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#1. ABRAHAM’S PAST: THE WRETCHED YEARS OF OBSCURITY.
(11:27-30)
THE PLACE HE LIVED: UR OF THE CHALDEES
THE PROBLEMS OF HIS FAMILY: IDOLATRY
THE PAIN OF HIS FAMILY: (A TIME OF SPIRITUAL DARKNESS: ) (A TIME OF DEATH, 11:28) & (A TIME OF DESPAIR, 11:30)
2. ABRAHAM’S PARTIAL OBEDIENCE: THE WASTED YEARS (11:31-32 & 12:1)
THE CALL TO LEAVE: HIS REGION, HIS RELIGION, HIS RELATIVES (12:1).
FOR ABRAHAM, IT WAS NOT EASY.
GOD CALLED HIM TO (1) FOLLOW; (2) TO FAITH; (3) TO A NEW FUTURE: LEAVE ALL—>TO WHERE?
WHEN TO ARRIVE?—> LEAVE IT ALL IN THE HANDS OF GOD.
Q: WHY DID GOD PICK THIS ONE MAN? WHY NOT OTHERS?
WHY ME? WHY NOT MY NEIGHBOURS? (GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY)
ABRAHAM’S COMPROMISE IN DEVOTION ().
HARRAN = N.E.
OF THE PROMISED LAND! THIS IS NOT WHERE GOD WANTED THEM TO BE! HE HAD NOT GONE ALL THE WAY YET! ALWAYS REMEMBER: PARTIAL OBEDIENCE IS DISOBEDIENCE.
UNTIL YOU HAVE DONE ALL THAT GOD CALLS YOU TO DO, YOU HAVEN’T DONE WHAT GOD HAS TOLD YOU TO DO!
Q: WHAT HAS GOD TOLD YOU TO DO THAT YOU HAVEN’T DONE YET? SOMETIMES, GOD’S CALLS ARE DIFFICULT, COSTLY, FRIGHTENING, AND EVEN RIDICULOUS (E.G.: KILLING OF ISAAC!) WILL YOU OBEY?
ABRAHAM DID NOT LEAVE HARRAN UNTIL TERAH DIED.
WHY?
TERAH MEANS: “DELAY, A STATION OF REST, STOPPING PLACE, A REST AREA OR A ROADBLOCK.”
Q: WHAT IS YOUR “TERAH” TODAY?
WHY ARE YOU NOT MOVING FORWARD?
WHY ARE YOU NOT TOTALLY OBEYING GOD’S CALL?
WHAT IS IT THAT YOU ARE DOUBTING?
WHAT MUST HAPPEN TO YOUR “TERAH”?
—DEATH!
THE COST OF DELAY IN ()
Q: WHY SHOULD WE SETTLE FOR THE SECOND BEST WHILE WASTING OUR YEARS PILED UP IN OUR LIVES?
EVERYDAY BRINGS US ONE DAY CLOSER TO THE GRAVE!
MAKE UP YOUR MIND TO FOLLOW GOD’S WILL.
Q: HAVE YOU BEEN PUTTING SOMETHING OFF THAT GOD HAS TOLD YOU TO DO? DELAY IS DANGEROUS AND COSTLY!
JESUS ALWAYS DID THE WILL OF GOD IMMEDIATELY.
FINALLY, ABRAHAM’S PRECIOUS OPPORTUNITIES HAVE ARRIVED: THE WONDER YEARS! ()
ABRAHAM MOVED FROM THE WRETCHED YEARS---WASTED YEARS---WONDER YEARS!
WALKING BY FAITH = WALKING IN GOD’S PRESENCE (12:1)
WATCHING & ANTICIPATING GOD’S BLESSINGS TO COME: NOT KNOWING HOW GOD WILL DO IT.
BUT GREW TO TRUST GOD COMPLETELY.
WONDERING HOW GOD’S PURPOSES WILL BE UNFOLDED.
Q: HAVE YOU REACHED THE PLACE WHERE YOU CAN REST IN THE ARMS OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE AND KNOW THAT GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU? ()
AN OLD SAYING: “THE JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES BEGINS WITH ONE STEP.”
Q: HAVE YOU MADE THE FIRST STEP OF FAITH?
HAVE YOU MADE THE STEP OF FAITH TO TOTAL SURRENDER?
HAVE YOU MADE THE FIRST STEP TO RESPOND TO GOD’S CALL AND COMPLETELY TRUSTED HIM THAT HE WILL PROVIDE ALL YOUR NEEDS?
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