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We all know that money can’t buy us everything.
How many family fights have been caused by the love of money?
You see it in the news all the time about families battling over inheritance or lottery winnings.
People that once loved each other and enjoy each other begin to attack each other just to get money.
But money cannot buy the blessings that families freely give.
We saw the past couple of Wednesday’s were Abraham failed the first two tests, Circumstances and People, but he passed this third one with flying colors.
This was not an easy test, because it involved land and wealth, but Abraham is the example that every believer should do when there are disputes about material things.
Abraham determined to be a peacemaker and not a troublemaker.
What was the issue between Abraham and Lot?
The problem was not caused by the land, the famine, their wealth (both were very wealthy), or even their herdsmen
The heart of every problem is the problem in the heart.
Lot’s heart was focused and centered around wealth and worldly achievement, while Abraham wanted only to please the Lord,
Amos
It was bad enough that they had a dispute between themselves, but what was even worse is that all the people of the land were watching and listening
When Christians have disputes, it hurts the testimony of the Lord.
Christian unity is fragrant and fruitful
But disunity turns that fragrance into a stench and the garden into a desert.
Lot was a troublemaker and not a peacemaker you can see that in .
Lot had a “heart trouble” He followed the wisdom of this world (Like his uncle Abraham did in Egypt) and not God’s wisdom.
He was at war or odds with Abraham because he was at war with himself, and he was at war with himself because he was at war with God.
The worlds wisdom and the world’s wealth seem satisfying, but they ultimately bring us disappointment.
Covetousness — an insatiable appetite for more things — leads to all kinds of evil
In order to get more money people will
Lie:
Mistreat others:
Cheat:
Prov
and even trouble their own families:
Robert South wrote’ “Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil’s alphabet, the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies.”
Abraham cause trouble in Egypt because he was out of place, and lot caused trouble in Canaan because he was out of place: His heart was really in Egypt.
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There are only three kinds of people in the world, according to ,
the natural (unsaved)
the carnal (saved but living for the world and the flesh)
the spiritual (devoted to God)
We can find all three in :
the natural (v.
13)
the carnal (Lot)
the spiritual (Abraham)
Lot was a righteous man () but not devoted to the Lord.
He could not walk with Abraham because Abraham was a friend of God
He could not walk with Abraham because Abraham was a friend of God
2 Chon 20:7
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and Lot was a friend of the world
This is how many church splits and family fights are caused by carnal Christians who are not walking with God or with other believers.
Abraham lived for Others, not for self.
Remember, while Abraham was in Egypt he thought of himself first, but when when he returned to Canaan,he put God first and others next.
Being the elder of the camp, Abraham had every right to decide the issues and tell Lot what to do, but he gave Lot first choice.
The spiritual Christian does not insist on his or her own rights but gladly yields to others.
Abraham gave thanks to God.
Abraham lifted his eyes and look
and lifted up his feet and walk
but he also lifted up his heart and worshipped God and thanked Him for His gracious blessings.
Abraham pitched his tent from place to place as God led him, and he also built his altar of witness and worship.
The people of Sodom were proud of their affluence,
but Abraham had spiritual wealth that they knew nothing about.
He was walking in fellowship God, and his heart was satisfied.
Satan wants to use circumstances, people and things to tempt us and bring out the worst in us, but God wants to use them to test us and bring out the best in us.
Abraham failed the first two tests because he resorted to faith in man’s wisdom instead of faith in God’s Word.
But he passed the third test with great distinction because he let God take control.
In the “school of faith” you will never know what may happen next.
God wants us to mature in every area of life, but that maturity doesn’t come easily.
there can be no growth without challenge, and there can be no challenge without change.
If circumstances never changed, everything would be predictable, and the more predictable life becomes, the less challenge it presents.
When you walk in the light (),you can see what is going on, and you experience variety in your life.
But the darkness, everything looks alike.
The life of faith presents challenges that keep you going — and keep you growing!
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