Why? Series

For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God. – Hebrews 11:8-10

Abraham listened to the Word of the Lord.

And understand - throughout Genesis we God speaking to Abraham.

NOW - sometimes God would take on a physical appearance and sometimes like in Genesis 15… the word of the Lord came to Abraham in a vision.

NOW MGCC – I seriously doubt that God will speak His word to you in that same way… YEAH – it would pretty cool, but I do not think it is happening.

SO THEN - how can we hear and listen to Word such that we can have a faith that acts?

Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.

– Romans 10:17

You have to read this book, PERIOD!

Accept no substitutes or excuses!

And there really is no excuse.

And besides how will we know what to do and where to go without God’s instructions?

Such that we can have our own, ‘By faith’ statements…

WHAT – should we, what should you, what should I do in response to…

A) God’s incredible blessings in our lives, and

B) His desire that these blessings flow through and bless the lives of other people… All the families on earth will be blessed through you.

FIRST – we must leave a life… that is centered on and around us - our wants, our plans, our desires, our agenda, our comfort, our convenience…

SECOND – we must listen to the Words and Instructions of the Lord and ‘By Faith’ do what He says.

AND THIRD – we will see that pretty much all the ‘by faith’ things that we will do in response to God’s word came be summed up by the Word…

Love

Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” - Matthew 22:37-40

WHY – did God choose to bless our lives.

So that, He can bless the lives of other people through us?

All the families on earth will be blessed through you.

WHAT – are we going to do about it?

LIKE – what should be my response and yours, TO…

Leave, Listen, Love

AND… now, it’s wrap up with the final point in your notes this morning…

WHEN… Will We Act

WHEN…

AND ONCE AGAIN – we will grab a little from Abraham and from His call.

YOU KNOW – there is something interesting, the is easy for us to miss.

NOW – I know that we usually refer to Genesis chapter 12 as ‘The Call Of Abraham…’

IN FACT – every Bible I have read has had that title for this section, printed right above the chapter.

BUT – do you know that God called Abraham, prior to the words that we read in Genesis chapter 12…?

OKAY – check this out… because I think there is a powerful lesson for each of us here.

QUESTION – where Abraham was living when God called him the first time, and why did God have to call him again?

AND – to help us answer that, we need to turn to Acts chapter seven. DOES ANYONE – know what is going down in Acts 7?

Stephen has been seized and brought before the Sanhedrin (think of them, like the Supreme Court of the Jewish people at the time)