HEROES OF FAITH

Lesson 3 – THY FATHER’S HOUSE

TEXT: Gen. 12:1-3

INTRODUCTION:

A. BEING A CHILD OF GOD REQUIRES A COMMITMENT.

B. THERE IS A COST( Luke 14:28 ).

C. ABRAHAM WAS WILLING TO PAY( Rom. 15:4 ).

I. ABRAHAM( Gen. 12:1-3 ).

A. FORSOOK ALL THAT WAS FAMILIAR.

B. THE TRIALS OF ABRAHAM( Heb. 11 ).

1. vs. 8. Didn’t know where he was going.

2. vs. 9. A land not his own - Dwelt in tents.

3. vs. 13. Strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

4. vs. 17-19. Isaac sacrificed.

II. PAUL.

A. A RICH YOUNG RULER( Phil. 3:4-6; Gal. 1:14; Acts 22:3 ).

B. POWER!( Acts 22:4-5 ).

C. HOW IMPORTANT WERE THESE THINGS?( Phil. 3:3, 7-8 ).

III. WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT IS PRIORITIES.

A. JESUS WARNS & CHALLENGES US( Luke 14:26-27; Mat. 10:34-39 ).

B. THE PARADOX OF CONFUSED PRIORITIES( Mat. 16:24-26; 6:19-21 ).

C. Mat. 6:33. PUTTING JESUS FIRST SOMETIMES INVOLVES LEAVING THY FATHER’S HOUSE.

D. TRUTH( John 8:31-32; Prov. 23:23 ).

CONCLUSION:

A. GREAT LESSON OF OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS.

1. Rahab and Ruth( Ruth 1:16-17 ). "Whither thou goest..."

2. Peter( Mat. 19:27 ). "We have left all..."

B.WHAT IS FIRST IN YOUR LIFE?