For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, – Romans 15:4 (NASB)
Abraham is the father of all who believe – Romans 4:16 (NLT)
Chapter 11:28 Ur: The Center of Moon Worship (BD&B)
Chapter 12 (vv.1-3)
Now the LORD had said to Abram: – Genesis 12:1 (NKJV)
(Stephan) And he said, “Hear me, brethren and fathers! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran – Acts 7:2 (NASB95)
Abraham God’s voice saying
Sadly, Abraham followed the
Terah: Delay (BD&B) Wanderer (EBD)
Following Terah () left him in the place of being Haran ()
Haran: Charan – parched; burn, dry (Strong’s)
God doesn’t speak again till the relationship (11:32)
Bible Scholars: Abraham burns up about
Therefore the LORD will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. – Isaiah 30:18 (NKJV)
Not hearing? Ask: What’s the God said?
This promise is (vv.1-3)
All Abraham has to do is and what God says
A Growing Heart of Worship (vv.7-9)
We tend to build our and pitch our
In the Promised Land but between Bethel and Ai (v.8)
…pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; – Genesis 12:8 (NASB)
Between – Bethel: House of God and Ai: Ruin (Easton’s) Heap (Hitchcock’s)
Abraham is but he’s still making decisions based upon over what God (v.10)
Egypt always represents
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help; …But they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the LORD!
– Isaiah 31:1 (NASB)
Sometimes it takes more to in the Promised Land than it does to to the Promised Land (vv.9-10)
Lessons God wants to teach Abraham and us:
God isn’t by the famine!
Famines can’t block
Famines teach us where God God
Abraham’s decision reveals that like many, he believes God but doesn’t
actually God (v.10)
(God) I will bless you (v.2)
We see something in Abraham’s life: (vv.11-13)
compromises lead to compromises
Abraham’s compromise makes him look bad before (vv.18-20)
Chapter 13:1-4
Goes to Egypt as a but comes back
Good News: God never on Abram or