In the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at the how Abraham’s story fits into the larger story of the Bible. Is Genesis 12, God made a promise to Abraham to make his family into a great nation, through which all the families of the earth would be blessed. Abraham believed God’s promise and it was counted to him as righteousness. Abraham’s righteousness was a free gift that he received as a result of his faith in God’s promises to him. Through Abraham’s story, we learn that when the people who lived before Jesus came to earth believed the promises of God, they were ultimately believing the Gospel. Through their faith in God’s promises, they received God’s abundant grace and His free gift of righteousness. In the same way, when we believe the Gospel, we are adopted into God’s family as sons and daughters and we become God’s people, heirs according to the promise.
