28/10/2021
Faith and God Promises to Abraham
Background to the Call of Abraham (Genesis 11:24-32,12)
Introduction
The background to the call of Abraham is found in the first book of the bible. This is Genesis which is a Greek word meaning “Beginning”.The relationship between Adam and God was good but after Adam disobeyed GOD, their relationship changed because of sin by Eve and Adam. After sometime, God repaired this relationship by calling Abraham and offering salvation.
Background
-Abraham lived with his father Terah at a place called Ur. Abraham’s father lived among people who worshiped many gods. One of the god’s whom people of Ur worshipped was the moon.This worship of many gods is referred to as polytheism.
- The family of Terah moved from Ur to Haran.While at Haran, God called Abraham at 75 years old. He was told to…. “Leave your country, your relatives and your father’s home and go to a land that I am going to show you”. Abraham obeyed God’s call.He left Haran for a land that was unknown to him. He took his property his wife Sarah and his nephew lot.At the time of the call of Abraham, he was known as Abram and his wife Sarai. God changed their names to Abraham and Sarah. Abraham means Father of many nations while Sarah means mother of nations.
- On arrival in Canaan, he travelled and came to a place called Schechem.God appeared to him once more. Abraham built an altar for the lord at this place. Altars are places of worship.They were regarded as holy and were manifestations of God’s presence.An altar was made of stones.
-After sometime, he separated with his nephew Lot due to their servants having strife over water for their livestock. Abraham left Canaan due to feminine. He went to Egypt.
Faith and God’s Promises to Abraham (Hebrews 11: 1 – 6)
a. The Meaning of Faith.
- Faith is a strong belief, a complete trust or confidence in someone or something. It is also a firm belief, which is not based on any scientific or logical proof.
Faith in God is an attitude of complete trust in having confidence in something or someone