Series: Promise-Keeping GodScripture: Genesis 12:1-4

“There are lots of stories in the Bible, but all the stories are telling one Big Story. The Story of how God loves his children and comes to rescue them. It takes the whole Bible to tell this Story. And at the center of the Story, there is a baby.”

Sally Lloyd-Jones, The Jesus Storybook Bible

“Whether idea or man, Jesus is a model that, day to day, encourages much good. He is a mirror that reflects, for many of us, our hopes. We see Jesus as many different people—dutiful son, ascetic, revolutionary, sage, martyr — depending on our personal beliefs and, indeed, our personal needs. A great many of us, Christians and not, want Jesus on our team. We want to be His teammate. We want to be like Him. We want Him to be like us. … [One point is clear:] Whether Jesus was sent from Heaven or not, whether He died on the cross or not, and ascended or did not — Jesus is alive in our time. To believers and nonbelievers alike, Jesus matters. Still matters. He long has. He always will.”

Life Magazine

“The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, ‘All the nations will be blessed in you.’ So then those who are of faith are blessed with Abraham, the believer.”

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