abraham’s promise 11:26-12:8. abraham’s story a divided planet (11:7-8) a chosen family...
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Abraham’s Story
A Divided Planet (11:7-8)
A Chosen Family (11:26-32)
Noah
Shem
Terah
AbramIsaac
Jacob Israel
EsauIshmael
Nahor
Haran Lot
Chosen Family
Ur
EGYPT Salem
ShechemBethel
ARABIA
Negev
Abraham’s Story
A Divided Planet (11:7-8)
A Chosen Family (11:26-32)
A Challenging Command (12:1)
A Gracious Promise (12:2-3)
The Promise
Land
EGYPT Salem
PROMISEDLAND
ARABIA
The Promise
LandSeed = descendantsBlessing
I will bless youmake your name greatyou shall be a blessing
bless those who bless curse those
who cursein you all families will
be blessed
Galatians 3:8–9 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed…”
Abraham’s Story
A Divided Planet (11:7-8)
A Chosen Family (11:26-32)
A Challenging Command (12:1)
A Gracious Promise (12:2-3)
A Growing Faith (12:4-8)
Haran
Ur
EGYPT
ShechemBethel
CANAAN
ARABIA
SalemNegev
Hebrews 11:8By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going.
Abraham’s Story
A Divided Planet (11:7-8)
A Chosen Family (11:26-32)
A Challenging Command (12:1)
A Gracious Promise (12:2-3)
A Growing Faith (12:4-8)
Abraham’s Lessons
God chooses the unworthy
Abraham’s LessonsJoshua 24:2 …Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘From ancient times your fathers lived beyond the River, namely, Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods.’
Abraham’s Lessons
God chooses the unworthy
Abraham’s LessonsEphesians 2:8–9 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Abraham’s Lessons
God chooses the unworthySo He can make them worthy
Abraham’s LessonsEphesians 4:1 …I implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called
Abraham’s LessonsPhilippians 1:27 Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ…
Abraham’s Lessons1 Thessalonians 2:12 …walk in a manner worthy of the God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory
Abraham’s Lessons
God chooses the unworthySo He can make them worthy
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