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GENESISTheCallofAbramGenesis11:27– 12:9

BethelCommunityChurchPastorBradBelcher,SeniorPastor

TheCallofAbram

TheCallofAbramGenesis11:27– 12:9NowthesearethegenerationsofTerah.Terah fatheredAbram,Nahor,andHaran;andHaranfatheredLot.28HarandiedinthepresenceofhisfatherTerah inthelandofhiskindred,inUroftheChaldeans.29AndAbramandNahor tookwives.ThenameofAbram'swifewasSarai,andthenameofNahor's wife,Milcah,thedaughterofHaranthefatherofMilcah andIscah.30NowSaraiwasbarren;shehadnochild.-

TheCallofAbram31Terah tookAbramhissonandLotthesonofHaran,hisgrandson,andSaraihisdaughter-in-law,hissonAbram'swife,andtheywentforthtogetherfromUroftheChaldeanstogointothelandofCanaan,butwhentheycametoHaran,theysettledthere.32ThedaysofTerahwere205years,andTerah diedinHaran.-

TheCallofAbram12:1NowtheLordsaidtoAbram,“Gofromyourcountryandyourkindredandyourfather'shousetothelandthatIwillshowyou.2AndIwillmakeofyouagreatnation,andIwillblessyouandmakeyournamegreat,sothatyouwillbeablessing.3Iwillblessthosewhoblessyou,andhimwhodishonorsyouIwillcurse,andinyouallthefamiliesoftheearthshallbeblessed.”4SoAbramwent,astheLordhadtoldhim,andLotwentwithhim.Abramwasseventy-fiveyearsoldwhenhedepartedfromHaran.-

TheCallofAbram5AndAbramtookSaraihiswife,andLothisbrother'sson,andalltheirpossessionsthattheyhadgathered,andthepeoplethattheyhadacquiredinHaran,andtheysetouttogotothelandofCanaan.WhentheycametothelandofCanaan,6AbrampassedthroughthelandtotheplaceatShechem,totheoakofMoreh.AtthattimetheCanaaniteswereintheland.7ThentheLordappearedtoAbramandsaid,“ToyouroffspringIwillgivethisland.”SohebuiltthereanaltartotheLord,whohadappearedtohim.-

TheCallofAbram8FromtherehemovedtothehillcountryontheeastofBethelandpitchedhistent,withBethelonthewestandAiontheeast.AndtherehebuiltanaltartotheLordandcalleduponthenameoftheLord.9AndAbramjourneyedon,stillgoingtowardtheNegeb.(ESV)

TheCallofAbram

TheCallofAbramI. Areyoulistening toGod’scallonyourlife?1NowtheLordsaidtoAbram,“Gofromyourcountry andyourkindredandyourfather'shouse• Exodus3:4WhentheLordsawthatheturnedasideto

see,Godcalledtohim outofthebush,“Moses,Moses!”Andhesaid,“HereIam.”

• 1Samuel3:4ThentheLordcalledSamuel,andhesaid,“HereIam!”

TheCallofAbramI. Areyoulistening toGod’scallonyourlife?1NowtheLordsaidtoAbram,“Gofromyourcountry andyourkindredandyourfather'shouse• Matthew4:19-20Andhesaidtothem,“Followme,and

Iwillmakeyoufishersofmen.”20Immediatelytheylefttheirnetsandfollowedhim.

• Romans1:1Paul,aservantofChristJesus,calledtobeanapostle,setapartforthegospelofGod,

TheCallofAbramI. Areyoulistening toGod’scallonyourlife?1NowtheLordsaidtoAbram,“Gofromyourcountry andyourkindredandyourfather'shouse• Ezra7:10ForEzrahadsethisheart tostudytheLawof

theLord,andtodoit andtoteachhisstatutesandrulesinIsrael.

TheCallofAbramII. Areyouwhere Godwantsyoutobe?AsyoufollowHiscall:A.Godwilldirect you.TothelandthatIwillshowyou.

TheCallofAbramII. Areyouwhere Godwantsyoutobe?AsyoufollowHiscall:B.Godwillhonor you.2AndIwillmakeyouagreatnation,• 1Peter5:6-7Humbleyourselves,therefore,underthe

mightyhandofGodsothatatthepropertimehemayexaltyou,7castingallyouranxietiesonhim,becausehecaresforyou.

TheCallofAbramII. Areyouwhere Godwantsyoutobe?AsyoufollowHiscall:B.Godwillhonor you.2AndIwillmakeyouagreatnation,• Psalms75:10AllthehornsofthewickedIwillcutoff,

butthehornsoftherighteousshallbeliftedup.• Matthew23:12Whoeverexaltshimselfwillbe

humbled,andwhoeverhumbleshimselfwillbeexalted.

TheCallofAbramII. Areyouwhere Godwantsyoutobe?AsyoufollowHiscall:C.Godwillbless you.andIwillblessyou

TheCallofAbramII. Areyouwhere Godwantsyoutobe?AsyoufollowHiscall:D.Godwillbuild yourreputation.andmakeyournamegreat,

TheCallofAbramIII. Areyoubecomingablessing toeveryone

aroundyou?A.Godwillbless thosewhobless you.3Iwillbless thosewhoblessyou,


aroundyou?B.Godwillprotect you.AndhimwhodishonorsyouIwillcurse,• Isaiah43:1-5ButnowthussaystheLord,hewho

createdyou,OJacob,hewhoformedyou,OIsrael:“Fearnot,forIhaveredeemedyou;Ihavecalledyoubyname,youaremine.-


aroundyou?B.Godwillprotect you.AndhimwhodishonorsyouIwillcurse,• 2Whenyoupassthroughthewaters,Iwillbewithyou;

andthroughtherivers,theyshallnotoverwhelmyou;whenyouwalkthroughfireyoushallnotbeburned,andtheflameshallnotconsumeyou.-


aroundyou?B.Godwillprotect you.AndhimwhodishonorsyouIwillcurse,• 3ForIamtheLordyourGod,theHolyOneofIsrael,

yourSavior.IgiveEgyptasyourransom,CushandSebainexchangeforyou.4Becauseyouarepreciousinmyeyes,andhonored,andIloveyou,Igivemeninreturnforyou,peoplesinexchangeforyourlife.-


aroundyou?B.Godwillprotect you.AndhimwhodishonorsyouIwillcurse,• 5Fearnot,forIamwithyou;Iwillbringyouroffspring

fromtheeast,andfromthewestIwillgatheryou.


aroundyou?C.Godwilluse youinamighty way.andinyouallthefamiliesoftheearthshallbeblessed.”• Galatians3:16Nowthepromisesweremadeto

Abrahamandtohisoffspring.Itdoesnotsay,“Andtooffsprings,”referringtomany,butreferringtoone,“Andtoyouroffspring,”whoisChrist.


aroundyou?C.Godwilluse youinamighty way.andinyouallthefamiliesoftheearthshallbeblessed.”• Matthew1:1ThebookofthegenealogyofJesusChrist,

thesonofDavid,thesonofAbraham.


aroundyou?C.Godwilluse youinamighty way.• Acts3:25-26Youarethesonsoftheprophetsandofthe

covenantthatGodmadewithyourfathers,sayingtoAbraham,‘Andinyouroffspringshallallthefamiliesoftheearthbeblessed.’26God,havingraiseduphisservant,senthimtoyoufirst,toblessyoubyturningeveryoneofyoufromyourwickedness.”


aroundyou?C.Godwilluse youinamighty way.• Galatians3:14sothatinChristJesustheblessingof

AbrahammightcometotheGentiles,sothatwemightreceivethepromisedSpiritthroughfaith.

• Galatians3:29AndifyouareChrist's,thenyouareAbraham'soffspring,heirsaccordingtopromise.

TheCallofAbramIV. Areyoulivingbyfaith underGod’sdirection?A.Faithfullyobeying God’scleardirection.4SoAbramwent,astheLordhadtoldhim,

TheCallofAbramIV. Areyoulivingbyfaith underGod’sdirection?B.Faithfullyblessing thosearoundyou.andLotwentwithhim.Abramwasseventy-fiveyearsoldwhenhedepartedfromHaran.5AndAbramtookSaraihiswife,andLothisbrother'sson,andalltheirpossessionsthattheyhadgathered,andthepeoplethattheyhadacquiredinHaran,andtheysetouttogotothelandofCanaan.WhentheycametothelandofCanaan,

TheCallofAbramIV. Areyoulivingbyfaith underGod’sdirection?C.Faithfullylivingalife ofworship.7ThentheLordappearedtoAbramandsaid,“ToyouroffspringIwillgivethisland.”SohebuiltthereanaltartotheLord,whohadappearedtohim.8FromtherehemovedtothehillcountryontheeastofBethelandpitchedhistent,withBethelonthewestandAiontheeast.AndtherehebuiltanaltartotheLord andcalleduponthenameoftheLord.

TheCallofAbram

TheCallofAbramWeneedtolistentoGod’scallonourlivesmakingsurewearewhereHewantsustobe.AswelistentoHisvoiceandfollowHisleading,Hepromisestodirectourpaths,bless

us,andbuildusupinourfaith.Weneedtodoallwecantobeablessingtoeveryonearoundus,faithfullylivingunder

Hiscleardirection.Godistheonewhowillmakeusablessingtoothers.Heistheonewhowillprotectus.Heis

theonewhowillliftusuptouseusinamightywayforHisultimateglory.

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