John 8:37-59 – This sermons explores the heated debate between Jesus and the Jewish leaders, which boils down to this fundamental question: who are the true children of Abraham and heirs to the promises? The Pharisees saw their blood relationship as being definitive, but Jesus tells them that actually Abraham’s true children are identified by faith, not ancestry. According to Jesus, Abraham would have rejoiced to see his day, because in him is the fulfilment of the promises. Jesus Christ is the promised Seed of Abraham, and the heirs of the promises are those who follow Christ. As Paul puts it in Galatians 3:29: “If ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.”
