LIFE OF ABRAHAM

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LIFE OF ABRAHAM

• The Friend of God
• Lesson 6

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LIFE OF ABRAHAM

• God Calls Abram
• Abram moves from Ur to Haran to Canaan
• Abram Flees to Egypt during Famine
• Abram Returns to Canaan, with Great Wealth
• Abram and Lot separate
• God reiterates promises to Abram
• Lot taken captive in the Battle of the Kings
• Abram rescues Lot
• Abram meets Melchizedek

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Abrams Fears

• Retribution from the kings he had fought
• Loss of his wealth
• Lots choice
• Refusal of spoil
• (Retribution)
• Still no descendant
• Childless
• Servant was his heir

I am a shield to you
Your reward shall be very great
So shall your descendants be
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From Faith to Fear

• Abram went from a period of great faithfulness to
  one of fear
• Granting Lot his choice
• Fighting the Kings to rescue Lot
• Receiving the blessing from Melchizedek
• What other Bible characters did the same?
• How can we do the same in our lives?

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Call Promises Wandering in Canaan Separation
Rescue of Lot
Then he believed in the Lord, and He reckoned it
to him as righteousness.
Sign of Circumcision Promise of Isaac Offering of
Isaac
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O Lord God, how may I know?

• Arrangement of the animals and birds
• Abrams vision of terror and great darkness
• Descendants enslaved in a foreign land for 400
  years
• Oppressor will be judged, people with come out
  with many posessions
• You shall die in peace
• People shall return to Canaan
• Appearance of oven torch passing between the
  animal pieces