GENESIS The Call of Abram Genesis 11:27 12:9 Bethel Community Church Pastor Brad Belcher, Senior Pastor
Genesis 11:27 12:9 Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot. 28 Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his kindred, in Ur of the Chaldeans. 29 And Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and Iscah. 30 Now Sarai was barren; she had no child. -
31 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. 32 The days of Terah were 205 years, and Terah died in Haran. -
12:1 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. 2 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. 3 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. 4 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. -
5 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. When they came to the land of Canaan, 6 Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. 7 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. -
8 From there he moved to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord. 9 And Abram journeyed on, still going toward the Negeb. (ESV)
The Call of Abram
I. Are you listening to God s call on your life? 1 Now the Lord said to Abram, Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house Exodus 3:4 When the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, Moses, Moses! And he said, Here I am. 1 Samuel 3:4 Then the Lord called Samuel, and he said, Here I am!
I. Are you listening to God s call on your life? 1 Now the Lord said to Abram, Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house Matthew 4:19-20 And he said to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. 20 Immediately they left their nets and followed him. Romans 1:1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,
I. Are you listening to God s call on your life? 1 Now the Lord said to Abram, Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house Ezra 7:10 For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel.
II. Are you where God wants you to be? As you follow His call: A. God will direct you. To the land that I will show you.
II. Are you where God wants you to be? As you follow His call: B. God will honor you. 2 And I will make you a great nation, 1 Peter 5:6-7 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, 7 casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
II. Are you where God wants you to be? As you follow His call: B. God will honor you. 2 And I will make you a great nation, Psalms 75:10 All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up. Matthew 23:12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
II. Are you where God wants you to be? As you follow His call: C. God will bless you. and I will bless you
II. Are you where God wants you to be? As you follow His call: D. God will build your reputation. and make your name great,
III. Are you becoming a blessing to everyone around you? A. God will bless those who bless you. 3 I will bless those who bless you,
III. Are you becoming a blessing to everyone around you? B. God will protect you. And him who dishonors you I will curse, Isaiah 43:1-5 But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. -
III. Are you becoming a blessing to everyone around you? B. God will protect you. And him who dishonors you I will curse, 2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. -
III. Are you becoming a blessing to everyone around you? B. God will protect you. And him who dishonors you I will curse, 3 For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you. 4 Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life. -
III. Are you becoming a blessing to everyone around you? B. God will protect you. And him who dishonors you I will curse, 5 Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you.
III. Are you becoming a blessing to everyone around you? C. God will use you in a mighty way. and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed. Galatians 3:16 Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, And to offsprings, referring to many, but referring to one, And to your offspring, who is Christ.
III. Are you becoming a blessing to everyone around you? C. God will use you in a mighty way. and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed. Matthew 1:1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
III. Are you becoming a blessing to everyone around you? C. God will use you in a mighty way. Acts 3:25-26 You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 26 God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness.
III. Are you becoming a blessing to everyone around you? C. God will use you in a mighty way. Galatians 3:14 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith. Galatians 3:29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.
IV. Are you living by faith under God s direction? A. Faithfully obeying God s clear direction. 4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him,
IV. Are you living by faith under God s direction? B. Faithfully blessing those around you. and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. 5 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. When they came to the land of Canaan,
IV. Are you living by faith under God s direction? C. Faithfully living a life of worship. 7 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. 8 From there he moved to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord.
We need to listen to God s call on our lives making sure we are where He wants us to be. As we listen to His voice and follow His leading, He promises to direct our paths, bless us, and build us up in our faith. We need to do all we can to be a blessing to everyone around us, faithfully living under His clear direction. God is the one who will make us a blessing to others. He is the one who will protect us. He is the one who will lift us up to use us in a mighty way for His ultimate glory.
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