
Textual
information Genesis 11:27 - 12:3 (and reference
ch
15-renewal of covenant promise)
Challenges
to us drawn
from the texts:
God’s
exclusive purpose and inclusive heart
!
Is God really
stubbornly committed to us
?
Are we
stubbornly committed to God
?Slide2
Genesis 11:27-30
27
Now
these are the
generation
s
of
Terah
.
Terah
was the father of
Abram,
Nahor
, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot.
28
Haran died before his father
Terah
in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
29
Abram and
Nahor
took wives; the name of
Abram’s wife was Sarai
, and the name of
Nahor’s
wife was
Milcah
. She was the daughter of Haran the father of
Milcah
and
Iscah
.
30
Now
Sarai was barren
; she had
no child.Slide3
Genesis 11:31-32
31
Terah
took
his son Abram
and his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and t
hey
went out
together from Ur
of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan;
but
when they came to
Haran, they settled there
.
32
The days of
Terah
were
two hundred five years
; and
Terah
died in Haran
.
(such migrations were common in this area & era – God usually does the “unusual” in the midst of the “usual” )Slide4
Genesis 12:1-3: initial
call
,
initial
promise
,
7 part blessing
1
Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.
2
I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
3
I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed
.”Slide5
Genesis 12:1
1
Now the
LORD
(YHWH)
said
to Abram, “
Go from
your country and your kindred and your father’s house
to
the land that
I will show
you.
1
st
of
7 times
YHWH speaks directly to Abram
(
over period of @ 100
years –
avg
once per 15
yrs
)
“Go
from
” – family, culture,
land,
and gods (see: Joshua 24:1-3 [“other gods”] and
Deut
26:5 [“wandering Aramean”])
“go
to
…I
will
show you”-(evidence when done)Slide6
Genesis 12:2
PERSONAL PROMISES – YHWH to Abram
:
Part 1 – “
I
will
make of
you
a
great
nation,
”
Part 2 – “and
I
will
bless
you
,”
Part 3 – “and
I
will make
your
name great
,”
RELATIONAL/INTERPERSONAL PROMISES
:
Part 4 – “
so
that
you
will
be
blessing
.”
(
blessed to be a
blessing – shared gifts)Slide7
Genesis 12:3
RELATIONAL/INTERPERSONAL PROMISES
(
cont
)
Part 5 –
3”
I
will
bless
those who bless
you
,”
Part 6 – “and
the one who
curses
(Heb.
kalil
- abuses or treats with contempt)
you
I
will
curse,
(
Heb.
aror
–withdraw blessings from
);” (@ JPS-
Sarna
)
UNIVERSAL PROMISE
–
PURPOSE
of the other 6:
Part 7 – “and
in you
all the families of the earth
shall be blessed
.”Slide8
CHALLENGE 1
– Dynamic Tension
INCLUSIVE – EXCLUSIVE
God’s (YHWH’s)
INCLUSIVE HEART
– “all
the families
of the earth”
God’s (YHWH’s)
EXCLUSIVE PURPOSE
in HISTORY – “
in you
” - reach GOD’S goal of ONE FAMILY of GOD and Humans in IMAGE OF GOD – w/b
through Abraham’s family
in history (later steps of covenant - Israel/Jews, Moses, David, Jesus, “go to all nations”)Slide9
CHALLENGE 2A
:
GOD’S STUBBORN COMMITMENT
TO US HUMANS
World history is
still being shaped by these words 4000 years later! From the
stubborn God
?
Abraham’s journey
and its
ups and downs:
- Is
YHWH really working and faithful
?
Genesis 15
vision –
God takes the “obligation and curses”
of covenant upon
God’s-self.
“I would rather not exist than
fail to keep my promise to you.”Slide10
CHALLENGE 2B
:
GOD’S STUBBORN COMMITMENT
TO US HUMANS
Is God that stubbornly committed
to humans/to us/to you/to me?
Is
Jesus God’s ultimate plea
to us humans?
“
Look
at Jesus: I love you human children” “I would
rather not exist than fail to love you
”
“
I am
stubbornly committed to your good in the
best and the worst of situations
”Slide11
CHALLENGE 3A: Do We/You/I
want to be that Stubbornly Committed to God
?
Like Abraham
we will need:
lots of
help
Lots of
forgiveness for failures
Lots of
renewals
of our
commitmentSlide12
CHALLENGE 3B:
COMMUNION – Renew
our Commitments
Renew
your
willingness to receive
God’s stubborn love for you
given thru Abraham/Jesus
Renew
your
desire to be stubbornly committed
to God and God’s Son Jesus
Renew
your willingness
to receive
:
Help of the God’s Spirit
in good and bad times
Forgiveness
for failures through Jesus
God’s goal
– more “into the image of Jesus” daily