Sunday Morning - November 2, 1997
Text: Genesis 11:26-29 "And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. 27. Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. 28. And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. 29. And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah."
Joshua 24:2 "And Joshua said &ldots;Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they [Your fathers and Terah] served other gods."
Genesis 9:26 "Blessed be the LORD God of Shem.."
Acts 7:2 "&ldots;The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,"
Exodus 3:2 "And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him [Moses] in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush:"
Acts 9:3 "And as he [Saul, Paul] journeyed, &ldots;suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:"
Acts 9:15 "But the Lord said unto him [Ananias], Go thy way: for he [Saul, Paul] is a chosen [elect] vessel unto me, &ldots;"
Nehemiah 9:7-8 "Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham; 8. And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land [possessions] of the Canaanites [your enemies], &ldots;for thou art righteous:"
Mark 13:20 "&ldots;but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, &ldots;"
Matthew 22:14 "For many are called, but few are chosen."
1 Corinthians 1:27-29 "But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 28. And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: 29. That no flesh should glory in his presence."
James 2:5 "&ldots;my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?"
ABRAHAM CALLED
Isaiah 51:2 "Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone [also few, first], and blessed him, and increased [excel, be great, in authority] him."
Isaiah 32:3 "And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken."
Hebrews 11:8 "By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance [gates and possession of his enemies], obeyed; and he went out,&ldots;"
SALVATION BEFORE THE CALLING
2 Timothy 1:9 "Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,"
CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE
Romans 8:28-33 "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
FOREKNOW/PREDESTINATION
29. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
PREDESTINATED ARE CALLED
30. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. 31. What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
SUPPLY ALL OF OUR NEEDS
32. He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
THE PREDESTINATED ARE NOT CHARGEABLE
33. Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth."
Ephesians 1:4-5 "According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5. Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,"
Ephesians 1:11 "In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:"
1 Peter 1:1-2 "Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the [elect,
chosen] strangers scattered [alone, away from family] throughout
Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2. Elect
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, &ldots;"
JACOB AND ISRAEL ARE TYPES
Isaiah 48:12 "Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last."
Isaiah 65:9 "And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains [heavenlies]: and mine elect [seed out of Jacob and Judah] shall inherit it [my mountains], and my servants shall dwell there."
James 2:23 "&ldots;Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God."
WHEN WE ARE FRIENDS
John 15:14-16 "Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
15. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
16. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you."
INVITATION OF A FRIEND
Luke 14:10 "But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship [glory] in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee."
Matthew 22:11-14 "And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
12. And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. (ref. Ezekiel 36:24-32; Revelation 21:4)
13. Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
14. For many are called, but few are chosen."
2 Peter 1:10-11 "Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
11. For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting [agelasting] kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ."