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Waiting on God
Genesis 16:1-16 05/25/08
The Christian life isn’t always smooth sailing is it? “Life comes at you fast” as the commercial says. Life can be full of problems and many times those problems are our own fault. In our passage today we discover several sinful problems contributed by all three persons in this passage. These problems continue to plague us today. And, as we will see, one problem typically leads to another. Thankfully, we can learn from the mistakes of Sarah, Abraham and Hagar. In the end, in all of our problems we are met by the God who sees and who comes alongside to guide us back into paths of righteousness.
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 20th, 2008 No Comments »
Ephesians 4:1-3
May 18, 2008
This sermon was preached by Carey Whitman. Carey is a student at Erskine Theological Seminary in Due West, SC.
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 20th, 2008 No Comments »
Genesis 15:12-21 05/11/08
“The redemptive purpose of God lies at the center of this world’s history,” said John Murray. What is God up to in this world? He is redeeming a people for His very own, to live with Him in a covenant relationship that they might glorify and enjoy Him forever. God is working all things together for good to those who are called according to that redemptive purpose. God called Abraham from Ur of the Chaldees and brought him to a new land that He promised to give him and his descendants. But most importantly, God brought Abraham into a new relationship with Himself – by means of His covenant. Every human owes obedience to God as their Creator. Even without a covenant, man is obligated to God as his Creator.
Though this is true, yet as the Westminster Confession of Faith states, “yet they could never have any fruition of him as their blessedness and reward, but by some voluntary condescension on God’s part, which he hath been pleased to express by way of covenant.” In other words, though we are obligated to obey God simply because He is our Creator, we cannot enjoy Him or His blessings unless He is willing to enter into a covenant with us. We cannot have a relationship with God unless He chooses to establish such a relationship. He is under no obligation to do so. And because of the fall and the sinfulness of man, God is actually obligated to act in judgment toward man. Because of sin, a covenant from God is doubly necessary if we are to have a relationship with Him. What is a covenant? A Covenant is a “bond in blood, sovereignly administered,” as Dr. Palmer Robertson puts it.
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 20th, 2008 No Comments »
Genesis 15:7-21 05/04/08
Remember that as we study the life of Abraham, we are looking not merely at one man’s journey of faith, but at the father of a nation – indeed the father of all who believe in the Lord. Through Abraham, God’s plan to have a people for Himself is begun. We might say that through Abraham, God inaugurates His church. God established His covenant with Abraham so that through him “all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” The blessing of being in a covenant relationship with almighty God is ours today through Jesus Christ. Just as God promised Abraham a land, a seed and a blessing as his inheritance, so God has promised us “an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven.”
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 20th, 2008 No Comments »
Genesis 15:1-6
Verse one says that “the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.’” When a believer is in need of encouragement there is none greater to be found than in the word of God. “The word of the Lord came to Abram.” We have another first here — This is the first place in the Bible where God is represented as revealing himself by his word. God had spoken to Abraham previously, but here this unique phrase “the word of the Lord” is used. This word came to Abraham in a vision. Derek Kidner says, “It is noteworthy that the vision was given not primarily for its visual impact but to convey the word.”
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