FAITH AND OBEDIENCE is the PROMISED LAND - 12 June 2019 (The Fountain of Living Waters Ministry) - by Celia-Joy Martins (Ref. 310418)
Every part of the Bible has MEANING - the WHOLE of it is GOOD and USEFUL for TEACHING, REBUKING, CORRECTING and TRAINING in RIGHTEOUSNESS says 2 Tim 3:16. WITHOUT the WORD of YAH (God) we are LOST.
The Bible tells us that the Abraham was the FATHER of ALL WHO BELIEVES (Rom. 4:16).
ABRAHAM'S PATH OF FAITH:
From the pages of Scripture comes the story of the old patriarch and his path of faith. It tells us that Abraham built 4 ALTARS to Yahweh God - in ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of YAH'S INTERFERENCE in his LIFE.
These interferences were UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCES - EXPERIENCES ETCHED in the mind of Abraham.
ABRAM ARRIVED in "SCHECHEM"
"Now in HARAN, Yahweh SAID to ABRAM. GO FOR YOURSELF [for your own advantage] AWAY from you COUNTRY, from your relatives and your father's house, to the LAND THAT I WILL SHOW you". (Gen 12:1).
AT SEVENTY YEARS OF AGE - CHILDLESS, ABRAM FOLLOWED YAHWEH'S INSTRUCTIONS:
In OBEDIENCE to Yahweh, "Abram DEPARTED, as YAH HAD INSTRUCTED him, and Lot [his nephew] WENT WITH him. Abram was SEVENTY YEARS OLD when he left HARAN. Abram took SARAI his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and ALL their possessions that they had gathered, and the persons [servants] that they had acquired in Haran, and they WENT FORTH to GO to the LAND OF CANAAN." (Gen. 12:4-5)
Abram set foot in Canaan ARRIVING at:
"SHECHEM" meaning "SHOULDER" (VITALITY) in the plain of
"MOREH" meaning "INSTRUCTION" (VISION).
The Canaanites:
In Canaan Abram encountered the CANAANITES - a cruel people, descendants of the post-flood giants - the Nephilim that came upon the face of the earth AGAIN AFTER the flood. (Gen. 6:4 "There were GIANTS on the EARTH in those days [before the flood]- and ALSO AFTERWARD [AFTER the flood] when the ANGELS of YAHWEH LIVED with the daughters of men, and they bore children to them.)
These people were brutal, malicious, ruthless, corrupt and immoral.
They were dishonest, perverted, contaminated, merciless and heartless. In this hostile environment, Abraham found that he (and his company) were again in an area where EVIL FORCES OPERATED - where TERRITORIAL SPIRITUAL FORCES - DESPOTISMS - POWERS - MASTER SPIRITS are RULING from out the HEAVENLY SUPERNATURAL SPHERE. (Eph. 6:12)
BUT
Abraham ALSO KNEW that ELOHIM YAHWEH was WITH him - appearing to him and telling him that through his Seed (Messiah Yahshua) ALL NATIONS of the EARTH will be BLESSED (Gal. 3:16).
Gal. 3:16 - "Now the promises,
the covenants, agreements,
were decreed and MADE to ABRAHAM
and his Seed, his Offspring, his Heir.
He, Yahweh, does not say, and to seeds, descendants, heirs,
as if referring to many persons,
but 'And to your Seed, your Descendant, your Heir,
obviously referring to ONE INDIVIDUAL,
Who is,
MESSIAH YAHSHUA."
THE FIRST ALTAR - AN ALTAR OF PRAISE:
So Abraham LIFTED HIS VOICE IN PRAISE, and THERE at SCHECHEM "SHECHEM" meaning "SHOULDER" (VITALITY) - in the plain of
"MOREH" meaning "INSTRUCTION" (VISION) - Abraham BUILT and ALTAR to Elohim Yahweh (God, the Lord) Who had appeared to him. (Gen. 12:7b).
FAITH AND OBEDIENCE is the PROMISED LAND:
The first ALTAR that Abraham built was an ALTAR OF PRAISE. No ALTAR COULD BE BUILT while Abraham was still OUTSIDE of the PROMISED LAND. It could only be built IN FAITH and IN OBEDIENCE (the PROMISED LAND) -the "PLACE" of DIVINE BLESSINGS.
Abram was born in UR of the CHALDEES, part of ancient BABYLON.
ABBA CANNOT BLESS US if we are still in our "EGYPT" or our "BABYLON". He CANNOT BLESS US if we CLING to our SIN - our gods - our "SELVES" - our IMMORALITY - our HATRED - our ANGER - our JEALOUSY - our SINFUL LIFESTYLES - our BITTERNESS ... for then we are still STUCK in BONDAGE and DISOBEDIENCE.
MESSIAH YAHSHUA - OUR "ALTAR":
We have "AN ALTAR" (Messiah Yahshua Himself) and Scripture tells us -
Heb. 13:10 "We HAVE AN ALTAR (Messiah Yahshua Himself) ... :13 Let us then go forth, from ALL THAT WOULD PREVENT US (out of the world and the worldliness - the sinfulness), to Him OUTSIDE the camp at Calvary, bearing the CONTEMPT and ABUSE AND SHAME WITH Him.
:14 For HERE WE HAVE NO PERMANENT CITY, but we are looking for the ONE WHO IS TO COME.
:15 Through Him (Messiah Yahshua - our "ALTAR") therefore, let us constantly and AT ALL TIMES OFFER UP to YAHWEH God a SACRIFICE OF PRAISE, which is the FRUIT OF LIPS that THANKFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND CONFESS AND GLORIFY HIS NAME."
"By Him therefore let us offer the SACRIFICE of PRAISE to YAHWEH God CONTINUALLY" (Heb. 13:10,15)
YAHWEH'S GRACE:
YAHWEH God, re-affirmed His COVENANT to ABRAHAM and his Seed, his Offspring, his Heir - (Messiah Yahshua Himself - Gal. 3:16) and THROUGH MESSIAH YAHSHUA ALL NATIONS SHALL BE BLESSED.
In PRAISE the MAIN FOCUS is ON YAHWEH GOD HIMSELF - BASED ON REVELATION from YAH NOT IMAGINATION. REVELATION from YAH (God) is ALWAYS IN PROPORTION to our KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE of Him.
O ABBA - help us on our journey - we are NOTHING WITHOUT You. Help us MESSIAH to LAY DOWN OUR LIVES - to give ourselves to YOU AS LIVING SACRIFICES - help us to OPEN UP OUR HEARTS AND OUR MINDS FOR YOUR SPIRIT - to RECEIVE YOUR SPIRIT for WITHOUT Your PRESENCE in our LIVES - we are LOST. Help us O HOLY SPIRIT to come to a PLACE OF WORSHIPPING IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH. In Messiah Yahshua's name. Amen.