Dealing with Dysfunction

Sunday, 20 October 2024 by

Bernard Gabbott - Sunday, 20 October 2024

Dealing with Dysfunction

Genesis recounts three great truths: how this world began, how this world was broken, and how this world will be fixed. At the heart of each truth is God. And at the heart of what God does is His commitment to His image-bearers. Throughout Genesis, God is unavoidably and unmistakably in charge. His actions to restore His creation are by His initiative (grace), received by trusting in what He does (faith), and completely undeserved by humanity (there is grace again). Committing through the family of Abraham, in covenant (a binding agreement between two parties), God commits to each subsequent generation to restore His world – His people, in His place, under His rule by His word. None of Abraham’s family – or Isaac’s – or Jacob’s – recommend themselves. And yet, as we reach Joseph, in Egypt, God displays (yet again) that His initiative brings repentance and restoration. This news never gets old!

Scripture References: Genesis 42:1-38, Genesis 43:1-34, Psalms 84:1-12

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