#43 | Father Abraham Part 1

OneLife Nashville: Rare but vital conversations about Jesus · Jun 16, 2022 · 18m

In this episode we look at a key concept in the New Testament about what it means from someone to be your "father", and what it means to be their "son" or "daughter". Because the blessing of Abraham is said to be located both "in" Abraham and in his "seed", it was common for Jewish people in Paul's day to claim the blessing of Abraham by virtue of their physical descent from Abraham (lineage), and their physical circumcision (law). But Paul pushes back on this way of reasoning. For Paul, claiming someone as your father requires you to somehow resemble them (likeness). And when it comes to…