I. Abraham will command his children and his household.
II. Called of God to come out of Ur of the Chaldees.
A. Has God spoken to you to come out of this present world?
1. Every child of God has received this command.
2. Are you listening to God enough to hear what he is saying?
B. Your coming out of the world might not be sudden or complete, but are
you coming out of the world?
1. The emphasis is not that you are where you want to be, but are you
working toward being what you should be.
2. If you do not do any personal Bible study, you are not coming out of
the world.
C. Your children will see your lack of dedication to the Word of God and
will not pay any attention to the Bible either.
1. Never say you will not tell your children not to sin because you
have committed that same sin yourself.
2. The authority is the Word of God, not your experience.
3. If you have sinned, and you see your children starting down that
same road of sin, be sure and tell them you have already been down that
road, and you regret doing it. Tell them how you have suffered as a result
of your sins, and you do not want them to suffer as you have.
4. If you believe you should not warn your children about sins because
you have sinned that same sin, you are placing your authority above the
Word of God.
5. If you say you will be a hypocrite if you warm them, you are wrong.
6. You are being a hypocrite before God if you do not use your bad
experiences to warn others.
D. Abraham went into Egypt when God told him not to go.
1. Genesis 17 explains this story.
2. Genesis 26 tells the story of Isaac, the son of Abraham sinning the
same way Abraham did.
3. It would have been much better if Abraham had explained his sin and
the result to Isaac, than for Isaac to have to learn the bad consequences
of sin for himself.
4. It is always better to learn from the experience of others, and not
have to learn from our own experiences.
III. Genesis 14:14 – Abraham had trained servants.
A. Are you training your children?
1. This training comes with effort, with paying attention to detail.
a. Abraham trained his servants because he understood he needed to be
prepared when danger comes.
b. It is good to trust God, but it is also good to prepare.
c. Proverbs 21:31 states, The horse is prepared against the day of
battle: but safety is of the LORD.
2. Abraham was personally committed to training all of his servants.
B. Are you an example for good to those around you?
C. Are you the real head of your home, or is your wife, or children?
D. Abraham stepped out and helped those around him who got themselves
into trouble.
IV. Look at the children of Jacob – all the twelve tribes, but compare
their faithfulness in Egypt to their rebellion when they came out of Egypt.
A. Abraham was rich, but the emphasis was not upon the passing wealth of
this world.
1. Genesis 13:8 – Abraham was more interested in being a Christian
with Lot and the rest of his neighbors than he was in material gain.
2. Abraham was content to pasture his flocks in the desert and trust
God to make them fat, rather than have a dispute with Lot.
B. The person who refuses to give tithes and offerings will remain poor
in the things of God, although they might gain much material wealth.
1. Genesis 13:17-20 – Abraham gave tithes to Melchizedek.
2. I am sure Abraham passed on this faithfulness to his children.
3. What are you passing on to your children concerning material things?
4. Do you spend more time thinking about material wealth and how to
take care of your family than you spend wondering about Bible doctrines,
and trusting God to take care of you?