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now this is the part I want to tell you
since Abraham shall surely become a
great and mighty nation and all the
nations of the Earth shall be blessed in
him watch this for I have known him in
order that he may command his children
and his household after him that they
keep the way of the Lord to do
righteousness and Justice that the Lord
may bring to Abraham what he has spoken
to him first I want to say this this in
no way touches the question of
righteousness by faith all right
justification this is talking about
about if your family is in line then God
promised him what descendants like the
stars of the Heaven and the sand on the
seashore what happened if his immediate
son is rebellious what happen if your
your grandson is rebellious so in other
words he must be a place where he can
command his children so that the
promises of God can flow
correct I'll tell you something first
years ago I read this verse and I felt
condemned years ago I read this verse I
felt condemned for myself and for others
because I read wow you know I have known
him in order that he may command his
children and his household after him all
right that they keep the way of the Lord
to do righteousness and Justice that the
Lord may bring to Abraham what he has
spoken to him I said wow Lord that's
that's a tall order
so in other words God God is looking
around at people whose families are
under you know under divine order amen
the wife is calling him Lord in her
heart you know and uh the children not
rebellious and all that and then God can
bring to
pass right do you see
that well things have changed meditation
gives Revelation when you meditate I
meditate on this verse for some time
before I preach on it you know what I
read I read for I have known him known
him is past T in other words I have
known him it's that I have loved him you
won't be wrong I have chosen him that's
how NIV quotes this verse I have made
myself known to him in order that he may
command his
children has he commanded his children
yet no it's future tense in other words
God is not saying because your family is
in order I chose you this is not the
teaching here
the teaching is that I have known you I
have loved you I have chosen you in
order that you may
command you see what the the fruit of
the fruit we want this fruit guys you
cannot have this fruit you cannot have
your wife respect you she don't see
Jesus in
you but when she see that you have a
genuine relationship with the Lord and
you come to her and say I feel that the
Lord is telling us you know I think I
think you are helping
her to see the the importance of having
the Lord in your relationship and she'll
submit now it is not I can prove to you
right now this is not saying Abraham is
already like that that's why I chose him
to bring to pass everything that spoken
to him I can prove to you number one he
says that in order that he may command
his children how many children does he
have at this
time H how many children does he have at
this time no he has one ishma only one
he has only one CH one one child at this
time but here it says that in order that
he may command his
children so Isaac is not there yet right
if Isaac came then he become children
right so did God choose him because he
has already done it he already has his
family in
order or they God chose him and love him
so that God's love will cause him to put
his family in
order do you see that I want to say a
word to the parent who you may have a
rebellious teenager or a child that has
brought grief to your heart just want to
tell you something okay don't let some
the traditional preaching of married
life and all that and family can leave
people feeling
condemned now I just told you train up a
child in the way he should go with his
mouth his feeding his speech and when
he's old he will not depart from his
taste give him all the time all right
let him watch TV for hours you have a
silent teacher that is filled with the
wisdom of Egypt the ways of Egypt
training your child you need to control
that that that one eye
monster amen so what is God
saying God is saying Abraham when I get
to know you here's why saying I have
known
him the language is like found in
Galatians where it says Paul says after
after you are after God has known you
all rather after you have known God or
rather you are known by God how turn you
again to the weak and beggarly elements
same thing in other words God loves you
God knows you first long before you know
him in order in order that you will
bring Divine government into your house
into your family it's not the other way
around it's not that oh he's so good God
chose him are yall with me so so I I
pray that parents will not feel you know
this be encouragement to you amen your
focus should be on occupation with
Christ focusing on Christ meditating on
the word amen and then you have that
Revelation to order and command and
bring rule Divine
rule are youall learning
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I met some people who said terrible what
those people did to
Jesus did they understand what happened
to Spirit it wasn't what those people
did it was our sins death did not cease
on Jesus like that Jesus himself said no
man takes my life from me I have power
to lay down my life and I have power to
take it up again when you see Jesus
hanging on the
cross you don't see what's happening in
the spirit I was praying many years ago
and I saw this like a wildwind a cyclone
in the in the clouds above him Gathering
momentum the storm increasing and then
it broke over his head being absorbed in
his person I saw like sin I saw
condemnation I saw curse I saw sickness
all all of that just being absorbed into
his very person like a
willwin and I told
myself one of these
days I want to have this kind of video
presentation we came up finally with
something that came really close to what
I saw in the spirit and we have it ready
for the first time
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ever
finished when Jesus hung on the cross
under grace for you and I he came down
so that whatever he did he can include
you in it so when he died he died for
you and and I when he rose from the de
guess what he rose for you and I so his
victory over death is our victory over
death we now live in the life that has
conquered death
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