Seed of eternal life is in the Gospel. Abraham prayed and wombs had seed again. It’s not up to us to determine who fears God. We are those who have Eden blessing. See how God is good His chosen ones. Great thing just to know how good God is to us. (Genesis 20:1-16; 1 Corinthians 3:6; John 6)

Speaker: Justin Schaller
Date: 2026-07-12
Time: Sun 6:30 pm
Sermon #13169

P. Justin Schaller –

You’re only standing because I’m not prepared. Okay. How are you guys doing this evening? Should we pray? Is God good? Should we preach in season, out of season, all the time? Middle of July? Should we preach in the middle of July? Yeah, we should. (Prayer).

 

How was Convention? Wasn’t Convention great? What did you like about Convention? Maybe you can just say something to the person sitting next to you. What did you like about Convention? It’s pretty quiet in here. What did you like about Convention? Did you like the unity that we had in the Body of Christ? Did you like the fact that we could look at something bigger than human beings? That’s really nice, isn’t it? 

 

Did you like the joy and the freedom? I loved it. Did you have to work for it? No. Or did you just have to show up? And when you showed up, you received, didn’t you? Best things in life are things that you receive that are free. I think God’s into free. Don’t you think so? Yes. I don’t think he’s so much into transactions. 

 

I think he’s much more focused on giving and providing because that’s his name, isn’t it? He says that to Abraham. I am the God that will see to it. Jehovah Jireh. I am the God that will provide. In the Hebrew, it is I’ll see to it. I’ll get it done. And he sees to it, doesn’t he? 

 

So, tonight, I just want to share a couple sections of Scripture just briefly. And I’m going to just do a little spiritual riff, meaning I’m just going to share what I’ve been meditating on. 

 

In Psalm chapter 1, there’s a picture of a man that’s a blessed man. He’s blessed. It’s a word that we use often. Blessed. What does it mean to be blessed? In the Hebrew, it means that you’re favored. You’re a person that shows up and everything is provided for you because you’re a favored individual. So a blessed person is a person that is highly favored. 

 

And in Psalm chapter 1, it talks about a man who is a blessed man. And this is how you’re going to be a blessed man. And it starts off by giving you the negative things. These are the things to stay away from. These are the types of people to stay away from. Don’t walk with this certain person. Don’t stand with this person. And definitely, don’t sit down with the scornful or the mockers, but rather be a person who meditates on the law of the Lord day and night. 

 

So, the question is, if I want to be a blessed person, what does it mean to meditate? And we’ve been taught so well in this ministry of meditation. And the thing that I’ve been enjoying so much just in the last few months is how the Scripture lays out the – you could say, literature. It’s written in a certain way that when you read it on the surface, it seems as though that it’s somewhat disjointed. 

 

Meaning when you read the book of Genesis, I don’t know about you, but when you read the book of Genesis, whenever I read it, it seems so random to me. Seems somewhat disjointed. I never said that out loud until right now. 

 

I’m admitting it because you have stories about families. It’s really a family story, and it’s a story about families breaking up and family members treating other family members wrongfully. And there’s a division of brothers and there’s jealousy and envy and there’s trickery and there’s deceiving people and all of that. And you read it on the surface through the first time and the second time and the third time and you start to see that there’s reoccurring things that are going on in the story over and over again.

 

And meditation is taking parts of the Bible and comparing it with other parts of the Bible and seeing as though that there’s similarities but also differences and meditating on the meaning of the similarities and the contrasts. 

 

So, for instance, we have been taught so well in our ministry about the Lamb of God and the Levitical law and the idea that there needs to be an atonement of sins and if someone has sinned, there needs to be a sacrifice and a blood sacrifice. 

 

And we see when Christ comes, he’s the Lamb of God. But to a new believer, if they hear the phrase that Jesus is the Lamb of God, but they don’t know the backstory, then they have nothing to compare it with. It’s just that I guess the Father likes to call his Son a little lamb. I don’t really understand. 

 

But we know the deep understanding because we’ve been taught to compare the Levitical law with who Christ is and how Christ is the fulfillment of that. So, meditation is looking at two different stories that are different characters but they have similarities to them. 

 

And the author of the Pentateuch, Moses, inspired by the Holy Spirit, wrote a narrative of five books that’s really one long book telling one story. And it’s really a story about how God is good, how God is good. And on the surface, that seems very simple. You could just take that statement, God is good, and you’re left with it. 

 

But then when you dive in and you compare the stories with other stories, you start to have the Holy Spirit teach you a deeper understanding of how God is good. This is what we want because it says in Psalm 1, when you do that, you’ll be like a tree that’s planted by rivers of living water and you’re going to bear forth fruit. And we want to do that. 

 

So, I want to show you and I just want you to stay with me. I won’t speak too long, but I want to just show you just one thing that’s ministered to me very much. And it’s a story in Genesis chapter 20. And it’s a story about Abraham and Abraham, God’s guy, the great hero of the faith. 

 

But when you really look at his story, you can identify with him very much so, because he’s just like you and I. He’s a person that’s riddled with insecurity and fear. Even though God has promised a lot to him. 

 

But I want to show you just one before we get there. I want to show you one thing in Genesis. You don’t have to turn there, but Genesis chapter 1. I talked about this this morning and I just want to relate this to what we’re going to say about Abraham and then we’ll look at John 6.

 

But in the Garden of Eden, God planted these trees. And he says in Genesis 1:29, I’ve given you every plant yielding seed. Now, just think about that just for a moment. Plants yielding seed. If you have an apple, how many seeds are in an apple? If you have a pomegranate, how many seeds do you have in a pomegranate? I looked it up.

 

Typical pomegranate has 200 to 1400 seeds in it. So, one pomegranate has 14 seeds in it. So, if you think about that, God planted a garden. But he established in the garden a system of multiplication. One pomegranate can produce 1,400 other pomegranate trees. So, one can produce multiplication. 

 

So, the idea is that God has produced a land for man that is abundant. I don’t know about you, but I don’t know if you can sit down and consume 1,400 pomegranates. Or let’s just take two pomegranates and now all of a sudden we have 2,800. Then you have 6,000. Then you have 12,000. You see how it works? It’s compounding interest. 

 

When he created the fish of the sea, he blessed them and multiplied them. So, he took maybe one or two animals and through two animals there was multiplication. So, the idea when you’re reading it is that this is abundance that he’s created everything. 1 Timothy 6, this is what I preached on this morning. He’s created everything for our good and our enjoyment. He’s provided it all. 

 

But then as you get through the story, you get into man and woman. And through the book of Genesis, you have this idea that men and women have something called a seed in them. So, plants and fish and animals have seed and humans have seed. And if God’s initial plan for Eden and the prosperity and abundance of Eden to fill the earth from this one little location, man and woman are going to have to produce more seed. 

 

So, in Genesis 3, after the Fall, God gave a promise and he said that the woman through her seed, there will be a Messiah who will crush the head of the serpent. But also the serpent has what? Seed. 

 

Now, this is strange that the serpent who was deceitful, who is going to bruise the heel of the Messiah, also has seed. So, the question is when you’re reading through the book of Genesis, you’re saying, Okay. I understand Abraham’s seed is good and the serpent’s seed is bad. Where do I see the serpent’s seed? Have you thought that before? 

 

Where is the serpent’s seed? Now, this is the amazing thing about the book of Genesis, because there’s a story about Isaac’s wife. Do you remember how she had twins, didn’t she? She had twins. And weren’t they fighting and duking it out? You’re thinking, is there two different seeds in her duking it out?

 

And then the older one comes and then the younger one comes and what is he doing? He’s a heel grabber. You know what a heel grabber is in the Hebrew? It’s an awesome word. It means that you’re walking by and your best friend clips your heel to trip you up. 

 

Who is that? It was Jacob. He’s the heel grabber. Well, the serpent is going to bruise the seed of the good seed of the Messiah. Why now is Jacob being compared to the serpent when he’s the promised seed? 

 

Moses, inspired by the Holy Spirit, lays out like breadcrumbs for us to sit and to think about things that are similar but different. Because it’s very easy in our mind to think good guy, bad guy. All right. I’m ready to go. Good seed, bad seed. Let’s hit the road. I’m going to be able to identify it as I move through the book of Genesis. 

 

But then you have Abraham who’s acting like a snake. And then you have Isaac acting like a snake. And you have Jacob who is a trickster, supplanter is defined just as the serpent was. 

But the amazing thing is that all of the characters through the book of Genesis act just like the serpent. Doesn’t Jacob disguise himself and his father feels him and he feels like an animal? And it’s his own son who’s disguising himself to steal a blessing. 

 

Wait a second. I thought those were the good guys and those are the bad guys. This is the amazing thing. God gives human beings a second chance, a third chance, a tenth chance, a 50th chance, a thousand chances over and over and over again. 

 

To be honest, for me, Genesis has taught me the finished work probably more than anything, because I’m understanding that God is just trying to be good to people that don’t want to receive it. Because they want to do it through their own power and their own plan. 

 

So, let me just share this story. You guys following this with me? It’s something – this is just meditation. You can think of these things because the Holy Spirit can teach us. I’m just like Jacob and I’m just like Abraham in the story. So, let’s read it, Genesis 20

 

Now, do you remember when Abraham first got called out of Ur of the Chaldees and he went up through the land of Canaan and there was a great famine, and then he ended up in Egypt. And he lied and he brought cursing to Egypt, didn’t he? Abraham is meant to be a blessing to the nations. 

 

He’s meant to be the blessing of Eden that was lost. Now, God is going to start his project all over again to bring Eden back to the earth. And he chooses one family to bring blessing back. But when Abraham goes into Egypt in his early days of faith, he lies and deceives and uses his wife as something that is attractive to make Pharaoh take something that doesn’t belong to him. So, you think about one time of lying and deceiving a great king, he would learn the lesson after Egypt was just cursed. 

 

But now in Genesis chapter 20, we come to another story of Abraham having interaction with a pagan king. This is how great the Bible is. I love it. I love it. This is a pagan king. But look at how this pagan king acts. And remember, Abraham is the one of the blessed seed, isn’t he? 

 

And then you have this other seed. Is it the line of Cain? But it’s the serpent’s seed. And the serpent seed is a seed of deception, a seed of selfishness that’s in every fallen human being. And it’s in Abraham as well.

 

So, let’s look in verse 1 of chapter 20. Vs. 1. And this great king Abimelech is going to come up a few times. Vs. 2. It gives us the backstory when he goes into Egypt a few chapters earlier. You can read it. And it gives a backstory of why he is saying to his wife, you have to be my sister. It’s because he was afraid. 

 

He was afraid that they were going to take his life. But that episode is after God blessed him and said, I’m going to make you a great nation, a great people. So, Abraham is not acting in accordance of obedience of what God has promised him. Here’s another thing. Do you know how righteousness – we use that word “righteousness?” 

 

Righteousness works like this. And many of you know it, but I just want to say it because some maybe, somebody, some people don’t. Righteousness works like this. If you have a boss, there’s certain boundaries in that relationship with your boss. You got to show up for 40 hours a week. You can’t cut out on too many breaks. You got to do your work. You got to do your work. You got to respect your boss. If you do those qualifications, you are considered from biblical terms righteous in that relationship. That’s right behavior in that relationship. 

 

Now, my relationship with my boss is not the same as my relationship with my wife or with my children. Different relationships require different boundaries for right relationships. 

 

So, the question is what is our relationship with God? What should the boundaries be to be declared to be declared righteous? Because Noah was declared righteous. And you know what it is? God says it. You listen to it, receive it, and obey it. When you do that, you’re declared righteous from God’s standard.

 

So, God had given him the promise, but now he’s not walking in righteousness. He’s breaking the boundaries of the relationship, and he’s going to do it again. So, in chapter 20 and vs. 2, Abraham said of Sarah’s wife, she is my sister. Vs. 2. It’s a main theme in Genesis, seeing and then taking. 

 

So, Sarah now is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. She looks delightful and pleasant. And now the king Abimelech is being deceived by a liar because it’s not his sister. It’s his wife. And he causes the king to take something that doesn’t belong to him. 

 

Vs. 3. Just think about this. Why is he the dead man? Because he’s sinning. But in this case, he’s ignorant. So, God’s giving him a chance. So, look at what God says. Because of the woman you have taken, for she is a man’s wife. That’s adultery in the Bible. You’re about to commit adultery. 

 

But who caused it? The righteous one, Abraham. God just shaking his head. I’ve got to work with these humans. So, look at what he says. For she is a man’s wife. Now, Abimelech had not come near to her. Hadn’t had sex with her. Vs. 4. So, it’s not even that he’s a dead man. God said, The whole nation is dead because of one man’s sin. 

 

Does that sound similar? Because one man sinned, all have fallen into sin. So, Abimelech’s acting like Adam, but he’s somewhat ignorant of the fact that he took something that didn’t belong to him because he was deceived. 

 

Vs. 5. Wasn’t I deceived God? Vs. 5. Look at this. Vs. 6. Look at this. Vs. 6b. This is like deep theology. God is saying, I am the one who has stopped you from sinning against her until I came to you and made you responsible of what you gotten yourself into. This is like Romans chapter 2. 

 

Vs. 6. Don’t touch. Does that sound familiar in Genesis 3? Adam, don’t touch that. So, now you have a pagan king who’s saying, God is saying to him, don’t touch it. You could say, God, who are you? You’re going to withhold something from me that is rightfully mine. But that’s not Abimelech’s attitude. Look at what he says. Vs. 7. He’s not acting like it but he’s a prophet. Vs. 7. The one who deceived you will now be the one – because I’m working with him – he’ll be the one who will pray for you. 

 

Does it take humility to be in a position where the one who has deceived you, has caused this curse to come upon you, and now you’re having a conversation with God about his prophet who has caused this mess. Takes humility. And look at what it says. Vs. 7. If you touch that tree, you’re going to die. “Thou and all that are thine.” Your whole nation, your whole tribe is going to die. It’s up to you, Abimelech. 

 

Amazing thing is in this portion too, is this pagan king is a mediator. Do you remember when Abraham was on the hilltop looking over Sodom and he’s saying to God, God, will you kill 50 righteous? How about 45? How about 30? How about 20? How about 10? He’s mediating. Abraham is mediating between God and his nephew Lot. Here, Abimelech is mediating between the nation and God. 

 

Now, this is to me is wow! I thought Abimelech and the Amalekites, they’re evil. They’re the bad seed. But this guy’s acting the way that Abraham did act. And he’s mediating. Look at what he does, vs. 8. You would too, wouldn’t you? If you know that you’re going to die and the whole nation’s going to die, I’m getting up at 3:00 a.m. and I’m going to figure out this mess. vs. 8. They had the fear of the Lord in them. 

 

Isn’t the fear of the Lord the beginning of wisdom? They feared God, these pagan people. Vs. 9. Can you put up Genesis 3? Just look at this phrase. This is like a little Bible study tonight. You guys with me? These are things you can meditate on. Look at Genesis chapter 3. 

 

What does God say? What does God say to Adam and Eve when he finds out that they sinned? He says the same phrase Abimelech just said, What have you done? In the Hebrew, it’s like this. What have you done? What have you done? Do you understand what you have done? This is the same attitude that Abimelech has. He’s rehearsing the same words that God said in Genesis chapter 3 with Adam and Eve, but he’s saying it to Abraham. What have you done?

 

And look at what Abraham says. Abraham was a smart fellow. And sometimes your smarts get you into even more trouble. Look at what he says, Genesis 20:9. Could you imagine God even saying that to Adam and Eve? What have I done against you that you would violate me? Haven’t I provided everything for you? I love it because it shows the heart of God. That sin was not something that he wanted. 

 

But what was the sin that they committed? It was this question that the book of Job probed so deeply. Is God good or is God holding something back from you? That’s the question that the devil used. 

 

But Abimelech is saying, Why have you done this to us? Don’t you know, Abraham, that your sin is going to cause my death in the whole nation? Why have you done this? What a great question. Why have you done this? And he says, Wherein have I sinned against you that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. 

 

Vs. 10. What did you see? It’s a great question, too. This is meditation. Adam and Eve, what did you see? Well, to this point in Genesis chapter 20, we have a good understanding of what Eve saw. She saw something that was pleasant and good in her own eyes. So, that means that what Abraham saw in his plan was good and was pleasant. 

 

But that taking caused this judgment on Abimelech. And look at what – here’s the point. Vs 10-11. He’s blaming Abimelech and the people that they didn’t fear God. That’s why he had to do it. But who doesn’t fear God in the story?  Abraham.

 

This is what we use. The psychological term is projection. We use it with the devil and demons. The projections. You know what projection is? I take my guilt and put it on you. Projections of the devil and Satan are really projections of who he is that he casts on you. You’re not loved. You’re not forgiven. You have no future. You have no hope. You’re hopeless. 

 

Those are all true. Not for you, but for him. That’s projection. So, Abraham is projecting his fear that he doesn’t fear God because if he feared God, he would go in as the man of God, as the prophet of God. But he doesn’t fear God. He doesn’t think God has it on God’s side. So, he casts it on the people. 

 

This is an amazing thing to me, too. Because how many times has God put us in a place to do good to people, but we fear that they won’t receive it? Like we can even think with the Gospel it’s the good seed, isn’t it? And it’s an abundant seed that produces life. But we can fear, oh, these people won’t receive it. 

 

It’s a fear that Abraham had. And so look at what he says. Ge. 20:11, Abimelech says, What did you see? Abraham said, I was thinking you guys didn’t fear God and that you would slay me for my wife’s sake. Moreover, look at the excuse. It’s like Adam and Eve. Vs. 12-13. Isn’t guilt an amazing thing? The guilty heart produces great thoughts in the mind to justify its actions. It’s so funny. 

 

And you know, if you look in vs. 13, “And it came to pass when God caused me to wander.” Is that really what happened, Abraham? You know, the word “wander” is exile. God exiled me. This God, he chose me and he exiled me to a foreign land. Guess what? I had to come up with a plan to protect myself. 

 

Now, he’s not only throwing Abimelech under the bus, he’s throwing God under the bus. But let’s be honest. I’m the same way. I’m the same way. And this the fascinating thing. God’s not done with him yet or his screwed up family. He’s not done. Because I think God likes to choose evil and what man means for evil, so that he can use it for TOV, the land is good and abundant. 

 

This is a huge display of God’s patience, his faithfulness, his perseverance, and his unfailing love to a guy he’s been so good to. But you put him in a place where he starts to squirm a little bit and he doesn’t rely on God. He relies on himself and he does a lot of harm. 

 

So, in vs. 13, we’re almost done. Look at what happens. Vs. 13-15. This guy sounds gracious. Oh my gosh. You’re going, This is a good seed, Abimelech. Until you come to the Amalekites a little bit later. And you’re like, Oh, they’re screwed up, too. But right now, he’s acting the way God would act. 

 

You’ve sinned against me. What have you done? But let me give you a seven-fold blessing and take whatever land you want. Would that teach you a lesson of God’s goodness? It’s the goodness of God that leads us to turn. It’s the goodness. 

 

Is Abraham thinking right now, Oh my gosh, this pagan king is acting just like Yahweh. I don’t deserve this. We haven’t gotten to 22 yet, where he offers up his son and he does that gladly, because he’s seen God being faithful to him over and over again. That’s the only reason why God is very patient in giving the son in the due time because the servant of God’s got to learn who God is before he tries him with the greatest sacrifice he’s asking him for. God’s timetable is much different than ours. 

 

And we say, No, give me the promised son. Now God’s saying, If I gave you the promised son and told you what to do, you would run so far. You would be like Jonah, but you got to fail and fail and fail and fail and fail. And I’m going to show how good and good and good and good I am to you, so that you can learn the stinking lesson, Abraham. 

 

When you come into a foreign land, you’re not meant to bring a curse, but a blessing. I’m abundant and I will protect you and I will use you to bless these people. . And so look at what happens. 

 

He said, vs. 16. “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. Behold, it is for you a covering of the eyes.” You know, in the Hebrew it means like this never happened. It’s a covering of the eyes. Take the money and in respect of all that are righted. 

 

They’re treating these people that deceive them, that brought on death and cursing like God would treat them. Vs. 16-17. Second to last point is this. The Eden blessing was be fruitful and multiply. That picture is the seed, the good seed. Man and woman, they come together, they become one, and then they produce more seed. Because Abraham was not acting the way he should be acting as a transporter of God’s blessing, but rather a curse, their wombs were closed. 

 

Even Abraham’s wife Sarah says when God says you’re going to have a baby, she says, Is my womb going to find pleasure again? And the word “pleasure” is Eden. Is my womb going to be like Eden again? Is it going to bring forth blessing? 

 

So, it ends off by Abraham and Sarah’s action caused the wombs of these people to be closed. But then God uses Abraham to pray for Abimelech and the wombs are opened again of seed and blessing and abundance. This is the story.

 

Now, last point is this. When Jesus comes in John chapter 6, he says this very strange thing where he’s talking about eating again, but it’s not of a tree or fruit, but it’s of flesh. And if you eat of the flesh and drink of the blood, you’ll have eternal life. 

 

Paul picks this theme up. Let’s just close with this. Paul picks this theme up. Let’s look in I think it’s 1 Corinthians 3. 1 Corinthians 3 and verse – make sure I have it right. Might be a second. Uh yeah, It’s second. Oh no, that’s not the right one. 2 Corinthians 3 and verse? Nope. Let’s look at first. 

 

Okay, look at vs. 6. Yeah. Of course it is. 1 Corinthians 3:6. I planted. I planted. Paul, what did you plant? I planted the seed. I planted the seed of eternal life. When Jesus says, You’re going to eat my flesh, drink my blood, I’m the bread that comes down. If you eat this bread and drink this water, you will have eternal life. 

 

It’s going back to the picture that if you eat something internally, something will occur. When you feast on Christ and receive Christ, he is the tree of life and you eat of that tree and you will never die. So, Paul picks that theme up and he says, the seed of the Gospel has been planted in you. 

 

And he – look at what he says, 1 Corinthians 3:6. This is like such an amazing thing and it probably won’t come out but it’s this. When you were birthed, you were birthed from a seed and that seed came from heaven and it came from the tree of eternal life which is Christ. And you received it and you ate it. And that seed was planted in you and you became a new creation. It’s a new birth. 

 

But that seed has what John 15 says. It bears fruit. It bears fruit. So, if you think of fruit, you think that fruit has seeds in it. So, the idea is fruit is not for the tree, but it’s for people passing by to eat of the fruit. And then when they eat the fruit, they eat the seeds and the seeds multiply through them. This is the idea of spiritual fruit. And this is the idea of the seed of the new birth. 

 

But the thing that I’ve that’s been, the Lord’s been teaching me is this. We have the seed of eternal life. We have the seed of blessing. We have the ability to come in and bring the blessing like Abraham gave where the wombs were opened. But we’re not talking about physical because Jesus said this is not a physical birth, but it’s a spiritual birth. 

 

But the thing that can hold back me from giving is my sin nature. And it’s just like Abraham. It’s fear. It’s fear. It’s my own life. It’s my own wants. It’s my own desires. It’s my own plan. It’s like Abraham is the new Eden in that story. And he is there to produce more abundance wherever he goes. But because of the sin nature, he hoards it all to himself. 

 

I hate to say it, but it’s what Israel is today. It’s the prophet Jonah. They were meant to be the eating blessing to the rest of the world, but they wouldn’t go to the pagan nations because they thought they were dogs. 

 

The whole story of Jonah going to Nineveh is to go there and bless them with the Eden blessing of abundance and spiritual abundance. But he goes, Uh-uh, not the people up there. They’re wicked. 

 

But what happens? God causes him to go and he preaches the Word and there’s new trees with new seeds sprouting from the ground. And he goes, No, I thought they feared. They didn’t fear God. God goes, It’s not up to you to determine if someone fears God or not fears God. It’s up to you just to be the Eden blessing wherever you go. God is so good to us. 

 

And this is the thing that I love about Body life is that the thing that draws us together is that we’ve tasted of something that is not from this earth. We’ve tasted a fruit. We tasted meat. We’ve tasted a bread that’s not from this earth. 

 

And in John chapter 6, when people leave after the eat my flesh, drink my blood and people leave, they go, Ah, this guy is a weirdo. He’s talking about cannibalism. And he turns to his disciples and he says to Peter, Are you guys going to go, too? 

 

And he goes, What does Peter say? No, Lord. You have the words of eternal life. You are the tree of life. And if we eat of this tree, how could we go anywhere else? You are so good to us. And the fruit that you give us and the lift that you give us is too good for us to go anywhere else. 

 

What plants a believer? What plants a believer is teaching them the Word which is the seed. But it’s not knowledge and it’s not earthly wisdom. It’s heavenly seed that waters the little seed and it grows and it produces abundance and its roots get down into the soil, Psalm 1. I have such a conviction and thank God in our ministry we are not dog and pony show. We’re not lights and lasers. We’re not trying to please people. We just preach the Word because the Word is the only thing that will open people’s minds up to the fact that God is so good. 

 

And I’m like sometimes we feel like the Apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians chapter 12 and he says I just don’t have words to say it any other way that God is so good. But let me just show you how good he is through the Scripture and you’re going to understand that’s what he thinks about you. 

 

How much does he love you? Abraham gets the point. The pagan king acts like the way Yahweh would act towards Abraham. The whole thing is you can’t figure it out in one sense, but that’s why John 14, God’s given us the Holy Spirit, so he can teach us these things. 

 

And it’s all about God being good to the pagan king and God being good to his chosen man. Both of them need the same grace, same mercy, and they are loved. And God is saying to Abraham, I love Abimelech. Go and be a blessing to him. 

 

And in our world, let us just be that way, because God is so good to us. I just think that the only reason we open our mouth when we’re afraid to tell people about Christ and feasting on Christ, the only way we can have the courage is just to know how good he is. And it comes bubbling out of us. Amen. (Prayer)

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