Homilist Genesis 18:1-8 And the LORD appeared to him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;… Lessons to be learned. I. KINDLINESS TO STRANGERS. II. FAITH IN THE PROMISES OF GOD. III. THAT THERE IS A CONCATENATION BETWEEN OUR SINS. Want of trust, such as Sarah showed, necessarily leads to want of courage, and want of courage is the ready cause of want of truth. Let us avoid the first steps to evil. IV. THE SIN OR INNOCENCE OF ANY ACTION DEPENDS UPON MOTIVES. Abraham laughed with joy, Sarah from incredulity. An action commendable in the one, was sinful in the other. V. THE LONGSUFFERING AND CONDESCENSION OF GOD. VI. THE WONDERFUL EFFICACY OF PRAYER. VII. THAT FOR THE ELECT'S SAKE THE DAYS OF EVIL ARE OFTEN SHORTENED OR POSTPONED. Great leaders produce great causes, as much as great causes produce great leaders. VIII. NOW SPIRITUALLY, AS FORMERLY ACTUALLY, GOD VISITS HIS PEOPLE. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;WEB: Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day. |
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