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Gen 24: 1 The Lord has blessed Abraham in (Every way/ all things)

• Why God has blessed Abraham in Every way?
• Did God bless your families like Abraham?
• If not, what is the reason? Why did God not bless our families like Abraham?
• The God wants to bless you similarly.
• He wants to bless you more.
• Why are we not getting blessing from God?

Reasons for Abraham Blessing

1. Trusted God (Gen 12:1-4).
2. Obeyed God(Gen22:1-10)
3. Feared God(Gen22:12)
4. Friend of God (II Chron. 20:7; Isa 41:8; James 2:23).

Trusted God(Gen 12:1-4)

• Abraham's father was a maker of idols.
• Abraham took a stand against idols in his youth.
• Abraham is a man who doesn't even know who Jehovah is.
• And yet the Lord appears before him and tells him.
• Abraham was willing to listen to God and obeyed Him.
• Abraham never doubted the Lord but placed his trust in Him.
• He set out to do what the Lord had commanded.
• God did not tell about all the details of his plan.
• When God blesses us, He does not always tell us in an advance what is going to happen.
• He asks us to trust Him and to believe that He will guide and perfect us.

Obeyed God(Gen22:1-10)

The Timing of Abraham’s Obedience

• He woke up early the next day.
• God never told him when to do this.
• Abraham: “I know what God wants me to do, so I’m going to do it”.
• Abraham’s obedience was immediate.
• Delayed obedience is disobedience.
• If God has commanded, don’t sit around and wonder. Just obey!

Gen 24: 1 The Lord has blessed Abraham in (Every way/ all things)

• Why God has blessed Abraham in Every way?
• Did God bless your families like Abraham?
• If not, what is the reason? Why did God not bless our families like Abraham?
• The God wants to bless you similarly.
• He wants to bless you more.
• Why are we not getting blessing from God?

Reasons for Abraham Blessing

1. Trusted God (Gen 12:1-4).
2. Obeyed God(Gen22:1-10)
3. Feared God(Gen22:12)
4. Friend of God (II Chron. 20:7; Isa 41:8; James 2:23).

Trusted God(Gen 12:1-4)

• Abraham's father was a maker of idols.
• Abraham took a stand against idols in his youth.
• Abraham is a man who doesn't even know who Jehovah is.
• And yet the Lord appears before him and tells him.
• Abraham was willing to listen to God and obeyed Him.
• Abraham never doubted the Lord but placed his trust in Him.
• He set out to do what the Lord had commanded.
• God did not tell about all the details of his plan.
• When God blesses us, He does not always tell us in an advance what is going to happen.
• He asks us to trust Him and to believe that He will guide and perfect us.

Obeyed God(Gen22:1-10)

The Timing of Abraham’s Obedience

• He woke up early the next day.
• God never told him when to do this.
• Abraham: “I know what God wants me to do, so I’m going to do it”.
• Abraham’s obedience was immediate.
• Delayed obedience is disobedience.
• If God has commanded, don’t sit around and wonder. Just obey!

The Trust in Abraham’s Obedience

• Remember, God had asked him to do an unthinkable thing.
• I and the lad will go…and come again to you.
• He knew what God had told him to do, but he believed God would deliver.
• He may not have known how…we may not either.
• Others around you may start wondering.
• Abraham believed God would provide.

The Totality of Abraham’s Obedience

• No matter what, Abraham’s obedience would be complete.
• He believed God would provide, but he still built the altar.
• He still bound his son and he still raised the knife.
• When God gives you orders, decide from that starting that you will follow through to the end.

Feared God (Gen22:12)

• He considered that God is able to raise men even from the death(Heb11:19)
• The fear of the LORD prolonged days (Proverb 10:27).
• Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in his ways.(psalms128:1)

Friend of God (II Chron. 20:7; Isa 41:8; James 2:23)

• Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness and he was called God's friend.

Abraham was a peacemaker. (Gen 13:7-9).

• Remember, God had asked him to do an unthinkable thing.
• I and the lad will go…and come again to you.
• He knew what God had told him to do, but he believed God would deliver.
• He may not have known how…we may not either.
• Others around you may start wondering.
• Abraham believed God would provide.

The Totality of Abraham’s Obedience

• No matter what, Abraham’s obedience would be complete.
• He believed God would provide, but he still built the altar.
• He still bound his son and he still raised the knife.
• When God gives you orders, decide from that starting that you will follow through to the end.

Feared God (Gen22:12)

• He considered that God is able to raise men even from the death(Heb11:19)
• The fear of the LORD prolonged days (Proverb 10:27).
• Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in his ways.(psalms128:1)

Friend of God (II Chron. 20:7; Isa 41:8; James 2:23)

• Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness and he was called God's friend.

Abraham was a peacemaker. (Gen 13:7-9).