After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”After these things Yahweh’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
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… of his promise. Look here now in Genesis 15. Just go to verse 1 there. After this, the word of the Lord came back to Abram in a vision. Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield and your very great reward. But Abram said, Sovereign Lord, what can you give me since I remain childless? And the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of the Clippers. And Abram said, You have given me no children, so a servant in my household will be my heir. Then the word of the Lord came to him and said, This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir. And then he took him outside and he said, Look up at the sky and count the stars, if indeed you can count them. Then he said to him, so shall your offspring be. And Abraham believed the Lord and it was a credit to him as righteousness. Write down number two today. Faith waits. …
… Would you help me thank God for those who labor among you, including this music ministry that has ushered us into the presence of God? I want to call your attention tonight to Genesis chapter 15, verses 1 through 6. I don't know what time they told you you were getting out of church tonight, but first night is the longest night of revival. And so ushers have locked the doors and it has just become an all-night prayer vigil. Genesis chapter 15 beginning with verse 1 reading through the conclusion of verse 6 I want to talk to you tonight about writing a new narrative After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Do not be afraid, Abram. We will refer to him in the sermon as Abraham. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward. But Abram said, Lord God, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus. Then Abram said, Look, you have given me no offspring. …
So you heard the gospel lesson. Jesus' lament over Jerusalem is one of the saddest stories in any of the gospels. Right up there with him weeping over the death of his dear friend Lazarus. Or rearing back when Judas leans toward him on the night of his arrest. Judas, is it with a kiss that you betray the Son of Man? There is such sorrow in these stories, such crushing disappointment at the way things have turned out, in spite of Jesus' higher vision of them, his life's labor on their behalf. In the case of Lazarus, Jesus intervenes, bringing his friend back to life. But in the other two, he's more like us, suffering things that he cannot or will not change. He laments over a city that has killed people like him before and seems bent on doing it again. On the night of his arrest, he watches the police push Judas aside. Then he stops his friends from trying to save him by force. No more of this, he says, when one of them pulls out a sword and cuts off a trooper's ear. …
… those awards. In a vision, the Bible says, although Abraham did not see anything at first, he heard something and said, the word of the Lord came to him, the Bible says, and the first four words he heard were, do not be afraid, which tells you Abraham was afraid, or at least prone to being afraid, and who wouldn't have been? Sometimes even when you have prayed holes in the rug, begging for a word from God, even when you have announced to the universe that you are full ready for proof of divine life, still, even then, sudden results can turn your bones to water. You can start talking yourself out of what is happening as fast as you talked yourself in. Must not be fully awake yet. Must have been the habaneros on the enchiladas last night. What if this isn't God at all, but an angel from the other side? But Abraham must not have been all that afraid because he switched gears pretty quickly. Oh Lord God, he said, what will you give me? That's so embarrassing. …