"FROM HALF-WAY TO PERFECT"

MF Blume MARCH 21, 1999 am

Gene 17:1-4 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I [am] the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, As for me, behold, my covenant [is] with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

Colo 1:27-28 To whom God would make known what [is] the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

Colo 2:10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:


God's Word to Abram after many years of first speaking to him was "BE PERFECT."

We are going to discuss Abram's life quite a bit, now, because his life is very important in the Christian walk.
Roma 4:12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which [he had] being [yet] uncircumcised.
The true believers are the ones who truly walk in the steps of faith of Abraham. He started out in a region called Ur of the Chaldees. The trouble was that God told Abram to leave his kinfolk. But Abram let his father lead him! If you want to have anything to do with God you must leave Adam. But Abram does not follow that word perfectly. From the start Abram had a problem with being a half-way man.

Going from Ur of the Chaldees into Canaan is a very important picture in the christian walk.

We leave confusion and go into completion. Jesus died to get us out of confusion and get us into the place of being perfect and aware that we are complete in Jesus Christ. Ur was called Mesopotamia. The wilderness is a place of no direction and wandering. After they wandered, not calling upon God, they hungered and they thirsted. Do you know what all people hunger and thirst for? So many have started what they thought was a proper christian walk and then found out that things did not go right. When they called upon God, He led them to a City.
Deut 6:23 And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
Call upon God when you're in trouble and stop trying to figure it out alone!

God brought us out to bring us in.

Another thing to note is that "Haran" means "dryness" or "mountainous." Terah died in Haran, also known as "Charron." You see that Adam is dead and you were never supposed to follow that flesh anyway. And he went to a mountain. But we read that not only did God speak to Abram about getting the land of Canaan, but we also read, "AND THE CANAANITE WAS THEN IN THE LAND." But Famine came, and Abram became scared. Possessions caused trouble amongst the two, Abram and Lot. Abram moved on. This is a journey, folks. And after we read He is truth, we read:
John 14:26 But the Comforter, [which is] the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, [that] shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
Abram's entire goal was to come to a place and beget a child of promise. (Genesis 14) Lot was taken captive and Abram took 318 of his servants and defeated four armies. And Sodom's king tries to reward him. Then a miracle occurs after this point of taking bread and wine. Look what the bible says about Abram's body at the time God spoke this to him:
Roma 4:18-19 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, ...
His body was dead, and after he saw the vision, we read in the 16th chapter that he had a son, Ishmael. Ishmael is born. A rebuke! Let us JOURNEY and LEARN. The good news is that when you get on track and repent for your half-way spirit, God forgives and forgets.


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