ADULT Search the Scriptute VOLUME ONE, January 23rd, 2022

 

ADULT Search the Scriptute  VOLUME ONE, January 23rd, 2022

LESSON FOUR

GOD’S CALL AND CONVENANT WITH ABRAHAM

MEMORY VERSE: ‘Now the Lord had said, unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing’’(Genesis 12:1,2).

TEXT: Gen. 12:17

The first eleven chapters of the book of Genesis give an account of the creation and failure of man before and after the flood. At the end of that era, which lasted about 2,000 years, God decided to raise a special nation through which the Messiah would come. The next section of Genesis, beginning with the twelveth chapter, introduces God’s call and covenant with Abraham, the man whose descendants would form the chosen nation of Israel. Abraham was born and brought up in a city known as Ur in Mesopotamia. Historians say the city was large, secure and prosperous during Abraham’s time. But Ur was basically idolatrous and Abraham had to come out of its influence in order to enter a fresh covenant with God. It takes faith and courage to leave the known for an unknown, certainty for uncertainty. God promised that he would make of Abraham a great nation, give him a great name, vast land and bless all the earth through his seed. Abraham believed God and responded to His call. “By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after received for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing wither he went’’ (Heb 11:8). Like God called Abraham, he calls sinners to repent and come out of their old lifestyle and association. Those who obey His call become covenant partners with Him and great blessings await them in this world and in heaven.

THE CALL OF ABRAHAM AND HIS RESPONSE OF FAITH 

Gen 12:1-20; 13:1-18; Josh 24:2, 3; Acts 7:2-4; Heb 11:8,9

‘Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country; and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house