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A Faithful PatriarchA Faithful PatriarchAbrahamAbrahamLesson 8Lesson 8

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Abraham grew up in the midst of superstition and heathenism.

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His father’s household served other gods, although they had a

knowledge of the true God.

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Terah had three sons--Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Lot was the son of Haran, but Haran died before his father,

Terah, died.

Terah, Abram, and Lot left Ur of the Chaldees.

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“Get thee out of thy country.”

❖ He had to be separated from the associations of his early life in order for God to qualify him as a keeper of the sacred oracles.

❖ The influence of kindred and friends would interfere with the training which the Lord wanted give him.

❖ Abraham could not explain his course of action so as to be understood by his friends. His motives and actions were not comprehended by his idolatrous kindred.

❖ Strong ties bound him to his country, kindred, and home.

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Abram was . . .

❖faithful among the faithless

❖and uncorrupted by the prevailing apostasy,

❖and he steadfastly adhered to the worship of the one true God.

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And God . . .

❖ communicated his will to Abraham,

❖ gave him a distinct knowledge of the requirements of his law and of the salvation that would be accomplished through Christ,

❖ and gave him the promise, precious above every other promise given him, that the Redeemer would be come of his line.

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We may not hear the voice of God speaking as he did with Abraham, but God calls us

through the teachings of his word and from the events of

his providence.

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We have the faith of Abraham when . . .

❖ we abandon a career that promises wealth and honor, leave congenial and profitable associations, and separate from kindred to enter upon what appears to be only a path of self-denial, hardship, and sacrifice;

❖ we renounce cherished plans and familiar associations at the call of Providence;

❖ we accept new duties and enter untried fields, doing God’s work with firm and willing heart, counting losses but gain.