GENESIS 17:1-8 CAN YOU BELIEVE ME NOW
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INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
IT IS A WONDERFUL THOUGHT TO THINK THAT GOD WILL SPEAK WITH MAN
TODAY, MANY PEOPLE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT GOD WILL SPEAK TO MAN
THEY CLAIM THAT THE BIBLE IS THE ONLY WAY THAT GOD COMMUNICATES WITH HUMANITY
THE WRITTEN WORD IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF AUTHORITY THAT WE HAVE
HOWEVER, SINCE CHRIST IS THE SAME SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND FOREVER
HE IS STILL SPEAKING WITH AND TO HUMANITY TODAY
HE IS STILL WORKING MIRACLES TODAY
HE IS STILL DELIVERING PEOPLE TODAY
HE IS STILL TOUCHING LIVES TODAY
HE IS STILL MOVING MOUNTAINS TODAY
HE IS STILL HEALING THE SICK TODAY
FOR, HE IS GOD ALMIGHTY AND HE CHANGES NOT
HE IS EMMANUEL, THE DWELL AMONG US GOD
AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT A GOD WHO WAS SPEAKING FROM THE BEGINNING AND DWELLS AMONG US WOULD SHUT HIS MOUTH AND DECIDE NOT TO SPEAK TO HIS CREATION
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH
WHEN THE BELOVED DISCIPLE, JOHN, INTRODUCES US TO CHRIST, HE SAYS, IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD
IT MEANS THATS GOD WAS SPEAKING FROM THE VERY BEGINNING AND THE WORD THAT HE COMMUNICATED WAS CHRIST
THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT IT IS NOT GOOD THAT MAN SHOULD BE ALONE, BUT DOES NOT TELL US WHO WE SHOULD MARRY
SOME WOULD ARGUE THAT PAUL TELLS US NOT TO BE UNEQUALLY YOKED TOGETHER WITH UNBELIEVERS, WHICH IS TRUE
BUT, IT STILL DOESN’T TELL ME WHO EXACTLY SHOULD I MARRY
I NEED A NOW WORD FROM GOD
MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE, BUT BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD
I NEED A PROCEEDING WORD FROM GOD
JOHN THE BAPTIST SAID,
He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
ONE OF THE GREATEST ABILITIES THAT ALL THE MEN OF GOD HAD WAS, IS THAT THEY COULD HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD
I WANT TO HEAR GOD’S VOICE, I NEED TO HEAR GOD’S VOICE
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IN THE TEXT, 14 YEARS HAD EXPIRED SINCE THE LAST TIME SCRIPTURES RECORD GOD SPEAKING WITH ABRAHAM
IN BETWEEN THAT TIME, ISHMAEL, THE SON OF HAGAR HAD BEEN BORN AND GROWN TO THE AGE OF 13
ABRAHAM WAS NOW 99 AND SARAH WAS NOW 89, WHICH RESULTS IN PRESSURE UPON ABRAHAM’S FAITH
THEY HAD BECOME TOO OLD TO REALLY HOPE FOR A CHILD OF THEIR OWN
BUT, LET ME TELL YOU, NOTHING IS HOPELESS FOR GOD
IT DOESN’T MATTER HOW LONG THAT IT HAS BEEN THAT GOS HAS PROMISED YOU SOMETHING
FOR GOD IS NOT A MAN THAT HE SHOULD LIE, NOR THE SON OF MAN THAT HE SHOULD REPENT, HATH HE SAID AND SHALL HE NOT DO IT. HATH HE SPOKEN AND SHALL HE NOT MAKE IT GOOD
THE BIBLE TELLS US,
For as the rain cometh down,
And the snow from heaven,
And returneth not thither,
But watereth the earth,
And maketh it bring forth and bud,
That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth:
It shall not return unto me void,
But it shall accomplish that which I please,
And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
FOR WITH GOD, NOTHING
NOTHING
SAY NOTHING
NOT A CHILD PAST CHILD BEARING AGE
NOT A CHANGE IN YOUR FINANCES
NOT A CHANGE IN YOUR FAMILY
NOT A CHANGE IN YOUR MINISTRY
SAY NOTHING
NOT A CHANGE IN YOUR EMOTIONS
NOT A DEEPER LEVEL OF FAITH
NOT A GREATER COMMITMENT TO GOD
NOT A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER IN YOUR LIFE
FOR WITH GOD NOTHING SHALL BE IMPOSSIBLE
IS THERE ANY BELIEVERS IN NOTHING TODAY IN THIS CHURCH-GIVE HIM A PRAISE
AND HE SAID, THE THINGS WHICH ARE IMPOSSIBLE WITH MEN ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD
YOUR PROMOTION IS POSSIBLE, FINANCIAL INCREASE, THE SALVATION OF YOUR FAMILY, THE HEALING OF YOUR BODY, THE DELIVERANCE OF YOUR SOUL, THE VICTORY IN YOUR LIFE IS POSSIBLE WITH GOD
WHAT DO YOU NEED GOD TO MAKE POSSIBLE IN YOUR LIFE TODAY?
I SEE SOME IMPOSSIBILITIES BECOMING POSSIBLE TODAY
ABRAHAM IS 99 AND HE ENCOUNTERS GOD
IS THERE ANYONE IN HERE TODAY AND YOU NEED TO ENCOUNTER, YOU NEED TO EXPERIENCE GOD
THE AMAZING THING IN THE BIBLE IS THAT IT SAYS, THE LORD APPEARED TO ABRAM AND SAID UNTO HIM, I AM THE ALMIGHTY GOD; WALK BEFORE ME, AND BE THOU PERFECT
IN THE HEBREW, IT SAYS, YAHWEH APPEARED TO HIM AND SAID TO HIM, I AM EL SHADDAI
HE REVEALS HIMSELF, HIS CHARACTER AS, EL-GOD, SHADAH, TO POUR OUT.
I AM THAT GOD WHICH POURS OUT BLESSINGS, WHO GIVES THEM RICHLY, ABUNDANTLY, AND CONTINUALLY
THE ROOT OF SHADAH IS SHAD, AND IT MEANS BREAST OR THE COMFORT AND NOURISHMENT FROM A MOTHER’S BREAST TO HER CHILD.
YAHWEH OR I AM INTRODUCES HIMSELF IN ANOTHER GLORY TO ABRAM, IN ANOTHER DIMENSION
DIVINE REVELATION BRINGS HUMAN OBLIGATION
AS SOON AS GOD TELLS ABRAHAM WHO HE IS, ABRAHAM WAS GIVEN SOME PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. THE DESIRE FOR ILLUMINATION
1. THE DESIRE FOR ILLUMINATION
GOD GIVES ABRAHAM TWO INSTRUCTIONS; ALK BEFORE ME AND BE THOU PERFECT
GOD DESIRES THAT WE GROW IN KNOWLEDGE IN HIM AND HIS WILL FOR US
HIS WORD BRINGS GROWTH AND ILLUMINATION ABOUT HIM
WALK BEFORE ME MEANS GOD AWARENESS
THE ENTRANCE OF THY WORD BRINGS LIGHT
WHEN ONE WALKS BEFORE ANOTHER, HE IS WALKING IN THE SIGHT OF THAT PERSON
GOD CAN SEE US WHEREVER WE GO BUT HE IS TELLING ABRAHAM TO WALK BEFORE GOD IN ATTITUDE WITH A CONTINUAL AWARENESS THAT GOD SEES ALL THAT YOU DO
WE WANT OUR CHILDREN TO GROW AND DEVELOP, AND GOD ALSO DESIRES THAT HIS CHILDREN GROW AND DEVELOP
THE MORE WE KNOW ABOUT GOD, THE STRONGER AND RICHER OUR LIVES WILL BE
MOST PEOPLE ACT AS IF THERE IS NO GOD AND THEY DO WHAT THEY WANT TO PLEASE PEOPLE BUT THEIR LIVES ARE DISPLEASING TO GOD
HOWEVER, GOD IS MORE INTERESTED IN US KNOWING HIM THAN WE ARE
BUT, IF YOU ARE GOING TO WALK BEFORE GOD, YOU ARE GOPING TO HAVE TO BE AWARE THAT GOD IS WATCHING EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO AND YOU NEED TO PLEASE GOD INSTEAD OF MAN
THE ARAMAIC TRANSLATION OF THIS VERSE IS TO WORSHIP BEFORE GOD
NOTICE THAT GOD INITIATED THE ENCOUNTER WITH ABRAHAM
THAT TAKES US A LITTLE DEEPER IN OUR BEHAVIOR AND ACTIVITIES BEFORE GOD
GOD DESIRED TO REVEAL HIMSELF IN A GREATER WAY TO ABRAHAM, BUT VERY FEW ARE INTERESTED IN GROWING IN SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE
YOU ARE NOT AWARE THAT GOD IS SEEING YOU AT ALL TIMES BUT THAT YOU ARE WORSHIPPING HIM AT ALL TIMES
PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHICH MOVIES ARE OUT, WHAT IS TH LATEST FASHION, HOW THEY CAN BECOME WEALTHIER
WORSHIPPING IS GOING BEYOND SINGING AND DANCING AND CLAPPING
THAT’S WHY THE BIBLE SAYS,
WORSHIP IS A LIFESTYLE WHERE EVERYTHING THAT YOU POSSESS BELONGS TO GOD AND YOU ARE THANKFUL AT ALL TIMES FOR THIS
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge:
Because thou hast rejected knowledge,
I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me:
Seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God,
I will also forget thy children.
WHICH MEANS TO WORSHIP GOD, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LIFESTYLE OF OBEYING HIS WORDS
3 LEVELS OF WORSHIP---EXAMPLE
THEN, GOD TELLS ABRAHAM TO BE PERFECT-THIS IS THE STANDARD AND GOAL THAT ABRAHAM IS TO HAVE
HOWEVER, MANY PEOPLE WATER IT DOWN TODAY AND SAY, NO ONE IN THIS WORLD IS PERFECT
WHICH IS TRUE, BUT OUR DESTINY IS TO BE CONFORMED TO THE IMAGE OF CHRIST- AND CHRIST WAS THE PERFECT MAN
DIFFERENT TRANSLATIONS USE DIFFERENT WORDS FOR THE WORD PERFECT, WHICH IS OK
THEY TELL US BE COMPLETE, WHOLE, SINCERE, BLAMELESS, WHICH SHOULD BE OUR GOALS AS WELL BUT THE WORD THAT THE KJV USES IS THE WORD, “WITHOUT BLEMISH”
WHAT IS AMAZING IS THE ARAMAIC WHICH USES, “AND BE PERFECT IN THE FLESH”
HOW CAN ONE MAN BE PERFECT IN THE FLESH
THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN BE PERFECT IN THE FLESH IS TO CUT IT OFF-IS TO CIRCUMCISE THE FLESH, WHICH GOD WOULD MAKE IT MANDATORY FOR ABRAHAM TO RESPOND TO GOD’S COVENANT IN THIS WAY
CIRCUMCISION WAS DONE FOR IDENTIFICATION
IT WAS TO INDICATE WHO WERE THE COVENANT PEOPLE OF GOD
CIRCUMCISION WAS TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOD’S PEOPLE AND OTHER PEOPLE
GOD WANTED HIS PEOPLE TO GIVE A SIGN OF THEIR OWNERSHIP UNTO GOD
TO BE ABLE TO BE PERFECT IN THE FLESH IS TO CUT IT OFF
PAUL SAID, IN MY FLESH DWELLS NO GOOD THING
WE HAVE SOME WONDERFUL SIGNS THAT WE BELONG TO CHRIST TODAY
PAUL SAID,
From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
OTHER MARKS OF BELONGING TO CHRIST ARE A HOLY LIFESTYLE, BIBLICAL CHARACTER, FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
BEFORE THE ISRAELITES COULD TAKE JERICHO, THEY HAD TO CIRCUMCISE ALL OF THE MALES
MAYBE THE REASON THAT SOME OF YOUR PROMISES ARE ON DELAY IS BECAUSE THERE IS TOO MUCH FLESH SHOWING THROUGH YOU
THESE TWO THINGS THAT GOD WAS ASKING ABRAHAM TO DO WERE VERY DIFFICULT
GOD WANTED A TOTAL COMMITMENT TO HIM
IF ABRAHAM COULD DO THIS, GOD COULD MAKE HIS COVENANT SECURE AND MULTIPLY ABRAHAM GREATLY
GOD WANTS TO DO SOMETHING GREAT FOR YOU TODAY
GOD WANTS TO MULTIPLY SOMETHING IN YOUR LIFE
MAYBE RESOURCES, PEACE, JOB, PROMOTION, JOY, POWER, LOVE
THE NEXT MOVE IS ON YOU
THE NEXT MOVE IS ON YOU
HOWEVER, ABRAHAM RESPONDED WONDERFULLY
HE DIDN’T ASK GOD ANYTHING, HE FELL ON HIS FACE
HE KNEW THAT GOD’S GRACE WAS SUFFICIENT FOR HIM
WHAT A WONDERFUL REACTION FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS GOD SPEAKING TO THEM
WHAT A WONDERFUL REACTION FOR SOMEONE WHO IS ENCOUNTERING GOD
WHAT A WONDERFUL REACTION FOR OBEYING WHAT GOD IS ASKING OF YOU
ABRAM FELL DOWN IN WORSHIP AND SUBMISSION
HE COULD WORSHIP GOD BECAUSE HE KNEW GOD WOULD WORK A MIRACLE IN HIS LIFE
HOW MANY OF YOU TODAY COULD WORSHIP GOD FOR A MIRACLE TODAY
A MIRACLE SO POWERFUL THAT IT IS GOING TO CHANGE YOUR ENTIRE LIFE
WHAT IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH MAN IS POSSIBLE FOR GOD
HE FELL DOWN IN SUBMISSION TO GOD
CAN YOU SUBMIT TO HIM FULLY TODAY
CAN YOU SAY, NEVERTHELESS, NOT MY WILL BUT THINE BE DONE
CAN YOU TAKE UP YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW CHRIST
CAN YOU SUBMIT EVEN IF IT CUTS OFF ALL OF YOUR FLESH
GOD REVEALED HIMSELF TO ABRAHAM AS THE COVENANT KEEPING GOD, AS THE ONE WHO WOULD POUR OUT A BLESSING
CAN YOU BE LIKE ABRAHAM TODAY AND WORSHIP CHRIST
ALL OF GOD’S PROMISES ARE YES AND AMEN IN CHRIST JESUS
CAN YOU WORSHIP AND SUBMIT TO HIM
NATIONS ARE COMING OUT OF YOU
KINGS ARE COMING OUT OF YOU
YOU ARE GETTING READY TO STEP INTO A NEW FRUITFULNESS
CAN YOU WORSHIP HIM AND SUBMIT TO HIM
And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
DON’T CONSIDER THE SITUATION
DON’T CONSIDER THE CIRCUMSTANCE
DON’T DOUBT
BUT BECOME FULLY PERSUADED THAT WHAT HE HAS PROMISED THAT HE IS ABLE TO PERFORM
