THE PROMISE FROM GOD
Genesis 13:10-18
CHOSE WISELY
V:10-11. “ Lot looked up and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan was well watered, like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, toward Zoar. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) 11 So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out toward the east. The two men parted company:
A. Lot and Abram both became wealthy men. Their herd of animals was two
large to be together.
1. Abram gave lot a choice of what land he wanted to settled in.
2. Lot chose what he thought was the best land for his herd,
B. Even though Abram was older and had the right to chose what he
wanted first, he humble himself and allowed lot to chose first.
1. God loves a humble spirit.
2. He blesses those who look out for the welfare of others.
LOOKS CAN BE DECIEVING
V:12-13. Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot lived among the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom. 13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the Lord.
A. Those who pride themselves over others will soon find themselves in
ruin.
1. A prideful person will soon make decisions with his eyes and the lust
of his heart.
2. What look good may not be the best.
3. Lot’s choice put himself and his family in a sinful environment.
4.You can easily become what you surround yourself with.
B. Abram ended in the place where God intended him to be.
1. It was God’s design that Lot chose the worst place.
2. God uses life circumstances to lead His elect to the place of
blessings.
THE PROMISE OF LAND
V:14-15. The Lord said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, "Lift up your eyes from where you are and look north and south, east and west. 15 All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring forever.
A. Lot was blessed by his association with Abram, but he was not
part of the covenant God made with Abram.
1. God waited until Lot was separated from Abram before He began the
second part of the covenant.
2, Those who distract us from God’s purposes, can easily moved
out of our lives.
B. The first part of the Covenant with Abram was the blessing of
many nations from his seed,
1. The second part of the covenant was the land blessing.
2. This land is known as the promise land.
3. Those who follow God are blessed multifold.
4. God can give us what money cannot buy.
5. First Abram was blessed with wealth.
a. Second, he was blessed with the promise of descendants.
b. Remember at that time Abram had no children, just a
promise. He walked by faith.
3. Third, he was blessed with land.
6. Abram blessings were not all about him, but future
generations.
THE PROMISE OF A MESSIAH
V:6-7. I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted. 17 Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you."
A. In God, we are blessed with something greater than ourselves.
1. Abram’s offspring (singular) is more than he or anyone can count.
2. Abram offspring was part of a plan that God put into motion in
the Garden of Eden when He cast Satan to the prince of hell.
a. God pronounce victory over Satan and his demons with the
bruise on the head by a woman’s seed.
b. The Woman’s seed is Jesus Christ.
3. We are part of God’s plan of redemption for all His elect.
B. God told Abram to go walk the land.
1. It is our job to walk in victory while we are on earth.
2. God has defined our victory as a divine place of blessings.
3. God’s grace and mercy has no bounds nor endings.
C. Our victory is not in houses, cars, wealth or material things.
1. Our victory is in the eternal life that is Jesus Christ.
2. God has provided a way through faith to Jesus.
BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES
V:18. So Abram moved his tents and went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the Lord.
A. Because God has been so good to us, we ought to build an altar to
the Lord.
1. The altar begins in our heart.
2. Abram built a physical place to worship the Lord.
3. It would be good if we have a place in our homes
where we consult the Lord.
B. The altar is a reminder of how good God is, how blessed
we are and our gratefulness.
1. Every moment in our lives is a blessed time.
2. We cannot count nor even understand the moment to
moment blessing of the Lord.
3. The altar in our hearts ought to be in use at all times.
THANK GOD FOR HIS PROMISES
Rev. M. Mitchell
Asst Pastor Of Greater Macedonia Baptist Church
5510 West Sam Houston Parkway North
Houston, Texas 77041
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