God's Design for a Pastor and his Congregation

The relationship between a pastor and congregation is captured in…

1. The Roles

2. The Results

3. The Relationships

You Were Dead. You've Been Made Alive. You Had Nothing to do With It.

Awaiting Glory

Sacrifice

As God provided a sacrifice, we learn…

1.  God Will Prepare Us.

2. God Will Test Us.

3. God Will Bless Us.

The Everlasting God

The Everlasting God shows to be faithful by…

1.  Fulfilling the Provision of the Promised Son

2. Not Forgetting Abraham Other Son

3. Bringing Favor in the Eyes of a King

Protection

God Sovereignly acts to protect his perfect will…

1. By Keeping the King from Sinning Against God

2. By Moving the King to Obey God

3. By Closing and Opening the Womb

Stirred

As we wait for Jesus to return, Christians must be stirred.

1. How must we be stirred?

2. Why must we be stirred?

3. To what must we be stirred?

Destruction

In God bringing complete destruction upon Sodom and Gomorrah we see…

1. God’s Wrath Being Poured Out

2. God’s Mercy Providing a Rescue

3. God’s Inevitable Judgment to Come

Curiosity

2 Questions that capture a curiosity of what God is doing:

1. Is anything too difficult for the Lord? (v.14)

2. Will you destroy the righteous with the wicked? (v.23)

Circumcision

The covenant sign of circumcision represents…

1. An Eternal Covenant

2. A Generational Covenant

3.  A Symbolic Covenant

Disciples of Christ

How do we live as disciples of Christ?

1. Cherish the Gospel

2. Submit our lives to the will of God

3. Keep an eternal perspective

Impatience

Abram’s impatience reveals 2 realities:

1. The Human Consequences of Impatience

2. The Revelation of the Nature of God

Proof

God proves he will be true to his promise to Abram by...

1. Reminding Abram of God’s Character and Promises

2. Revealing How the Promise will Come to Pass

3. Making a Covenant with Abram

God Most High

The contrast of Genesis 14:

The Deception of Kingly Power

VS.

The Reality of the Lord’s Rule

Faithfulness

God’s faithfulness to Abram is seen in…

1. The Lord’s Blessing on Abram

2. The Lord’s Protection of Abram

3. The Lord’s Provision to Abram

Promise

Exhortation to Pastors

1.     What are pastors called to do?

2.      How are pastors to fulfill that calling?

3.      Why does a pastor's calling matter?

The Good Shepherd

The Qualifications of Pastors and Deacons

Significance of the Shepherd in God's Unfolding Plan