<TITLE>04. Par 12-15</TITLE>L-12 And God, in trying Abraham, the way that He did Abraham He does Abraham's seed. And we must realize that we, the believers, are Abraham's seed. For the Bible said that when we are dead in Christ, we are Abraham's seed and heirs with him, according to the promise. And we receive Abraham's seed when we receive the Holy Spirit. We receive a faith with this Holy Spirit that was the faith that was delivered to father Abraham. For when we die in Christ we take on the promise.
Abraham, the great man of faith, we call him, and how that God confirmed all His promises to Abraham. And promised that in the last days how He would confirm the same thing that He spoke to Abraham, He would confirm it again with Abraham's seed.

L-13 Jesus picked it up in the New Testament and spoke back of what Abraham done, and spoke forward to this generation. For we realize just before the great destruction of Sodom, Jesus referred to it in His days and said, "As it was in the days of Sodom, so shall it be in the coming of the Son of man." Just the same happenings, so shall it be to the seed of Abraham in the last days.
Now, we know that the city Sodom was divided with believers and unbelievers. And the unbelievers were wicked, very immoral, as the unbelievers of today is. And the church that was in Sodom was in a lukewarm condition, just as church in the world today is. But there was a group, Abraham's seed, that was called the elect, that had separated themselves from the rest of the world. That was Abraham's seed. And when the time come of visitation before the annihilation of a great fire falling from heaven and burning the entire city up, which was a type of this day that we live where the destruction of the world is to come by fire...

L-14 Notice. Just before that took place there was three Messengers came from heaven. And They came first to Abraham, the church elect, and set down, and talked with him. And two of them got up and started on down to Sodom to bring the church formal out, the church denominational, a form, ritualistic church. But One stayed behind to talk to the church elect, the seed of Abraham.
And They that went down and talked to Sodom, to Lot and to his children, and to his grandchildren, and his son-in-laws, and so forth, they preached the Gospel of judgment coming. That isn't a perfect type of a modern Billy Graham, I don't know it. And did you notice, it blinded the eyes of the people. And the preaching of the Gospel, if it's not received, blinds the unbeliever.

L-15 But there was one we want to take notice of tonight; it was the One that stayed behind and talked to Abraham. He said He was a Stranger and He'd traveled far. And He said to Abraham, "Abraham, where is your wife Sarah?" If He was a Stranger and not knowing Abraham, how did He know that he had a wife and her name was Sarah?
Now, Abraham's seed, wake up. How did this Angel know, this Man, know that Abraham was married and his wife's name was Sarah? Said, "Where is Sarah thy wife?"
Abraham said, "In the tent," which was behind the Angel, or the Man that was talking.
And He said, "Seeing that Abraham is the heir of the world, I will not keep this secret from him; but according to the time of life I'm going to visit you, because you kept God's promise. And Sarah is going to bring forth that baby that I promised you twenty-five years ago." That's how Abraham's seed keeps the promise; they hold on to God's Word. "Twenty-five years ago God made the promise to you, Abraham, and you've been faithful to it, and you're a hundred years old now. Now, I'm going to prove My power to you, so that the seed after you will know to take a hold of God's Word and hold on to it." No matter how long it waits, yet He will answer. Take a hold of God's Word and don't let It go.


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