Christ-reconciled Church

[First 5 minutes of the sermon] At the outset, this whole section sounds extremely familiar, right? Doesn’t this feel a whole lot like the time Abraham did essentially the same thing in Egypt? In Genesis 12:10-20, when Abram and Sarai fled to Egypt to escape the famine, Abraham lied to Pharaoh about Sarai being his wife. In that passage, we saw that the LORD afflicted Pharaoh and his entire house with plagues because of this. What was this teaching us about Abraham? Abraham was displaying not only a fear of man, but also a huge lack of trust in God’s provision and protection. Genesis 12:10-20 is immediately following the passage where God gives Abraham all of these promises about his huge family that bless the world. Yet, only a short time later, Abraham running around lying because he is scared for his life. We said he was more focused on his current situation than he was on the promises of God! One would think Abraham would have learned from this experience, but we see the exact same thing in Genesis 20.