Remembering Our Spiritual Fathers And Building Up On Our Spiritual Heritage

REMEMBERING OUR SPIRITUAL FATHERS AND BUILDING UP ON OUR SPIRITUAL HERITAGE

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OUTLINE

1. WE MUST REMEMBER AND FOLLOW THE GOOD EXAMPLE OF OUR SPIRITUAL FATHERS

2. THE GOD OF OUR FATHERS IS FAITHFUL FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION

3. THE COVENANT WHICH THE LORD MADE WITH OUR FATHERS IS VALID EVEN FOR US

4. THE LORD WILL DELIVER US AS HE DELIVERED OUR FATHERS

5. THE POWER OF THE BLESSING OF THE FATHERS

6. LOOK UNTO ABRAHAM WHOM THE LORD BLESSED ABUNDANTLY

7. OUR GOD IS A FATHER OF THE FATHERLESS

THE MESSAGE

REMEMBERING OUR SPIRITUAL FATHERS AND BUILDING UP ON OUR SPIRITUAL HERITAGE

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1. WE MUST REMEMBER AND FOLLOW THE GOOD EXAMPLE OF OUR SPIRITUAL FATHERS

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The Lord wants us to remember our leaders who taught us the word of God. We should always consider the end of their lives and remember how they kept their faith till the end . We must follow the good example they have set before us . They fought a good fight and completed their race and kept their faith. We must emulate that example and not lose our faith in God because of the battles that we may face in life.

SCRIPTURE REFERENCES

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HEBREWS 13:7

Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.

2 TIMOTHY 4:6-8

For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time has come for my departure.

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.

2. THE GOD OF OUR FATHERS IS FAITHFUL FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION

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The God we serve is a God is who is faithful from generation to generation. He is the God of Abraham , Isaac and Jacob. He will be with us as we was with our fathers. He will fulfill the promise that He made to our fathers.He will bless us even more than He blessed our fathers and when we obey His commandments He will delight in us just as He delighted in our fathers. The Lord will increase us us a thousand times more than we are now. He chose us because He loved our fathers and if we are faithful to Him He will bless our children and descendants.

SCRIPTURE REFERENCES

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DEUTERONOMY 1:11

May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times and bless you as he has promised!

1 KINGS 8:57

May the LORD our God be with us as he was with our fathers; may he never leave us nor forsake us.

DEUTERONOMY 30: 5, 9

He will bring you to the land that belonged to your fathers, and you will take possession of it. He will make you more prosperous and numerous than your fathers.

Then the LORD your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land. The LORD will again delight in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in your fathers,

JOHN 4:37-38

Thus the saying ’One sows and another reaps’ is true.

I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor."

ACTS 22:14

"Then he said: ’The God of our fathers has chosen you to know his will and to see the Righteous One and to hear words from his mouth.

DEUTERONOMY 4:37

Because he loved your forefathers and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength,

3. THE COVENANT WHICH THE LORD MADE WITH OUR FATHERS IS VALID EVEN FOR US

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The Lord is faithful to fulfill the oath and the covenant that He made with our fathers. We are in a covenant relationship with the Lord. The promises that the Lord gave unto our fathers are valid even for us. The Lord Jesus Christ became a curse for us on the cross so that the blessing of our father Abraham may come upon us. Through Christ we are heirs of the promise that God made to Abraham . The Lord has promised us through Abraham to bless us and make us a blessing. He has promised to multiply us and give us victory over our enemies.

SCRIPTURE REFERENCES

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DEUTERONOMY 4:31

For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your forefathers, which he confirmed to them by oath.