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Genesis 25
A Life Faithful to The Lord is an Abundant Life
INTRO
Most here know that in addition to serving as a pastor,…I also fulfill a role at the
hospital performing the echocardiograms,..which are ultrasounds of the heart.
I
meet a lot of individuals on a weekly basis who are sent my way to investigate
the health of their heart.
Many find out their heart is in good working order
providing welcomed peace of mind for them,….while
others have revealed to
them that further attention is needed with the possibility of intervention by
various means.
Within that full spectrum of outcomes,…I have found the
uniqueness of my role there,….to
bring about many opportunities for ministry
with my patients in the conversations shared over the years which continues to
be a great blessing and encouragement in my life.
While, at the same time….there is a common occurrence I find to happen that
brings great sadness to my heart.
It’s when comments are made about hoping
to get a few more years out of the ticker.
“I’m not ready yet…they say…I’d like
to get a few more things accomplished…get another five or ten years under my
belt of living before I die.”
Meanwhile I’m looking at them knowing that no
matter how healthy their heart is right now…it’s still in the process of dying, and
one day,…it will stop beating,…..and then often times others….who
are saying
the same such things are clearly living in a very uncomfortable state due to
their poor health and/or age.
In a constant state of discomfort and/or
limitation because of poor health or simply being old and wearied with age,….
So,…when I hear the hope expressed from them of a few more days/years of life
in this broken world,….but
I don’t hear in their words the hope of Christ….I am
downcast within…especially, when looking and probing with questions and
salty speech for a window to open….praying
God would grant me a place to
speak on deeper levels,…..and that doesn’t take place.
The door never opens
and I’m left feeling inside this deep sadness over their lost state and
unwillingness to go beyond the surface.
For them…a Full Life , as in,…an Abundant life, is measured by
accomplishments, experiences, a certain age number to reach and that’s
it….things like these which are not intrinsically bad in themselves,…they are not
bad…but are horrible replacements for living for the glory of God in the hope of
the grace of God through Jesus Christ.
“The chief end of man is to….? glorify
God and enjoy Him forever”.
So when ones chief end is anything other then
that..it falls miserably short.
A life as measured by achievements, experiences,
acquired wealth and any sort of worldly riches,….even
mere length of days lived,
…is a Life of….Failure.
“For when he dies he will carry nothing away; his glory will not go down after
him.”
Is this not what (Psalm 49:7-13)….is
speaking to? “Truly no man can
ransom another, or give to God the price of his life, for the ransom of their life is
costly and can never suffice, that he should live on forever and never see the
pit.
For he sees that even the wise die; the fool and the stupid alike must perish
and leave their wealth to others.
Their graves are their homes forever, their
dwelling places to all generations, - though they called lands by their own
names.
- Man in his pomp will not remain; he is like the beasts that perish.
This is the path of those who have foolish confidence; yet after them people
approve of their boasts.”
But on the contrary to that, those whose… “Chief end is to glorify God and
enjoy Him forever” can measure the Fullness of their Lives….the
Abundance of
their lives by - their Faithfulness to The Lord.
For the only Abundant Life…in the
truest sense….is
a Life that is Faithful to The Lord.
Which is the BIG idea for
today’s sermon.
The meaty TRUTH feast on.
A Life Faithful to The Lord is an
Abundant Life
Chapter 25 of Genesis , this chapter where God’s story of redemption
transitions from the unfolding events in the life of Abraham, and like the
passing a baton in a relay race….God’s story of redemption continues to unfold
through the life of Abraham’s son,….Isaac.
And through this chapter, We
see three ways this truth is highlighted for us.
You can mark them as gifts from
God.
The first gift to highlight A Life Faithful to The Lord being an Abundant
Life is the gift of children
Our First point
BODY
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FIRST POINT - (Genesis 25:1-18).
The gift of children
The gift of children.
This whole chapter really is dominated by the descendants
who come from Abraham, Ishmael and Isaac.
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