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Introduction: As kids growing up, I always would say, I don’t ever want to be like my dad.
I was going to be different.
But as I got older, I started finding myself by generic brand cereal to save money.
I found myself complaining when the kids leave the lights on.
I find myself turning the thermostat down.
Crazy how much we end up like our parents seemingly by accident.
Now often times it’s good.
Integrity leads to integrity.
Character and kindness leads to character and kindness.
We often learn hardwork and wisdom.
In many cases we model the best of our parents.
But often we pick up their bad habits and sins as well.
And this is where we get into trouble.
But as I got older, I started finding myself by generic brand cereal to save money.
Someone asked me, if your daughters were to grow up and marry someone just like you, would you be ok with that.
Of course, I’m awesome!
JK that’s an incredibly humbling question to consider.
Because the truth is I’m not awesome and I am daily in need of my savior to deal with my own sin that I don’t want passed on to the next generation.
I found myself complaining when the kids leave the lights on.
And as parents this is where owning up to our mistakes in front of our children is so important.
Because they are watching you and thinking that what you are doing is ok.
So when we fail to repent and say, “I shouldn’t have done that,” dysfunction happens.
Repentance isn’t something we do once when we are saved, it’s a daily turning from sin and turning back to Jesus.
I find myself turning the thermostat down.
Crazy how much we end up like our parents seemingly by accident.
In the Bible we see this too.
So often sin in one generation leads to dysfunction in the next.
In the stories we are looking at today, we will see that the sinful behavior of Abraham is repeated by his son Isaac.
And through the power of the Holy Spirit, we’ll see that we need to...
Big Idea: Stop the Madness: Break Away from Generational Dysfunction!
Transition to text: Turn with me your Bibles to .
Now before we get there I want to give you a summary of .
Abraham flees to Egypt to avoid the famine in the land of Israel and he tells Sarah to say she is his sister so that they won’t kill Abraham and take his wife.
Instead they will take his wife and honor her brother.
Problem is God had a plan for these 2. So Pharoah takes
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This wasn’t the only time that Abraham did this.
It was his self preservation default.
How often do we doubt that God can save us from evil men?
Main Point #1 - Fear drove Abraham to doubt God’s Protection.
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Explanation: Now we already know that this wasn’t the only time that Abraham did this.
But this passage we get a little bit bigger picture as to why Abraham did this.
He was afraid.
And his fear led to doubt.
Fear causes us to do some really dumb things.
But think about this for a minute.
Abraham was a friend of God who had this unique relationship.
Abraham had already stepped out in faith and left his home in order to follow God.
Abraham had been incredibly blessed already.
What did Abraham have to fear?
Nothing.
And the truth is, you and I have an even closer relationship with God that Abraham did because we have the Holy Spirit dwelling inside of us and how many times have we been afraid?
In this case, fear leads Abraham to doubt that God is really for him.
Maybe Abraham was still getting to know this God.
In those days, many thought that a god was only sovereign over one particular geographical area.
Maybe with Abraham having gone to Egypt and Gerar, he didn’t think God was sovereign there.
Abraham had a lot to learn.
You see fear is really doubting God.
In Abraham’s case, it was doubting God’s ability fulfil His promise.
And while Abraham continually got in the way, God’s promises were firm.
One way or another God would fulfill those promises even if it meant supernaturally punishing others to protect Abraham.
When you look at this, this is God’s grace.
His promises were such that Abraham’s disobedience did not nullify the promise but actually brought pain on others.
And even today, we do not earn God’s favor by our obedience.
But unlike Abraham, God’s favor and grace and mercy....what
He has already done should lead us to truth Him.
What’s interesting here is who was hurt because of Abraham’s actions.
Not Abraham. it was Pharoah and Abimelech.
You see, our bad behavior seldom affect just us?
Illustration: British admiral Horatio Nelson observed: “I am of the opinion that the boldest measures are the safest.”
In football they used to say in tackling that the more commited you are to the tackle the safer you are.
Fear and doubt leads to injury.
Blackaby, H. (2006).
Called to be god’s leader: how god prepares his servants for spiritual leadership.
Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
We’re not talking about recklessness.
We’re talking about confidence and in the realm of this fallen world, what better place that to put our confidence than in God who saved us?
Application: How often do we doubt that God can save us from the evil of this world?
And why is this so important?
Because there are always little eyes watching us and little feet following us.
Now with Abimelech we see a second time that Abraham told Sarah to say she is his sister.
But this is likely not the only 2 times this happened.
vs. 13 tells us that this was a habit of Abraham’s.
So while this is likely not the last time this happened, these are the times that God had to intervene to protect His promise to Abraham.
And all the while, Isaac was watching.
So the question emerges, when Isaac is afraid, how will he respond?
Let’s take a look at Genesis 26:6-11.
Transition: Well would you look at that!
When faced with the same situation and fear, Isaac modeled his father’s behavior.
Transition to the Big Idea: Sad to say that
This wasn’t the only time that Abraham did this.
It was his self preservation default.
How often do we doubt that God can save us from evil men?
Main Point #2 - Isaac reacted to his fear by modeling his Father’s behavior.
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Explanation: Now Isaac’s behavior is so similar to his father’s that some more liberal scholars have suggested that it’s the same story but someone later mistakenly attributes it to Isaac.
But knowing how often I model bad behavior by my parents, I can absolutely see Isaac doing exactly what he saw dad do.
Later on in life, Isaac found himself in Gerar and in a similar situation where his wife is much better looking than he is (some of us can relate).
He is afraid.
Now Isaac by this time has a much deeper understanding that God’s promise will be fulfilled.
He was God’s promise.
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