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Abraham’s Call 11:26-12:9

Abraham’s Call 11:26-12:9. God calls the unqualified... and He qualifies the called. Abraham’s Call 11:26-12:9. Chosen Family Tree. Shechem. Bethel. EGYPT. Salem. Negev. Ur. ARABIA. hard Call. Go... somewhere Leave... almost everything.

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Abraham’s Call 11:26-12:9

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  1. Abraham’s Call 11:26-12:9

  2. God calls the unqualified... and He qualifies the called. • Abraham’s Call • 11:26-12:9

  3. Chosen Family Tree

  4. Shechem Bethel EGYPT Salem Negev Ur ARABIA

  5. hard Call • Go... somewhere • Leave... almost everything 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.

  6. gracious promise • Land Genesis 15:18On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates....”

  7. PROMISED LAND EGYPT Salem ARABIA

  8. gracious promise • Land • Seed (descendants) Genesis 15:4 ...the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “...one who will come forth from your own body, he shall be your heir.”

  9. gracious promise • Land • Seed (descendants) Genesis 17:6 “I have made you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings will come forth from you.”

  10. gracious promise • Land • Seed (descendants) • Blessing • Individual • Imperative • Universal

  11. gracious promise • Galatians 3:8The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “All the nations will be blessed in you.”

  12. Growing faith • He went

  13. Haran CANAAN Shechem Bethel EGYPT Salem Negev Ur ARABIA

  14. Growing faith • He went • He wandered

  15. Growing faith Hebrews 11:9–10 By faith he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow heirs of the same promise; for he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

  16. Growing faith • He went • He wandered • He worshipped • He waited

  17. Lessons from Abraham • God calls the unqualified 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.”

  18. Lessons from Abraham • God calls the unqualified 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.

  19. Lessons from Abraham • God calls the unqualified • And He qualifies the called Ephesians 4:1 …I implore you to walk in a manner worthyof the calling with which you have been called....

  20. Abraham’s Call 11:26-12:9

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