HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!Topic: Legacy

Gen 55:1 This is the written account of Adam's line.When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. 2 He created them male and female and blessed them. And when they were created, he called them "man." 3 When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth. 4 After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. 5 Altogether, Adam lived 930 years, and then he died. 6 When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father of Enosh. 7 And after he became the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters. 8 Altogether, Seth lived 912 years, and then he died. 9 When Enosh had lived 90 years, he became the father of Kenan.

10 And after he became the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters. 11 Altogether, Enosh lived 905 years, and then he died. 12 When Kenan had lived 70 years, he became the father of Mahalalel. 13 And after he became the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters. 14 Altogether, Kenan lived 910 years, and then he died. 15 When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he became the father of Jared. 16 And after he became the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters. 17 Altogether, Mahalalel lived 895 years, and then he died. 18 When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch. 19 And after he became the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. 20 Altogether, Jared lived 962 years, and then he died. 21 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah.

22 And after he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters. 23 Altogether, Enoch lived 365 years. 24 Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him away. 25 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech. 26 And after he became the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters. 27 Altogether, Methuselah lived 969 years, and then he died. 28 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son. 29 He named him Noah and said, "He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the LORD has cursed." 30 After Noah was born, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters. 31 Altogether, Lamech lived 777 years, and then he died. 32 After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth.

What important legacy a father can give to his Children?Let us review or see the examples of

the OT and NT fathers in order for us to know the most important legacy a Father can ever give to his Children.

OT Fathers

Profile:Name: Adam (means Man)Created in the image of God and His own likenessWife: EveOccupation: Care taker of the Garden of Eden (Gen. 2:15) Fired, then became a farmer (Gen 3:19) His children inherited his occupation (Gen 4:24)Children: Cain, Abel, Seth and many others who are not mentioned in the Bible. (that also includes the wives of His sons)God’s Covenant with Him: To be fruitful and increase in number. Authority over all creationLived: 930 Years

Profile:Name: Noah (Rest, Relief) (Movement)

He was righteous and blameless and walked with God (Gen 6:9)Wife: UnknownOccupation: Probably a farmer. Engineer, foreman and carpenter (He build the ark)Children: Shem, Ham and JaphethGod’s Covenant with Him: To be fruitful and increase in number. Authority over all creation (Gen 9:1-2,7)

Sign: RainbowLived: 950 years

Profile:Name: Abram (exalted father)/Abraham

(Father of a multitude)Declared righteous because of his

faith in God.Wife: Sarai/SarahOccupation: MissionaryChildren: Ishmael, Isaac, (and Lot his

nephew or adopted son)

God’s Covenant with Him: To greatly increase in number (Gen. 17:20). He will be the father of many nations (Gen. 17:4)

Sign: CircumcisionLived: 175 years

NT FathersProfile:

Name: Zechariah (Jehovah remembers)“…upright in the sight of God, observing all the

Lord’s Commandments and regulations blamelessly” (Luke1:6) Wife: Elizabeth (the Cousin of Mary the Mother of Jesus) a Barren woman.Occupation: Priest (Luke 1:5)Father of: John the BaptistCovenant: God will give him a Child and be named John who will prepare the way for the Lord. (Luke 1:11-17)Lived: Unknown  

In Luke 1:80 John “grew and became Strong in Spirit”

Why did he become strong in spirit?

Deuteronomy 11: 19-21;“19 Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 20 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates, 21 so that your days and the days of your children may be many in the land that the LORD swore to give your forefathers, as many as the days that the heavens are above the earth.”

Profile:Name: Joseph (May God add)

Righteous Man (Matt. 1:19)Wife: Mary Occupation: Carpenter (Matt 13:55)Father of: Jesus, James (the author of the

book of James in NT), Joseph, Judas or Jude (the author of the book of Jude in the NT) and Simon (Mark 6:3).

Covenant: To be the Father of Jesus the Savior of mankind (Matt 1:20-21)

Lived: Unknown

Same with John, the Lord Jesus also “grew and became strong, filled with wisdom …”(Luke 2:40,52)

What common characteristics do these Fathers have that they were used for God’s purpose and glory?

OT and NT Fathers

Characteristics

Adam Made in God’s “Image” and in His own “likeness”

Noah “Blameless and righteous”(Gen. 6:9)

Abram/Abraham “Righteous and blameless” (James 2:21; Romans 4:3)

Zechariah “upright in the sight of God”(Luke 1:6)

Joseph “Righteous man” (Matt. 1:19)

God chose these Men to carry out His purpose for Man and His creation because of their faith in Him. They became the forefathers of the Israelites and most of all the ancestors or the lineage of Christ because of their obedience and faithfulness to HIM.

Their names and its meaning played a very important rule in God’s redemptive work. And through them the Messiah came with the name...

“Therefore, the greatest Legacy you can ever give to your Children is the Spirit of God.”