Abram

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Abrams Journey of Faith
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Abrams Journey of Faith

• The call of faith

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And Stephen said Brothers and fathers, hear me.
The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham
when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in
Haran, and said to him, Go out from your land
and from your kindred and go into the land that I
will show you. Then he went out from the land of
the Chaldeans and lived in Haran.. (Acts 72-3
ESV)
Abrams Journey of Faith
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Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of
Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his
daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and they
went forth together from Ur of the Chaldeans to
go into the land of Canaan, but when they came to
Haran, they settled there. The days of Terah were
205 years, and Terah died in Haran. (Genesis
1131-32 ESV)
Abrams Journey of Faith
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Then he went out from the land of the Chaldeans
and lived in Haran. And after his father died,
God removed him from there into this land in
which you are now living. (Acts 74 ESV) So
Abram went, as the LORD had told him, and Lot
went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old
when he departed from Haran. And Abram took Sarai
his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all
their possessions that they had gathered, and the
people that they had acquired in Haran, and they
set out to go to the land of Canaan. (Genesis
124-5 ESV)
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• Now the LORD said to Abram, Go from your country
  and your kindred and your father's house to the
  land that I will show you. And I will make of you
  a great nation, and I will bless you and make
  your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
  I will bless those who bless you, and him who
  dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the
  families of the earth shall be blessed. (Genesis
  121-3 ESV)
• THREEFOLD PROMISE OF THE LORDS COVENANT
• Blessing for all the families of the earth
• Making him into a great nation
• Giving Abram the land of Canaan

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Abrams Journey of Faith

• The call of faith
• The destination of faith

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• So also faith by itself, if it does not have
  works, is dead. (James 217 ESV)
• Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that
  faith apart from works is useless?
  (James 220 ESV)
• You see that a person is justified by works and
  not by faith alone. (James 224 ESV)

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Abrams Journey of Faith

• The call of faith
• The destination of faith
• The worship of faith

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3 Times We Find Abram at the Altar

• Abram passed through the land to the place at
  Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the
  Canaanites were in the land. Then the LORD
  appeared to Abram and said, To your offspring I
  will give this land. So he built there an altar
  to the LORD, who had appeared to him. (Genesis
  126-7 ESV)
• 1. Celebrating the covenant give by God

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3 Times We Find Abram at the Altar

• And he journeyed on from the Negeb as far as
  Bethel to the place where his tent had been at
  the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, to the
  place where he had made an altar at the first.
  And there Abram called upon the name of the LORD.
  (Genesis 133-4 ESV)
• 2. In thanks after his safe return from Egypt

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3 Times We Find Abram at the Altar

• The LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated
  from him, Lift up your eyes and look from the
  place where you are, northward and southward and
  eastward and westward, for all the land that you
  see I will give to you and to your offspring
  forever. I will make your offspring as the dust
  of the earth, so that if one can count the dust
  of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.
  Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of
  the land, for I will give it to you. So Abram
  moved his tent and came and settled by the oaks
  of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and there he built
  an altar to the LORD. (Genesis 1314-18 ESV)
• 3. To honor his relationship with the Lord

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Abrams Journey of Faith

• The call of faith
• The destination of faith
• The worship of faith
• The vision of faith
• These all died in faith, not having received the
  things promised, but having seen them and greeted
  them from afar, and having acknowledged that they
  were strangers and exiles on the earth.
  (Hebrews 1113 ESV)

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Abram desired a better country, a heavenly one

• For people who speak thus make it clear that they
  are seeking a homeland. If they had been thinking
  of that land from which they had gone out, they
  would have had opportunity to return. But as it
  is, they desire a better country, that is, a
  heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be
  called their God, for he has prepared for them a
  city. (Hebrews 1114-16 ESV)

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To die this way, one must walk this way

• Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for,
  the conviction of things not seen.
  (Hebrews 111 ESV)
• for we walk by faith, not by sight.
  (2 Corinthians 57 ESV)

F A I T H
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Abrams Journey of Faith

• The call of faith
• The destination of faith
• The worship of faith
• The vision of faith

That is why it depends on faith, in order that
the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed
to all his offspringnot only to the adherent of
the law but also to the one who shares the faith
of Abraham, who is the father of us all, (Romans
416 ESV)
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Abrams Journey of Faith

• The call of faith
• 2 Thessalonians 214
• The destination of faith
• The worship of faith
• The vision of faith

To this he called you through our gospel, so that
you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus
Christ. (2 Thess. 214 ESV)
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Abrams Journey of Faith

• The call of faith
• 2 Thessalonians 214
• The destination of faith
• 1 Thessalonians 212
• The worship of faith
• The vision of faith

we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you
and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of
God, who calls you into his own kingdom and
glory. (1 Thess. 212 ESV)
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Abrams Journey of Faith
God is spirit, and those who worship him must
worship in spirit and truth. (John 424 ESV)

• The call of faith
• 2 Thessalonians 214
• The destination of faith
• 1 Thessalonians 212
• The worship of faith
• Ephesians 321
• The vision of faith

to him be glory in the church and in Christ
Jesus throughout all generations, forever and
ever. Amen. (Ephesians 321 ESV)
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Abrams Journey of Faith

• The call of faith
• 2 Thessalonians 214
• The destination of faith
• 1 Thessalonians 212
• The worship of faith
• Ephesians 321
• The vision of faith

• To celebrate the New Covenant
• To thank Him for our release from Egypt/sin
• To honor Him for allowing us to be partakers

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Abrams Journey of Faith is Ours
If then you have been raised with Christ, seek
the things that are above, where Christ is,
seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds
on things that are above, not on things that are
on earth. For you have died, and your life is
hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is
your life appears, then you also will appear with
him in glory. (Colossians 31-4 ESV)

• The call of faith
• 2 Thessalonians 214
• The destination of faith
• 1 Thessalonians 212
• The worship of faith
• Ephesians 321
• The vision of faith
• Colossians 31-4