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*The Gospel According to Abraham*
Gen. 11:27-32
*Introduction*
Our mission:
To glorify God by building a gospel-centered community that proclaims and demonstrates the transforming power of the gospel of Jesus Christ
*/Short hand – building a gospel centered community /*
1. *To see* the gospel of Jesus Christ in Abraham’s life
/Luke 24:27// And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
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2. *To taste* God’s faithfulness
· CARE GROUP – LIVE TOGETHER IN THIS MISSION
· Next week: gospel promise that will ultimate be fulfilled in Jesus Christ
· Future weeks: Abraham will fail but God will affirm and expand the promise
· We’ll see Sarah laugh at the prospect of having the promised child
· We’ll see God’s election play out despite human decision
· We’ll see plenty of Abraham’s failures but we’ll see his faith, trust as he takes his only son and is willing to sacrifice him
1. God’s salvation is completely by grace
2. God’s salvation is completely a matter of His Sovereign choice
3. The promises of Abraham are fulfilled in Jesus Christ
4. Salvation in Jesus Christ is for all nations
5. The required~/appropriate response to God’s saving initiative is faith
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*God’s Faithfulness to Position *
*Players *
· Terah – name means “moon”
o Lineage comes from Noah through Shem – gospel connection
o 10th generation from Noah
o He led his family into pagan worship.
o Sara – wife of the moon god Sin
o Milcah – daughter of the moon god Sin
/Joshua 24:2// And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Long ago, your fathers lived beyond the Euphrates, Terah, the father of Abraham and of Nahor; and they served other gods.
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· Abram – means ‘daddy’ Abraham means “big daddy”
· Sarai & Lot – will be part of the fully developed players
· PUT UP DIAGRAM HERE
· Ultimately, God is the main player
*Pattern *
· Eph.
4:1 example
· Chiasmus
· Chiasmus diagram here
*Point*
· Sarai’s barrenness and the author’s emphatic statement
· Any digression in a genealogy is important
*Transition*
God has not only faithfully positioned them but has also been preparing them
*God’s Faithfulness to Prepare *
*Eph.
2:10** – turn there *
· We get to see God demonstrate this truth
*The principle of preparation *
· Moses and David examples
*Abraham*
· Verse 31 – we don’t know Terah’s motive
· He has already embarked for Canann
· God chose a man and taught him how to trust Him
· Heb.
says he trusted even though he didn’t know where, how or why
*Sarai *
· Barreness and the culture and identity
· God was preparing her to be a part of something big!!
· God has in mind Isaac as a type of Christ – a foreshadow
· God prepared her by closing her womb – allowing her to get beyond child bearing years
· Miraculously conceiving – ultimately pointing to Christ
*My Preparation *
· Upbringing as a Catholic
· Small business preparation for church planting
· Isn’t that true of all of us?
*Transition*
God’s faithfulness to position and prepare is a setup
*God’s Faithfulness to Promise*
*/God prepares your circumstances to exalt His glory /*
*Adding it up *
· Terah’s family are undeserving pagan worshipers
o There is death & darkness surrounding their family
o Desperation – inter family marriage to keep the lineage
o There is finality – no more “Terah and sons”
· Terah’s family is lost
o They are wanderers – lost an having no direction
· Terah’s family is barren
· The ultimate bitter blow in this society~/culture
· No future name – no future security in old age
*/God prepares our circumstances to exalt His glory /*
· In the midst of this dark scene God will come and make a covenant promise
· God’s grace will be manifested to those who deserve his wrath
· This bleak scene will soon become the circumstances God uses to exalt His glory!
What makes Abram~/Sarai distinct is nothing in themselves?
What makes them unique is God’s call, His promise
In this bleak scenario, God intervenes and manifests His grace
Why?
Because
*/God prepares your circumstances to exalt His glory /*
*Conclusion *
*Personal Application *
How do you look at your circumstances?
Do you see God working in them to exalt His glory?
Do you taste God’s faithfulness?
· To the saved – we are just like them
· To the lost – you might not think you are barren, lost and in darkness
· God is preparing and working in your circumstances ultimately for the glory of His grace
· To magnify His majestic glory and to pour out His grace
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