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The Covenant of Abraham and the New Covenant under which we live today are one covenant of grace, because in both gracious promises are made to sinners who receive them through faith—a faith which banks so completely on the wisdom and power and love of God that it inevitably obeys his commands.
However, God also has a specific call for every believer—such as seen in God’s call for Abraham to leave his home and family to be a blessing to the world. A specific call deals with things that are not clearly revealed through his Word—such as who to marry, what job to take, and how to serve.
In the next few Sunday evenings lets see from the story of Abram how we too can know God better, not just as a distant figure but as our closest friend. Tonight our theme from chapter 12 is “Lessons in the Call of God”. And we're also going to try and re-live the journey's Abram made.
Will you be like Abraham today – mentioned in Hebrews as one of the heroes of the faith – and obediently go forward on the “journey of life” trusting that God will lead you into the unknown and knowing that God will bring you safely to your ultimate destination – Paradise for eternity?
Scriptures: Hebrews 11:8-10. Devotional. Class. sermon. The Faith of Abraham: A Stranger in a Foreign Country (Hebrews Sermon 49) Abraham was called by God to have faith, living as a stranger in a foreign country, obeying despite the obstacles he faced. Transcript. Notes.
We're doing entire messages on Bible Characters and talking about how they all were flawed, sinful, and had tough circumsances, yet they had close encounters with Almighty God. Today is Abraham. The outline: 1-His Calling Was Soverign. 2-His Mistakes
11 wrz 2016 · We’ll see today how Abraham’s journey of faith, like our journey, begins with God. It’s important to know this or we could get frustrated when the journey gets long and difficult, and we could be tempted to take off in different direction.
