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A Faithful Patriarch
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1 A Faithful A Faithful Patriarch Patriarch Abraham Abraham Lesson 8 Lesson 8
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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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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A Faithful PatriarchA Faithful PatriarchAbrahamAbrahamLesson 8Lesson 8
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Abraham grew up in the midst of superstition and heathenism.
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His father’s household served other gods, although they had a
knowledge of the true God.
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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.
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“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.
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Abram was . . .
❖faithful among the faithless
❖and uncorrupted by the prevailing apostasy,
❖and he steadfastly adhered to the worship of the one true God.
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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.
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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
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We have the faith of Abraham when . . .
❖ we abandon a career that promises wealth and honor, leave congenial and profitable associations, and separate from kindred to enter upon what appears to be only a path of self-denial, hardship, and sacrifice;
❖ we renounce cherished plans and familiar associations at the call of Providence;
❖ we accept new duties and enter untried fields, doing God’s work with firm and willing heart, counting losses but gain.
