Changed by Grace

To change the unhealthy habits in your life, you need people

who tell you the truth. You’re not going to get well on your
own; you’re going to need other people in your life. You’re
going to need support. You’re going to need a small group.
Change requires honest community
You’ll never change some things in your life on your own —
typically, the things that are the most difficult in your life and
the things that you don’t want anybody else to know about.
Genesis 20:1-2
1 Nilisan ni Abraham ang Mamre at nagpunta sa lupain ng
Negeb sa pagitan ng Kades at Shur, at tumira sa Gerar.
Habang siya'y naroon,
2 kapatid ang pakilala niya kay Sara, kaya ito'y ipinakuha ni
Abimelec, hari ng Gerar.
Genesis 20:3
3 Sa isang panaginip, nagpakita ang Diyos kay Abimelec at
sinabi, “Mamamatay ka dahil sa babaing kinuha mo; siya ay
may asawa na.”
If you are Abimelec anong gagawin mo? Patay kang bata ka,
may sabit na iyan.
What was Abraham problem? Fear! Is that the root problem of
Abraham? Bakit ba nagsinungaling si Abraham? Fear ba? Hindi
yan ang root problem. What was the root problem of fear?
UNDERESTIMATE GOD.
If you don’t know God, how can you trust Him? You see,
Abraham could trust God by leaving his country , and travelling
hundred miles to the land of Canaan. Nagtiwala si Abraham kay
God sa parteng iyon. But in this particular stuation, He cannot
trust God for His wife. Kung ano ang hindi mo kayang isuko at
ipagkatiwala kay Lord, yun ang kahinaan mo. What was my
point? Your Greatest Strength could be your Greatest
weakness. Abraham was afraid. Abraham did not know that
God can protect him.
4 Noon ay hindi pa nasisipingan ni Abimelec si Sara, kaya't
sinabi niya, “Panginoon, papatayin ba ninyo ako at ang aking
bayan na wala namang kasalanan?
5 Kapatid ang pakilala ni Abraham kay Sara, at gayundin
naman ang pakilala nito kay Abraham. Ginawa ko po ito na
malinis ang aking hangarin, kaya wala akong kasalanan.”
Naiintindihan niyo ba ang pinagdadaanan dito ni Abimelec?
Bossing, wala akong alam dito. Ginawa ko po ito na malinis ang
aking hangarin, kaya wala akong kasalanan.”
I know you believe God, but let me ask you, How big is your
God? Is your God big or small If your God is big, do you have
problems today? Yes or no? Big problems? Yes or no?
Si God ay nangako kay Abraham, you will have a son,
dadami ang lahi mo. Anong ibig Sabihin nun? GOD will protect
you. Kasi paano ka magkakaanak kung mamatay siya ng maaga.
Kaya itong si Abraham, nagsinungaling. That’s the problem.
When you don’t have big God, you will make short cuts and you
will compromise. Paparaan ka na. Hindi na by faith, by works na.
Do you have a big God or small God?
Sige tuloy tayo,

Genesis 20:6
6 Sumagot ang Diyos, “Oo, alam kong malinis ang hangarin
mo, kaya naman hindi ko na hinintay na magalaw mo siya
upang huwag ka nang magkasala sa akin.
What can you learn about God? Can God intervene? Now you
will ask me, pastor, kung ang Diyos ay makikialam, bakit hindi
siya gumagalaw palagi?para hindi na lang ako magkakasala.

Listen, God is already intervening in your life, today you are

here, im telling you, God is telling you not to sin. Ano ang
sinasabi ng Diyos sayo ngayon, “don’t compromise, magbago ka
na, ayusin mo ugali mo”.

But God is sovereign, hindi mo pwedeng ilagay sa kahon ang

Diyos, at Sabihin mo na “Lord this is what you must do to my
husband, bigyan mo siya ng panag inip, para matakot siya” But
do you know that is how I pray “Lord kung paano ka gumalaw sa
buhay ni Abimelec, kung paano ka gumalwa para baguhin siya,
Lord gawin mo iyon sa nanay ko”.
Isaias 55:8-9 
Ang sabi ni Yahweh, “Ang aking kaisipa'y hindi ninyo kaisipan, ang
8 

inyong kaparaanan ay hindi ko kaparaanan. 9 Kung paanong ang

langit ay mas mataas kaysa lupa, ang aking kaparaanan ay higit
kaysa inyong kaparaanan, at ang aking kaisipan ay hindi maaabot ng
inyong kaisipan.

Kawikaan 3:5 Trust in the Lord

Naniniwala ba kayo na kayang baguhin ng Diyos ang buhay ng
mga kapamilya mo? If you believe that God can change the
hearts of people, can you relax a little.
Your job is to pray. Tell him, Malaki ang DIyos natin.
The Bible tells us
7 Ibalik mo siya agad sa kanyang asawa. Propeta ang asawa
niya, at ipapanalangin ka niya upang hindi ka mamatay.
Kapag hindi mo siya ibinalik, hindi lamang ikaw ang
mamamatay, kundi pati ang buong nasasakupan mo.”
Kapag hindi mo ibinalik ang asawa niya, hindi lamang ikaw ang
mamamatay, kundi pati ang buong nasasakupan mo.”
In this case you will see, si Abraham sinungaling, Sarah ay
nakipagsabwatan, but in God’s grace He intervened.
In order to get up, you must understand that God’s grace is
amazing. What is my proof?
Tignan ninyo sinabi ng Diyos na si Abraham ay propeta, he will
pray for you. Kung ako ang Diyos, I will disown Abraham, ilalaglag
ko yan si Abraham “sino iyan”. Abrham has just lied, But you
know what God is not ashamed to call Abraham a prophet. Can I
tell you why? Because God sees Abraham not as He is But
what He can become.
When you help people, you must learn to see them not as
they are today but what they can become in Christ. You see,
Hoy Abimelec, ang taong ito ay propeta, at pagpinanalangin ka
niya patay ka.
Do you know what Satan wants you to do? Satan wants you to
stay down. When you fall into sin, sinasabi ng demonyo sayo,
“you are hopeless, you are finished, you stay down!” But God is
saying! Propeta siya, at ipapanalangin ka niya. God can use
flawed instruments, God can use people even if they made
mistakes. Why? because of GRACE.
Let me ask you a question, is that grace or not grace? Gagamit
ka ba ng isang taong sumablay? For most of us, disqualified ka
na. When you are helping somebody, and that somebody ay
pumalpak, he stumbled big time, may I suggest something, you
pray for that person, believe that in due time, he can still be a
blessing to others, you know why? Your failure can be a
stepping stone for you to bless others. God knows how to
heal you but don’t give up. When you fall, what must you do?
Get up and Grow up.
You know the Bible commands us
2 Peter 3:18
18 Magpatuloy kayong lumago sa biyaya at sa pagkakilala sa
ating Panginoon at Tagapagligtas na si Jesu-Cristo. Sa kanya
ang kaluwalhatian, ngayon at magpakailanman! Amen.

Ito ay utos. Ang pinaka ugat na problema ni Abraham, He lack

intimacy with God. How can you ask somebody to trust God
when theat person does not know God intimately? How can
you trust somebody if you don’t know him? From the head it
need to go into your heart.
Lumago, is not a suggestion but a command, saan ka lalago? Sa
biyaya, grace. You must understand the grace of God. This is
the good news, when you fall down, he will not give up on
you, at alam niyo kung sinong gustong sumuko kayo, si
Satanas. Wala ka ng pag asa. But God says, Get up. Grow up,
saan, sa biyaya at sa pagkakakilala natin sa Diyos.
And how can you know the Lord if you don’t read the Bible? How
can you know the Lord if you don’t know His words. Study the
bible.
Everytime na may problema, make it as an opportunity to know
God more.
8 Kinabukasan, sinabi ni Abimelec sa mga alipin niya ang
mga bagay na ito, at gayon na lamang ang kanilang
pagkatakot.
9 Dahil dito'y ipinatawag ni Abimelec si Abraham at tinanong,
“Bakit mo ginawa ito? Ano bang kasalanan ko at dinalhan
mo ng kapahamakang ito ang aking kaharian? Hindi tama
ang ginawa mo!
You know what I discovered? The grace of God will allow you to
be scolded, to be rebuked even by unbelievers. So Ladies and
Gentlemen, when people are criticizing when they are
correcting you, you better realize that it is the grace of God.
God can use all kinds of people. He can use believers,
unbelievers, he can use good and bad people. But you should
learn how to listen.
“wala naman akong problema” wag ka na makipagtalo, just
humble yourself. Masakit magsalita…

Now let me ask you, today, you talk to your love ones and you
ask them how can you improve. Wag kang magagalit. Kung
sinabihan ka ng anak mo how to improve, what shall you do?
Ahmm, ahmm,, just humble yourself.
10 Ano bang pumasok diyan sa isip mo at ginawa mo ang
bagay na ito?”
11 Sumagot si Abraham, “Ang akala ko po'y walang takot sa
Diyos ang mga tagarito, at nangangamba akong baka patayin
nila ako para makuha ang aking asawa.

God is talking to you everyday, you are not just listening.

Some of you, is in the process of making wrong choice today.
And God is telling you, I want you to learn to listen. Get up,
Grow up, don’t stay down.
Sasabihin niyo, ang tanga-tanga ng piloto, but before you
condemn him of stupidity, before you condemn him, look at your
own life.
How often is it that God warns you, that God speaks to you, and
you never listen? You know why you don’t listen? Because
you don’t know the heart of God, you think God is angry at you.
At sinasabi ng demonyo, stay down, wala ka ng pag asa, ganyan
ka na lang, ah,,, God tells you, Get up. Grow up. Abimelec,

12 Ang totoo po'y kapatid ko siya sa ama at napangasawa ko

siya.
13 Kaya po nang sabihin sa akin ng Diyos na lisanin ko ang
sambahayan ng aking ama, sinabi ko sa aking asawa, ‘Mabuti
pa'y ganito ang gawin mo: saanman tayo pumunta, sabihin
mong tayo'y magkapatid at sa gayo'y maipapakita mo ang
iyong katapatan sa akin.’”

Si Abraham, hindi pa lumambot, pinagpilitan pa ang

kasinungalingan.
The Bible is an honest book, it tells us the sins and mistakes of
God’s people. Why because God wants to tell us that he can
use imperfect people because God is strong.
14 Sa halip na parusahan, binigyan pa ni Abimelec si
Abraham ng mga tupa, baka at mga aliping lalaki at babae, at
ibinalik niya si Sara.
15 Sinabi pa niya kay Abraham, “Sa buong lupain kong ito,
tumira ka kung saan mo gusto.”

My goodness did you see the grace of God? Inspite of

Abraham’s mistake, God can use the mistake of Abraham to
become a blessing. Amazing!
The mistake of Abraham God can turn it around to become a
blessing.
16 Ito naman ang sinabi niya kay Sara: “Binibigyan ko ang
iyong kapatid ng sanlibong pirasong pilak, bilang katunayan
na ang dangal mo'y hindi nadungisan. Sa gayon, hindi iisipin
ninuman na ikaw ay may ginawang masama.”
You know what I learned, If you humble yourself, God can
redeem your reputation.
Many of us, we are too busy managing our reputation, you are
so busy managing your image, you don’t want other people to
think negatively about you. Listen to me, Your job is to take care
of your character and let God take care your reputation. Your
job is to be honest, practice Christlikeness, let God take care of
your reputation.
Look what God did, he protected, he corrected, the impression of
people toward sarah. Abimelec said, poople would know that I
did not touch you.

17-18 Dahil sa pagkakuha ng hari kay Sara, pinarusahan ni

Yahweh ang lahat ng babae sa sambahayan ni Abimelec:
hindi sila magkaanak. At upang malunasan ito, ipinanalangin
sila ni Abraham. Gumaling naman si Abimelec, at mula noon,
ang kanyang asawa't mga aliping babae ay nagkaanak.
You can learn something, even if you have failed, God can still
use you to bless other provided that you repent.

The first sign of repentance, look at Abraham, he prayed to God.

You want to get up, PRAY, admit your sin, admit your AH. You
want to get up, come to the Lord. You repent, you turn to God
and God told us from this story so that we can understand,
“abraham prayed to God and God heard his prayer. Grabe!!!
In the midst of your failure, you can be a blessing to others as
long as you will learn how to repent, turn to the Lord, pray for
others, be a blessing to others Even after you have failes. So
ano ang sabi ni Taning, wala na katapusan mo na, hopeless na
Voice of God? Get up, Grow up, I can use you. Obey.
I praise God the story does not end here, but before I end, let me
give you a quotation from Henry Ford, “The only real mistake is
one from which we learn nothing” Mistake is not final, Mistake
is an event. Mistake is not about a person. Hindi ibig Sabihin na
nagkamali ka, isa ka ng pagkakamali. Hindi ibig Sabihin na
nabigo ka, kabiguan ka na. God wants you to get up.

1 Pinagpala ni Yahweh si Sara at tinupad ang kanyang

pangako.
2 Ayon sa panahong sinabi ng Diyos, si Sara nga ay
nagdalang-tao at nanganak ng isang lalaki, kahit matanda na
noon si Abraham.
Notice, Abraham learned something, Abraham learned that God
keeps his word. Tinupad ng Diyos ang pangako niya, ang Diyos
ay naging tapat. Naniniwala ka ba na ang Diyos ay tapat? Do you
believe that if God gave you promise, he will do it? Look at verse
2, ayon sa panahong tinakda ng Diyos. Ilang taon sila naghintay,
25 years!
All I know is this, God’s time is the best time. I don’t know how I
don’t know when, but if God promised, He will do it. And he will
fulfill it is way, his time.