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The God Of Our Fathers And The God Of The Fatherless & The God Of Our Faith
Contributed by Dr. Stanley Vasu on Sep 5, 2010 (message contributor)
Summary: THIS SERMON IS ABOUT THE GOD OF OUR FATHERS AND THE GOD OF THE FATHERLESS AND THE GOD OF OUR FAITH
THE GOD OF OUR FATHERS AND THE GOD OF THE FATHERLESS AND THE GOD OF OUR FAITH
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OUTLINE
A. THE GOD OF OUR FATHERS
B. THE GOD OF THE FATHERLESS
C. THE GOD OF OUR FAITH
THE MESSAGE
THE GOD OF OUR FATHERS AND THE GOD OF THE FATHERLESS AND THE GOD OF OUR FAITH
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A. THE GOD OF OUR FATHERS
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The God we serve is a God is who is faithful from generation to generation. He is the God of Abraham , Isaac and Jacob. He will be with us as we was with our fathers. He will fulfill the promise that He made to our fathers. He will deliver us just as He delivered our fathers. We must cry out to the God of our fathers and rely on Him in order to prevail over our enemies.He will bless us even more than He blessed our fathers and when we obey His commandments He will delight in us just as He delighted in our fathers. He chose us because He loved our fathers and if we are faithful to Him He will bless our children and descendants.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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Then he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob." At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.
The LORD said, "I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering.
So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.
May the LORD our God be with us as he was with our fathers; may he never leave us nor forsake us.
May he turn our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways and to keep the commands, decrees and regulations he gave our fathers.
"Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come and has redeemed his people.
He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David
(as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),
salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us—
to show mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant,
the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
to rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and to enable us to serve him without fear
in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
In you our fathers put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.
They cried to you and were saved; in you they trusted and were not disappointed.
Then we cried out to the LORD, the God of our fathers, and the LORD heard our voice and saw our misery, toil and oppression.
So the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror and with miraculous signs and wonders.
He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey;
The men of Israel were subdued on that occasion, and the men of Judah were victorious because they relied on the LORD, the God of their fathers.
DEUTERONOMY 30: 5, 8-10
He will bring you to the land that belonged to your fathers, and you will take possession of it. He will make you more prosperous and numerous than your fathers.
You will again obey the LORD and follow all his commands I am giving you today.
Then the LORD your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land. The LORD will again delight in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in your fathers,
if you obey the LORD your God and keep his commands and decrees that are written in this Book of the Law and turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Because he loved your forefathers and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength,
to drive out before you nations greater and stronger than you and to bring you into their land to give it to you for your inheritance, as it is today.
Acknowledge and take to heart this day that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other.
