Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
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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Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 15th, 2008 No Comments »
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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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 29th, 2008 No Comments »
Romans 8:31-34
Last week we were blessed to hear the preaching and testimony of a converted Muslim. For me, the most memorable quote from last week’s messages by Goeksan was when he said, “Being a Christian is hard!” He said, “Being a Muslim is easy, but being a Christian is hard.” In his book Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis said that “No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good.” It is usually true that those who are nominal Christians, people who don’t take their faith seriously, often think of themselves as moral or good. It is also true that those who are the most committed Christians are the ones that are most aware of their remaining corruption and sin. Has the problem of remaining sin in the Christian life become a grievous burden to your soul? If not, then it is doubtful that you are really trying to follow Christ and keep His commandments. But if you are burdened over the remaining sin in your life, then today’s message will have a lot of meaning for you. The message is that Jesus Christ “always lives to make intercession” for you!
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 29th, 2008 No Comments »
Genesis 12:1-3
The true and living God is the “God of Abraham”. The God of Abraham is our God. He is still the same. You and I can trust Him and we will find Him faithful, just as Abraham did. The first three verses of Genesis 12 explain the call of Abraham and God’s promises to him.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 20th, 2008 No Comments »
This is the same message as below, but with larger bitrate for burning to a CD.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 20th, 2008 1 Comment »
Goeksan was a Turkish Muslim who was converted to Christ in Austria. He is in seminary now. He proclaims the message of the new birth with power and passion. Listen and pass it on to others. This message needs to be heard by the American church that is obsessed with entertainment.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 20th, 2008 No Comments »
Goeksan was a Turkish Muslim living in Austria when he came to know Jesus Christ. In this message he tells of his conversion and about Islam and how to witness to a Muslim. This is a powerful presentation. Great Q & A time at the end.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 18th, 2008 No Comments »
Genesis 11:27-12:1
Introduction to the patriarch Abraham and the God of Abraham.
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