Sunday evening at the Gospel Hall

On Sunday 3rd April our meeting was ably led by our Brother Frank Jackson of Hull. His choice of texts was Genesis 11 26-12 3 and ch. 25 1-11. He made an interesting point about the structure of the book of Genesis and suggested the promises made to Abram to be the "fulcrum" about which the book turns. Indeed all subsequent promises made by God to his people including the promise of the Saviour are in a sense contained in the promise to Abram. He is as important a figure to Christians as he is to Jews since he is to the former the spiritual progenitor and to the latter the natural forefather. Interesting use was made of the facts of Terah's life - his willingness to follow human tradition rather than to submit to the leading of God - and the tendency among both believers and non- believers to behave in a similar way. Again, a lesson can be drawn from the family move from Ur towards Canaan but stopping in Haran. See Hebrews 10 38/39. The presence of younger brethren in the meeting was a great encouragement.