Eat More Faith Part 6

Eat more Faith The Prerogative of Faith   an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege:   Genesis 12:1 Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, From your family And from your father’s house, To a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when hedeparted from Haran.    1.    He disobeyed God. (Lot was his nephew) Genesis 12:1 Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, From your family And from your father’s house, To a land that I will show you. Genesis 13: 7 And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock.   Genesis 14: 22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the Lord, God Most High, the Possessor of heaven and earth,  23 that I will take nothing, from a thread to a sandal strap, and that I will not take anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich’—  24 except only what the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me:    2.    He tried to help God. (Hagar and Ishmeal)   Genesis 16: 5 Then Sarai said to Abram, “My wrong be upon you! I gave my maid into your embrace; and when she saw that she had conceived, I became despised in her eyes. The Lord judge between you and me.”   3.    He lied. (Sara is my sister)   Genesis 20:1 And Abraham journeyed from there to the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and stayed in Gerar.  Now Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.   God doesn’t need you to work out the details.