[From Jan. 25, 2008
archive]
When you appeared to Abram,
he built an altar on the spot;
he worshiped what he knew.
We worship what we know
(albeit there is mystery),
and what we know is you.
We know you through the Jews,
and through the power of a life
that could not be destroyed.
The torments of the wicked, too—
we know them from experience;
yet your steadfast love surrounds us.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 130; 148;
32; 139
Gen. 11:27-12:8
Heb. 7:1-17
John 4:16-26
Selected Verses
Ps. 32:10
Many are the torments of the wicked,
but steadfast
love surrounds those who trust in the LORD.
Gen. 12:7
Then the LORD appeared to Abram, and said, "To your
offspring I will give this land."
So he built there an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
Heb. 7:15-16
It is even more obvious when another priest arises, resembling
Melchizedek, one who has become a priest, not through a legal requirement
concerning physical descent, but through the power of an indestructible life.
John 4:22
"…You worship what your do not know; we worship what we
know, for salvation is from the Jews. …" [Jesus to the woman of Samaria]
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