1. Text: Genesis 14 Hebrew s Hebrew s 7 Our Legate!

2. “Legate” “delegate”.Where we get our word … “delegate”.  Representative  Messenger  Ambassador  Consult  CHOICE!

3. for he wrote of Me. John 5:45-47 – “Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed Me: for he wrote of Me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe My words?”

4. Abraham and Lot

5. For that righteous man 2nd Peter 2:7-8 – “And delivered just Lot, vexed (wore down) with the filthy conversation (lifestyle) of the wicked: (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed (tormented) his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)”

6. 1st Corinthians 3:11-15 - “For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.”

7. and he was called the Friend of God James 2:23 – “And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.”

8. Hebrews 11:8-10 - “By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.”

9. Abraham and Lot

10. God is no respecter of personsActs 10:34 - “Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons” there is no respect of persons with GodRomans 2:11 – “For there is no respect of persons with God.” and there is no respect of personsColossians 3:25 – “But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.”

11. Abraham and Lot

12. Looked toward the sky Looked toward Sodom

13. Abraham and Lot Looked toward the sky Lived by grace Looked toward Sodom Lived by greed

14. Abraham and Lot Looked toward the sky Lived by grace Wanted righteousness Looked toward Sodom Lived by greed Wanted riches

15. Abraham and Lot Looked toward the sky Lived by grace Wanted righteousness Wanted peace Looked toward Sodom Lived by greed Wanted riches Wanted pre-eminence

16. Abraham and Lot Looked toward the sky Lived by grace Wanted righteousness Wanted peace Was an altar builder Looked toward Sodom Lived by greed Wanted riches Wanted pre-eminence Built NO altars

17. For men shall be lovers of their own selves lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God 2nd Timothy 3:1-5 - “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.”

19. Mary Crowley: “We are free up to the point of choice, then the choice controls the chooser”.

20. The Conflict

21. and these are contrary the one to the otherso that ye cannot do the things that ye would Galatians 5:16-17 – “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.”

22. The Choices

23. Pride (13: 8,9)

24. Pride destruction fall Proverbs 16:18 – “Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.”

25. The Choices Pride (13: 8,9) Unbelief (vs. 10a)

26. The Choices Pride (13: 8,9) Unbelief (vs. 10a) Worldliness (vs. 10b)

27. The Choices Pride (13: 8,9) Unbelief (vs. 10a) Worldliness (vs. 10b) Selfishness (vs. 11)

28. The Choices Pride (13: 8,9) Unbelief (vs. 10a) Worldliness (vs. 10b) Selfishness (vs. 11) Heedlessness (vs. 12)

29. went out from the presence of the LORD Nod (wandering) east Genesis 4:16 – “And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod (wandering), on the east of Eden.”

30. John 8:12 - “Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” Proverbs 4:18 - “But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.”

31. Matthew 6:33 – “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”

32. The Captivity

33. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right Genesis 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?”

34. therefore Ecclesiastes 8:11 – “Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.”

35. Galatians 6:7 – “Be not deceived; God is not mocked God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”

36. The Conquest

37. ye which are spiritual Galatians 6:1 -“Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.”

38. Melchizedek Prophetically- Psalm 110 Doctrinally- Hebrews 5-7 Historically- Genesis 14 The Christ He Typed

39. Melchizedek King of SalemKing of Salem (7:1) The Christ He Typed

40. Melchizedek King of Salem (7:1)King of Salem (7:1) “Priest of the most high God”“Priest of the most high God” The Christ He Typed

41. Melchizedek King of Righteousness and King of Peace (7:2)King of Righteousness and King of Peace (7:2) The Christ He Typed

42. Melchizedek Without father, mother, or descent. No beginning, no end. (7:3)Without father, mother, or descent. No beginning, no end. (7:3) The Christ He Typed

43. and this mortal must put on immortality 1st Corinthians 15:52-54 - “In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.”

44. Melchizedek The Christ He Typed The Choice He Became

45. Melchizedek - Bera

46. Melchizedek – Salem- Peace Bera- Sodom- Burning

47. make a way to escape 1st Corinthians 10:13 – “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.”

48. Melchizedek The Christ He Typed The Choice He Became The Comfort He Offered

49. grace to help in time of need Hebrews 4:16 – “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”

50. Melchizedek The Christ He Typed The Choice He Became The Comfort He Offered

53. Melchizedek

54. Melchizedek The Christ He Typed The Choice He Became The Comfort He Offered The Communication He Received

55. Hebrews 7:6-9 – “But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises. And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better. And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth. And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.”

56. Genesis 15:6 – “And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.”

57. Our Legate!