HOMILY FOR THURSDAY OF THE 5TH WEEK OF LENT. (1)

HOMILY FOR THURSDAY OF THE 5TH WEEK OF LENT.

THEME: ABRAHAM AND JESUS.

BY: FR. GERALD M. MUSA.

God promised Abraham prosperity if he kept the covenant and Jesus promised eternal life to those who

HOMILY FOR THURSDAY OF THE 5TH WEEK OF LENT.

THEME: ABRAHAM AND JESUS.

BY: FR. GERALD M. MUSA.

 

God promised Abraham prosperity if he kept the covenant and Jesus promised eternal life to those who keep his word. God fulfilled the promise he made and Abraham became a father of amultitude of nations. Abraham died and so did his numerous biological descendants. “They did not receive what had been promised but saw it and greeted it from afar and acknowledged themselves to be strangers and aliens on earth” (Hebrew 11:13).

Jesus became a fulfilment of the promise made to Abraham, and through Him, God created a holy nation, and a new royal priesthood (1 Peter 2:9). “Tf you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise” (Galatians 3:29). Jesus scandalized the Jews when he said to them, Before Abraham was, I am.”Here He pointed again to His divine nature by referring to Himself as I am’ (Exodus 3:14).

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He is surely bigger than time. He is before all ages and the Alpha and the Omega (Revelation 1:8). Abraham existed only within a period and died and Jesus remains the same, yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrew 13:8). Those who opposed Jesus could not handle the truth about His divinity and so they sought to kill him. Their minds were closed and they saw Him as a blasphemer, impostor, and demon possessed. Does your eye of faith recognise the divine identity of Jesus?
GENESIS 17:3-9; JOHN 8:51-59;

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