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A Faithful Patriarch

A Faithful Patriarch. Abraham Lesson 8. jmcfall/flickr. Tigris River. shayhaas/flickr. Euphrates River. Abraham grew up in the midst of superstition and heathenism. His father’s household served other gods, although they had a knowledge of the true God.

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A Faithful Patriarch

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  1. A Faithful Patriarch Abraham Lesson 8

  2. jmcfall/flickr Tigris River

  3. shayhaas/flickr Euphrates River

  4. Abraham grew up in the midst of superstition and heathenism.

  5. His father’s household served other gods, although they had a knowledge of the true God.

  6. 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.

  7. nathanm/flickr

  8. Stefano Gesh/flickr

  9. nathanm/flickr

  10. nathanm/flickr

  11. jmcfall/flickr

  12. nathanm/flickr

  13. nathanm/flickr

  14. nathanm/flickr

  15. Anne-Marie Bouche/flickr Spouted Vessel, Royal Cemetery Ur

  16. Anne-Marie Bouche/flickr Carved Stone, Royal Cemetery Ur

  17. Anne-Marie Bouche/flickr Helmut, Royal Cemetery Ur

  18. Anne-Marie Bouche/flickr

  19. Anne-Marie Bouche/flickr

  20. Anne-Marie Bouche/flickr

  21. Anne-Marie Bouche/flickr

  22. Anne-Marie Bouche/flickr

  23. Anne-Marie Bouche/flickr

  24. profzucker/flickr The Standard of Ur (War)

  25. profzucker/flickr

  26. profzucker/flickr

  27. profzucker/flickr

  28. profzucker/flickr

  29. profzucker/flickr The Standard of Ur (Peace)

  30. profzucker/flickr

  31. profzucker/flickr

  32. nathanm/flickr

  33. nathanm/flickr

  34. “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.

  35. brutalSoCal/flickr

  36. brutalSoCal/flickr

  37. brutalSoCal/flickr

  38. B Evershed/flickr Haran

  39. B Evershed/flickr

  40. B Evershed/flickr

  41. Copper Kettle/flickr Shechem

  42. upyernoz/flickr Mt. Gerizim

  43. dview.us/flickr Mt. Ebal

  44. Abram was . . . • faithful among the faithless • and uncorrupted by the prevailing apostasy, • and he steadfastly adhered to the worship of the one true God.

  45. 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.

  46. 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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