The Establishment of a Covenant People: The Promises of…
Genesis 20:1-18 Sarah Protected Well, for the last two weeks we have dwelt in the abyss of sin and judgment in Genesis 19 and tonight we climb out. But the view that greets us in Genesis 20 is hard. The father of the faithful when last we saw him was fervently interceding for those who were under judgment and condemnation and then was silently watching in the aftermath of God's judgment against Sodom. But here we find him stumbling again. By way of qualification we should point out that a man of weak faith would not have made it as far as Abraham had made it at this point. A man of lesser trust in the Lord after God's waiting so long, His prolonging of the fulfillment of His promises, may well have abandoned His pledge of the covenant. So tonight we turn to Genesis 20, and we see…