THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM
Ps. Abraham Addae Agyemang Sunday, 1st September, 2013 Text (s): Genesis 12: 1-3, Acts 7:3, Hebrew 11:8 INTRODUCTION God told/called Abram (later called Abraham) to leave his native country, relatives and family and go to the land He(God) will show him. When the call came, Abram moved out in faith to follow God. God then established a covenant of blessing with him. God told him, he will father a great nation which will be blessed to be a blessing to other nations. The nation Israel was that nation physically and the Church was its spiritual counterpart. This blessed nation was to follow God wholeheartedly with reverence and obedience and then influence other nations to do the same. The blessing that was pronounce by God upon Abraham manifested in the flesh (John 1:14) in the person of Jesus Christ who was born to die to save humanity. Through him, people came to have personal relationship with God as their father and blessed beyond measure with all spiritual, ...