R1693 The Test of Faith

God has an encouraging word for you and me today. Through the Bible-based teaching of Dr. Don Wilton. The message from Genesis 12 right today Dr. Don Wilton well-known author evangelist seminary professor and pastor is taking us in the park to a radically changed life be diving into Genesis chapter 12 in just a moment about this is part two.

If you didn't hear or see part one last week. Don't worry about that you can both hear or see it on our website right now@tewonline.org that's TW online.org but remember Dr. what will catch us up as we study the word of God and understand what this radical transformation can do for each and every one of us owned by the way why you're on our website tewonline.org sign up for the daily Encouraging Word email it will be a blessing in your email box every single Genesis chapter 12… We just follow along with me. Now the Lord said to Abram go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you and I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name right so that you will be a blessing I will bless those who bless you and those you just want to you I will curse. And you will all the families of the earth be blessed. So I went as the Lord had told him and locked link with Abram was 75 years old when he departed from her. Ran Abram took Sarai his wife and Lottie's brother Simon only position that they gathered in the people they had acquired in her ran and they sent out to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan. Abram lost the land to the place at Shechem to the Oak Moray at that time the Canaanites were in the land of the Lord appeared to Abram and said to your offspring I will give this land so he blew there an altar to the Lord appeared to him and from there he moved to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent with Bethel on the Western AI on the east, and they built and to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord and Abram journeyed on still going toward the negative. Now there was a famine in the land so Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn me for the famine was severe in the land when he was about into Egypt, he said to survive his wife. I know that you are a woman, beautiful in appearance and when the Egyptians see that you will say this is his wife. Then they will kill me and they will let you live. Say you all. My sister, that it may go well with me because of you and that my life may be spaded for your sake.

When I reminded Egypt. The Egyptians sold the woman was very beautiful and when the princes of Pharaoh's, although they pricing the Pharaoh and the women was taken into Pharaoh's and for her sake. He built little with Abram he had. She male donkeys male servants female servants female donkeys and But the Lord afflicted Pharaoh's house with great plagues because of Sarah Abram's wife. So Pharaoh called Abram and said, what is this that you have done to me. Why did you not tell me she was your wife why did you say she is my sister so that I took her here for my wife Nokia here is your wife take her and go. Pharaoh gave me an orders concerning him, and they seem to him away with these wife and all that he had the taste of faith… Trying to contextualize this.

Let's consider Abraham and Sarah Perlman and God will speak to us through this. So yes, a couple of things in their lives that we all know about. What about the well Abraham and Sarah embarked on a journey with no destination Bible is very clear about this couple lived in a place called her ran and gone came to them and said to them, I want you to get up and go to the land that I will show you. So they got up and went blame on the journey with no distillation. That is a hard thing to do is not you and I are inclined to go and check out the distillation to find out whether or not we will embark on the two is not the destination. The operative is determining that that's what God tells us to do knowing the will of God is drawing hard to do. You know, just roll out of bed in the morning. Very difficult. It's arduous, especially considering our feelings things that are important to us all the issues that we deal with Abraham and Sarah embarked on a journey with no destination for the but God. Second thing that we can consider about Abraham and Sarah, is that they were promised a nation without now that's a nice how do you do just wrap your mind around this.) Genesis 12.

Now we've got a little bit of a disadvantage, or in the vaunted ship because we know the rest of the story known for so could we just lay aside knowing the race story.

We've got the story we see how it work.could we just can't go back.

God see Abram and Sarah you're going to be a blessing, and the father of many nations. Yeah right where the people, by the way, that brings me to the third point Abraham and Sarah and age without realistic hope could we just be a little bit specific 75 years of age. I mean, my wife and I'm not even anywhere close but you want my wife Karen to break out in the total panic going tell her she's going to have another baby I'm running going to tell you what she would say all right, folks. Just do you get this you talk about faith Abraham and Sarah, practically speaking, biologically, physiologically, will beyond that age and God comes cc I want you to get up and I want you to pack up everything and go somewhere, but I'm not going to tell you where you nieces out.

By the way. Secondly you going to be the father.

The mother of many nations's hundreds.

They probably thought in terms of thousands.

We know it goes in the million we looking at it today, but then was the third reality of this challenge to their faith is their age range unrealistic know this couldn't work absolutely not in the plot even gets even more difficult because the fourth thing that I just want to throw into this when it comes to Abraham and Sarah concerns the sin that carried certain with all his obedience, Abraham proceeds to sin against God, and he said carried the dancing. So let's just lay it down and read your history books you live, concocted the story about Sarah his wife said no no you just tell everybody and Pharaoh who was the dictator who had the power over life will be sure to have could have and would have executed this lesson. Back in those days people were put to death for long list offenses than that it carried the same. He's was being challenged all of life which leads me to the first one is sacrifice that individual hope.

Turn with me to chapter 22. Just read first two verses of chapter 22 Genesis chapter 22. So now we know the story well miracle takes place because God said, and they have a boy and he's name is Isaac. Can you imagine how much they cherish this little fella in our day and age, there was a law to stop writing in Isaac. He was the sole heir. The only son and Abraham now is dealing with the promises of God, and he seeing these things come alive in its real God tastes seem even further.

Chapter 22.

After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, Abraham Lee said here I am, God said, take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, go to the land of Moriah offer him there is a good offering on one of the mountain which I will turn and when he does that God proves himself and sees no no no not even own son can take the place of the faith that you must have in Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the one you have to trust. He's the sacrifice you go to place your faith and trusting him to forgive the eruption will be back with the rest of today's message in just a moment Dr. Don Wilton remind you we are here for you as were studying God's word especially that last phrase about what it is to place all of our faith and trust in Jesus, perhaps there something in your life.

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God says get up and go. He knows the outcome, because he will fulfill the very desirable heart. God's got you he loves you he loves you very much. He wants the very best for your life and for my life going to take care of you, only you but it begins with your absolute honor of him. The taste of faith.

Number two does not detract from the joy of simple trust. Simply trusting him. Sounds all the contradictory.

If you would lost me. But the simple faith and trust that we have in the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ brings such joy to our hearts. Faith is not depending on the outcome faith does not detract from the joy of simple trust third gives a good one. Faith does not diminish with age who who Christian fellow faith believe he who sitting here right now. You've reached a certain age when you've stopped faith you've laid it down. You said that's it.

I've lived as a man is a woman of faith. Now I've retied it so I don't do it anymore. I don't serve. I don't get involved. Evidently Abraham and Sarah got a good dose of old age, faith, don't you think Windows faith stop. When does God save the requirement to trust him stops never know until we were in heaven together.

Faith doesn't diminish with age. How many times you get to certain age and you pull back.

You might change the direction you might do something this is something don't stop being a person of faith you need faith in the nursing home. As much as you do. Throughout the fabric of your life member full faith does not dissolve the Kaman to obey what is faith tomorrow.

Obedience. This singular job of the church of faith is to know the will of God and to do number five the taste of faith does not dismiss the consequences of sin.

Sin has consequences. Just because you are a person of faith doesn't mean to say that you don't have to deal with the consequences of action that this credit who God is and his righteousness God's word tells us that because Abraham lived and operated wool tribe did. He's living based all the time to please God to do what God was telling him to do without interfering in God, counted, attributed, conferred upon him. His righteousness and and and in a rough interpretation of that God just released him with the splendor of God's presence and glory because he was a man of faith, you want to be counted for righteousness you want to be conferred. You want to be in full freighted with the presence of God. You want to spend the life of of just lacing you want to just place on the people you want to leave you legacy of your life. Be a person of faith that we can leave legacies.

We could leave trophies money and motocross homes and all these kinds of things and all of these things are wonderful.

You want to the most powerful legacy you will ever is as a person of faith, your children and your children's children will rise up, you will be the blessing of many nations number six in all all close this one.

The taste of faith does not dive follow the mystery the taste of faith does not dive all does not necessarily give away the mystery of God folks listen to this. You and I can be the most eschewed deep loving Christian man and woman in the world.

Let's never get to the point where we believe we've got a corner on God because if we did, we wouldn't have to trust it. You and I will never quite work God out. I don't understand everything about I've done my share of of study and preaching and teaching traveling in trying to. This seems to me you know we said this whole time.

The more I study the word of God, the more I realize I don't know about God. Right. The deeper you go the more you know you realize how much deeper you have to go is just a never ending holy just keeps going into the grace of God and God speaks to us. He wants us to know him.

I don't know Bob, my precious friend.

Can I say this to.

I can hardly explain me can you really explain you. Do we need to I don't I don't I cannot fully understand why God has brought me this this for me to understand how the Lord brought such a beautiful lady is my wife to me. I don't understand it but he did I don't I don't understand that God would give me precious friends. I don't understand why God would allow me the privilege of sharing the word of God teaching people loving.

I don't understand I can't give you all the explanation, but I know that he has. I don't know why God would love like he does. I don't know why, maybe not even knowing anything about you live.

You sitting there saying I you know there's no way God would love me anymore after what I've done.

While I agree with you. Why, but he does some of you sitting here today you maybe sign you know if off to what I've done the road I've traveled the sin I have committed previously, you'd say to me, give me an act I don't know that I can explain, but I do know that God loves you and he seen Jesus to die on a cross for you and I'm telling you because the Bible I'm taking regarding his when you can face your son Jesus Christ. He is faithful and just to forgive you for that sin and cleans you from all unrighteousness. That's a faith thing. I accept that I believe that either I cannot really explain to you that every believer who dies when you die that the Angels come and surround you and that you get picked up and given this royal escort into heaven and you going to live.

I can share the word of God and shame. I I cannot fully understand all of those things but I know that they because I sent them on know it on knowing whom I have believed I am persuaded things and I know that you sitting on the age today and gone loves you so much and he's calling the same come to me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will want a powerful message from Dr. Don Wilton today The Encouraging Word as you think about that powerful joint of the rest in Christ. It starts with a single decision you been listening to Dr. Wilton is been teaching and preaching now open your heart to what he wants to share next are you ready to give your heart and life to the Lord Jesus Christ. I'm so happy to hear that. Why don't you pray this prayer with me today there gone on know you love me very, very much and I know that the Lord Jesus Christ came died on the cross so that I might be forgiven of my sin. Today, I repent of my sin. I can face my sin and I invite you to come into my heart, my life by faith in Jesus name I pray. If you pray that prayer, let me be the first one to welcome you to the family of God. This is one of the I hope that you know how much I'm going to be praying how very important this is for me. Call us so we can hope to connect you vice you can begin this wonderful journey. And in just a moment I'm in a come back with the final perhaps moments ago you were fraying along with Dr. Don Wilton to give your life to Jesus Christ or rededicate your life to Christ. Dr. Wilton will be quick to say you need to let someone know and why not let him know you can call us at the 866-899-WORD number and will share this information with Dr. Wilton right away.

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You know that the Lord Jesus not only hears our prayer, but he wants is out, pray to, I'd like to pray for you today you love the Lord on know, but there are things going on in your life on. Let's talk to the Lord Jesus heavenly father right now I want to present to you my friend who is searching looking longing needing crying out to you. I just pray Lord Jesus, that by your spirit you would touch this person's on so that prayer right now fulfill that need come down in the power of your spirit and manifest yourself. I'm praying this in the strong name of Jesus we believe in pray you are the Christ, the son of the living God.

God, hear my prayer for my friends in Jesus name, amen. Remember, we pray together 24 hours a day on our phone line. It 866-899-WORD… Created this when we launched the ministry and letting you know that we are here to encourage. That's 866-899-9673 we can connect with us on our website as well. At TW online.org that's tewonline.org he why you're there.

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