Context
Sermon in a sentence: In life’s pain, hold on to the Lord’s promises.

1. Sojourners Suffer Sorrows
     a. The Sorrow of Death [Genesis 23:1–20] 
          i. Sarah’s Life [Genesis 23:1]
         ii. Sarah’s Death [Genesis 23:2, cf. Gen 3:15]
               1. Death [Gen 23:1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 15]
               2. Burying [Gen. 23:4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 15, 19]
               3. A Burying Place and a Tomb [Gen. 23:4, 6, 9, 20]
          iii. Abraham’s Sorrow, Our Sorrow [Isa. 41:8, Jhn. 15:13, Gen. 23:2, 1 Thess. 4:13, Phil. 1:21]
     b. The Sorrow of Displacement [Genesis 23:3–4]
          i. Sojourner and Foreigner [Gen. 12:1]
         ii. Familiar Sorrows for the People of God [Jhn. 16:33, Phil. 3:20, 2 Pet. 3:13, Heb. 11:13–14, Acts 14:22]

2. Sojourners Hope for Home
     a. The Promise that Propels [Genesis 23:1–2, 19–20, cf. Gen. 12:7, 13:15-17, 15:7, 17:8, 22:17]
     b. The Fearless Foreigner [Genesis 23:3–9]
     c. The Purchase Price [Genesis 23:10–16, cf. 2 Sam. 24, Jer. 32:9, Matt. 13:44]
     d. The Downpayment of Dominion [Genesis 23:17–20, cf. 2 Pet. 3:13, Ps. 2:8, Matt. 28:19, Jhn. 14:3, Rev. 21:1–4]

Conclusion