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Saturday, July 22, 2017

Abraham's Appeal Genesis 18: 22-33


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v.22 1.Abraham had a genuine  concern for people.
( ..... but Abraham stood yet before the Lord.)

v.23 2.Abraham knew God to be just.
( And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the 
wicked?)

v.24 3.Abraham didn't qualify the unjustness of man.
( Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city:.....)

v.27 4.Abraham was not testing God.
( .... I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes.)

v.28 5.Abraham was taking a position on behalf of others.
( Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous:.....)

v.30 6.Abraham was on narrow ground.
v.32  (Peradventure there shall thirty be found there.......)( Peradventure ten......)

v.33 7.Abraham had to leave matters in God's wise hand.
( And the Lord went His way, as soon as He had left communing with Abraham:  and
Abraham returned unto his place.)

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