THE RESURRECTION FAMILY

December 9, 2001 pm
MF Blume

Romans 4:19  And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb:

Hebrews 11:17-19  By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.



Abram, Sarai and Isaac all experienced a resurrection from death, so to speak, in figure. This family is the RESURRECTION FAMILY!

The members of this family experienced a kind of resurrection at different times.

This series of resurrections seems to portray a sequence of events that the child of God must experience in order to fulfill God's will in our lives.


ABRAM

After Abram met Melchisedek and received bread and wine from him after the battle against the four kings, we read that God's promise to him was renewed.

Genesis 15:1-6  After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Paul commented about this event and said Abram's body was in a state of death as far as reproduction was concerned.
Romans 4:19  And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, ...
He simply was too old to be able to naturally father a child. After the bread and wine, Abram was resurrected!

This aspect of Abram's life represents the experience we require in order to accomplish a work for God.

When we look at our circumstances and our personalities and consider that for those reasons we cannot do God's will, then we are not walking by faith. Many people feel to shy to be able to testify or to sing boldly and worship God freely. The first lesson to learn is that when God calls you to do a work for Him, You can do it, no matter what the circumstance.
 

SARAI

Next, Sarai had to become pregnant.

Sarai should have realized that if God could raise Abram's system to father a son then He could do the same for her. Sarai's need resurrection tells us a lesson about HOW TO ACCOMPLISH GOD'S WILL after we have confidence that we can do His will. Many people have the confidence that they can fulfill the will of God for their lives. It reminds me of how David copied the plan of the Philistines in order to return the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem. Just because the world does things a worldly way there is no reason for us to utilize their means to do God's will! The same power that gave Abram hope and confidence to do God's will, is the power that Abram must rely upon in order to carry it out! I've heard many Gospel Music singers who can sing like canaries! Lesson One is to believe God to give you confidence that you can do His will.

Lesson Two is to carry it out through the power of the Spirit, once you have confidence you can do it.  Do not fulfill it through fleshly means.
 
 

ISAAC

Lesson three is seen in Isaac.

Abraham later offered Isaac on the altar after God told him that through Isaac would come millions of descendants.

The lesson is that when we do bring forth a work of God through spiritual means and the power of the Holy Ghost upon our lives, and refuse to bring forth His will through the power of fleshliness and reasoning, THAT MINISTRY/WORK OF GOD CANNOT DIE. Any true ministry of the Spirit may actually die in one's life. It doesn't matter what the situation looks like. Jonah was called to go to Ninevah and preach. If there is a backslidden preacher reading this study, then the Lord is telling you to repent and to know that your ministry cannot remain dead if you repent and get back on track! Many people's ministries have died and they have been moping and discouraged ever since and suck their thumbs for years, pitying themselves. God never promised you a rose garden.
Matthew 8:19-20  And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

Matthew 24:9-13  Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.


People, take it from the RESURRECTION FAMILY!
YOU CAN DO THE WILL OF GOD!

HIS WORD SAYS YOU CAN!