Bible Readings:
Genesis 12:1 – 9
Galatians 3:13 – 29
Sermon Outline:
- A call to leave everything behind and go into the unknown
- Jesus’ call: “follow me”
- Mark 1:17 – Simon Peter and his brother Andrew
- Luke 5:27 – Levi, the Tax Collector (Matthew)
- Luke 9:23 – the disciples, after Peter’s confession
- Luke 9:59 – the 3 with other pressing commitments
- Luke 14:27 – after the parable of the Wedding Feast
- Luke 18:22 – the Rich Young Ruler
- His call to us
- Jesus’ call: “follow me”
- The Promise
- “I will make you into a greater nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great,…” (1a)
- the history of the descendants of Abraham for 2,000 years
- the change of their identity/definition because of Jesus – Galatians 3:16 – ‘seeds’ and ‘Seed’ (some translated as offspring)
- cf – John’s warning (Luke 3:8)
- Jesus foretelling (Matthew 8:11)
- Paul’s exegesis (Galatians 3:29; Romans 4:16)
- the history of Christ’s Church
- The Purpose
- “… and you will be blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” (2b)
- the main purpose in God’s blessing us, to BE a blessing to the world!
- our responsibility for Jewish Evangelism
- Are we fulfilling this purpose?