Gods Redemptive History Series -1-4

Calling of Abraham (Genesis 11:27-32, 12:1-5)

1. Gods first calling of Abraham
(1)Where did Abraham receive Gods first calling? -- _________________________________ (Acts 7:2) 2 And he said, Brethren and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, (2)Gods command = Get out of your ___________ and from your ___________, and come to a land that I will show you. (Acts 7:3) 3 and said to him, Get out of your country and from your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you. (3)In what situation did Abraham receive calling? Household of _________________ (Joshua 24:2) 2 And Joshua said to all the people, Thus says the LORD God of Israel: Your fathers, including Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, dwelt on the other side of the River[a] in old times; and they served other gods. (Joshua 24:3, 15) Household full of __________ (4)How did Abraham escape from such situation? ________________________________ appeared before him. (reference: Exodus 19:16-18, Acts 22:6-7) (Acts 7:2) 2 And he said, Brethren and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, __________ took the lead and came out from the Ur of the Chaldeans. (Genesis 11:31) 31 And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abrams wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there.

2. Gods second calling of Abraham

(1)Where did God call Abraham? God called Abraham in ___________. (2)Gods command = Get out of your country, from your family and from your ____________. (Genesis 12:1) Now the LORD had said to Abram:

Get out of your country, From your family And from your fathers house, To a land that I will show you. (Genesis 12:4) So Abram departed as the LORD had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. (3)Abrahams age when he departed Haran was ______. Terah was ________ at the time. Terah died at the age of _______(Abrahams age 135) in Haran. Therefore, Abraham left Haran while his father Terah was still ______. (Genesis 11:32) 32 So the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran. (4)If so, then what does the Scripture Acts 7:4 mean by when his father was dead? (Acts 7:4) Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And from there, when his father was dead, He moved him to this land in which you now dwell. It means Abrahams __________ towards his father which was in Abraham was dead. The Greek word corresponds to dead is apothnesko (ajpoqnhv/skw) and here, it represents ____________ death. (reference: 1 Corinthians 15:31, Romans 7:6) (5)The meaning of Terah(jr"T,) is to ________, to postpond. Terah made Gods will delayed. (Matthew 10:37) (6)In the end, the second calling was achieved by Abraham who left Haran by __________. (Hebrews 11:8) 8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. Conclusively, as a result of separation Abraham became _____________.

(Genesis 12:2) I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. (1) A blessing in Hebrew is beraka(hk;r;B]). This means ________________. (2) All the nations shall be blessed through Abraham. (Genesis 12:3) I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.

In you = Hebrew > beka(*b])= _______ you = through __________ who is to come as the son of Abraham By Abrahams 2 separations the path in which __________ is to come was prepared.