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Q4= THE BIBLE SAYS FOR US TO COME BOLDLY TO THE THRONE OF GRACE. ABRAHAM HAD A VERY PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD HE KNEW THAT GOD WAS AN APPROACHABLE GOD NOT A GOD AFAR OFF. GOD EXPECTS THE SAME FROM US. WE ARE HIS CHILDREN NO LOVING FATHER WANTS HIS CHILDREN TO BE DISTANT FROM HIM AND AFRAID TO ASK OF HIM. ABRAHAM PLEASED GOD WITH HIS REQUEST BECAUSE HE WASN'T AFRAID TO ASK AND HAD FAITH THAT GOD WOULD HEAR AND ANSWER HIM AS SHOULD BE THE SAME FOR US.

Q3= A LIFE STYLE OF KEEPING THE WAY OF THE LORD IS ONE OF DISCIPLINE AND LIVING BY A HIGHER STANDARD THAN THAT OF THE WORLD. THE WORLD SAYS AND DOES EVERYTHING OPPOSITE TO THE WORD OF GOD. THE DOCTRINE OF THIS WORLD SAYS A LITTLE "WHITE" LIE IS OK, SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT GOD HATES A LYING TONGUE. THE WORLD SAYS IT'S NOT WHATS ON THE INSIDE BUT HOW YOU LOOK ON THE OUTSIDE THAT COUNTS, SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT GOD LOOKS ON THE HEART OF MAN TO SEE IF HE MEASURES UP(SPIRITUALLY). THE WORLD SAYS IF IT FEELS GOOD(AND DOESN'T HURT ANYONE) DO IT, JESUS SAID TO DENY OURSELVES, PICK-UP OUR CROSS AND FOLLOW HIM. IT IS NOT EASY LIVING IN THIS WORLD BUT TO DO SUCCESSFULLY FOR CHRIST WE MUST READ AND STAY IN GOD'S WORD FOR IN IT IS TRUTH, WISDOM, INSTRUCTION AND SAFETY.

Q2= IN ANY RELATIONSHIP,HUSBAND,WIFE,PARENTS, CHILDREN THERE IS WORK AND THERE IS BALANCE (NOT ALWAYS EASY TO DO). BEING IN SUBJECT TO CHRIST AND KNOWING OUR SPIRITUAL POSITIONS IN CHRIST WILL KEEP US CENTERED. EPHESIANS CH. 5.

Q1= THE BIBLE SAYS THAT POWER OF LIFE AND DEATH ARE IN THE TONGUE. I THINK THAT WE WILL KNOW THAT WE REALLT BELIEVE IN MIRACLES WHEN WE ACT AND TALK LIKE IT, WHEN WE PRAY AND HAVE FAITH THAT IT IS DONE IN JESUS NAME. GOD IS A MIRACLE WORKING GOD AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HE IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND FOREVER HE NEVER CHANGES. SO HE IS STILL DOING MIRACLES TODAY! I HAVE TOLD PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH DIFFICULTIES IN THEIR LIVES THAT EVERYDAY, EVERY MOMENT SOMEONE SOMEWHERE ON THIS EARTH IS RECEIVING A MIRACLE RIGHT NOW AND THEIRS COULD BE ANY MINUTE. I BELIEVE THAT WITH ALL MY HEART. I HAVE HAD MIRACLES IN MY LIFE AND I KNOW GOD WILL DO MORE. WE MUST ONLY BELIEVE!

Q4= CIRCUMCISION WAS A PHYSICAL REQUIREMENT BEFORE THE MESSIAH CAME. OUR MESSIAH HAS COME AND WITH HIM HE BROUGHT A NEW COVENANT. ONE OF SPIRIT AND NOT OF FLESH THAT WAS ACCORDING TO LAW. 2 COR.3:6 "WHO ALSO MADE US SERVANTS OF A NEW COVENANT, NOT OF THE LAW, BUT OF THE SPIRIT; FOR THE LAW KILLS BUT THE SPIRIT GIVES LIFE".

Q3= TO HAVE MY HEART CIRCUMCISED MEANS THAT I AM NO LONGER THE PERSON THAT I USED TO BE I AM A NEW CREATION IN CHRIST WHO HAS COME TO MAKE HIS ETERNAL HOME IN MY HEART, WHO ABIDES WITH ME ALWAYS. THE OLD ME (THE FLESH) HAS BEEN CUTT AWAY BY THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD AND THE NEW ME LIVES TO BRING GLORY TO GOD AND TO FURTHER HIS KINGDOM SO THAT AS MANY AS POSSIBLE WILL PARTAKE IN THE ETERNAL CANAAN LAND. JESUS SAID THAT "YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN" THIS CIRCUMCISION OF THE HEART.

Q2= CIRCUMCISION WAS A SIGN OF A PLEDGE, AN OATH , A TRUE COMMITMENT TO THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY. AND GOD HONORING THEIR PLEDGE "COMMITMENT" TO HIM WOULD HOLD TO HIS WORD AND BESTOW NOT ONLY THE PROMISED CANAAN LAND BUT THE ETERNAL CANAAN LAND. THIS ACTION OF ABRAHAM SHOWED HIS OBEDIENCE TO THE LORD. HIS EAGERNESS TO DO IT SHOWED THAT HE WAS NOT SLACKFUL BUT EXCITED AT THE WORD GOD GAVE HIM BELIEVING THAT IT WOULD COME TO PASS.

Q1= GOD WAS NOT EXPECTING MORAL PERFECTION FROM ABRAHAM. ABRAHAM AND SARAH TRIED IN AN EARLIER ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN THE PROMISE OF AN OFFSRING FROM GOD BY USING HAGAR, SO WHEN GOD SAYS "WALK BEFORE ME AND BE BLAMELESS" HE IS SAYING DON'T DO THINGS OF YOUR OWN ACCORD BUT TRUST MY WORD AND HAVE FAITH. WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT HE IS SAYING TO BELIEVERS TODAY!

Q4= THE CUSTOM BACK THEN FOR AN AGREEMENT , A COVENANT WAS TO CUT THE ANIMALS IN TWO WALKING BETWEEN THE HALVES WAS INFACT SAYING THAT IF THE PEOPLE OF THE AGREEMENT BROKE THEIR PROMISE THAT THEIR FATE WOULD BE LIKE THAT OF THE ANIMALS. GOD RELATES TO US IN WAYS THAT ARE VERY COMMON AND THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND. THE WAY THAT GOD CHOSE TO SEAL THE COVENANT HE MADE WITH ABRAHAM WAS A WAY THAT ABRAHAM COULD TOTALLY UNDERSTAND AND BELIEVE. GOD PASSING BETWEEN THE ANIMAL PARTS SHOWED ABRAHAM THAT GOD WAS THE ONE TOTALLY RESPONSIBLE IN KEEPING AND FULFILLING THE PROMISE MADE. JUST LIKE GOD'S PROMISE TO US FOR ETERNAL LIFE. IT TOOK THE BLOOD SACRIFICE OF THE LAMB OF GOD WHOSE BODY WAS BROKEN AND BLEEDING AND GOD "PASSING" BETWEEN US AND SIN. THANK GOD FOR HIS COVENANT!

Q3= YES I HAVE BEEN FRUSTRATED AT TIMES WHEN IT SEEMED GOD WAS SLOW IN FULFILLING A PROMISE TO ME BUT I HAVE FOUND THAT GOD'S TIME IS PERFECT. HE WAITS UNTIL EVERY T IS CROSSED AND I IS DOTTED SO THAT EACH PIECE OF HIS PLAN FITS TOGETHER PERFECTLY. JUST THE SMALLEST THING OUT OF ORDER AND IT WOULD NOT BE A TRULY FULFILLED PROMISE. IT WOULD NOT HAVE IT'S COMPLETNESS.

Q2= ALL WE ARE ASK TO DO IS BELIEVE! THAT IS WHY ABRAHAM WAS DECLARED RIGHTOUS BECAUSE HE SIMPLY BELIEVED GOD. HE HAD FAITH AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE MADE RIGHTOUS BY.

Q1= TO CALL GOD MY SHIELD MEANS TO ME THAT HE IS ALWAYS THERE FOE ME IN ANY SITUATION. HE HAS ME PROTECTED FROM ALL SIDES. NOTHING CAN TOUCH ME THAT FIRST DOES NOT HAVE TO GET THROUGH GOD AND THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE. HIS PROMISE TO BE MY EXCEEDINGLY GREAT REWARD MEANS TO ME THAT I HAVE ETERNAL LIFE AND WILL NEVER BE SEPERATED FROM HIM. GOD IS MY SOVEREIGN, MY PROTECTOR AND HE SUPPLIES TO ME ALL OF HIS RICHES IN GLORY THROUGH CHRIST JESUS MY LORD.

q#4= ABRAHAM REFUSES BECAUSE OF THE VERY REAL POSSIBILITY THAT THE EVIL KING WOULD SAY THAT HE HAD HELP TO MAKE ABRAHAM RICH(OR BLESSED). REALITY WAS THAT ABRAHAM DID NOT NEED WICKED PEOPLE TO MAKE HIM ABOUND IN ANY FORM GOD WAS MORE THAN CAPABLE OF DOING THAT AND DID! AND SO IT IS WITH US.

Q#3= THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TITHE WAS THANKFULNESS AND A FORM OF WORSHIP ALSO A REGONITION TO MELCHIZEDEK AS SERVANT OF THE MOST HIGH GOD. TITHING IS NOT ONLY SCRIPTUAL IT IS COMMANDED(MALACHI 3) BY GOD. HE DOES NOT NEED THE MONEY BUT HE REQUIRES THE OBEDIENCE(OBEDIENCE IS BETTER THAN SACRIFICE) THE BIBLE SAYS. IT IS ALSO WORSHIP TO THE GOD MOST HIGH.

Q#2= ABRAHAM SHOWS US ALOT ABOUT HIS CHARACTER IN RESCUE OF LOT. HE IS COURAGEOUS, BOLD,FAITHFILLED, DETERMINED AND DECISIVE. HE HAD ABILITIES TO MAKE GOOD THOUGHT OUT PLANS. GIVING OTHERS CLEAR DIRECTION. NOT ONLY HAVING FAITH IN GOD BUT THOSE AROUND HIM. HIS INTENT WAS NOT BRING DESTRUCTION ON THE OTHER ARMIES BUT TO RESCUE OR "SET FREE" HIS NEPHEW THAT HE LOVED AND WAS COMMITTED TO. AS WE SHOULD BE TO OUR FAMILY,FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. IF THEY DO NOT KNOW THE LORD THEY ARE PRESENT DAY CAPTIVES AND NEED TO BE RESCUED BY THOSE OF US WHO HAVE THE COURAGE , BOLDNESS, DETERMINATION AND FAITH TO DO IT!

Q#1= MATERIAL WEALTH CAN TRULY BE A BLESSING OF GOD, BUT IS NOT ALWAYS. GOD BLESSES IN MANY WAYS. MATERIALLY, PHSICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY. ALL THREE CAN BE OPERATIONAL IN A PERSONS LIFE AT THE SAME TIME OR NOT. IT IS TOTALLY UP TO THE LORD. HE DEALS WITH EACH ONE OF US ON A PERSONAL BASIS. IF I AM LACKING IN ANY OF THESE AREAS OF MY LIFE DOES NOT MEAN THAT I AM NOT BLESSED OF GOD OR THAT I HAVE SIN IN MY LIFE. THE WONDERFUL FACT THAT I HAVE A VERY PERSONAL AND INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM IS THE BIGGEST BLESSING I COULD HAVE.

Q5= GOD KEPT SARAH PHSICALLY, SPIRITUALLY AND MORALLY "SAFE"." GOD WORKS ALL THINGS FOR THE GOOD TO THOSE WHO LOVE CHRIST AND ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE". GOD WOULD (AND HAS) FULFILL HIS DIVINE PURPOSE IN ABRAHAM AND SARAH FOR THE ETERNAL BENEFIT OF THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE.

Q4= I CANNOT JUDGE ABRAHAM AND SARAH'S ETHICS OR THEIR FAITH. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT ONLY GOD CAN SEE THE HEART OF MAN. I THINK THAT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE TO US. TO TRUST GOD IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES AND SITUATIONS AND BECAUSE WE ARE ARE HUMAN, IF WE SHOULD FAULTER OR FAIL GOD IS FAITHFUL TO US AND TO HIS PROMISES.

Q3= GOD HATES ADULTRY AND SEES IT AS HE SEES ALL SIN, SEPARATION FROM HIM. THE BIBLE SAYS "IF WE CONFESS OUR SIN, HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE OF OUR SIN AND CLEANSE US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS". REMEMBER THE WOMAN WHO WAS CAUGHT IN ADULTRY AND BROUGHT BEFORE JESUS. HE SAID"WOMAN NEITHER DO I CONDEMN THE, GO AND SIN NO MORE". YES, GOD FORGIVES ADULTRY.

Q2= I THINK THIS SICKNESS CAME ON PARAOH AND HIS HOUSE BECAUSE GOD HAD TO DO SOMETHING TO BRING ABOUT A CONSCIENCE AND A SORT OF REPENTANCE FOR THE UNJUSTICE TO SARAH AND THE SIN THAT WAS BEING COMMITTED. GOD HAS MANY WAYS OF GETTING OUR ATTENTION WHEN WE ARE HEADED IN A WRONG DIRECTION INTO A PATH OF DESTRUCTION. GOD'S PURPOSE WAS FULFILLED. SARAH WAS GIVEN BACK. ABRAHAM WAS SET BACK ON A RIGHT COURSE. NOT TO MENTION THAT THE POWER OF GOD WAS ACKNOWLEDGED BY ALL.

Q1= ABRAHAM AND HIS FAMILY WERE IN DANGER AS SOJOURNERS BECAUSE THEY HAD NO INTERNAL PROTECTION(ARMIES, LARGE FAMILIES OF PEOPLE WITH THEM). THEY WERE SUBJECT TO WHATEVER THE LEADER(KING) OF THAT NATION SO DESIRED. THEY COULD VERY EASILY BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BY THE NATIVE CITIZENS THERE AND SUFFER INTENSE CRUELTY BY THEIR HANDS AS WE SEE EVEN THIS DAY HAPPENING ALL OVER. WE HAVE HISPANICS, HOMOSEXUALS, CRYSTAL METH AND VARIOUS OTHER DRUG USERS AND SOME HOMELESS IN OUR AREA. COMING LIKE ALL OTHERS TO TRY AND FIND A LIFE OF SOME SORT OF PEACE AND HAPPINESS. SADLY MAJORITY OF THEM STILL GOING HUNGERY, WITHOUT A BED AT NIGHT, WALKING THE STREETS. LOOKED DOWN UPON FOR A VERIETY OF REASONS, MAINLY BECAUSE THEY ARE DIFFERENT NOT A "LOCAL". AS THE CHURCH WE SHOULD LOVE THEM UNCONDITIONALLY LIKE CHRIST LOVES US. TO LOOK BEYOND THE SIN AND SEE THE SINNER IN NEED OF A SAVIOR. FEED THEM, CLOTHE THEM. MEET THEIR NEEDS AND BE A WITNESS OF JESUS TO THEM PRAY WITH THEM.HE WHO SAVES SOULS IS WISE.

Q4= By calling on the name of Yahweh Abraham showed an act of devotion to His Lord, it was an open profession of His belief for the one true God. It established his worship for the one true God. Showed his dependancy upon God and declared his faith in the promise. Since God uses Abraham as an example to us today I feel when I call upon the name of the Lord I am doing the same things and it is pleasing to God. The psalmist wrote "I cried to Him with my mouth and He was extolled with my tongue, if I reguard sin in my heart He will not hear; but certaintly God has heard; He has given heed to the voice of my prayer. Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, or His lovingkindness from me" Ps. 66: 17-20.

Q3= By faith we are made rightous before God as was Abraham. The rightous will live by faith Hab. 2:4. Without faith it is impossible to please God Heb.11:6. Also faith is the assurance of things hoped for the substance of things not seen Heb.11:1. This I believe is a special kind of faith given by God if we will trust Him and His word.

Q2= We are blessed through Abraham because he has set before us a great example of faith. A type of our relationship to Yahweh the one true God, our Father the One who calls us, directs us and has for us an eternal inheritance in canaan. Also and most importantly we are blessed through Abraham to know The Lord Jesus Christ.

yes I have been called of God, first verbally then 18 months later He appeared to me in the middle of the night with a vision that was exact to the verbal command I had received prior. At the end of the vision He spoke the words "get ready" with authority and urgent tone. A very hurtful and tragic crisis had happened in my life shortly before this and through my own unwillingness to forgive and move on I stagnated there in the "wilderness" of my life for several years and I am just now begining to prepare for that which He had called me to do back in 1996. I know that He who calls us is faithful even at the times when we are not. Praise His name!