Abraham: Loose Ends

The Life of Abraham:
Loose Ends
Genesis 21

            Finally…

            The promised child

            The promised land

A. HE WHO PROMISED IS FAITHFUL

            1.  God is faithful to Abraham  [1-2]

            2.  Abraham is faithful to God  [3-5]

            3.  Sarah is ecstatic  [6-7]

B. OUR LOOSE ENDS

            1.  “The boy”

                            a.  Sarah sees something she doesn’t like  [9]

                            b.  Sarah tells Abraham to do something  [10]

                            c.  A spring of water  [19]

            2.  Lessons for us

                            a.  God of the outcast

                            b.  God of the abused

                            c.  God of the dying

            Psalm 34.15-19

John Olson