1/28/2024 0 Comments Genesis 121 9 audio sermon![]() ![]() Yet, each time that we’ve gotten settled in the past-started to build an altar to the Lord and worship Him with our wonderful church family-He has called us to move on. We have always hoped that each move would be our last, and hopefully this one will. Hannah and I have always believed that God will bless us if we go where He wants us to go. In fact, I have done this multiple times in my life, and I can testify that each one has been a challenge. Yet, this is not his final destination-he continues to follow God as he journeys on.Ĭan you imagine being called like Abram? Can you imagine God telling you that you need to leave everything that you’ve ever known behind, pack up your family and all your possessions, and start moving? I can. So Abram worships God by building an altar. When Sarah urges him to stop and ask for directions, Abram just keeps on going.Įventually, he gets to the land of Canaan, and God tells Abram that this Land will be Promised to his descendants. When Sarah asks where they are going, Abram doesn’t answer. He loads up the old wagon with everything he has, gathers all of his people and livestock, and goes. He packs up his family and all of his possessions. ![]() I love how verse 4 begins: “so Abram went.” Just like Noah simply “obeyed God,” Abram simply goes where God tells Him. From the very beginning of his call, God is hinting at the Messianic line that will one ay come through Abraham. In fact, God says that he will bless Abram so that Abram will be a blessing to others. This is quite a difficult task! But God assures Abram that, if he obeys, God will both bless Abram and make Abram a blessing to others. Abram must trust God in faith by leaving his home, and then he must continue to trust God every step of the way because he doesn’t know where he is going. These are two distinct things because Abram is not given a destination when he leaves. God calls Abram (he’s not yet called Abraham) to do two things: leave his father’s house, and go to the land God will show him. Often, He chooses the lowly, like Abraham. God didn't choose Abraham because there was anything special about him God chose Abraham because God is God and He can choose whomever He wants. God didn’t choose him because he was the best man on earth, or the richest, or the most powerful. Like all believers today, Abraham was saved by faith.Īs we saw last week, there is nothing special about Abraham’s roots. As believers in Jesus Christ, Scripture refers to us as “children of Abraham.” This new series will take us through the life of our ‘spiritual father.’ Through it, we will learn that Father Abraham was far from perfect, but he was considered righteous because he believed God. ![]()
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