BA2007-01-02: DOING IT RIGHT

Sunday: January 7, 2007

Genesis 18:23-33
DOING IT RIGHT
PMR

(Gen 18:23) And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the
righteous withthe wicked?

(Gen 18:24) Peradventure there be
fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place
for the fifty righteous that are therein?

(Gen 18:25) That be
far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked:
and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not
the Judge of all the earth do right?

(Gen 18:26) And the LORD
said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will
spare all the place for their sakes.

(Gen 18:27) And Abraham
answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord,
which am but dust and ashes:

(Gen 18:28) Peradventure there
shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack
of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy
it.

(Gen 18:29) And he spoke unto him yet again, and said,
peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for
forty's sake.

(Gen 18:30) And he said unto him, Oh let not
the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found
there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

(Gen
18:31) And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the
Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not
destroy it for twenty's sake.

(Gen 18:32) And he said, Oh let
not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten
shall be found there, And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's
sake.

(Gen 18:33) And the LORD went his way, as soon as he
had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

In decision making, are you doing it right?
Romans 11:29: Walang pagsisi sa calling.

Abraham’s characteristics: Calm, calculated and composed in thoughts and manner
- we should calculate our decisions

Reasons why he left Ur to follow God’s calling:
1.) Needed to be removed from old friends and situations that might hinder his full obedience.
2.) A definite step of faith that contributed a Spiritual development.
3.) Shift the center of God’s working from Mesopotamia to Canaan.
- Usually, in following God, events shifts from convenience to conflict.
4.) His calling changed the whole complexion of God’s dealing with mankind.
- Abraham became the father of a nation, from where the blood line of Jesus came.