{"id":543,"date":"2015-09-22T01:47:26","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T01:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/?p=543"},"modified":"2015-10-18T00:31:40","modified_gmt":"2015-10-18T00:31:40","slug":"genesis-abraham-sarah-and-hagar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/genesis-abraham-sarah-and-hagar\/","title":{"rendered":"Genesis &#8211; &#8220;Abraham, Sarah and Hagar&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-543-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/sep20-15.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/sep20-15.mp3\">http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/sep20-15.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.com\/e\/2AGp\">Download YouVersion sermon notes<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"box item bible\">\n<h4>Abraham, Sarah and Hagar<\/h4>\n<p>Genesis 16:1-16 ESV<\/p>\n<p>Now Sarai, Abram&#8217;s wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar. And Sarai said to Abram, &#8220;Behold now, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children by her.&#8221; And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. So, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram&#8217;s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife. And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, she looked with contempt on her mistress. And Sarai said to Abram, &#8220;May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my servant to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May the Lord judge between you and me!&#8221; But Abram said to Sarai, &#8220;Behold, your servant is in your power; do to her as you please.&#8221; Then Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her. The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur. And he said, &#8220;Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?&#8221; She said, &#8220;I am fleeing from my mistress Sarai.&#8221; The angel of the Lord said to her, &#8220;Return to your mistress and submit to her.&#8221; The angel of the Lord also said to her, &#8220;I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.&#8221; And the angel of the Lord said to her, &#8220;Behold, you are pregnant and shall bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because the Lord has listened to your affliction. He shall be a wild donkey of a man, his hand against everyone and everyone&#8217;s hand against him, and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen.&#8221; So she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, &#8220;You are a God of seeing,&#8221; for she said, &#8220;Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.&#8221; Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; it lies between Kadesh and Bered. And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.<\/p>\n<h4>How do we stay away from sin?<\/h4>\n<p>Understand what sin is.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is not just breaking God\u2019s commandments. (Romans 7:8-11)<\/li>\n<li>It is selfishly motivated action done in disregard of how it affects others. (James 1:13-15)<\/li>\n<li>There is no way to predict the outcome, and ultimately the outcome is never good. (Romans 6:23)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Learn and trust in the wisdom of God.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All wisdom comes from God and is revealed in Scripture. (Proverbs 28:6 and 2 Timothy 3:16-17)<\/li>\n<li>Jesus emphasizes the way of love as the way to obey Scripture. (Matthew 22:37-39 and John 15:12)<\/li>\n<li>To act according to God\u2019s wisdom means to love well. (James 3:13-18)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Commit to making every action an action of love.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sin is motivated by selfishness.<\/li>\n<li>Focusing on love, selflessness, helps us avoid selfishly motivated actions (sin). (1 Peter 4:8)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How do we deal with sinful consequences?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trust God. (Faith)<\/li>\n<li>Take comfort in his promises. (Hope)<\/li>\n<li>Look forward to a better day. (Joy)<\/li>\n<li>Continue to love others. (Love)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So What?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is not about you so live like it!!<\/li>\n<li>Let love be the motivation behind every action.<\/li>\n<li>Trust in God. He is has given us encouragement to move forward in and through the consequences of sin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download YouVersion sermon notes Abraham, Sarah and Hagar Genesis 16:1-16 ESV Now Sarai, Abram&#8217;s wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar. 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