Promises-Promises!

I promise!

Sadly, I must admit there are times that I said that only to not fulfill that promise. As much as I meant it when i said it I wasn't able to complete whatever I said I would do.

How happy it is to realize that when God makes a promise, He fulfills to completely. Such is the case with Abraham and Sarah. He promised that Sarah would have a son, despite the fact that she was well beyond the normal age for having a child.

Gen 21:1-8 Then the Lord took note of Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for Sarah as He had promised. 2 So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time of which God had spoken to him. 3 Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac. 4 Then Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him. 5 Now Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. 6 Sarah said, "God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh with me." 7 And she said, " Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age."
8 The child grew and was weaned, and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. NASU

What does this have to do with us?

God has promises in the Bible that apply to us today. We can know that God will complete all of those promises as well.

Crafting the Lie

What was that rhyme that we learned as children "Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive." (a quote by Sir Walter Scott).

Not only did Abraham lie, he and Sarah planned it from early in there relationship. His plan to tell Abimelech that Sarah was his sister was part of the plan from the moment they arrived in Egpyt. It was a "half truth" but it was not the truth that mattered. Abimelech nearly sinned with Sarah because of the lie that Abraham told.

What do we tell others that may lead them to sin and suffer? Do we withhold the truth to avoid hardship in our lives? Do we say things to "make it easier to endure"?

Gen 20:12-1312 "Besides, she actually is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife; 13 and it came about, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, 'This is the kindness which you will show to me: everywhere we go, say of me, "He is my brother."'"NASU

Let's decided today to choose wisely and tell the truth and not some "small lie."

Needs Prayer

Have you been asking yourself?

· How do I know that God is real?
· Is the Bible really the Word of God?
· Is there really only one way to heaven?
· How can a good God allow suffering?



Camden Bible Fellowship Church
will be taking four weeks and seek answers
to these questions!

October 25, November 1, 8, 15 @ 11 AM
www.camdenbfc.org

Pastor Raymond Bertolet

Please be praying with us regarding this outreach.

Lost God?

In your life have you ever thought that you had been somewhere where God wasn't going to be? Maybe you thought God was there but those around you really didn't care so they wouldn't do anything that would be in line with following any of God's commands.

Abraham did not stay in the land where God had taken him and had left there due to a famine. However, when he came to Gerar, where Abimlech was king, he figured he had outrun the protection of God. He incorrectly assumed that no one there would ever listen to a command of God.

Gen 20:11 Abraham said, "Because I thought, surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife. NAS

I think many of us today would say, "how foolish" of Abraham. Surely he should have know that he would be protected by God no matter where he was in life.

Yes, he should have know and he was protected but let me ask you a different question.

Do we hesitate to share the hope and truth of Jesus because we assume that with "this type of person" there is no fear of God? That somehow they would never be interested in knowing Jesus as Savior and turning from their current life style.

I think if we carry that attitude then we are no different then Abraham, we assume that somehow we are in a place where God can not work.

Please let us all rethink our understanding of where and how God can work. He can work anywhere and in many ways.

Ps 139:7-8
7 Where can I go from Your Spirit?Or where can I flee from Your presence? 8 If I ascend to heaven, You are there;If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. NASU