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Abraham’s Promise 11:26-12:8. Abraham’s Story. A Divided Planet ( 11 :7-8) A Chosen Family (11:26-32). Chosen Family. Shechem. Bethel. EGYPT. Salem. Negev. Ur. ARABIA. Abraham’s Story. A Divided Planet ( 11 :7-8) A Chosen Family (11:26-32) A Challenging Command (12:1)
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Abraham’s Promise 11:26-12:8
Abraham’s Story • A Divided Planet (11:7-8) • A Chosen Family (11:26-32)
Shechem Bethel EGYPT Salem Negev Ur ARABIA
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
PROMISED LAND EGYPT Salem ARABIA
The Promise • Land • Seed = descendants • Blessing I will bless you make your name great you shall be a blessing bless those who bless curse those who curse in 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 CANAAN Shechem Bethel EGYPT Salem Negev Ur ARABIA
Hebrews 11:8 By 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 Lessons • Joshua 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 Lessons • Ephesians 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 unworthy • So He can make them worthy
Abraham’s Lessons • Ephesians 4:1 • …I implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called
Abraham’s Lessons • Philippians 1:27 • Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ…
Abraham’s Lessons • 1 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 unworthy • So He can make them worthy
Abraham’s Promise 11:26-12:8