By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
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… beyond what's familiar and into a new place. Hebrews chapter 11, verse eight says, by faith, Abraham, when called to go to a new place, he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he had to leave some things behind. Even though he did not know where he was going. And if that's not the story of faith, I don't know what it is. Genesis chapter 12, verse one, the Lord said to Abram, leave your native country, your relatives, and your father's family, and go to the land that I will show you. God says to Abraham, get up, leave where you are, leave everyone and everything and go somewhere new. And we celebrate him as the father of faith. And yet no one talks about how he did that. God says, Abraham, leave everyone. And Abraham says, okay, but I'm gonna bring Lot. Leave everyone, family member, your father's family, everyone that you know, go. He says, absolutely, God, I respond in faith. I hear your presence calling to me. …
… God's word reads by faith Abraham when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance obeyed and went even though he didn't know where he was going by faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country he lived in tents and as did Isaac and Jacob who were heirs with him of the same promise. For he was looking forward to the city with foundations whose architect and builder is God. And by faith even Sarah who was past childbearing age was and able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise. And so from this one man and as good as dead came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless at the sand of the seashore. Before you sit down let me read verse 9 again. I want you to hear this, see if you can pick up on this subtle line. By faith, Abraham made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. …
… the thing about trust is that trust is everything. The greatest way I can exemplify this to you is through Hebrews chapter 11, verse 8. God gives a little bit of a reminder about something that happened 40 years earlier in Abraham's life that prepared him for this moment. I want to look at you right now. Just because you don't feel ready for this moment doesn't mean you're not prepared for it. Just because you're surprised by it doesn't mean you don't have the supply for it. When Abraham was first getting started out in his journey of faith following Yahweh, he was 75 years old. They lived a lot longer then, by the way. You could have called it a midlife crisis because he lived to be about 150-160. The Bible says in Hebrews chapter 11, verse 8, a reminder of something that happened when Abraham first got started. It says, By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. …
… I know you're on a journey together. I want you to open the Word of God with me to the story of the journeyer in Hebrews chapter 11 verses 8 through 12. If I call this message something, I'd call it Pack Up and Go. because that's the story of the patriarch, the father of all of those on the journey of faith. And you have an abridgment, a digest, a synopsis, a condensation of his whole life in the book of Genesis found here in Hebrews 11. Would you look at the word of God from verse 8? By faith, Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out not knowing where he was going. By faith, he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country. dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise, for he waited for a city which had foundations, whose builder and maker is God. …
… By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to set out for a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he set out not knowing where he was going. By faith, he stayed for a time in the land that he'd been promised, as in a foreign land, living in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob who were heirs with him of the same promise. for he looked forward to the city that has foundations whose architect and builder is God. By faith he received power to procreation, even though he was too old and Sarah herself was barren because he considered him unfaithful who promised. Therefore from one person and this one as good as dead, descendants were born as many as the stars of heaven and the innumerable gardens of sand by the seashore. An example of concrete faith. Would you pray with me again? eternal God God of the Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Spirit, indeed God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I ask you that now these words written in a world that was would be anointed in the world right now that is. …