The Danger Of Walking By Sight

Posted on August 19, 2007

 

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Genesis 13:5-18

ONE GREATH TRUTH: We must choose whether to live for the here and now, or for the hereafter. Our choice have consequences in this life, and in the life to come.

In the previous message, we began with a principle that we’ll continue with here. The apostle Paul characterized people into three distinct classes:

• Those who are lost, without a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
• Those who are saved, and who walk by faith and in the Spirit.
• Those who are saved, but live as though they are lost.

In Genesis, chapter 13, we get a contrasting picture of the two different kinds of believers. The New Testament calls Lot “just” and “righteous” in 2 Peter 2:7-8. Though his example is very negative in Genesis, he was saved and had received the imputed righteousness of Christ by faith. Abraham, however, is the one depicted as living by faith. Since we have to make the choice of which way we’re going to live, let’s see the points of contrast between the two lifestyles…

LOT: LIVING FOR THE HERE AND NOW

1. The carnal Christian lives by sight. (v. 10)

2. The carnal Christian envies the world’s possessions. (vs. 10, 12)

3. The carnal Christian forsakes God’s greater blessings. (v. 11)

4. The carnal Christian establishes a pattern of future failures. (v. 13)

ABRAM: LIVING FOR THE HEREAFTER

Hebrews 11:8-10 confirms that Abraham sought a city to come rather than settling for the plains of Jordan.

1. Faithful Christians decide to be peacemakers to witness to others. (vs. 7-8)

2. Faithful Christians give up their claims to this planet. (v. 9)

3. Faithful Christians inherit a lasting blessing. (vs. 14-17)

4. Faithful Christians want God more than they want the world. (v. 18)

Colossians 3:1-2 tells us that our affections must be set on things above, not on things on the earth. What’s your level of desire for the spiritual and eternal blessings of God compared with your attachment to earthly things?