Today: 4:00 pm Lobby
FOUR TESTS
TEST #1: A Major Change!
TEST #2:
TEST #3:
TEST #4:
Hebrews 11:8
"By faith, Abraham when he was called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went even though he did not know where he was going."
FOUR TESTS
TEST #1: A Major Change!
TEST #2: A Delayed Promise!
TEST #3:
TEST #4:
Hebrews 11:9
"By faith, Abraham made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country and he lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob who were heirs with him of the same promise."
FOUR TESTS
TEST #1: A Major Change!
TEST #2: A Delayed Promise!
TEST #3: An Impossible Problem!
TEST #4:
Hebrews 11:11-12
11 And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise. 12 And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
Genesis 18:9-15
9 `Where is your wife Sarah?' they asked Abraham. `There in the tent,' he said
10 Then the Lord said, `I will surely return to you about this time next year and Sarah your wife will have a son.' Now Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent which was behind him.
Genesis 18:9-15
11 Abraham and Sarah were already old and well advanced in years and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.
12 So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, `After I'm worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?'
Genesis 18:9-15 13 Then the Lord said to Abraham, `Why did Sarah laugh and say, "Will I really have a child now that I'm old?" 14 Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time next year and Sarah will have a son.’ 15 Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, `I didn't laugh,' but he said, `Yes, you did laugh.'"
FOUR TESTS
TEST #1: A Major Change!
TEST #2: A Delayed Promise!
TEST #3: An Impossible Problem!
TEST #4: Why Lord?
Hebrews 11:17
17 By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, 18 even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”
19 Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead, and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.
What Is The Lesson?
Mark 9:21–24
21 Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has he been like this?” “From childhood,” he answered. 22 “It has often thrown him into fire or water to kill him. But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us.”
23 “ ‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for one who believes.” 24 Immediately the boy’s father exclaimed, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!”
Our Prayer: Lord, I believe. Help me with my unbelief.
Lord, I don't know where. But I'm going to believe you. Help me with my doubts.
Lord, I don't know how. But I'm going to believe. Help me with my worries.
Lord, I don't know when. But help me with my fears.
Lord, I don't know why. But I'm going to trust Your love for me.
In Jesus Name We Pray, Amen!
