GENESIS 13:1-4 Even though Abraham returned to fellowship with God, irreparable damage had been done. When a believer backslides, he does things he will never be able to undo. Abraham's testimony had been weakened, and damage beyond repair had been done to worldly Lot, Abraham's nephew. Lot had gone with...
Abraham’s downward steps away from God eventually led to open rebuke. The Bible says, “Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have...
GENESIS 12:9-13 After Abraham pitched his tent, built an altar and called upon the name of the Lord, the Scriptures say that “Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south” (Gen. 12:9). Instead of staying where he had his altar—his contact with God—Abraham went farther south. He went away from...
GENESIS 12:7-9 The tent symbolized Abraham’s dependence on God. Hebrews 11:9-10 says of Abraham that “by faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles [tents] with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: for he looked for a...
GENESIS 12:4-9 Abraham finally left Haran and forsook everything. Speaking of Abraham and those who were with him, Hebrews 11:15-16 says, “And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But now they desire a better...
ROMANS 4:16–25 In the days of Abraham, to start out for a land one had never seen was as great a venture of faith as astronauts going to the moon today. It took a great deal of faith for Abraham to leave Ur of the Chaldees and go to a...
1 CORINTHIANS 3:10–15 A call to be a missionary is much like Abraham’s call. It is necessary to leave home, possessions, relatives, worldly ambitions and to go to another country to which God has led. But one can never outgive God. Though Abraham was called to give up much, he...
EPHESIANS 2:1–10 God dealt in judgment at Babel when He scattered the people and confused their language, but God dealt in mercy and grace as He called Abraham. Abraham did not receive God’s call because he merited God’s esteem. Rather, in God’s foreknowledge He knew Abraham and chose him for...
HEBREWS 11:8–18 Have you ever thought about the fact that you and I have the Gospel today because Abraham and others who were chosen of God were faithful? God has chosen to work through men; therefore, the future of God’s work rests on what He is able to motivate men...
Abraham was chosen, or elected, on the basis of the sovereignty of God. He had no Bible, so he was not able to receive his call through God’s written Word. God sought a man, and on the basis of His sovereign will and purpose, He chose Abraham. As to calling...