March 21, 2015 – Saturday

Start Time: 9:00 AM

End Time:   12:00 NN

Title: The Three Visitors      

Scripture: Genesis 18

God’s Message / God’s Promise / God’s Commands:

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1)    God visits us in unexpected times.

Verse 1 said that God appeared to Abraham in the heat of the day.  In some versions, God appeared to Abraham in the middle of the day.  This tells us that God visits in times we do not expect.  In times when we are in the middle of our work day or when work is still not finished.  Many times, we are very open to God when we meet Him at our convenient time.  Before we go to bed or the moment we wake up in the morning, we find the time to talk to the Lord and speak to Him.  Yet, at times, God visits us in the middle of the day when we least expected an Abraham having sensitive enough to recognize that God visited him, left everything he was doing at that time to run to the Lord. 

The question is, are we sensitive enough to recognize God visiting us in the middle of our day?  Are we able to leave everything we do, to make God a priority when He comes to visit?

Now these are questions that we must ponder on and evaluate our own responses to it.

2)      God meets our greatest needs when He comes to visit

Verse 9 to 15, God met Abraham’s greatest need at that time…a son!  He came not only to be served upon by Abraham but also to meet whatever needs Abraham had at that time.

We must be excited for God’s visit in our lives because when He comes, He does not come empty handed; whatever needs we have, it will all be met when He visits.  Know that God knows our greatest need; He knows it even more than we do.  When we think that we need money for our debts, God knows that an even greater need is for us to have faith.  When we ask for Healing of our physical bodies, God knows that an even greater need is the restoration of our souls such as forgiveness or the release of hurt, pain, anger and bitterness in our hearts.  So know that when God comes, our greatest need is always met!

3)    God reveals His will or plans when He visits

Verse 16 – 19, God chose to reveal His plan to Sodom and Gomorrah to Abraham.  God gives us direction and guidance when He comes and visits.  Everyday, He visits us daily but more importantly, I want to focus on the 2 main visits of God.  The 1^st one already happened, when Jesus came and visited us 2000 years ago.  Then, He came and met all the needs of the people and revealed His will.  Matthew 24:3 – 14, shows us Jesus revealing His will to the people before He went back to the Father.  He spoke of the end of days and declared a 2^nd visit, which is His 2^nd coming.  God spoke of signs of the end of days and assured that the end will come.  The question now is, in God’s 2^nd visit, will His visit to us be a visit like Abraham, or will it be like Sodom and Gomorrah?  Sodom did not escape God’s wrath.  Sodom and Gomorrah were ruined when the Lord proved that it was indeed the city of sin.  No one was seen faithful and good so the city was destroyed.  In the 2^nd visit of the Lord, will His visit to us be like Abraham, where our greatest need (His presence in our lives) is met!  Or will it be like Sodom and Gomorrah, where Judgment comes to us?  The answer really lies in our hands today.  May our eyes be open to the truth and know that the Lord is coming soon and to prepare J