Who Abraham was and what he did

Messages for October 2017: Our Month of THE BLESSING

Message for Sunday 1^st October, 2017

Theme: Walking in the Footsteps of Abraham

Topic: Who Abraham was and what he did

Introduction: Our desire this month is to get to know the secret of Abraham and find out why his life has left us such a legacy that can best be described as eternally enduring. The best way we can do this is to find out who the man Abraham was and what he did that has captured the entire world’s attention that his seed cannot be treated with indifference; they are either well favored or extremely hated due to envy and jealousy.

The violence and bitter hatred of the world towards the seed of Abraham today is not unconnected with the devil’s campaign against God since before man was created when he sought to exalt himself to the class of God to no avail and was cast out of heaven because of his rebellion. Today after more than six thousand years following the creation of man, that bitterness has grown exponentially to the point that the entire world is like sitting on a keg of gun powder not knowing what the enemies of Israel may pull out in terrorizing the world next.

Abraham the blessed and blessing: The story of Abraham opens up in Gen.12:1 with the sentence: “the Lord hath said unto Abram…” this communicates to us that Abraham was already having a relationship with God to the point of being instructed by God to depart from his current location to an unknown destination. Abraham obeyed God even without knowing where he was bound for. The writer of the letter to the Hebrews in Heb.11:8 puts the account this way:

“By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing wither he went.”

God promised to bless Abraham and make him a blessing and then promised that through his seed, all the families of the earth shall be blessed. This makes Abraham and his seed a blessing to the entire world.

In Gal.3:16 Apostle Paul makes us understand that the seed referred to here is the Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore the gospel that was before preached to Abraham is that his seed would inherit the land. And through His seed all the earth would the blessed.

This gives us an idea of the kind of man Abraham was; he was a man of faith. So as we look into the life of Abraham this month, it should not be a surprise to any of us that we shall be looking at a great example of the faith of God.

What Abraham did:

1.     He cultivated an intimate relationship with God. This is why it is said that Abraham walked with God. He was even called the friend of God. In fact God revealed things he wanted to do to him because of this like he said in Gen.18:17-18; Gen.17:1 and Isa.41:8.

2.     He sought to know the ways of God: He asked God questions when God visited him and from the answers God gave him, he was able to learn of the ways of God and walk in it. A good example is his encounter with God in Gen.15 that led to his learning to raise an altar to God which helped him to bring down God’s blessing on earth through divine visitations at those altars.

3.     He walked in the ways of God: This explains why he is until date acknowledged the father of faith. See Isa.55:8; Gal.3:29; Heb.11:8-19 and Gal.4:28.

4.     He believed God: When God told him that he would make him a father of many nations, he believed God and received the gift of righteousness thereby. As time has gone his faith has proved very beneficial because there is indeed a nation of people who are the offspring of the promise of God to Abraham and the seed of Abraham which is Christ has through his death, burial and resurrection given access to the entire world to become children of the promise to Abraham.  See Gal.3:13-14; Gen.15:4-6 and Rm.4:3.

5.     He obeyed God: His obedience was prompt, delightsome and total. As far as God is concerned, delayed obedience is disobedience. This is why procrastination to do the word of God is looked upon with disfavour by God. When God called Abraham to leave for an unknown destination, he went promptly. When God told him to circumcise all the male of his household, he promptly obeyed. This won the heart of God to him. See Gen.12:1-6; 17:10-14 and 23.

6.     He trusted God above all odds: Apostle Paul writing about the incident of the faith of Abraham in Rm.4 said that Abraham believed in hope against hope that he should become the father of many nations. See Rm.4:17-22 and Gen.21:1-4.

7.     He became the pioneer of the righteousness which is of faith: when God promised him a son in his old age with a barren wife who was past the age of procreation, he believed God and it was accounted to him for righteousness. See Gen.15: 1-6 and Rm.4:1-6.

8.     He was a soul winner: Note that when departing from his father’s house to go to the land of promise, he did not go alone; he went with all the souls he had gotten including Lot his nephew. See Gen.12:5.  

We shall draw the curtain on this message here for today. Meanwhile to someone reading this blog that is yet to know, you can become a seed of Abraham today by faith if you so desire. This is the only means by which we can actualize the destiny God has for us. Should you want to take that step now, you can do so right away by saying the following prayer out loud in faith and the Holy Spirit will take you up from there:

Heavenly Father,

Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for this father in Jesus’ name! Amen.

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