1. Teaching the “whole counsel of God” (Acts 20:27)
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2. Genesis 18
God comes to visit

3. Abraham’s Tree

4. Abraham’s Tree

5. What could he see from his tent door

6. The visitors The LORD Plus two others
Tetragramaton
Plus two others
Almost certainly angels
Abraham ran to meet them and bowed before them
No fear
Great respect
A desire for fellowship
A desire to give of his best
Hospitality

7. The Promise confirmed Sarah laughs inwardly How do we use laughter?
God knew her heart
Didn’t let her off her lie
He extended grace to her
She (and Abraham) would always remember this encounter because of their Son’s name (Isaac, meaning laughter).
How do we use laughter?
To express joy (Proverbs 17 verse 22) (Psalm 32 verse 11)?
To ridicule?
To laugh at things that displease God (Ephesians 5 verse 4)
To deceive – practical jokes (Proverbs 26 verses 18 & 19)

8. The Promise Confirmed
When Sarah heard about the intentions of God her reaction was unbelief.
Many to whom we take The Gospel react similarly
Many whom we tell about God’s standards also react similarly
Many whom we tell about the coming end times react similarly
Sarah looked at herself and her husband and believed it was impossible – not only to conceive but to do what was necessary to conceive.
Whereas God had to do the miraculous for all to know this was His act not just a work of the flesh.

9. The Intercession God entrusts this to Abraham because He Knows him
Knows his heart
Knows he will command his household righteously
There is an outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah
The angels head for Sodom
Abraham stands before The Lord – between Him and Sodom
Exodus 32 verses 30 – 32 – Moses intercedes
Ezekiel 22 verse Israel Judged because there was none to stand in the gap

10. The intercession Intercession has some prerequisites: God knows them
God has matured them
They must know God
They must understand what the will of God is on the matter in focus
Intercession requires that there some righteous people to do it
Intercession is driven by God and answered by God (CH 19 v 29)
God would have saved the city for just one righteous person

11. Teaching the “whole counsel of God” (Acts 20:27)
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