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The Call of Abraham
by Tony Nester
This past week a number of folks here at Trinity were involved in a church consultation led by Rev. Herbert Mather who directs the Center for Stewardship of The United Methodist Church located in Nashville, Tennessee. In one of our conversations with Herb he pointed out to us that contrary to what we often think, people really don't have a problem with change. They only have a problem with being changed. In other words, we can handle change when changing is our idea. We only have a problem changing our lives when the idea for change coming from someone else. If that's true, and I think it is for the...
The Four Altars of Abraham (1 of 34)
by Ivor Powell
This text introduces two men who began a journey together. They had a common goal but unfortunately were separated from the one another. One climbed a mountain to a place where the atmosphere was clean and pure, where vision was unlimited. His companion descended into the plains of Sodom where opportunities for a successful business career appeared to be excellent. The land was productive; cattle were fat, and laughter echoed from the nearby city. Sodom was an attractive place for people who ignored pollution. Even poor folk could become rich if they were willing to destroy their souls. Abram and his nephew...
Faith of Abraham (7 of 20)
by Stan Coffey
I would like to begin in Romans Chapter 4. Tonight we are going to begin reading with verse 18 and keep in mind that the apostle Paul has been holding out the life of a man named Abraham as an example of one was made right with God, justified because He believed God. He was justified by faith in God. Now Sunday morning as we talked about justification by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ you will understand to be justified means that God is able to do something for us on the basis of our faith in Jesus that enables Him to treat us just as if I had never sinned. It does not mean that I've never sinned. It does not mean that we are made...
The Courage to Obey Like Abraham (4 of 7)
by Dennis Marquardt
While God's call is different for each one of us, the courage to obey is equally important to us all! God calls everyone of us to do something for His kingdom's sake, what we need is the courage to obey that call no matter what it is, no matter where it takes us, no matter what demand it makes on our life! PROP. SENT: The Bible teaches that everyone has a call of God on their life and that each needs to courageously follow that call whether it is a call to be a godly parent or a call to be a world-wide evangelist like Billy Graham ... or anything in between! It takes great courage to obey God's call no matter what it is...
God's Covenant with Abraham
by Ernest Easley
We are tracing the scarlet thread through the Bible on these Wednesday nights. And that scarlet thread is the blood covenant that God made with man. A blood covenant was an unbreakable promise. In fact...when two people made a blood covenant, it was dissolved only by death. God did more than cut a deal with man, He cut a covenant with man! The scarlet thread began with Adam and Eve where we read in Genesis 3.21, ''Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics of skin, and clothed them.''After Adam and Eve sinned against God...after they hid from God...God responded to their sin with grace! After...
Abraham: A Friend of God
by Miles Seaborn
INTRO. I never knew before that God ever needed a friend - I need companionship. I need advice and council and correction. I need to be cheered and comforted. I often feel lonely - I often miss my way of life. Often I commit myself to rash ill-considered steps. I often hurt both myself and other men with me. And therefore I need near me a faithful friend, a friend to speak to me in time and with wisdom and with both sympathy and encouragement. God's Word says, ''A friend loveth at all times and a brother is born for adversity.'' And there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. ''Faithful are the wounds of such a friend...
Moses and the Law Versus Abraham and the Promise (6 of 9)
by Jeff Schreve
If you have your Bible, turn to Galatians chapter 3. You know, when I was praying about what series to do on Wednesday nights, I was drawn to the book of Galatians. It has six chapters. And there are specific verses in Galatians that have meant a lot to me. And as I've been getting into it, I've been finding that, Galatians has a lot of really deep theology and Paul, he's really, really smart. He is inspired by the Holy Spirit. And he goes deep into his arguments as he deals with the church in Galatia. Now remember we've talked about this was a church that he planted on his first missionary journey. There were several churches in...
Uncle Abraham and Nephew Lot
by Ken Trivette
A recent Barna Report showed that most professing Christians in this country live in the South. 42% of evangelicals in this country live in the South, while 24% live in the West, 24% live in the Midwest, and only 10% live in the Northeast.Barna found that those in the South are most likely to be involved and, in most cases, those in the Northeast are least likely to be involved. Southerners are more than twice as likely as Northeast residents to attend Sunday School, to participate in a small group, and are about 50% more likely to read the Bible or volunteer at their Church.2 The story before us is a story of 2 Christians and...
The Humility of Abraham or Pride of Babel
by Eddie Snipes
I want to start by looking at Isaiah 57:15 (read verse). God has a plan for each person's life. Pride kills our ability to follow God's plan. 1 Peter 5:5 and James 4:6 warn us that God gives grace to the humble but resists the proud. From Genesis to Revelation this warning is echoed over and over again: God hates pride. Proverbs 16:18 - 19 warns us that pride leads to destruction and a haughty spirit comes before a person falls. This passage goes on to warn that it is better to be lowly and humble than to be rich and proud. Benjamin Franklin said it best. He said, "Humility is a virtue so difficult to grasp that if I should ever attain to it, I would...
Abraham: An Obeying Faith (4 of 10)
by Brad Whitt
INTRO: I want you to take your Bibles this morning and be finding your place at Hebrews chapter 11 again if you would. We are continuing this morning in a series of messages that we began four weeks ago on the mighty men and wonderful women that are listed for us in what has been called, ''God's Hall of Faith.'' Hebrews 11 is the foundational chapter on faith in all of the Bible. And the reason is because in this chapter the Holy Spirit gives to us the definition, description and demonstrations of what real faith is. In verse one we are given the definition of faith. ''Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence...
The Abraham Factor (2 of 4)
by Jeff Strite
A little over a fourth of Genesis is dedicated to telling Abraham's story. And much of the rest of the Old Testament testifies to his importance (it's always Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob). And the reason Abraham is so important to the people of Old Testament is because God began His covenant with Israel thru him. Now, this relationship...
The Prayer of Abraham (1 of 13)
by Clarence E. Macartney
Abraham is the loftiest character of the Bible, but for that very reason he is the loneliest, even as the loftiest mountains are the most isolated and solitary. In his great oration delivered at the unveiling of the Lincoln Memorial at Hodgenville, Kentucky, President Wilson said of Abraham Lincoln: ''I have read many biographies of Lincoln; I have sought out with the greatest interest the many intimate stories that are told of him, the narratives of nearby friends, the sketches at close quarters, in which those who had the privilege of being associated with him have tried to depict for us the very man himself 'in his habit as he lived'; but I have...
The Blessing of the House of Abraham (31 of 48)
by Patrick Edwards
As I've shared with you all before, your pastor was at one time a used-car salesman. I know, talk about a Damascus Road conversion! You meet a lot of people selling cars, and you experience a lot of different things. I've got lots of interesting stories, but there's one I don't think I'll ever forget. I had this customer come in one evening who was 19 years old and his grandmother had just died. She had left him her life's savings, which she wanted him to apply to paying for college. Instead, this 19 year old was going to use the $90,000 his grandmother had left him to buy new cars. The ironic thing is that he had come to CarMax to...
Abraham's Greatest Find
by Daniel Rodgers
Paul's letter is addressed to the saints at Rome - and of course, his message is to us, as well. In the very first verse he asks a rhetorical question (read vs. 1). The ''what shall we say, then'' part has to do with his earlier discussion in the preceding chapter - that salvation is not just for the circumcision--the Jews, but also for the uncircumcised--the Gentles...
Abraham, the Power of Intercession (9 of 11)
by Jerry Branch
These two chapters have much to say about God's promise to Abraham, about worship, about faith, about intercession, and about God's righteousness and justice, and His wrath against sin. But today, I want us to focus in on the power of intercession, and what it takes to be powerful in our own prayer intercessions. God tells us in James 5:16, that the prayer of the righteous person accomplishes much. Intercession... So focusing in on the intercession of Abraham, we need to also see a couple things. The first is found in verse 2: "When he lifted up his eyes and looked, behold, three men were standing opposite him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earth," (Genesis 18:2, NASB95) Abraham was a man who worshipped.
Lord, Give Me the Faith of Abraham
by Lenny Ports
Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, ''Abraham!'' And he said, ''Here I am.'' 2 Then He said, ''Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.'' 3 So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him. 4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off. 5 And...
A Faith Like Abraham (14 of 49)
by Jerry Watts
The word Faith carries many different meanings. First, it means ''belief in, devotion to, or trust in somebody or something and many times without logical proof.'' In fact, true faith will defy logic. Faith also denotes a 'system of religious belief or the group of people who adhere to it.'' For the last 5 weeks, our messages from the Romans epistle has centered on this word, ''faith''. The crowning principle which we continually learning and know is that the Bible teaches; for by ''FAITH'' are we saved through grace, and not of works or of ourselves, let any man should boast.'' When this truth is deeply embedded in our life then our messages...
Abraham: A Faith That Satisfies! (4 of 11)
by Steve Wagers
Legend has it that a man was lost in the desert, dying for a drink of water. He stumbled upon an old shack that was windowless, roofless and weather-beaten. He looked around and a found a little shade from the head of the desert sun. As he glanced around he spotted an old, rusty water pump about 15-feet away. He stumbled over to it, grabbed the handle, and began pumping up and down; but, nothing came out. 2. Extremely disappointed, he staggered back. He noticed off to the side was an old jug. He wiped away the dirt, and noticed a note with a messsage on it, which read: "You have to prime the pump with all the water in this jug, my friend." P. S. "Be sure you fill the jug again before you leave.
Abraham: The Journey of Faith (10 of 34)
by Jerry Vines
This is somewhat repetitious but I want you to be sure to understand how the book of Genesis is laid out. There are two main divisions in Genesis, the first 11 chapters. Then you have chapters 12 to the conclusion. The first 11 chapters have to do with the history of the human race in general. There you have in those chapters four great historical events. There is the creation, which explains to us where we came from. There is the fall, which explains to us why we are like we are. There is the flood, which explains God's attitude toward sin and sinners. Then there was the tower of Babel, which explains man's attempt to reach God...
Abraham: Complete Commitment (4 of 18)
by Stephen Whitney
Nothing shapes your life more than the commitments you choose to make. Those commitments determine the course of your life more than your abilities or family background or circumstances. We become whatever we commit ourselves to. Robert Moffat became a pioneer missionary to South Africa in 1817. His journey began when he was a young boy living in rural Scotland. One Sunday when the offering plate was passed in the small church which he went to he placed it on the floor, stood up, and stepped into it. When he was asked to explain what he was doing he replied that he had been deeply touched by the minister's life...
