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OPENING
I believe that God is getting ready to move in a mighty way.
God is getting ready to advance His Kingdom on earth.
And I believe that Farm Hill Church is anointed by God to be a part of what God is about to do.
Lives are going to be transformed.
Addictions are going to be delivered.
Broken families are going to be restored.
The lost are going to be saved.
I believe this move of God is coming and it is coming quickly.
But, as I said recently, we are not just waiting on God to make the move.
We should not be sitting back just waiting on God.
I believe that God is waiting on us to make a move.
He has already planned and ordained His Kingdom advancement.
It has already been written in the word of God and it has already been established.
His Kingdom will continue to invade the earth.
And His Kingdom will overpower the kingdom of darkness.
It is up to the church to recognize our position, our calling, and our anointing that God has already granted to us.
And it is up to the church to begin to operate fully in that position, calling, and anointing.
It’s time for us to make our move.
I’m tired of watching people drift in and out of church.
I’m tired of people getting delivered only to fall back into bondage.
I’m tired of seeing families and relationships destroyed.
I’m tired of watching the enemy direct the affairs of our society.
I’m tired of seeing churches crippled by complacency and fading into irrelevancy.
It’s time to get out of the rut of mediocrity and it is time to get our souls set on fire for God!
It’s time to fight against the kingdom of darkness like never before.
It is time to PUSH; pray until something happens.
And I hope and pray that I have a few people in this house today who will agree with me and who will make a commitment with me today to get on the battlefield for Jesus and advance the Kingdom of God!
We’re going to spend a little time this morning looking at the early calling of Abraham.
The title of this message is Between Bethel and Ai.
My intent this morning, with the help of the Holy Spirit, is to motivate this body of Christ to action.
I want to see every single one of us empowered and doing our part to advance the Kingdom of God.
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God Called Abraham
I know our Scripture text today comes before God changed his name from Abram to Abraham.
But I’m going to refer to him by his covenant name Abraham.
God called Abraham out of the land of the Ur of the Chaldeans.
Abraham’s father and family were part of a pagan culture.
They worshipped pagan gods.
But God called Abraham out from this pagan culture and said (back in Genesis Chapter 12), “I want you to leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s house and I want you to move to a land that I am going to show you.
And I’m going to bless you and make your name great.
And you shall be a blessing.
I will bless those who bless you.
And I will curse those who curse you.
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
God was calling Abraham to a life of separation.
This must have been a difficult thing for Abraham to do, to just up and leave his family and everything that he knew and loved behind.
But God had a special plan for Abraham’s life.
But it required Abraham coming out from among the pagan culture of his day and of his family and separating himself to God.
How many know today that as believers in Jesus Christ we have been called out by God?
And not only have you been called out, but you have been chosen!
Did you know today that if you are a follower of Jesus Christ you are...
What a blessing to know that we have been called out of darkness into His marvelous light!
But, after God has called us out of the darkness of sin and idolatry, we are not supposed to go back to it.
Some say we’ve got to be more like the world in order to attract the world to the church.
We’ve got to act like the world and look like the world.
But let me tell you something church, we have been called out from among the world to be separate and not to touch what is unclean.
We cannot try to offer our sins on the altar of evangelism.
Some try to justify their sins because they claim they can more effectively reach the world if they become more like the world.
Jesus did not call us to be more like the world.
Jesus called us to separate ourselves from the ways of the world.
We need get the junk and the mess out of our lives, and start living holy lives unto God!
God is not going to share time with other gods in your life.
He said, “thou shalt have no other gods before me.”
He might be your God on Sunday, but who is your god on Monday?
Who is your god on Tuesday and Wednesday?
Who is your Thursday god?
What about your Friday god?
And, oh no, we don’t even want to talk about our Saturday god.
God doesn’t want your leftovers, He wants your very best.
He will not play second fiddle in your life.
He only plays lead.
There is not room at the top of the list of what is most important in your life for God plus.
God plus something else will not work.
God plus will result in a life minus God.
Building an Altar
When Abraham arrived in Canaan, the land of promise, God showed up and revealed Himself to Abraham again and said, “This is the land I am going to give you.”
And the Bible says that Abraham built an altar to the Lord at the spot where the Lord appeared to him.
We’ve got to say a few things about Abraham here.
First, Abraham was a man of great faith.
Abraham may not have been perfect, because he made some mistakes along the way, but he showed incredible faith in God.
In fact Genesis 15:6 tell us:
By faith Abraham left his country and his family.
By faith Abraham traveled to an unknown land.
By faith Abraham built an altar to this new God Yahweh.
By faith Abraham would have a son named Isaac.
By faith Abraham would demonstrate he was willing to offer up his son Isaac to God.
Abraham lived a life of faith to God.
How many know that following Jesus takes faith?
Making the decision to follow Jesus is not always the easy choice.
Sometimes we are going to have to make some sacrifices.
Some of us are going to be persecuted.
Some of us are going to lose relationships.
Some of us are going to have to make some difficult decisions.
Following Jesus requires obedient faith.
Too many times we are trying to walk by sight.
God I want to see it.
God show it to me.
God tell me how this is going to end.
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