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*What Will Stop You from Following God?*
Sunday a.m.
1~/7~/07
*Gen.
11:26-32~/ Acts 7:2~/ Heb.
11:8-10*
*I.
Names defined:*
Abram--exalted father
Abraham--father of many nations
Sarai--my lady
Sarah--Princess of many nations
Haran--Mountaineer or Sanctuary:
Haran--*as a city:* Main Road
Nahor--one who snores (named after his grandfather)
Terah--delay
*II.
Some beginning facts:*
*vs.
28* Haran dies first, possibly the 1st born
/Dies in Ur/
*vs.
29* Abram’s wife: Sarai
Nahor’s wife: Milcah
*vs.
30* Sarai was barren, unable to have children; */main point!/*
*vs.
31* All move to Haran except for Nahor
Their original destination however was Canaan! */main point!/*
They settled however for Haran
(As a main city on the main road, a trading route, and high in population.
Money, possessions and popularity are the reason they remained.
cf 12:5)
* 4 major reasons we will forsake the calling of God;*
*1.
*Money;
*2.
*Power;
*3.
*Position;
*4.
*Possessions.
*vs.
32* Terah dies in Haran
Now that the*/ “delay”/* is removed, there are no more excuses for Abram to not complete his call from God.
*B.I.
Only God knows the multitudes of Christians that have left Ur, bound for Cannan, only to get bogged down in Haran.*
\\ *Do You Really Believe God?*
Sunday 1~/14~/07 a.m.
Genesis 12:1-7
* A person with faith will stay focused on obeying God’s will;
* A person of faith will believe God’s promises;
* *
*I. **We Must Pull Away In Order to Hear God Clearly, 12:1*
* *Abram, IF you will separate yourself from those things which tempt and try you to be separated from Me.
If you get out (imperative), then you’ll get blessed!
This is usually the 1st sign that we are committed to God, we leave our “things”.
Abram was told to leave several things:
his “country,” his *people,* and his *father’s household* (Gen.
12:1).
But he was told nothing about the land to which he must go.
His departure required an unparalleled act of faith.
* *
*II.
**We Must Hear God in Order to be Blessed Collectively*
When we believe that’s it all about Him, He proves to us in His love, that it is really all about us!
When we believe God, we become the benefactors of His promises!
* *God did not just make one promise to Abram, but a collection of promises;
*The 7-fold Promise to Abraham, 12:2-3*
* 1.*
I will make of you a great nation;
* 2.*
I will bless you;
* 3.*
I will make your name great;
* 4.*
you will be a blessing to others;
* 5.*
I will bless those who bless you;
* 6.*
I will curse those who curse you;
* 7.*
Through you will all of the families of the world be blessed.
* *
*III.
**We Must Remove the Excuses in Order to Bring God’s Blessing Corporately, 12:4-5*
* *The blessing of God was not only upon Abram in his obedience, but on Sarai, Lot and the “souls” or servants who were with him.
*A. *Location is not an excuse (So Abram left his comfort zone);
*B. *Responsibilities are not an excuse (Lot went with him);
*C. *Age is not an excuse (Abram was 75);
*D. *Your “anchoring ornaments” (time, money, possessions, career, family, friends, acquaintances);
*E. *Sometimes God will prosper you today in order to use that prosperity for His glory and your calling later!
(all that they had gotten in Haran)
*F. *Why would we want seek an excuse from obeying God?
*1. *We believe,
*2. *we commit,
*3. *we decide to obey,
*4. *God is blessing our obedience,
*5. *God is proving His love.* *
*IV.
**We Must Trust That God Is Faithful to Fulfill His Will, and Promises, in Order to Bless His Children, 12:6*
*A. *Shechem – Back or shoulder*; *God has got your back covered, 12:6a*; *God will protect you in order to fulfill His will in you.
*B. *God intends to use your life experiences in order to teach you, 12:6b*;*
Moreh – Teacher (the oak tree at Shechem where Abram stopped when he first entered Canaan; close to the mountains of Ebal and Gerizim.)*;
*God will teach you as He fulfills His will in you.
*C. *Canaanite – Israel’s future enemy*; *Do not let your obstacles cause you to fear and quit, 12:6c God will give you courage in order to fulfill His will in you.
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*V. **We Must Celebrate Obedience, In Order to See God Correctly, 12:7*
*A. *The Lord did not appear until Abram had completely obeyed and was in the land!
*B. *In Worship Abram built an altar to God;
*C. *In sacrificial respect he offered a sacrifice to God on the altar;
*D. *As a memorial to remember this moment he left the altar for others to see!
· In order for me to hear God clearly I must pull away from the noise of life;
· Hearing God and believing Him results in His blessing;
· But in order for me to see the blessing corporately, I must remove the excuses;
· In God’s timing, He will bring about the blessing and fulfillment of His promises;
· A heart of gratitude proceeds out of a heart of love, and ends in celebration.
\\ *Living Life in the In-between*
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