Oakwood Church
The Promise - Genesis 12
Locations & Times
Oakwood Community Church
11209 Casey Rd, Tampa, FL 33618, USA
Sunday 8:00 AM
Diagnosis Determines Treatment
What is the real diagnosis? Are people basically good and in need of very minimal engagement with God, the Bible, and church? NO!
What is the real diagnosis? Are people basically good and in need of very minimal engagement with God, the Bible, and church? NO!
What’s Wrong with the World?
“The wickedness of man was great in the earth, and every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”
Genesis 6:5
“The wickedness of man was great in the earth, and every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”
Genesis 6:5
What’s Wrong with the World?
“None is righteous, no, not one… All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.”
Romans 3:10,12
“None is righteous, no, not one… All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.”
Romans 3:10,12
What’s Wrong with the World?
• Sin in our own hearts
“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
Romans 3:23
• Sin in our own hearts
“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
Romans 3:23
What’s Wrong with the World?
• Sin in our own hearts
“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick.”
Jeremiah 17:9
• Sin in our own hearts
“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick.”
Jeremiah 17:9
“Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, ‘To your offspring I will give this land.’ So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.”
Genesis 12:7
Genesis 12:7
Essential Treatments
1. Hear God’s Promises
“Now the Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country… And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you.’”
Genesis 12:1-2
1. Hear God’s Promises
“Now the Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country… And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you.’”
Genesis 12:1-2
1. Hear God’s Promises
“Go… to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you and him who dishonors you I will curse.”
Genesis 12:1-3
“Go… to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you and him who dishonors you I will curse.”
Genesis 12:1-3
Essential Treatments
2. Trust God’s Provision
“I will bless you… and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
Genesis 12:2-3
2. Trust God’s Provision
“I will bless you… and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
Genesis 12:2-3
2. Trust God’s Provision
“In your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.”
Genesis 22:18
“In your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.”
Genesis 22:18
2. Trust God’s Provision
“By faith, Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac… He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead.”
Hebrews 11:17,19
“By faith, Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac… He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead.”
Hebrews 11:17,19
2. Trust God’s Provision
“Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”
Romans 4:3
“Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”
Romans 4:3
2. Trust God’s Provision
“He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised.”
Romans 4:11
“He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised.”
Romans 4:11
Essential Treatments
3. Obey God’s Commands
“The Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.’”
Genesis 12:1
3. Obey God’s Commands
“The Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.’”
Genesis 12:1
3. Obey God’s Commands
“So Abram went, as the Lord had told him.” Genesis 12:4
“So Abram went, as the Lord had told him.” Genesis 12:4
