Believers in the God of Abraham have great hope for the future.
(As one who trusts in Christ,) do joyfully look to the future, knowing that the Everlasting God will transform your grief to gladness?
We need the Spirit of God, working through the Word of God to lead us into the goodness of God.
The intensity of our commitments may change depending on our attitude and circumstances. But God’s faithfulness is different.
Do you see God’s grace? By entering into a covenant with us – and making solemn promises, and giving visible signs, God is bending over backwards to us to prove his trustworthiness and goodness.
As you see the confirmations God gave Abram, you can humbly thank God, that he himself has confirmed, by his own power, by his own promise, by his own covenant – He is committed to deliver his blessings to you.
This section of history vividly demonstrates how God saves his people: He graciously calls his people out of sin, into his blessing, into faith, and into worship.
This genealogy declares that joy has come to the world, in the coming of the Christ. And it sends a message to all people, “Let earth receive her King.”