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Children of the Promise. Quiet Time: Your Preacher. 2 Timothy 4:1-4 Preach the Word In season and out Correct, rebuke, encourage with all authority Solid doctrinally. Quiet Time: Your Preacher. Acts 19:8 Boldly proclaim the word Matthew 7:15-23 NOT : wolf in sheep’s clothing.
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Quiet Time: Your Preacher • 2 Timothy 4:1-4 • Preach the Word • In season and out • Correct, rebuke, encourage with all authority • Solid doctrinally
Quiet Time: Your Preacher • Acts 19:8 • Boldly proclaim the word • Matthew 7:15-23 • NOT: wolf in sheep’s clothing
Quiet Time: Your Preacher • Jeremiah 6:13-14 • NOT: “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace
Quiet Time: Your Preacher • 2 Timothy 4:1-4 • Correct, rebuke
Quiet Time: Your Preacher • 2 Timothy 4:1-4 • Correct, rebuke and encourage
Quiet Time: Your Preacher • Preach the Good News • “Gospel” = “Good News” • Same word origin: • Gospel • Evangelize • Angel
Today’s Message • Good News • Encourage us • Strengthen us
Genesis 21:1-7 • “…what he had promised…” • Isaac was born as a result of the promise of God to Abraham and Sara.
The Importance of Abraham • Christianity hinges on…. • CHRIST • Christ came from the nation of… • ISRAEL
The Importance of Abraham • 12 tribes of Israel were originally the 12 sons of… • JACOB (ISRAEL) • Jacob’s daddy was… • ISAAC
The Importance of Abraham • Isaac’s daddy was… • ABRAHAM • Abraham’s daddy was • IT DOESN’T MATTER
The Importance of Abraham • Abraham • Received the promise • Believed the promise • Is the father of faith
The Importance of Abraham • If Abraham had NOT believed… • No Isaac • No Jacob (Israel) • No nation of Jews • No Jesus
The Importance of Abraham • God promised Abraham • I will give to you the promised land • I will give you a son in your old age • All nations will be blessed through you
The Importance of Abraham • God fulfilled the promises • Received the promised land • Received the promised Isaac in his old age • Blessed all nations through the birth of Christ
Quiet Time on Abraham • Galatians 3:6-9 • Gospel announced to Abraham • The Scriptures foresaw
Quiet Time on Abraham • Romans 9:6-9 • Children of the promise • Galatians 4:22-28 • Sarah is our mother (free, not slave) • Children of promise
What that means for us • We have an inheritance and we are heirs • Galatians 3:26-29
Quiet Time on Inheritance • Galatians 3:18-29 • Hebrews 6:17 • Ephesians 1:18 • Colossians 1:12 • 1 Peter 1:4
What is our inheritance? • Our Promised Land • The new Jerusalem • The new heaven and the new earth
The Nature of an Inheritance • Comes from a relationship • Is nothing that is earned • The relationship we must have: Jesus, the seed of Abraham • “All this will be yours…”
Practical Application #1 • We Must Believe to Receive • God’s crazy promise to us… • Any crazier than His promise to Abraham? • Make a decision to believe
Practical Application #2 • Hold Your Head Up • I am…somebody • I am…a child of God • I am…a child of the promise