Sermons on Abraham Was Tested:

Abraham: Obeying The Call Of God Series

Contributed by Matthew Grise on Oct 4, 2009

Genesis 12:1-9. What exactly did God call Abram to leave when he asked him to leave his home and travel to Canaan? Find out in this look at the beginning of the story of Abraham.

LESSONS FROM THE LIVES OF THE PATRIARCHS GENESIS PART 2 – POSTDILUVIAN/PATRIARCHAL HISTORY ABRAHAM: OBEYING THE CALL OF GOD GENESIS 12:1-9 INTRODUCTION - Early in his career, someone said that Vince Lombardi, the Hall of Fame football coach of the Green Bay Packers, knew very little about the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

Abraham: Receiving The Promises Of God Series

Contributed by Matthew Grise on Oct 20, 2009

Genesis 17:15-18:15. A look at how and why God always keeps his promises.

LESSONS FROM THE LIVES OF THE PATRIARCHS GENESIS PART 2 – POSTDILUVIAN/PATRIARCHAL HISTORY ABRAHAM: RECEIVING THE PROMISES OF GOD GENESIS 17:15-18:15 INTRODUCTION - I really have only one main goal for us today and I’m going to share it with you right up front. What I want to do is highlight ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Blessed Through The Seed Of Abraham

Contributed by Angel Caballero on Jun 17, 2009

If you think your blessing is based on your goodness, you discredit the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Genesis 22:18 “In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed...” Introduction: I have seen Christians struggling to be blessed, or trying to earn the blessing of God to him, through good works, or by spending much of his/her time in the ministry. In today’s ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 22:18

Denomination: Church Of God

Abraham, A Man Challenged #1 Series

Contributed by Raymond Smith on Jan 19, 2008

Lessons we can learn from the life of Abraham

Abraham, a man Challenged a man of Faith, a man of Promise Reading: Genesis11:27-12:9 In the coming weeks we are going to be looking at Abraham, a man Challenged, a man of Faith, a man of Promise. He was a man who was prepared to shun many of the conventions of his day, to walk with God. He had ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

Abraham, A Man Challenged #2 Series

Contributed by Raymond Smith on Jan 19, 2008

Lessons we can learn from the life of Abraham

Abraham, a man Challenged (ii) A man of Faith, a man of Promise. Reading: Genesis12:1ff Abraham, this great figure of the scriptures who is seen as the father of the nation of Israel, and in the broader context, of those who are of the household of faith. He is a man who was willing to shun the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:1-20

Denomination: Pentecostal

Abraham, A Man Challenged #4 Series

Contributed by Raymond Smith on Jan 19, 2008

The Significance of the Personal Alter (ii)

Abraham, a man of Challenge, Faith, Promise The Significance of the Personal Alter (ii) Reading: Genesis12:7+8; 13:1-4 + 14-18 The places that Abram built alters are places of encounter, encounter with God and encounter with self. They were places where there was the coming to terms with things ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

Abraham, A Man Challenged #5 Series

Contributed by Raymond Smith on Jan 19, 2008

Melchizedek, Priest and King

Abraham, a man of Challenge, Faith, Promise Melchizedek, Priest and King Reading: Genesis 14:18ff We have in our reading a figure that is very much a person of mystery. In the O.T. there are actually only two references to him, here in our reading and in Psalm 110:4, where David is speaking ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 14:18-24

Denomination: Pentecostal

Abraham, A Man Challenged #6 Series

Contributed by Raymond Smith on Jan 19, 2008

After the Battle and the Offering, The Re-Affirmation

Abraham, a Man of challenge, Faith, Promise After the Battle and the Offering, The Re-Affirmation Reading: Genesis15:1-6 We, from time to time, hear stories about people who are unwilling hero’s. They are for what ever reason, in a particular place at a time when heroic measure are required. ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 15:1-6

Denomination: Pentecostal

Abraham, A Man Challenged #7 Series

Contributed by Raymond Smith on Jan 19, 2008

A Man of Covenant

Abraham, a Man of challenge, Faith, Promise A Man of Covenant Reading: Genesis 15:7ff "...he believed in the LORD, and He accounted it to him for righteousness." As we trace the life of Abram, we can clearly see growth in his comprehension of and faith in God. There are times when no matter ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 15:7-21

Denomination: Pentecostal

Abraham, A Man Challenged #8 Series

Contributed by Raymond Smith on Jan 19, 2008

Growing Faith

Abraham, a Man of challenge, Faith, Promise Growing Faith Reading: Genesis 15:12ff Abram has spent all day, in the heat and the sun, defending what God had told him to do. It would seem that the vultures had been persistent in their attempts to feast upon what God had told Abram to do, and thus ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 15:12-20

Denomination: Pentecostal

Abraham, A Man Challenged #9 Series

Contributed by Raymond Smith on Jan 20, 2008

A Division that comes from loss of Vision

Abraham, a Man of challenge, Faith, Promise A Division that comes from loss of Vision Reading: Genesis.16:1ff In view of developments in recent years in our society of surrogate motherhood, egg and sperm donation for use in cases of infertility, this patriarchal equivalent is not so much of ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 16:1-16

Denomination: Pentecostal

Abraham, A Man Challenged #10 Series

Contributed by Raymond Smith on Jan 20, 2008

The Changing of the names

Abraham a man of Challenge, Faith and Promise The Changing of the names Reading: Genesis 17:1ff Abram, his family and entourage had first entered the land of Canaan some 24 or 25 years earlier. Abram was 75 and Sarai was some 62 years old. Both well advanced in years, yet willing to follow the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 17:1-27

Denomination: Pentecostal

Abraham, A Man Challenged #11 Series

Contributed by Raymond Smith on Jan 20, 2008

Historical Events That Colour Our Thinking

Abraham a man of Challenge, Faith and Promise Historical Events That Colour Our Thinking Reading Genesis 17:1ff Abraham had been in the land now some 24/25 years. Upon entering the land he had spoken very readily of what God had spoken to him about, and enthusiastically so about the promise. ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 17:1-27

Denomination: Pentecostal

Abraham, A Man Challenged #12 Series

Contributed by Raymond Smith on Jan 20, 2008

Overcoming The Status Quo

Abraham a man of Challenge, Faith and Promise Overcoming The Status Quo Reading Genesis 18:1-15 There is a tendency, a leaning, if not a disposition that we can hold, if not succumb to, that can and does rob us of what our Lord is wanting to do in our lives. This is true for individuals as ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 18:1-15

Denomination: Pentecostal

Abraham, A Man Challenged #13 Series

Contributed by Raymond Smith on Jan 20, 2008

The Potency of Righteousness

Abraham, a man of Challenge, Faith and Promise The Potency of Righteousness Reading: Genesis 18:16-22 Last time we were looking at this chapter, we looked at the terrible tendency of human nature to accept the Status Quo, as somehow being the inevitable, unchangeable, the "this is the way it ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 18:16-22

Denomination: Pentecostal