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Genesis 14:1-24
Our passage describes a war between unbelieving factions. Abraham becomes involved only because his nephew Lot, a believer, is in danger. God moved Abraham to take action and go and rescue Lot, giving him a great victory and a blessing following. The description of war and battle here reminds us that as believers we are in the midst of a spiritual war. Abraham was ready to take up arms when the need arose. In this spiritual war, we too need to be prepared, armed and ready to fight. As we fight the good fight of faith we need to imitate the faith of Abraham who trusted a faithful God to deliver him.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
Conflict Resolution
Genesis 13:1-18 04/13/08
When we last saw Abraham, he had been kicked out of Egypt for lying to Pharaoh about Sarah his wife. It was due only to the mercy of God that he got out of there with his life and his wife. And to demonstrate the abundant grace of God in his life, he also left Egypt with great riches. Truly God is good to His people, in spite of their sins. The Psalmist said, “He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor punished us according to our iniquities.” (Psalm 103:10) The prophet Jeremiah, in Lamentations 3:22 said, “Through the LORD’S mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not.” Brothers and sisters in Christ, we are no different than Abraham, and the men and women of the Old Testament. God has shown us great mercy. He has not punished us as our sins deserve. He continues to bless us and love us in spite of our failings.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 15th, 2008 No Comments »
Genesis 12:10-20
It has been said that “Faith that has not been tested, cannot be trusted!”
In our passage we see the testing of Abraham’s faith. He was a man of faith, and yet his faith was not perfect – it needed to be tested and tried in order to be strengthened and purified. In fact you can count on this truth — every believer will have his or her faith tested many times in this life. This testing usually involves some sort of trial or hardship. Verse 10 identifies the particular trial for Abraham at this time: “Now there was a famine in the land.”
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Genesis 12:4-9
Have you ever told God the following and meant it? “Lord, I’ll believe whatever you say, I’ll go wherever you want me to go and I’ll do whatever you want me to do?” That is the pilgrim way. Abraham was a faithful pilgrim. He believed what God told him, he went where God showed him and he did what God commanded him. Are you a pilgrim, like Abraham?
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